I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 264

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Chapter 264
264: The Continental Walker Bultegore (2)
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The spinal ridge of Bultegore was itself a colossal mountain range that spanned the continent. Between those spinal ridges, nestled crookedly to connect Bultegore’s left and right sides, lay a natural fortress akin to what would be called Daegwallyeong in South Korea—a Safe Zone known as Atlas.
Atlas was renowned as the most commercially developed Safe Zone among all those on Bultegore’s back.
Positioned between the left and right sides, it was the most developed Safe Zone before entering the interior of the Central Zone of Bultegore, making it a place with truly abundant sights to behold.
Those who traded in items dropped by monsters that attacked Bultegore’s surface or lived upon it, craftsmen selling their wares, those promoting their organizations—a considerable throng of people had converged here.
For the Dohyun Party, having just entered B-Rank, it was a sight that made their eyes widen in astonishment.
“Wow, compared to the cities near the C-Grade Central Zone, this place is incredibly bustling.”
“It really is.”
“My eyes keep darting around.”
“It’s the most developed place on Bultegore’s back.”
At Hezway’s words, they all nodded in agreement while surveying their surroundings.
Unlike Baul or Borg in the C-Grade Central Zone, which had a somewhat fusion-punk aesthetic blending magitech and cyberpunk elements, this city had a distinctly different medieval atmosphere.
Or should I call it a fortress city? With Bultegore’s spine towering upward and the land formed to encircle it, the place itself could hardly be called anything but a natural fortress.
As a result, most of this area had rocky terrain with stones jutting upward, and the city itself was composed largely of stone buildings carved from the rock.
Perhaps it was a place where magitech had reached its limits?
It resembled the stone fortress cities often depicted in fantasy stories built within canyons, though far more advanced than those, so it was only natural that Dohyun’s party’s eyes kept wandering in wonder.
In such a chaotic place where they didn’t know where to begin, everyone was looking around in all directions, and since Hezway was also experiencing B-Rank for the first time, she found it quite fascinating and looked around as well.
The Dragon-Human Guide Party approached them with lowered heads and spoke.
“We will guide you to your lodgings.”
Following those words, Dohyun’s party was led to quite a large building where Dragon-human servants were stationed, and from the outside, it appeared as though an entire massive cliff had been carved away to create it.
So they entered without great expectations, but everyone except Hezway couldn’t help but be amazed. And for good reason.
“What??? The interior is completely state-of-the-art?”
“Space expansion magic is even applied to it.”
“The inside is bigger than the outside?! I’ve seen this in a British drama….”
As Dohyun’s entire party couldn’t contain their admiration, Hezway felt somewhat proud.
For her, this was nothing particularly special, but seeing them enjoy it so much made her feel quite satisfied, so Hezway spoke with a touch of modesty.
“It’s Celestial technology.”
“Wow, but enchanting space expansion magic onto a building instead of just magic pouches is truly remarkable.”
“Huh, if they made it for transportation too, it would be completely like a TARDIS… ahem.”
Hanalin was marveling at the magic itself, while Jiyuchan, who had been speaking of something only he knew, fell silent, embarrassed.
And Dohyun, examining the building’s condition, was genuinely impressed.
Sensing not merely space expansion magic but various enchantments, I nodded in acknowledgment.
Seeing so many tremendous enchantments—space expansion, durability enhancement, protective barriers, and more—my Analysis couldn’t possibly remain idle.
[Analyzing all enchantments.]
[All enchantments have been identified and acquired.]
Then the knowledge of enchantments flowed into my mind.
Of course, I let it pass through as if brushing it aside, but now I could perform enchantments of this caliber, so I let out a quiet laugh.
And only after touring the building with the Guide Party who showed us around could we finally be released.
“Then have a pleasant time.”
After saying that to Dohyun’s group, the Guide Party vanished, and Dohyun let out a soft chuckle before his expression shifted to one ready for the real business—everyone nodded as if they couldn’t stop him.
“So where should we go first?”
Everyone pondered at Dohyun’s question.
For Hanalin and Hezway, heading to Matap would have been the right choice, but since Hezway was also learning martial arts, going to the Heavenly Martial Alliance would have been fine too. Meanwhile, Jiyuchan could only join the Heavenly Martial Alliance, and Dohyun could join both, so it really didn’t matter for him.
With that in mind, Hanalin spoke up first.
“Let’s go to the Heavenly Martial Alliance first? Everyone except me is already learning martial arts, so it seems like a good idea to go there first.”
With Hanalin’s consideration, everyone felt there was nothing to hesitate about anymore—Dohyun was the first to nod.
Dohyun himself had never obtained a grimoire, so he’d never learned magical formulas like martial arts, but he’d still learned the most martial arts, so he was quite interested in the Heavenly Martial Alliance.
Of course, they weren’t going right now.
It was already late since Hezway had just finished sightseeing in South Korea.
The city was bustling even now, but since it was late at night, they decided it would be better to go tomorrow, so after deciding where to go tomorrow, they all headed to the Dormitory—a four-person room.
The building was spacious enough that they could have used separate rooms, but since they were a party, they had to stay close together, so they usually shared the same room.
Even though it was called a Safe Zone, terrorism wasn’t unheard of, and if the party was in different rooms, response could be delayed or the party could be split up—there was nothing more troublesome than that, so this custom had naturally developed.
Thus, the four of them ended up living together like they were on a training camp, and Dohyun suddenly remarked.
“Come to think of it, this is the first time we’re sharing a room with Hezway.”
“That’s true. I’m looking forward to it from today on.”
“Same here.”
*Ahem*, I’m even more looking forward to it.”
Hezway felt a bit embarrassed by everyone’s attention and cleared his throat. Dohyun thought to himself and was about to suggest who should shower first when—
*Whoosh—*
Hezway, already pale-skinned, suddenly began removing his upper garment, causing Dohyun and Jiyuchan to hastily avert their gazes. Hanalin jumped up in surprise, swallowed hard, and cried out.
“Hezway!!! What, what are you doing!?”
“What, what!? Oh, I’m just changing clothes…”
As he removed his upper garment along with his armor, Hezway’s body became quite exposed. Fortunately, he wasn’t completely naked—there was still an undershirt-like garment beneath—but his physique was clearly visible, creating quite an awkward situation.
Hanalin was flustered too, and seeing her panic, it seemed this wasn’t a custom of the Yongin Clan.
“Do, do all humans live like this together…”
“No, that’s not it. Come on, let’s go to the bathroom together. You there! Don’t look away!”
“I’m not!”
“I’m not either!”
At Hanalin’s sharp words, Dohyun and Jiyuchan cried out as if pricked, and only after Hezway and Hanalin headed to the bathroom and closed the door could everyone finally catch their breath.
Hezway, unfamiliar with human culture, had acted boldly, but Hanalin had hurriedly stopped him, preventing a major disaster.
Dohyun and Jiyuchan were so startled they sighed, but they could faintly hear the voices of the two who had entered the bathroom.
“Wow, Hezway’s skin is really nice?”
“It’s probably because light-attribute dragon blood flows through him… But Hanalin, you’re quite something too.”
“…” “…”
Hearing their conversation without realizing it, Dohyun urgently cried out.
“No! You two put up a sound barrier before talking!!!”
“Huh!? D, did you hear everything!?” “Oops!”
At Dohyun’s words, Hanalin and Hezway reacted in surprise, and even Dohyun, who had a thick skin, felt bewildered.
Thinking that with Hezway, a female, joining the party, things would need to change somewhat from how they’d been, Dohyun spoke up.
“Let’s split the rooms instead. We’ll take the adjacent room, and you can use this one.”
“Y-yes, that would be better.”
While the original custom was for everyone to live together, having men and women cohabiting was genuinely uncomfortable, which is why Dohyun suggested it.
It wasn’t that there were no rooms available—there were rooms—but there were definitely inconveniences in sharing like this.
Until now, they’d all stayed together to conserve points, but this Dormitory didn’t cost money anyway, did it?
So it didn’t matter, and Dohyun said as much, to which both Hanalin and Hezway gave their enthusiastic agreement.
“Y-yes!”
“G-good!”
Both of them seemed embarrassed as they responded.
The women were certainly more uncomfortable with the arrangement, so this was something Dohyun should have thought of sooner.
“Then we’ll go. Make yourselves comfortable.”
“See you tomorrow.”
And so the men left, allowing Hanalin and Hezway to live comfortably. From then on, they decided to keep separate rooms for men and women.
Still, just in case, they used the adjacent room, so it didn’t differ much from the original custom. Thanks to this, Hanalin, who had been subtly uncomfortable all this time, could finally feel at ease.
‘…I feel a bit disappointed somehow.’
For some reason, there was a sense of regret, but I didn’t tell anyone.
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The Heavenly Martial Alliance.
Not all martial arts, but the Heavenly Martial Alliance, which was the first to step forward to preserve martial arts after the fall of the Hwadaejuk Continent, took the form of a club as I’d mentioned, but to borrow a more fitting expression, it would be most accurate to call it a mercenary guild.
They issued requests, and when those requests were completed successfully, the Heavenly Martial Alliance distributed coins that could only be used within the organization, allowing one to rent martial arts manuals stored in the Heavenly Martial Alliance’s archives.
It was easiest to think of it as a fantasy mercenary guild.
One could belong to other mercenary guilds, take on multiple requests with separate ranks assigned—it was exactly like that.
Naturally, in a place like this mercenary guild, territorial behavior existed.
“There are way too many cocky newcomers these days.”
“The generation attached to these Six Superior Races is called the Golden Generation, isn’t it? Well, it makes sense that this is the time when talented individuals from other races are rising up.”
“Still, they’re too damn arrogant.”
There was one fellow grumbling like an old codger while talking like this. The one muttering away while lounging at the counter of the Heavenly Martial Alliance was radiating intense heat, which made him look lifeless instead—none other than a mid-tier race, a Bloodkin.
They were similar to what people on Earth called vampires or bloodsuckers. However, they had much higher body temperatures than typical vampires and were a race that radiated heat.
If you thought about it, they might be distant cousins of vampires.
In any case, their current grievance was this.
“Is it because there are no rookie hunters in B-Grade? These newcomers are unbelievably cocky.”
Targa Beren, who was also the branch director of the Heavenly Martial Alliance Atlas Branch, spoke these words, and some agreed with him. Though a veteran, he lacked the strength to reach A-Grade, so he’d essentially taken a job at the Heavenly Martial Alliance as its branch director, and for him to hold this position without enthusiasm was quite tedious indeed.
“So what are you going to do about it?”
“I’m planning to give the new recruits coming this time a pretty difficult test.”
“Hmm, that much is fine.”
The other two who were party members alongside Targa were also employees of the Heavenly Martial Alliance, so they had no choice but to agree with Targa’s words.
And at that moment, sensing a presence from afar, Targa couldn’t help but smirk.
A type of presence he was feeling for the first time.
Moreover, though they were using the subtlety of concealment, he muttered about the party that still carried the scent of a greenhorn unfamiliar with B-Rank Zones.
“Perfect timing.”
At Targa Beren’s words, the others also turned their gaze toward the entrance, and soon a party of four who appeared to be Yongin Clan members entered and called out.
“Come over here~”
It was Dohyun’s party—or rather, the Overseer Party.

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