I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 262

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Chapter 262
262: A New Party (2)
Dohyun’s face crumpled as he looked at Kalion, his thoughts churning.
‘Hezway’s older brother?’
He couldn’t very well voice his objection, but the moment Dohyun laid eyes on Kalion, his discomfort crystallized into a status window courtesy of Analysis—Kalion’s information displayed before him.
『Kalion Paraksaar』
『Trait: Crimson Flame Dragon [S]』
『Skills』
▶「Breath of Crimson Flame [S]」
▶Swordsmanship—「Crimson Flame Earth Sword [A]」
▶「Swordsmanship [A]」
…(View More)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 105」
▶「Agility: 100」
▶「Endurance: 100」
▶「Mana: 93」
※Dragon-human.
[Analysis successful.]
[Acquired 5,000 AP.]
By the numbers alone, he was a B-Rank Hunter on par with us. What surprised me most was that despite not being a Yongje, he possessed an S-Rank trait—and I found myself studying Kalion with genuine curiosity.
Hezway had never mentioned her older brother before, but the way she sighed just now made it clear he was the real deal.
Siblings were always like that, after all.
Having a younger sister myself, I understood the dynamic well enough.
Of course.
‘Though in their case, it feels like the roles are reversed.’
I’d always believed I surpassed my younger sister, so it struck me that this household had the opposite arrangement.
In any case, as Jiyuchan looked at me with obvious discomfort, I felt obliged to say something as party leader.
“Who exactly is the leader here?”
At my words, Kalion blinked and studied me for a moment.
Then he turned to Hezway, hesitated briefly, and asked.
“Is this true, Hezway?”
“Ugh. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter—this isn’t something you need to worry about, brother. Get out of here.”
The way Hanalin and Hwang Hana looked shocked at Hezway’s harsh tone suggested neither of them had real older brothers.
I nodded, thinking this was perfectly normal banter between siblings, but Kalion’s face crumpled in disapproval.
It was clear from how Kalion viewed Hezway’s words—as though she were obviously deceived—that he too labored under the delusion that he, as the older brother, was the superior one.
Regardless, Kalion addressed both me and Hezway despite her dismissal.
“I cannot permit this!!! Come at me!!!”
As he shouted and drew his blade, I couldn’t help but grin. Why not? Let’s see what you’ve got. I drew my own weapon, and Kalion’s expression shifted—he’d taken the bait. He clearly believed that someone who’d only recently been promoted to B-Rank stood no chance against him.
Hezway had chosen her party members, so they naturally had some skill, but he was convinced a mere newcomer to B-Rank couldn’t possibly defeat him.
Dohyun watched Kalion and thought this was the perfect opportunity to test his new martial art, the Shadowless Dark Moon Technique.
Moreover.
‘There’s no way I could lose.’
Though Kalion was a B-Rank Senior, the gap in their abilities wasn’t significant enough for Dohyun to have any reason to fear defeat.
If anything, seeing how Kalion wielded his blade, this was the ideal chance to test this new technique.
As Dohyun stepped forward, Hanalin and Jiyuchan watched Kalion with sympathetic expressions, while Hwang Hana’s eyes sparkled with anticipation at the chance to review Dohyun’s combat once more.
Finally, Hezway shook his head in disapproval.
As Kalion and Dohyun took a step toward each other, Kalion narrowed his eyes at Dohyun and muttered.
“Which faction do you belong to?”
“Ilseong Guild.”
“…?”
Kalion was startled by Dohyun’s gait, but he was shocked again by the answer. Sensing that their understanding differed somehow, Kalion blinked and asked again.
“No, I mean, you must have an affiliation inside the Black Gate.”
“…? What do you mean by an affiliation inside the Black Gate?”
When Dohyun genuinely looked confused and turned to Hezway, the tense standoff loosened as Kalion blinked, wondering if Dohyun really didn’t know.
Hezway nodded at Dohyun, saying it was understandable not to know.
The explanation that followed was heard not only by Dohyun but also by Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and Hwang Hana.
“While the concept of guilds spread from Earth, similar organizations exist within the Black Gate as well. Of course, unlike guilds, they have a somewhat stronger feel of conquest groups. They don’t unite well, but they gather when something happens. Usually, their activities become active from B-Rank and above.”
“Is it kind of like a club?”
“You could see it that way. However, unlike guilds, if you have a certain amount of points, they lend martial art manuals to their members, which has quite good benefits.”
With that explanation, Dohyun, Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and even Hwang Hana could understand.
They’d heard there were guilds within the Black Gate, but Hwang Hana was somewhat surprised that it would feel like this rather than a guild.
After all, working in the Outer Region far from the Central Zone meant detailed information was hard to come by.
Especially Hwang Hana, who had no martial arts, had her eyes shining brightly.
Dohyun didn’t know why Hwang Hana had no martial arts when Ilseong mostly shared martial arts among members, but understanding that it was an organization, he answered Kalion.
“I haven’t joined any organization yet.”
“Huh, and yet you’ve acquired such martial arts. Moreover, with that level of proficiency, I thought you must be someone who received formal training.”
Kalion muttered this while observing Dohyun, and Dohyun answered lightly.
“I created this martial art myself.”
“What!?”
Kalion’s eyes widened at those words. He thought it was impossible, but at least from what he could see, Dohyun didn’t seem to be lying.
Wondering if this was truly master-level talent, Kalion swallowed hard, but then immediately dismissed the thought and adjusted his grip on his sword.
He was certain Dohyun was just boasting in front of Hezway.
Seeing Kalion unable to believe even what his own eyes showed him, Dohyun smirked and began walking again.
Then.
Shhhhhhh.
With each step Dohyun took, his body seemed to sink into the mist, gradually becoming more indistinct. Even his footsteps seemed to fade as if wrapped by the mist, and Kalion felt a chill run down his spine.
Despite seeing it with his own eyes, such perfect concealment was unbelievable.
Because of this, Kalion gripped his sword even more tightly.
Then.
Whoooosh——!
Blazing flames clung to Kalion’s blade, and the searing heat that could melt everything around it spread in all directions, liquefying the ground.
As the Hongryeom Sword Technique—in essence, swordplay that commanded lava—bloomed in this place, the surroundings that had seemed shrouded in mist moments before now shimmered with heat in an instant.
Yet Dohyun’s figure had already vanished without a trace, and Kalion was startled by this.
His concealment didn’t break even in this inferno?
Kalion’s eyes widened as his common sense shattered, and Dohyun murmured to himself.
“The first form works quite well.”
With Dohyun’s words, the first form of his Shadowless Dark Moon Technique bloomed forth.
Shadowless Dark Moon Technique (無影暗月訣)
First Form
Hidden Moon, Concealed Shadow (潛月隱影)
A footwork that disappears as the moon hides behind clouds.
Neither particularly fast nor overtly secretive, yet mysteriously elusive right before one’s eyes—Kalion couldn’t regain his composure against such an enigmatic movement technique.
However.
“Then I’ll simply blow away everything around me!!!”
Kalion, possessed of a fiery temperament, cried out thus and drove his blade into the ground.
Hongryeom Sword Technique (紅焰地劍)
Fourth Form
Lava Eruption (鎔巖出頭)
The heat from the blade driven into the earth instantly melted the surroundings, transforming them into a lava field, and lava erupted from all directions as if a hot spring were gushing up from below.
Against the lava spouting like a fountain, Hezway and Hanalin created defensive barriers with magic and spear techniques to protect themselves from the molten rock.
Meanwhile, Kalion paid no mind to where his younger sibling was, instead waiting for Dohyun to reveal himself amid the lava spreading in all directions.
But.
“…Where is he?”
Using not only his eyes but also his ears and sense of smell, and even the tactile sensation of the wind around him, he tried to locate Dohyun, yet he couldn’t find him anywhere.
Just as he wondered if the concealment still hadn’t been broken and turned his body to search again, it was already too late.
Shadowless Dark Moon Technique (無影暗月訣)
Second Form
New Moon Breaks the Void (朔月破空)
Dohyun emerged from the concealment as subtle as a moon hidden by shadow and thrust his short blade forward; Kalion’s scales, thicker and harder than most armor, were pierced through as if they were clay.
Ssssshhhhh——!!!
“Ugh—!”
The heated blade that pierced his shoulder burned intensely.
That he, who wielded the lava-commanding sword technique, would suffer from such heat—there was no greater humiliation than this.
Just as Kalion raged and tried to swing his blade, Dohyun’s voice echoed from midair.
“The test ends here. You’re quite serviceable.”
“What!?”
There were limits to being disrespected!
The moment Kalion was about to cry out in anger at how Dohyun now spoke as though he himself had won, Dohyun grasped his own hair and blew a gentle wind.
Then, as two clones of Dohyun materialized and an abnormal, ferocious aura emanated from them, a chill ran down Kalion’s spine.
Instinct was screaming at him.
To beg for forgiveness right now, this very moment.
But Kalion’s pride would not permit it.
And so there came to be two additional Dohyuns alongside the original.
To those who knew Dohyun, it was a horrifying sight—yet Kalion had not yet grasped the terror of what was unfolding.
As the three Dohyuns converged and surrounded Kalion, he raised his sword to block their assault.
But then.
The Ruin’s Dragon Solvent’s eyes gleamed with murderous intent.
“Ugh!?”
Every Dragon-human and Dragon Clan member’s trigger activated, freezing Kalion in place—and seizing that opening, the three of them drew clubs and began raining blows upon him.
Yet the sound was far from ordinary.
THWAAAACK—!!!
CRAAASH—!!!
SMAAAAASH———!!!
Like dust scattering on a rainy day, the three took turns swinging their clubs in a frenzy, pummeling Kalion relentlessly—and he, experiencing a beating for the first time in his existence, let out a scream.
“GAAAHHHHH!!!”
Even through the agony, he tried to hold firm.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Crack! Crack! Crunch! Smack!
“Cough… hack…”
The clubs wielded by the Dohyuns followed a different trajectory.
Not mere strikes—but blows that penetrated to the bone itself!
A beating infused with the very essence of rupture!
Such bone-deep strikes forced even the prideful Kalion to surrender.
He was being hit so hard his breath was catching, and realizing this was wrong, Kalion cried out.
“I—I yield! I surrender!!!”
“Surrender, my ass!!!”
“GAHHHHH!!!”
“…!”
Dohyun roared and swung the club harder, while the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord, equally enraged, continued their assault.
The clubs kept swinging, kept striking Kalion—and he could no longer think straight.
“GAAAHHH!”
He couldn’t comprehend why he was still being beaten despite surrendering, and in that moment, Dohyun spoke.
“What exactly did I do wrong to you!?!?”
CRAAASH!!!”
“…!!!”
Dohyun and his fanclub—the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord—swung their clubs in furious unison.
As that very emotion was transmitted through each rupturing blow, Kalion finally understood.
He had truly, thoroughly, catastrophically miscalculated.
And watching it all—Hanalin, Jiyuchan, Hwang Hana, and Hezway—they could all comprehend one thing.
‘Ouch, that looks incredibly painful.’
‘The sparring wasn’t the worst after all.’
‘It’s amazing he’s even enduring that.’
‘That’s worse than sparring.’
As they thought this, Hanalin and Hezway simultaneously had the same thought.
‘Dohyun would be fine with this, wouldn’t he?’
‘Dohyun would handle it splendidly.’
As the two entertained these thoughts, their eyes met, and in that instant, they both looked away.
In any case, Kalion’s beatings continued until Dohyun discovered a new torture method—one that combined the subtleties of rupture and healing magic to ensure he could never lose consciousness, only endure endless agony.

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