I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 252

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Chapter 252
252: Parting, and Then?(1)
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Where there is meeting, there must be parting. Even if it is not eternal separation, even the briefest of encounters leaves an ache in the heart—and for comrades who have fought side by side, stakes locked with death itself, such farewells carry a weight all their own.
After dividing all of Davy Jones’s spoils among ourselves, there was truly nothing left to settle. The time had come to prepare for our goodbyes.
I had already exchanged farewells with Hanalin and Jiyuchan.
Only my parting with Dohyun remained.
And so it came to pass.
“It has been an honor to serve in the same Attack Party.”
Jerome Wigbard, leader of the Falling Leaves Party, was the first to extend his hand toward Dohyun. I had never thought I would find myself clasping an Elf’s hand, yet Jerome was an Elf I could trust. I took his offered hand and shook it firmly.
Jerome’s expression grew wistful as we shook hands.
“I wish we could have had more time to deepen our understanding of one another.”
“If fate weaves our paths together again, we shall meet once more.”
“Then perhaps we shall see each other again on Bultegos’s Back.”
Jerome spoke these words and turned to leave, but in that very moment—
He turned back toward Dohyun and spoke.
“Be wary of our homeland. Should they discover what Suhyun holds in his grasp, this will not end as merely a nuisance. Rumors have already spread and may have reached their ears, but for now, it remains only suspicion.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
With those words, Jerome departed with the Falling Leaves Party aboard their ship.
As I watched them leave—surprised that they possessed a ship despite having walked all the way to Safe Zone Baul—Captain Ines, leader of another party and commander of the Celestials, approached me.
“It seems we must depart as well.”
“Though I would say we are rather overdue.”
“Hehe, that is only because you overslept this morning, Dohyun.”
When I jested that I was the one who had delayed us, Ines returned the quip without missing a beat.
And from behind Ines, Vera approached me cautiously and spoke.
“I heard you will be advancing in rank soon….”
“You are not far behind yourself, Vera.”
“Hic.”
Though still visibly intimidated by me, her spirit somewhat dampened, Vera nonetheless looked toward me and spoke.
“I… I hope we can meet again on Bultegos’s Back.”
Training under me had been grueling, harder than death itself, yet it had proven invaluable.
Vera understood well that someone as timid as herself needed to learn from me. Thanks to that, she had grown capable of performing well beyond her own measure.
Fear remained fear, and there was nothing to be done about that, yet the courage she had mustered now was unmistakably different from before.
Watching Vera’s growth with satisfaction, Ines turned to me and spoke with heartfelt gratitude.
“Thank you for everything, Suhyun—or rather, I suppose it is fine to call you Dohyun now.”
“Haha, we are grateful as well.”
Had I not received much help from Ines as well? Thus I too expressed my gratitude, but Ines shook her head, dismissing my thanks.
“To have you educate Vera, who represents the future of our Celestials, to such a degree—that is something for which I am truly grateful. I shall prepare a gift for when we meet again soon.”
“Ah, while I am not one to refuse gifts, I shall accept graciously.”
“…?”
Ines briefly thought that usually people decline after such an offer, but since it was Dohyun, she smiled softly and nodded.
Then she spoke.
“See you at Bultegos.”
With that, Ines and Vera bowed in farewell, and like Jerome before them, the two boarded the Celestial Ship and departed.
Since this was a parting that promised a future reunion rather than a final goodbye, the farewell was brief.
Dohyun smiled with a sense of relief and was about to exchange final greetings with Hezway when she asked him a question.
“Will you be promoted soon?”
“Yeah, I think my next entry will probably be B-Rank.”
“You’ve grown through Davy Jones. I heard that Narin and Yuchan were also listed as promotion candidates on the Stone Tablet—it seems you’re in the same boat, Dohyun. Wait, have you already visited the Stone Tablet?”
At Hezway’s words, Dohyun flinched momentarily.
He’d collected Davy Jones’s reward the moment he woke up, and that was where things stood now, so there hadn’t been time to visit the Stone Tablet, but he had plenty of excuses.
“If Narin and Yuchan are promotion candidates, then I should be too.”
“That’s true. My next rank is also B-Rank.”
Hezway confirmed it as well.
Dohyun clicked his tongue, remarking that Hezway was indeed a monster.
She really was remarkable. Being both a Healer and a ranged dealer, her perfect coverage meant there were no positioning gaps—she was an outstanding asset to any Party.
Honestly, if it were Hezway, he felt like they could keep the Party together indefinitely, and it was truly a shame that wasn’t possible.
‘Should I have asked for a Dimensional Peace Agreement?’
Dohyun’s regret surfaced, but he quickly shook his head.
‘But I can’t become a son-in-law!’
He hadn’t even experienced romance yet, and now he’d be dragged into some arranged marriage? Ugh, he didn’t even want to imagine it.
Besides, she was a different race.
Dohyun had no particular prejudice or discrimination against other races aside from Elves, but he’d never seriously considered interspecies marriage, so his body trembled at the thought.
As Dohyun shuddered like that, Hezway looked at him with slight concern.
“Has your body not fully recovered yet? Wait.”
Hezway placed her hand over the back of his, and Dohyun stayed still, thinking she was examining him. Naturally, finding nothing wrong, she withdrew her hand.
“There might be lingering effects from defeating Davy Jones, so get plenty of rest.”
“Yeah, I’m planning to rest for quite a while anyway. I haven’t decided exactly, but probably around a month?”
“Hmm, that should be fine. I’ll be able to see you just in time.”
As Hezway calculated the dates, Dohyun wondered if she was planning to arrive on that exact day. Looking at her, she smiled with amusement and spoke.
“Then let’s see each other soon.”
“Yeah, okay.”
Since he’d said the same thing to Jerome, Ines, and Vera, Dohyun simply nodded at Hezway without anything more to add.
Everyone had agreed to meet on Bultegos’s Back, so Hezway understood that and took it in stride, and his farewell with her was complete.
That meant there was one person left.
Unlike the other Attack Party members, this was a truly final farewell—someone he would never see again.
Thinking of him, while Dohyun was exchanging farewells, he looked at Hanalin and Jiyuchan, who had finished packing the last of their belongings, and spoke.
“Let’s go.”
“Right. There’s someone we need to say goodbye to.”
“…Yeah.”
Everyone wore somewhat gloomy expressions, but Dohyun was different.
When the Dohyun Party arrived at their destination just outside Safe Zone Baul, not far from Baul itself, Dohyun smirked at the silhouette standing there, as if proudly displaying a fully recovered body.
Too pristine and clean to be called a Vagrant, dressed as immaculately as when they first met—yet Dohyun thought it suited him all the more for it.
Baeryujin, neatly dressed and waiting, asked them a question.
“Are you leaving?”
“Yes, we are…”
“Yes… Master…”
To Baeryujin’s question, Hanalin and Jiyuchan replied with voices thick with emotion, while Dohyun spoke to him with refreshing clarity.
“Yes, we can rank up now, so we’re heading to B-Rank.”
“Hehehehe, I felt it from the first time I saw you, but you’re really fast.”
“Of course. Isn’t this the talent that Baek Master acknowledged?”
“It’s not talent—it’s a monster.”
“Well, that’s one way to call it.”
In what could be called their final conversation, Dohyun behaved as he always did, and Baeryujin, understanding Dohyun’s heart, treated him the same way.
And so.
“Then let’s have one last sparring match.”
Baeryujin said, and Dohyun nodded in agreement.
Neither spoke after that, but the Eternal Flame bloomed across both arms and legs, engulfing the surrounding area in heat and sending up shimmering waves.
Despite the tremendous heat that sent scorching winds through the area, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan watched their sparring match from beginning to end, unbothered by the intense warmth.
Baeryujin unleashed the first form of the Eternal Flame to the second form, Flame Heart Strike, with genuine intent toward Dohyun, and Dohyun responded in kind, unfolding his forms against Baeryujin.
Just as when Dohyun first learned the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique.
But something was different.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
First Form
Eternal Flame
Ignite the flames of endless ages.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Second Form
Flame Heart Strike
With the heart of fire, we convey to one another.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Third Form
Extinguished Flame Shatter
How could this heat ever be extinguished?
They spoke of sparring and unfolded their forms to clash with Dohyun, yet instead of the devouring flames that would consume him, Dohyun felt the warm heat of his master enveloping him gently.
Through that form, along with the heat, Baeryujin’s intention was conveyed to him.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Fourth Form
Flame Wheel Strike
Though life is said to always return somewhere.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Fifth Form
Crimson Flame Shattering Quake
I never knew the sunset would fall so swiftly.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Sixth Form
Extreme Blaze Brilliant Bloom
A new light has risen.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Seventh Form
World-Ending Flame
Advance toward the next world.
As the flames blooming from Baeryujin and Dohyun’s limbs dyed themselves in deep crimson like the sunset, perhaps it was because those flames burned so intensely?
Even Dohyun’s face and Baeryujin’s face seemed to be painted like the sunset.
Hanalin and Jiyuchan were no exception.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Eighth Form
Flame Calamity Heavenly Rain
Even if adversity comes.
As the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique’s forms drew ever closer to their end, Baeryujin and Dohyun’s bodies grew more intense and powerful, and each form unleashed increasingly fierce heat toward one another.
Yet even that fierce heat arrived as a warm breeze between them.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Ninth Form
Complete Extinction Responsive Flame
You will overcome this well.
With only the final form remaining, the light—as radiant as the sunset—faded as if it had never been, and the two faced each other.
A master who could not convey his teachings through words, and a disciple who received such teachings with his entire being, drew forth the final form toward one another.
Extinguishing every flame in the world, that crimson light which had seemed like a sunset rose and faded entirely as the final form unfolded.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique
Tenth Form
Eternal Flame Extinguishing
So live well.
With the final form, Baeryujin wore a serene and benevolent smile, while Dohyun laughed somewhat awkwardly and clasped his fists toward Baeryujin as he spoke.
“I have learned much!!! Master!!!”
“Ohhhhh!!! This monstrous disciple of mine!!!”
With those words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan also clasped their fists following Dohyun, and thus, though brief, the final farewell between master and disciple—deeper than any other—came to an end.

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