I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 273

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Chapter 273
273: Why Are You Taking Care of Everything Like This? (1)
I’d noticed my inheritance seemed to be increasing lately, but I tried not to worry too much about it since it was good for Dohyun—until the helpful Analysis informed me.
[The aura of the familiar fragment is being felt in a different location, not here.]
[According to Analysis results, it appears to be related to the designated request.]
Analysis kindly informed Dohyun, and I chuckled as I read the message.
‘Why are you taking care of everything like this?’
That was my immediate thought upon seeing the words appear.
Not only did they beautifully set traps for us, but fragments of a relic with special properties too? I couldn’t even begin to fathom how grateful I should be.
However, I paid particular attention to the fact that it was a fragment of a relic, not a complete one.
Of course, even if it wasn’t complete, I already knew it would be powerful.
Usurpation was rated SSS-Rank.
According to Hezway, one would need to embrace Transcendence and make it their own to reach SS-Rank, so this exceeded even that tier.
Given that it was a relic of such a grade, I thought it was possible that only fragments remained after a long passage of time.
‘If I want to know the details, I’ll need to obtain it first.’
With that thought, I followed behind Hezway for now.
Currently, Hezway was taking on the role of leader anyway.
As we entered the interior following Branch Director Targa, he immediately guided us to a comfortable sofa while muttering as if troubled.
“Ahem. I apologize—due to the Overseer Party’s reputation drawing such crowds, I should have prevented this beforehand.”
Seeing Targa’s considerably more polite demeanor compared to before, the Overseer Party, including myself, simply accepted it and moved on.
Targa’s attitude was understandable enough.
What mattered now wasn’t Targa but the designated request, so Hezway immediately asked.
“So you mentioned a designated request—what’s that about?”
“Ah, well, you see, a relic was discovered quite recently in this nearby area….”
As Targa began explaining the request details, I examined whether there was anything suspicious, but Analysis concluded there was nothing amiss, so I excluded Targa from being an accomplice.
Thus, the designated request.
Upon hearing that they wanted us to enter a newly discovered Labyrinth-type Ruins to find something within it, I had to admit a certain admiration for what could be called a cliché trap setup—yet a classically structured one.
“Wow, how predictable.”
“Predictable indeed.”
“Tsk, so predictable that… honestly.”
“Hmm, quite so.”
Seeing Dohyun, Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and even Hezway all clicking their tongues in agreement, Targa blinked blankly as if wondering why, and they all shook their heads.
There was no need to spell it out.
Telling them straight to their faces that they were being used would only sour the mood.
Having calculated that far, I nodded toward Hezway, and she immediately spoke.
“We’ll take this request.”
“An excellent decision. They mentioned they’d pay 100 coins for it.”
Did they want to recruit us by any means necessary? All four of us were surprised—that was enough to jump directly from B-Rank to the highest tier, Gold-Rank.
So they wanted to entice us that badly.
With such sincerity, it was worth being fooled, I thought with a smirk, and so we accepted the request.
Having accepted the designated request, Dohyun’s Overseer Party set out toward the Labyrinth-type Ruins where the designated request was to begin.
This time, they departed with considerable anticipation about what they might obtain.
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The Forgotten Labyrinth, Cardor.
Reading the inscription written before the entrance and stepping inside, a massive Passage appeared, and before long, an enormous Chamber came into view.
Just by observing how the Cave had been carved out—far from naturally formed—and how countless bricks had been affixed to the walls, one could discern that an immense amount of labor had gone into its construction.
Though the design possessed a rather antiquated style, many bricks had crumbled over the ages, and through the gaps, the natural stone walls characteristic of caves were visible.
The sound of footsteps echoing through the desolate yet serene interior of the Ruins could be heard.
With a rhythmic clicking sound, four Party Members entered, and their demeanor suggested they were admiring the antiquated design without appearing particularly tense.
Five figures wearing deep robes observed the Party Members’ attitude and whispered among themselves.
‘They appear completely foolish.’
‘They’re falling for such a trap?’
‘The Dragon-kin are more stupid than expected.’
In a sense, these five Elves were spitting in their own faces, yet they had nonetheless succeeded in luring out the four-member Party they desired—the one they had designated as the Overseer.
After all, Hezway, who was called one of the Golden Generation among the Dragon-kin, was part of this group.
However.
‘The human is not visible.’
‘We thought there would be no humans since they mentioned a Dragon-kin Party, but…’
‘We should still be able to gather information.’
‘It appears they are using transformation magic, but no matter how much of a human who opened the Transcendence Repository they are, such stats could not possibly belong to a human.’
Upon hearing her subordinates’ reports, Kaelin nodded inwardly in thought.
‘It seems we won’t obtain Transcendence this time.’
It was regrettable, but if this wasn’t the human who obtained the Transcendence Repository, there was little need for them.
However, if it was Hezway, the princess of the Draxion Dimension and a member of the Golden Generation, she would certainly know everything about the peace accord established between Draxion and Earth, making this trap quite meaningful for obtaining that information.
Having calculated everything, Kaelin smiled coldly to herself, and the moment they entered the Chamber, she spoke immediately.
“So you are the Overseer Party.”
“Indeed. Then you must be the one who commissioned this designated request.”
At Kaelin’s words, Hezway, who had been leading the way, responded, and Kaelin nodded in turn.
Hezway, with an expression suggesting she completely believed this was a designated request, asked Kaelin a question.
“We just need to explore this Labyrinth and we’re done, right?”
Hearing such naive words, Kaelin’s expression twisted into a dark smile as she glared at them.
Then she spoke.
“Unfortunately, no.”
“Then what?”
As Hezway continued to appear completely oblivious, Kaelin became even more excited and exclaimed.
“You must tell us about the humans who opened the Transcendence Repository that you know of!”
Watching Kaelin reveal her true colors so suddenly, all members of the Overseer Party blinked and stared at her.
It seemed they hadn’t yet grasped the situation, and just as Kaelin was about to speak with evident delight.
“Sigh.”
A sigh escaped from Dohyun.
A sudden sigh escaped my lips. Yet Kaelin still seemed oblivious to the situation, her expression brimming with confidence.
Though Elves and Dragon-kin were both Superior Races, the differences between them were quite stark; however, Kaelin’s overwhelming confidence stemmed from her meticulous preparations.
“Now! Activate the magic circle!”
With her cry, ten additional Elves materialized around Kaelin, bringing their total to fifteen, and yet I could see Dohyun still wearing a disappointed expression.
Kaelin looked at him as if questioning why, when the Elves suddenly sensed something amiss and spoke up.
“Lady Kaelin!? The, the magic circle!!?”
“It, it won’t activate!”
“The spirits constructing the magic circle have vanished!?”
“What, what is happening!?”
All the Elves were flustered.
Watching them, Dohyun sighed and snapped his fingers.
Then.
The lesser spirits that had been constructing the magic circle fluttered around Dohyun, giggling and playing pranks on one another.
Dohyun showed these lesser spirits to the Elves and asked them.
“You mean spirits like these?”
“Wh, what!?”
“My, my spirit!?”
“Elium! I, I am your master!”
“Come here!”
The Elves’ eyes nearly rolled back as they watched their spirits stolen right before them, yet they desperately called out to them first.
But even as their masters cried out desperately, the spirits remained motionless around Dohyun, like preschoolers who had discovered a toy section and refused to budge.
A situation so incomprehensible that understanding itself seemed impossible.
In that moment, Dohyun turned to Kaelin again and asked.
“And you’re talking about the Human Party being these ones?”
As Dohyun spoke and snapped his fingers once more, this time the transformation magic enveloping Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan shattered, revealing their true faces.
Kaelin’s eyes trembled visibly at the unmistakably human forms before her.
She had known they were using transformation magic until moments ago, yet the aura they emanated was nothing like what she would expect from humans!
They were humans!?
Kaelin couldn’t suppress her internal shock.
‘If they could deceive our eyes like this….’
She couldn’t even fathom how powerful their mana control must be, and she swallowed hard. Yet strangely, it was fine. No—it was good.
If humans were here, then this was precisely the opportunity she had been waiting for.
With that thought, Kaelin grinned as if the moment she had so desperately desired had finally arrived and cried out.
“Fufufufu!!! You’re destroying yourselves! Those who have opened the 『Transcendence Repository』 shall never escape the despair I shall bestow upon you!”
As Kaelin spoke and withdrew the pendant split in half, the world seemed to freeze for an instant, and everything felt drawn toward the pendant by a fateful, inescapable force.
As if everything had originally belonged to that pendant—in the moment when Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and Hezway, who had worn relaxed expressions until now, felt this overwhelming power that manipulated fate, their expressions hardened.
It was then that Dohyun finally smiled as if finding this somewhat entertaining and was about to engage in battle.
When words materialized before his eyes once more.
[『Usurpation』 confirms the fragment it had lost.]
[『Usurpation』 usurps its own fragment.]
Before Dohyun could instinctively finish reading all the characters, Kaelin proudly tied the pendant’s string and held it out—only for the pendant in her outstretched hand to vanish abruptly.
The pendant that had been resting in her palm just moments before disappeared, and Kaelin’s expression turned vacant. Dohyun chuckled softly and opened his hand to reveal it.
The pendant, which had clinked and rattled as it collided with itself, now lay firmly grasped in Dohyun’s palm.
“Looking for this?”
“Ah…? Ah…!?”
Suddenly robbed of the pendant, Kaelin’s eyes widened in shock, and she cried out urgently.
“That—that is a treasure of our Elves!!! Give it back!!!”
As she shouted and began to channel magic, Hanalin stepped forward and extended her hand. The magical circle immediately scattered, and Kaelin’s spell dissipated.
Just as a real battle was about to erupt, the sound of someone entering the chamber echoed through the space.
Without exception, everyone’s gaze turned toward the entrance.
A Masked Figure emerged from the darkness, observing the situation with evident intrigue as they murmured to themselves.
“Certainly caught, then. A trap within a trap, it seems.”
With an air of boredom, as if there was nothing more to see, Dohyun’s eyes suddenly blazed with light in that instant.
[Analyzing traces of 『Sashin』.]
‘They’re revealing this much?’
Not just the relics of 『Usurpation』, but 『Sashin』 as well?
Thinking it was worth coming, Dohyun launched himself toward the figure that had just appeared. In that moment, the Masked Figure’s eyes trembled—they hadn’t expected him to charge at them so immediately.

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