I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Party Formation! (1)

Going back half a day before Dohyun met with Jiyuchan, who hadn’t even grown yet, to when he was still at home pondering. Dohyun was making several plans.

After graduating from the Training Facility and before forming a party, meaning before entering the Black Gate, shouldn’t he set short-term goals? That’s what Dohyun thought.

While surviving in the Black Gate was his top priority, it would be good to have growth plans beyond that too.

Among these, Dohyun excluded anything about the party for now.

‘Since I don’t know what kind of people will be in the party. Let’s set aside anything about the party.’

Since he didn’t know what kind of people would gather, making plans in advance would be completely meaningless, so he didn’t set any goals or plans regarding the party and only focused on his own objectives.

First, his primary goal was simple.

Before this batch’s Training Facility ended, collecting AP, that is Analysis Points, to obtain Hwang Hana’s Shadow King’s Swiftness was his short-term goal for now.

It was one of the major skills Dohyun hadn’t obtained yet, so he absolutely needed to get it.

Since it was questionable whether Hwang Hana would serve as head instructor for the next batch, his first goal was to collect AP within the remaining 3 weeks to obtain Shadow King’s Swiftness before it would take time to meet her again.

And next was obvious, wasn’t it? Magic, of course.

‘I’ve learned all the basic magic, but I haven’t mastered all the low-level magic yet.’

He didn’t necessarily need to find Hanalin for this, since the Association also provided them, so targeting that seemed like a good idea.

Since it wasn’t an urgent goal or high priority, he put it off for later.

The most urgent and highest priority was Hwang Hana’s Shadow King’s Swiftness. Thinking about that, he felt he should move around seeing as many Hunters as possible.

He heard that once inside the Black Gate, he’d see many different races too, so he wasn’t too worried about that part.

However.

‘Once you enter, you’re stuck there for at least a week. That’s quite significant.’

The Black Gate could only be entered as a party, and there was a mandatory period you had to stay there, which was at least one week in F Zone.

He heard such restrictions disappeared as you moved up, but F Zone was the lowest zone, so there was no such thing.

It was an absolute rule of the Black Gate that had to be followed, making it the most dangerous time as well.

Since you had to stay for a week, it was also the period where accidents happened most frequently among Hunters. Because of this, some Hunters often called it weeding out, or separating the wheat from the chaff.

It was especially harsh on Earth’s Hunters.

‘All sorts of scavengers come after you, right?’

Hunters from other dimensions called villains particularly targeted Earth’s Hunters who were weak in the beginning, so the mortality rate was too high.

Even situations where you wouldn’t die if you handled them properly often resulted in death because of them.

The reason for specifically hunting beginners was simple.

Inside the Black Gate, you could gain points by killing any living being, which is why such bastards emerged.

Cases frequently appeared where those who were easier to catch than monsters and too afraid to move up targeted beginners who gave quite decent points.

In reality, mediocre Hunters were filtered out by villains, and the mortality rate was so high that it was also the reason each country established Training Facilities.

After establishing Training Facilities, the mortality rate did decrease, but even so, it remained dangerous.

‘Now it’s real combat, so let’s keep our wits about us.’

Dohyun thought this as he gradually headed to the Association according to schedule, and finally got to meet the party member he had been eagerly awaiting, but it happened to be Jiyuchan, who had boasted he would show growth when they met next.

Dohyun found it absurd watching Jiyuchan act nonchalant out of embarrassment, but actually thought it was rather good.

‘Well, if it’s Jiyuchan, I won’t need to change parties frequently.’

Since parties were mandatory in the Black Gate, he had to form one anyway, but if someone below Dohyun’s standards became a party member, the unfortunate situation of having to change frequently might occur, so wouldn’t it be better to go with Jiyuchan, who had infinite potential and growth capacity?

Eventually, if a gap developed with Dohyun’s growth, they might split again, but considering Jiyuchan’s stubbornness and persistence, he thought they’d probably stick together for quite a while.

While Dohyun was thinking this, he suddenly looked at the Association Staff member who had guided them to the party waiting room with curiosity.

If one person was Jiyuchan, then could the other one be…?

‘Is it Hanalin?’

Could Hanalin also be in the same party?

Just in case, Dohyun looked at the staff member and asked.

“By any chance, the other party member is…?”

When Dohyun asked carefully, the Association Staff member looked through the documents they had brought while guiding them.

Then they answered Dohyun.

“Ah, someone coming from the Mage Association, and their name is Yerin Lee.”

At the staff member’s words, Jiyuchan seemed to have gotten over his embarrassment a bit and joined in with a cough.

“Ahem, it’s not Instructor Hanalin.”

At Jiyuchan’s words, Dohyun also nodded.

Since Dohyun and Jiyuchan had gathered, he thought Hanalin might gather too, but it seemed she wasn’t included.

“Hmm, right. Since both of us gathered, I wondered if maybe.”

“Well, Instructor Hanalin would be giving lectures to the kids at the Training Facility.”

Unlike the two who had graduated, Hanalin would still be working as an instructor at the Training Facility, so it was actually natural that it wasn’t Hanalin.

There were still 3 weeks left in the Training Facility period.

It would be somewhat comfortable if Hanalin came, but still, since this person was joining the party of two who had set such records, wouldn’t this Yerin Lee also be quite capable?

Thinking this, Dohyun felt slightly expectant.

As he waited, thinking about meeting a new mage Hunter and obtaining new skills, the staff member touched their phone as if they had just received contact.

Then.

“Ah, they say they’ll be here soon.”

At the staff member’s words, Dohyun looked at the waiting room door with some anticipation, and footsteps could be heard from far away.

Since it was the first day, they probably wore dress shoes, making clicking sounds, and Dohyun felt some inexplicable familiarity with that sound. It definitely felt like Hanalin, but the name was different.

Thinking it must be someone with a similar atmosphere, he waited, and the door opened as a woman with quite an elegant impression entered.

A woman with a blurred impression at first glance.

She was a woman with an elegant and cautious appearance, almost the complete opposite of Hanalin.

So when Dohyun looked at her and activated his analysis power, a somehow familiar status window appeared.

“…?”

What is this?

Intermediate General Magic: Transformation?

When Dohyun saw that.

First, Dohyun paid the 50AP he had and acquired it.

As he habitually acquired the skill, analysis text appeared before Dohyun’s eyes.

Dohyun first dismissed the text and looked at Hanalin who had just entered.

He wondered why she was hiding her identity, but wanting to hear her out first, Dohyun found himself saying without thinking.

“Instructor Hanalin?”

At those words, Hanalin, who had grown accustomed to Dohyun’s calls over the past time, also answered without thinking.

“Yes. Why are you…”

Then, belatedly realizing something was strange, Hanalin looked at Dohyun with a bewildered expression, and her eyes shook violently for a moment.

Even though she was transformed into Yerin Lee’s appearance, when she checked again just in case, there was nothing wrong with the transformation. Hanalin began to stutter while looking at Dohyun and Jiyuchan with violently trembling eyes.

“Ah? Uh, uh?”

Watching the flustered Hanalin, Jiyuchan looked at Hanalin and Dohyun as if something was strange, and still seeming confused, he asked Dohyun while being equally bewildered.

“Instructor Hanalin?”

“…Ah, was I not supposed to say that?”

When Dohyun said that, now even the Association Staff was unconsciously rolling their eyes, and when the situation became like this, Hanalin sighed and released her transformation magic.

Then the elegant appearance of Yerin Lee from just moments ago completely disappeared, and she returned to Hanalin’s original form.

Then she looked at Dohyun and shook her head from side to side.

It was a look of giving up.

“Haaaaah. I thought it might not work… You really are amazing at seeing through things.”

When she appeared after changing her appearance to truly Hanalin’s form, Jiyuchan looked at Dohyun with a somewhat absurd expression.

While he hadn’t felt any sense of incongruity, Dohyun had noticed at once, so Jiyuchan also clicked his tongue thinking he was indeed amazing.

Similarly, when the Association Staff who had planned this together looked troubled, Hanalin stepped forward to explain.

“First, my appearance has been too exposed to the outside, so when entering the Black Gate, there was an opinion to completely change my identity considering kidnapping by other countries, so I came in a changed form. Anyway, I’m sorry for deceiving you both. I was planning to tell you gradually… but you recognized me at once.”

At that story, both Dohyun and Jiyuchan could understand, thinking that was the reason.

Indeed, if it was Hanalin, she was certainly talented enough for that. Unlike the two who hadn’t been announced in media or externally yet, she had already been completely exposed, so it made sense.

There’s also the saying that to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your allies, so Dohyun and Jiyuchan didn’t mind much.

Rather.

“If it’s Instructor Hanalin, I welcome it. Since we’ve spent time together, it’s true that it’s more comfortable than with other mages.”

“Right.”

When Dohyun also agreed, Hanalin seemed relieved and was about to continue the conversation when.

Suddenly the Association Staff received some contact and looked perplexed as they spoke to the three people.

“Um… the Association President is coming?”

“…?”

“??????”

“What???”

At the staff’s sudden words, all three looked at the staff asking what that meant, when a man with an impression like an iron wall appeared at the door. Jiyuchan and Hanalin couldn’t help but feel their bodies shrink at the appearance of that giant figure.

Even without using mana pressure, while the two were breaking out in cold sweat from the tremendous pressure that crushed them with just the aura spreading around, only Dohyun’s eyes widened as he stared at the man. Or more precisely, he was looking at the text that appeared in front of the man.

“Wow.”

Han Muyeol, the President of the Korean Hunter Association and South Korea’s first A-rank Hunter, looked at Dohyun who was admiring without being crushed by the aura unlike the other two, chuckled, and said.

“Indeed… certainly worthy of being called a monster.”

Hearing those words, Dohyun looked at Han Muyeol as if it was absurd.

‘Who’s calling who a monster….’

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