I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 274

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Chapter 274
274: Why Are You Preparing All of This?(2)
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The Divine Assassin Squad maintained multiple branch organizations across each zone grade, and currently, there were three Divine Assassin Squad branches in the B-Rank Zone.
One branch was located in the heart of Bultegore—the Central Zone—another was positioned within Bultegore’s interior, and the final one was the Back Branch responsible for Bultegore’s upper regions, making three in total. Naturally, the weakest among them was the Back Branch.
The Black Mask who had appeared before the Overseer Party after accepting a request from the Elves also belonged to that Back Branch, though he was far from being a mere member of the Divine Assassin Squad.
The one called Agent No. 1, who commanded the Back Branch, was none other than the Black Mask himself.
The Divine Assassin Squad operated under a perfect chain of command where lower numbers indicated higher rank and greater authority.
In other words, this Black Mask was the branch commander.
Since the organization demanded absolute obedience to superiors, the hierarchy was strictly enforced. What was peculiar, however, was that the rank determining a superior’s position wasn’t based on current strength.
It was potential.
Because they valued how far one could ultimately ascend as the greatest virtue, the Agent No. 1s who served as branch commanders were generally weaker than those called Agent No. 2 or Agent No. 3.
Of course, if judged purely by potential, they far surpassed Agent No. 2 or Agent No. 3, whose grades were essentially fixed at their current levels.
This was why the Divine Assassin Squad often assigned Agent No. 1s to handle requests and allocations rather than field operations. But when the Elves had come with what seemed like nonsense, I never imagined such a disaster would unfold.
Yet.
‘He’s coming straight at me?’
Watching Dohyun fly directly toward him rather than toward the Elves who had set the trap, the Black Mask couldn’t help but express bewilderment.
Pung!
A sharp, concise sound of air splitting.
But before that brief sound of air tearing could even register, Dohyun’s form had already arrived before the Black Mask.
As Dohyun flew in rapidly using footwork techniques, his formidable speed was compounded when he drew his short blade, causing a glimmer of surprise to flash across the Black Mask’s eyes.
‘That blade.’
Though the Black Mask was startled by Dohyun’s sudden assault, he was stronger than Agent No. 2 and Agent No. 3—stronger than the Bloodkin Divine Assassin Squad member, Agent No. 9, whom Dohyun had killed before.
The Black Mask swiftly raised his short blade to block Dohyun’s supersonic attack, and the moment their blades collided, he narrowed his eyes.
Kwaaaaaang!!!
The shockwave generated from the collision of their short blades pulverized the surrounding bricks into dust, destroying the cave wall beyond and expanding the chamber’s size.
As dust erupted from their collision, the Overseer Party began moving first.
With visibility obscured by the dust cloud, Jiyuchan was the first to move, his platinum radiance sweeping as he employed footwork techniques to charge toward the nearest Elf, while Hanalin supported him by casting magic.
Hezway likewise unleashed platinum brilliance, supporting Jiyuchan’s assault by wielding a spear to check the other Elves.
‘Execute the plan.’
Watching the three move according to plan, Dohyun thought to himself that they would proceed as intended, then kicked toward the Black Mask’s abdomen as his posture wavered from the impact.
After blocking the short blade, the attack flowed like water, leaving the Black Mask no time to evade. He raised his blade to defend against the kick, but he couldn’t prevent himself from being knocked backward.
Thwakuaaaang——!!!
Whiiiiiiiiii——!!!
As the Black Mask flew away with an explosive sound of air splitting, Dohyun immediately employed footwork without hesitation. A clear blue aura and grayish-white energy intertwined, creating a mysterious cyan-white radiance that rippled before Dohyun’s form vanished without a trace.
Seeing the two strongest combatants withdraw from the battlefield, Kaelin was about to shout something when—
Sensing a sinister aura rising from behind, she quickly turned her head, and there appeared two figures identical to Dohyun.
Their aura was in no way inferior to Dohyun’s, causing Kaelin to swallow hard.
“What in the world….”
Including the clones, the Overseer Party now numbered five.
Kaelin watched the two clones of Dohyun, Hanalin, Jiyuchan, and Hezway, even as fifteen Elves surrounded the five of them, and thought to herself.
‘…Damn it.’
There was no visible escape route, but there was no helping it.
She had to break free from this place somehow.
As Kaelin thought this and faced off against the Overseer Party, including the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent and the Plague Lord.
Agent No. 1—or rather, the Black Mask—was shot out of the Chamber like a projectile, furrowing his brow as he kicked off once in midair to reduce the impact’s momentum before driving both legs into the ground.
Screeeeeech————.
Creating two deep furrows in the earth along with a long trail of smoke, Agent No. 1 aimed a dagger shrouded in black shadow at the incoming Dohyun and spoke.
“Do you know what this dagger is?”
At those words, Dohyun wielded his dagger and unleashed a technique.
“A relic of Sashin.”
As he answered, the technique unfolded.
Shadowless Dark Moon Technique
Seventh Form
Shadow Moon Shattering Space
Watching Dohyun’s shadow-shrouded dagger pierce forward as if a shadowed moon were shattering space itself, Agent No. 1 swiftly reversed his grip and channeled his inner force into the blade, deflecting the strike.
Scraaaape————!!
As the two daggers released a violent friction sound with fierce sparks, deflecting Dohyun’s thrust, Agent No. 1 quickly repositioned his deflecting dagger and drove his properly-gripped blade toward Dohyun.
But Dohyun, who had already drawn a second dagger in his other hand, swiftly flicked his wrist and deflected the blade aimed at his heart.
Ching!
The sharp metallic collision rang out, and as Agent No. 1’s hand was lifted, black shadow-shrouded force tried to burrow into Dohyun’s body.
But.
‘I saw it.’
For Dohyun, who possessed Analysis, covert attacks were futile, so the moment he deflected the dagger, he retreated backward.
It was a moment where the exchange within a fraction of time placed a period, but Agent No. 1, as if anticipating Dohyun’s retreat, changed the period of his dagger strike into a comma.
The dagger flew at Dohyun’s eyes after a brief pause, but as he retreated, Dohyun was already executing his footwork technique, so the moment the dagger appeared, his form became blurred.
The footwork technique created by Dohyun.
Shadowless Dark Moon Technique
First Form
Lurking Moon Hidden Shadow
Watching Dohyun disappear before his eyes even as he looked directly at him, Agent No. 1’s eyes trembled slightly.
‘He vanished?’
Even within the Divine Assassin Squad, those who wielded such footwork were extremely rare.
Excluding the Divine Assassin Squad’s Elders who had transcended into S-Rank and stood on the threshold of transcendence, or the current master of the Divine Assassin Squad, at most only one or two could execute such a near-miraculous footwork technique, so Agent No. 1 couldn’t help but be seized by bewilderment.
And discovering that small opening, Dohyun smiled quietly, like a hidden moon.
Thus, Dohyun reappeared at Agent No. 1’s side.
Normally he would have appeared from behind, but Dohyun did not.
‘Behind is too obvious.’
If he appeared from behind, one could simply trust the sensation felt there and move accordingly, but when Dohyun appeared from the side, the visual information that Dohyun, who had been in front until moments ago, now appeared from the side created an overload of information that bred confusion.
Amid the psychological warfare conducted within stretched time, Agent No. 1 recognized his mistake, immediately closed his eyes to block visual information, and drew upon his other senses to intercept Dohyun’s attack.
However, Agent No. 1 had overlooked one crucial detail.
A fact that Dohyun had never discovered while wielding dual daggers was now finally revealed.
‘Long?’
As soon as Agent No. 1 closed his eyes and sensed the air being cleaved by Dohyun’s attack, he quickly noticed that the slash was oddly extended. Gripping his dual daggers, he blocked the lengthy strike, and upon opening his eyes again, he realized the confusion would no longer cloud his judgment—only to see a long greatsword come into view.
Dohyun, gripping a blade with microscopically serrated edges, exerted his strength and swung the greatsword, forcing Agent No. 1 backward with unstoppable momentum.
No matter how firmly he gripped the dual daggers with both hands, it was impossible to fully withstand the force being channeled through the long greatsword.
As Agent No. 1 was pushed back and his brow furrowed, Dohyun muttered while watching him.
“You’re quite strong, after all.”
“….”
That was precisely what Agent No. 1 wanted to say.
According to the intelligence, Dohyun, who had only recently ascended to B-Grade, was matching him—someone of mid-B-Grade rank or higher—blow for blow, making it impossible to even estimate just how formidable he truly was.
However, Agent No. 1 didn’t know that Dohyun himself was equally astounded.
『Erebus Malum』
『Trait: Descendant of Sashin [S]』
『Skills』
▶Dagger Mastery—「Formless Purgatory [S]」
▶Footwork—「Shadow Erosion Thievery [S]」
▶「Dagger Mastery [S]」
…(More)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 125」
▶「Agility: 129」
▶「Endurance: 111」
▶「Mana: 101」
※A Shadow Nigredo (ancient spirit being).
[Analysis has succeeded.]
[You have acquired 5000 AP.]
‘Damn, this one’s incredibly strong.’
Had I not gained enlightenment while creating my martial arts, handling this opponent would have been considerably difficult.
But that’s precisely what made it interesting.
As the battle continued, I moved swiftly, blocking Agent No. 1’s attacks with my greatsword while launching counterattacks.
Agent No. 1, meanwhile, began treading his footwork as I moved freely across the arena, unfolding his martial arts—black flames coiling around both of his daggers.
The moment Agent No. 1’s martial art, Formless Purgatory, which I had analyzed before, was unleashed, I swiftly maneuvered my blade and cut through the blazing black flames before retreating.
“You’re quite perceptive.”
“I don’t often hear such things.”
“You won’t hear them again in the future either.”
At Agent No. 1’s coldly resolute words, I chuckled and swung my blade once more, activating a technique.
My signature cyan-white blade energy wrapped around the sword, and golden light flickered momentarily before my form blazed like light itself, hurtling toward Agent No. 1.
Golden Blade
First Technique
Golden Flash
As the first technique of the Golden Sword manifested, golden light surged brilliantly, propelling Dohyun forward with tremendous force. His eyes gleamed with intensity as he channeled even greater speed, unleashing a second technique in rapid succession.
If Golden Flash was the fastest among all Golden Sword techniques, then this was the technique that matched its speed while possessing the greatest destructive power.
Golden Sword
Tenth Technique
Golden Thunder
As brilliant golden lightning crashed down like a tempest toward Agent No. 1, he too responded by scattering absolute darkness that consumed all light through his eyes. Gripping his twin daggers with one hand reversed and the other forward, Agent No. 1 unleashed his own technique.
From both blades flowed an inky aura so devoid of light that it seemed impossible such power could emanate from mere weapons, cascading outward in waves that rippled across all directions.
In that instant, Agent No. 1’s pupils turned pitch black as he unleashed a wave of inky darkness against the golden torrent of flashing light and thunder bearing down upon him.
Formless Purgatory
Fourth Technique
Ink Sea Deluge
The two tidal forces collided between them.
Kuooooooooo———!!!
An indescribable shockwave erupted outward in all directions as golden light and inky shadow engulfed the world, and within that realm of flickering light and darkness, a colossal explosion tore through everything.
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