I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 272

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Chapter 272
272: Hmm? A Designated Request? How Coincidental(2)
Upon hearing the sudden news of a designated request, the Overseer Party—excluding Dohyun—naturally couldn’t help but grow suspicious. Their reputation was spreading now, certainly, but that had only happened this morning.
Less than five hours had passed, and they’d already received a designated request? It was more than enough reason to be suspicious.
So when Jiyuchan, who had been practicing footwork in the Training Room, and Hanalin, who had been studying magic alone in her room, came out and heard about the designated request, they couldn’t help but be suspicious as well.
Rather than deliberate here, the consensus was to first head to the Heavenly Martial Alliance.
There was no point in thinking about it here. We could go to the Heavenly Martial Alliance, hear what the request was about, judge the situation, and refuse if necessary—it wouldn’t be too late.
And so, as we were heading toward the Heavenly Martial Alliance, Dohyun quietly spoke up.
“Ah, right. There were people watching us.”
“Pardon?” “What?!” “Watching us?”
At Dohyun’s words, we all stopped and looked at him.
As if asking why he was only mentioning this now. Naturally, Dohyun simply brushed past our reactions and continued.
“From what I could tell, they were from the Divine Assassin Squad. The one who placed the request was an Elf.”
All three of us, accustomed to Dohyun, didn’t bother asking the amateur question of how he knew. If it weren’t accurate, Dohyun wouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.
We all considered his words with that understanding.
Hanalin and Jiyuchan already knew well that Elves were behind the request, so they both frowned deeply.
It was a grudge that stretched back from the E-Rank days—impossible to forget.
Still.
“They were watching us,”
“You noticed it, Dohyun,”
“And the moment we drove them off, they placed a designated request?”
For all of us, including Dohyun, it was a situation that made no sense.
Normally, if they’d been caught so quickly, they would have waited a while before trying anything else. But the fact that they were making a move this immediately made us want to think deeper about it—until we all gave up.
Hadn’t we already heard the story from Jerome, who had escaped from that place?
“That’s so like the Elves.”
“…They’re certainly foolish.”
“Well, that’s just how Elves are.”
We all spoke dismissively of the Elves, but unfortunately, it was the truth.
With the largest population among the Superior Races, they employed tactics that somehow seemed to have holes in their heads—you could say that was very much in character for Elves.
If Jerome had heard this, he would have been sad, but he certainly wouldn’t have disagreed with the assessment.
In any case, the fact that they’d placed a designated request like this meant.
“Did they definitely find us this time?”
“Rather than definitely finding us, it seems they discovered the Yongin Clan’s dormitory by checking the agreement between Earth—or rather, South Korea—and the Draxion Dimension.”
“Narin got it right.”
At Hanalin’s words, Dohyun smiled and looked at her approvingly, and at his response, Hezway—who didn’t know this party’s history—stayed quiet while Hanalin explained.
Dohyun gave a brief explanation of what had happened before and other matters related to Transcendence.
He hadn’t explained things in detail to Hanalin or Jiyuchan, but the two of them had already sensed it vaguely ever since they visited the White Gate through the treasure map.
And though he hadn’t originally told Hezway, since she was now part of the same party, he informed her appropriately.
After hearing the explanations from Hanalin and Dohyun, Hezway nodded her head for a moment and murmured.
“Certainly, if it’s the Elves, that’s something worth their attention. They’re unusually sensitive about Transcendence, after all.”
“Hmm? Really?”
I looked at Hezway to confirm, and she nodded.
Hezway carefully broached information that I—humanity in general—couldn’t possibly know.
“Superior Races aren’t simply races with physical advantages.”
“I suspected as much.”
“Is there another criterion?”
As Hanalin and Jiyuchan asked and waited for Hezway’s answer, she looked at me, who had already made some deductions, and spoke.
“Superior Races are those that have grasped Transcendence and surpassed S-Rank. In other words… there are currently only six races that have surpassed S-Rank.”
“What?”
“There’s a rank beyond S-Rank!?”
As Hanalin and Jiyuchan expressed their shock, I nodded as if I finally understood.
And then I spoke.
“Then races that have reached S-Rank would be middle-tier races.”
“…And those that haven’t would be lower-tier?”
As Hanalin continued my thought and asked Hezway, she nodded. Which meant…
“In the past, Hwadaejuk nearly grasped Transcendence and rose to become a Superior Race, but then the Elves stole Hwadaejuk’s Transcendence and became Superior Races themselves.”
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed, and only then could I understand why Baeryujin had been so aggressive toward Jerome.
And.
“There’s a rumor that the lifespan of the Elf who grasped Transcendence is running out soon. Perhaps that’s why they’ve been so sensitive about Transcendence lately—and it seems they’ve targeted us, this party, as their objective.”
With Hezway’s words, the gravity of this situation became clear.
But despite such talk, I smirked and spoke.
“So they tried to trap us with a designated request? I can’t just sit idle about this.”
As I said this, I had to be careful since the Elves working with the Divine Assassin Squad were involved, so I looked at everyone and spoke.
“We’re going to execute a feint operation.”
Just as everyone wondered how four people could pull off a feint, I smirked and pulled out two strands of hair from my pocket, infused with both mana and inner energy. My party members then nodded as if they finally understood.
Then, suddenly.
Jiyuchan stared intently at my hair and asked.
“Dohyun, but is it okay to pluck your hair like that?”
To his somewhat cautious question as a man, I blinked and answered.
“Huh? Oh, hair loss? There’s no baldness in my family, so it’s fine.”
“I… see.”
Watching Jiyuchan look at me with what seemed like envy, I tilted my head, but since it wasn’t particularly useful information, I decided to let it pass.
Though I wasn’t entirely sure, it seemed Jiyuchan could learn clone techniques but probably wouldn’t use them if he could help it.
* * *
The area surrounding the Atlas Safe Zone had Bultegore’s spine running through it, so the passages on the east and west sides functioned similarly, with the surrounding mountain ranges blocking both sides like walls.
Because of this, it was close to where many monsters nested, and monster settlements were nearby, making it quite advantageous terrain for hunting—except for the central zone within Bultegore’s interior.
Perhaps because of this.
Even before the Black Gate’s connection, ruins of those who once lived in Bultegore were occasionally discovered, and recently, such ruins had been found near Atlas.
Through the Black Gate’s transcendent translation, the name found at the ruins’ entrance was the Forgotten Labyrinth, Kardor.
It wasn’t a dungeon, but rather a labyrinth ruin that had transformed like a dungeon within the Black Gate.
Within that Forgotten Labyrinth, Kardor, a gathering of pointed-eared Elves stood adorned in equipment crafted from wood, their appearance radiating an unparalleled splendor of lush verdancy.
“The binding magic circle has been completed.”
“The mana control magic circle is also finished.”
“The physical binding magic circle is done as well.”
“Since these are magic circles created through spirit arts, even a Mage would find them difficult to dispel.”
All of them bowed their heads toward their captain and reported, and the captain Elf, Kaelin Baeltalas, nodded in acknowledgment at their words.
It was something that could make enemies of the Dragon-kin’s dimension, Draxion, but the Elves were currently in a state of considerable desperation—desperate enough to warrant such enmity.
If they failed this time, they might lose their “Transcendence” in the near future and plummet from a Superior Race to a Middle Race.
Thinking of this, Kaelin, the captain of this operation, trembled slightly.
But.
“If all the magic circles are complete… then it should be fine.”
Kaelin spoke thus and lifted the most crucial item of this operation into her hand.
The exact effect was unknown, but it was an item capable of seizing both the opponent’s rank and their “Transcendence”—an item rumored to have stolen the “Transcendence” of Hwadaejuk in the past.
Though he was merely a B-Grade Hunter, the very fact that he had opened the “Transcendence Repository” meant he possessed “Transcendence,” however faint. If they could obtain this, then if an S-Grade Hunter were to wield it, they could even venture beyond “Transcendence,” making this a critical turning point.
Unlike other Superior Races who each possessed those with Transcendence in different dimensions, the Elves had connected all dimensions yet had only a single individual bearing “Transcendence,” which was why they could not help but be so sensitive about this matter.
Therefore, they had to obtain it this time, no matter what.
‘We must… make our Elves great.’
It was as she was thinking thus, her eyes gleaming with a treacherous brilliance.
After all the magic circles had been inspected, one of the Elves suddenly asked Kaelin.
“…But I apologize, if the Divine Assassin Squad has already been exposed, won’t this designated request be revealed as a trap?”
“….”
Kaelin could not answer that question.
In her haste, she had not thought that far ahead. So she could not respond, but at that moment, an Elf rushed into the ruins and shouted urgently.
“Kaelin! They’ve accepted the designated request!!!”
“Excellent! Did I not say so! Did I not say they would fall for it!!!”
Kaelin spoke thus with triumphant confidence and shouted.
“Just to be safe, I shall request reinforcements from the Divine Assassin Squad.”
The moment Kaelin, elated, went to contact the Divine Assassin Squad again.
Several of the Elves watched with slightly uneasy expressions.
“They’re accepting this?”
“It seems like they’d realize it’s a trap…”
“Is she drunk on arrogance?”
“Or perhaps she accepted it while intoxicated by her own fame?”
Since the Elves were inherently arrogant, such speculation was natural, but they could not be certain yet, so they chattered on, though they did not pay it much mind afterward.
Whether they came knowing it was a trap or not did not matter. They had already set traps using spirits, and even if they escaped from here, there were three Elf parties in total. All were five-person parties, making fifteen in all.
And if reinforcements from the Divine Assassin Squad arrived on top of that?
No matter how much they knew, they could never escape.
Especially not even if they destroyed one Divine Assassin Squad assassination unit.
The Elves were thus certain of their victory.
* * *
Jecheon Mumaeng Atlas Branch.
Though the Heavenly Martial Alliance was renowned, days as crowded as today were far from common.
The Heavenly Martial Alliance’s examinations were notoriously strict, and Targa, the branch director of the Atlas Branch, deliberately raised the difficulty out of inferiority complex, so such busy days were rare—yet today was different.
It was because of the Overseer Party, which had succeeded in their very first commissioned task.
Word of this spread throughout Atlas, causing those affiliated with the Heavenly Martial Alliance to gather one by one.
They’d even received a named request, so those curious to see what made this celebrated Overseer Party so exceptional came flocking.
Everyone knew that Draxion and South Korea had signed a peace accord, but the detailed terms hadn’t crossed over to other dimensions, so they were unaware that the Overseer Party consisted of both humans and Dragon-kin together. Dragon-kin parties were not something one saw every day.
And so, the Overseer Party.
“Here they come.”
“Huh, so they’re a Dragon-kin party—each one is extraordinary.”
“Is that transformation magic? Quite impressive. I can’t see through it.”
“Are they really just rookies who just climbed up?”
“So this is what a Superior Race truly is?”
Even though no transformation magic had altered their mana reserves or abilities, everyone present failed to even consider the possibility that a human was among the Overseer Party.
They simply thought a remarkable Dragon-kin party had emerged.
Was it deliberate cultivation of this image?
Rather than Dohyun, the leader, taking the lead, Hezway stepped forward and entered the Heavenly Martial Alliance, speaking directly.
“We received a named request, so we came.”
At those words, Targa rushed over and spoke.
“Please, allow me to escort you inside.”
Two days since ascending to the B-Rank Zone, and on the very day of joining the Heavenly Martial Alliance.
Dohyun’s Overseer Party had become renowned throughout Atlas, known to all.
‘So what kind of trap awaits? I’m curious to see.’
The moment Dohyun thought that, words materialized before his eyes.
[Analyzing the aura of a familiar fragment.]
[A fragment of the relic of ‘Usurpation’ is sensed nearby.]
‘…?’
What is this now?

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