I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 248

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Chapter 248
248: Davy Jones (4)
A star—a celestial body that should never manifest in the seafloor depths.
Yet impossibility dissolved in this moment. The star was born in the undersea realm, exerting no influence on reality itself, merely orbiting around Hanalin while radiating its unmistakable presence. Up to this point, she remained unchanged from before.
But unlike before, her mana circuits burned neither with intensity nor overheating, and here Hanalin advanced one step further.
The Celestial Star Orbit Formula meant the laws governing how stars move across the heavens.
Hanalin had interpreted its meaning with meticulous detail and grasped its significance to a considerable degree.
She could interpret it as a technique to manipulate stars by creating the laws that move them herself, and when that interpretation aligned perfectly with her nature, only then could she truly comprehend it.
‘The summoned star wasn’t summoned into reality.’
In other words, she had created the star within the Shadow World or the Astral Plane, and the star’s complete power existed there. The Celestial Star Orbit Formula was a technique that created a star in the Astral Plane and manifested a portion of that star’s power into the material world.
Upon realizing this, Hanalin could now wield the complete Celestial Star Orbit Formula.
Thus, when Hanalin deployed the second incantation of the Celestial Star Orbit Formula and the star’s power manifested in the present world, Davy Jones reacted swiftly and attempted to move, but the star already orbiting around Hanalin had somehow risen above his head.
The ascending star naturally descended toward where Davy Jones lay, and as it sank, the moment his shadow seemed to surge upward, the second incantation of the Celestial Star Orbit Formula activated.
Celestial Star Orbit Formula
Second Incantation
Orbital Binding
Roooaaarrr———!!
Kuuuuung!!!
「Gahhh!!!」
The star’s gravity manifested in the material world, ensnaring only Davy Jones. Bound by gravity’s shackles, Davy Jones could not endure it, and in that instant, six figures—Dohyun, the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent, the Plague Lord, Jiyuchan, Ines, and Jerome—rushed toward him.
The star’s tremendous gravity targeted only Davy Jones, and the creature, clinging to the ground like an insect, attempted to spray ink at the six approaching figures, but even the ink fell victim to gravity’s pull, slamming into the earth.
Splurt….
With ink proving useless, Davy Jones struggled desperately to adapt to the gravity.
「Krrgh!」
Yet the weight of his originally massive frame had been compressed, leaving him unable to move against the star’s gravity. The pressure was so immense that merely surviving without being crushed to death was a feat.
The six who reached Davy Jones each unleashed their full power with devastating technique.
Jiyuchan’s Platinum Steel Force blazed brilliantly as his blade swept toward Davy Jones, while Ines and Jerome likewise wrapped their available strength around their blades and swung them at the creature.
Clang clang clang clang———!!
Whoooosh——!!
Shwaaaaa———!!!
The three blade strikes unleashed upon Davy Jones barely pierced his hardened exterior, carving long wounds across it. As the three fell back, Dohyun, the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent, and the Plague Lord moved in to attack, but in that moment Davy Jones’s crimson eyes deepened further as he cried out.
「I’ll drag you down with me!」
At that cry, Dohyun saw the attack prediction path displayed by Analysis before his eyes, read a fragment of the immediate future, and urgently moved his mana to push Jiyuchan, Ines, and Jerome—who hadn’t fully retreated—away with his power. As Davy Jones’s cry echoed, a black wave emanated from his body.
A wave black as ink, yet it spread not as an attack but like a barrier, consuming Davy Jones, Dohyun, the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent, and the Plague Lord, becoming a black domain that formed a black hemisphere, trapping the four within a dome.
As Dohyun and Davy Jones were sealed within the black dome, the entire Attack Party gasped in shock.
“No, this can’t be———!!!”
Hanalin reacted first. She immediately recognized what the black dome was and cried out, and as the star that had been binding Davy Jones returned to orbit around her, the others could gradually discern what had happened.
Hanalin, positioned in the rear, rushed forward desperately toward the black dome, and Hezway and the others from the rear likewise followed her toward it, while the close-range dealers who had been pushed back by Dohyun’s mana and escaped the dome’s domain now stood before it.
Then.
“This is….”
“A barrier?”
“No, it’s something far more sophisticated than that….”
While several Mages spoke thus, those who possessed S-rank traits like Hanalin could discern it instantly.
This phenomenon was equivalent to creating a singular domain—a separate dimension unto itself. And such a phenomenon already existed here at the Black Gate, did it not.
“A Dungeon?”
“You mean they’ve converted it into a Dungeon and trapped us inside….”
At those words that bordered on a lament, Jiyuchan turned to Hanalin in panic and asked.
“Then what happens to Dohyun!!!”
“….”
But even Hanalin could not muster a response, standing before the dome helplessly before collapsing to the ground, staring blankly at it as she spoke.
“…There’s nothing we can do anymore.”
The moment this domain transformed into a Dungeon, everyone anticipated it, but with Hanalin’s words, they could now be certain.
Once a Party enters a Dungeon, no other Party can enter it.
Not until the Party inside perishes.
As everyone recalled this fact, their eyes began to tremble.
In other words, they realized that this black dome would only dissolve if Dohyun—trapped alongside Davy Jones—either killed Davy Jones or died himself.
It was then that Baeryujin, who had received treatment from Hezway but remained incompletely recovered, spoke.
“Not yet. Heal me quickly.”
At those words, everyone turned their gaze toward Baeryujin, and as their attention converged, he continued.
“Those classified as yokai can enter and exit Dungeons without restriction.”
Hope ignited in the eyes of both Hanalin and Jiyuchan, and they spoke urgently.
“H-Healers! Baek Master…!”
“Y-Yes!”
“Heal the Vagrant!!!”
“Hurry!!!”
Everyone echoed Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s words in frantic agreement, and among them, Hezway the Healer approached Baeryujin, gazing at him with trembling eyes.
And just as Baeryujin was about to speak, he shook his head.
“Don’t say it.”
“…But.”
As Hezway spoke, Baeryujin smiled faintly and replied.
“Don’t stop a master from rescuing his disciple.”
At those words, Hezway could say nothing more and nodded.
Those present could also perceive what Hezway had realized, but the urgency of the situation prevented anyone from acknowledging it.
If Baeryujin, classified as a yokai, entered the Dungeon, then for Dohyun to escape, not only Davy Jones but Baeryujin himself would have to die as well.
“Heal me at once. I must go discipline that troublemaker.”
Baeryujin’s composure until the very end held an almost sublime quality, and watching him, Hezway simply closed his eyes and healed Baeryujin.
For one cannot grasp the final moments of the departing.
Just as Baeryujin was about to voluntarily enter the black dome, defying death itself, a transformation began within it.
It trembled violently, and with a thunderous crash, the black dome shattered. As everyone stared in disbelief, Dohyun emerged from within, standing perfectly unscathed, his expression utterly bewildered.
“This bastard just committed suicide?”
“??????” “??????” “??????” “??????”
“??????” “??????” “??????” “??????”
Everyone stared at me with bewildered expressions at my words.
What on earth happened inside that dome? That’s what they were all thinking, and I scratched the back of my head in utter disbelief as I recalled what I’d experienced.
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Domain manifestation was originally an ability forbidden at the C-rank level, yet Davy Jones could use it. This was only possible because he wasn’t meant to be merely a C-rank zone boss by nature. In a sense, Davy Jones was a bug in the system.
However, that didn’t mean he could use this domain manifestation without consequence. Since it required channeling the power of the Black Gate, Davy Jones had to make tremendous sacrifices.
Having consumed only a single Kraken and two Safe Zones, it was still beyond Davy Jones’s capacity to unfold such a domain. The moment this place was created, Davy Jones’s death was all but sealed.
And as if I already knew this fact, I muttered to myself.
「My domain and my grave.」
As Davy Jones cried out, the landscape of this undersea region began to transform in an instant. It was as if a medieval Eastern aesthetic was unfolding before my eyes.
Wooden structures styled in Eastern architecture spread out as streets, and in the distance, a serene grand manor came into view. Observing this, I could recognize that this was the landscape of Hwadaejuk.
And at the word “grave,” I muttered aloud.
“A mutual destruction?”
Hearing my words, Davy Jones nodded.
This place would become his grave, and the true grave of his past self who had already died. Wasn’t this the perfect place to meet one’s end?
He wanted to kill me even at the cost of his own sacrifice.
As I took in the landscape of Hwadaejuk and stood alongside the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord to face Davy Jones, his form began to transform.
Clad in black martial robes and wearing a black bamboo hat like a scholar’s cap, he appeared as a middle-aged man, and I blinked in surprise.
「Boy, do you understand? If I create a domain of my own, I can also choose my subordinates as I wish.」
And I could naturally discern who those subordinates were without needing Analysis.
Should I call them his past self in his prime? Upon seeing Davy Jones’s form, I understood naturally.
「Now that I’ve returned to my past form, you have no chance of victory.」
At those words, I too thought the same and swallowed hard. The strength I felt from Davy Jones was indeed incomprehensibly overwhelming.
The strongest person I’d ever seen was Han Muyeol, yet even Han Muyeol died without a single moment of resistance. Davy Jones’s past form was simply too powerful.
A situation so dire that even I couldn’t laugh.
‘How do I survive this?’
As I thought this and resolved to endure somehow alongside my two clones, I heard sounds from both my sides.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Crack, crack, crack.
At the strange sounds, I instinctively looked to both sides, and the bodies of the Plague Lord and the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent began to transform, their appearances changing gradually. Upon seeing this, I blinked, and Analysis informed me.
[The Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord are reverting to their past forms.]
Davy Jones’s pupils trembled more violently than ever before, and he thought to himself.
Something has definitely gone wrong.

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