I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 288

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Chapter 288
288: Lecia Belladrina’s Secret Research Facility (2)
While Hanalin grasped the astonishment of the magic Dohyun had performed, the others were bewildered by their inability to comprehend it. Hanalin explained.
“He embedded his inner mindscape into the magic and spread it like a plague through mana, then implanted an explosive spell in their minds and detonated it.”
“…?” “…?” “What!?”
Jiyuchan and Hezway, unfamiliar with magic, blinked at Hanalin as if they understood but didn’t quite grasp it, while only Vera, who knew magic well, trembled with shock and stared at Dohyun as if he were some kind of monster.
Hanalin, who could only perform magic but also possessed some martial skill, offered an analogy to the two who remained confused.
“To put it simply, he scattered sword energy like spores and cut from the inside out.”
“What!?” “Wait, is that even possible!?”
Once Dohyun’s one-man lecture through Hanalin’s explanation was complete, everyone finally understood and looked at Dohyun as if he were some kind of monster. Dohyun frowned as he watched his party members react this way.
It wasn’t as if this was the first or second time they’d seen this. Dohyun couldn’t help but mutter something.
“What, are you calling me a crazy monster again? Seriously. You could all do this too with a little application.”
“….” “….” “….” “….”
As they all looked at him with skeptical eyes, Dohyun could be certain through 「Analysis」 that they could all do it.
Though they were indeed looking at him with doubt, they figured there must be a reason for Dohyun to say such a thing, so they simply moved on.
Despite the minor squabble, they all headed toward the location the map indicated.
Even without the map’s guidance, as they moved toward the area where the mana concentration was subtly lower, they could see the entrance that had been buried underground now exposed as the ground had warped and shifted.
“Here it is.”
At Dohyun’s words, everyone nodded, and Dohyun stepped forward first toward the entrance.
It was a gothic-style antique entrance, and despite being buried in the earth, there wasn’t a single crumbled section visible.
It was somewhat curious that the style was gothic rather than the stone-carved method one would expect from ancient times, but to Dohyun, such details were irrelevant.
He had 「Analysis」 after all.
Wondering if this was truly Lecia’s secret research facility, Dohyun verified it, and characters appeared before his eyes.
Characters that served as proof of having found the right place.
[Analyzing 「Lecia Belladrina’s Secret Research Facility」.]
[「Lecia Belladrina’s Secret Research Facility」 is currently in a state where its security system magic has deteriorated over the long passage of time.]
[Even with a key, entry would be difficult.]
At those words from 「Analysis」, Dohyun smirked and reached out his hand.
The security system magic had deteriorated?
That meant he would need to force the door open entirely, and if it was locked by magic, then in other words—
‘Opening it with magic will do the trick.’
As Dohyun thought this and gently placed his outstretched hand on the door, the mana enveloping the entire entrance suddenly turned crimson.
The Overseer Party, excluding Dohyun, flinched at what appeared to be a powerful barrier meant to repel intruders.
They had been told the mechanism would be broken from age, but it was far from ordinary.
Despite being ancient magic, it still functioned, and the mana around it moved violently as a result, making it impossible not to feel tension.
However, Dohyun seemed rather amused as he began casting magic toward his hand placed on the crimson magic circle.
To be precise, he was distributing mana to understand the structure of the magic circle, and the moment he tried to penetrate it with mana, Dohyun reacted.
“Oho?”
Beyond intricacy, the mana throughout the entire magic circle was arranged so uniformly that it was difficult to penetrate.
Seeing no gaps to exploit, Dohyun couldn’t help but feel a slight thrill.
This magical formation, undoubtedly a remnant from over a thousand years past, had not unraveled a single thread of mana and remained intact—evidence of extraordinary mana dominion.
I realized that such control and mastery was something I had scarcely witnessed beyond myself, perhaps only in Hanalin.
However.
‘It feels somewhat crude.’
Was it because it truly was a relic from the distant past?
While the magical form and the arrangement of mana composing the formation were flawless, the formation itself carried a distinctly rough and unrefined quality.
Perhaps it stemmed from an era before magic had been standardized, when sorcery was merely transitioning into true magic?
I found it intriguing and began to 『Analysis』 the formation.
Then, words materialized before me.
[Analyzing 「Lecia Belladrina’s Magical Formation」.]
The moment the text appeared, the blueprint of this formation unfolded in my mind’s eye, and as I opened my eyes while tracing it mentally, a pale blue luminescence bloomed from my gaze.
Simultaneously, I employed the incantations embedded within 『Genesis』, the mana cultivation method I had newly acquired.
My mana, which dwelled in the realm of imprinting inner mindscapes and manifesting my own world, began to bore into the formation constructed with the precision of an intricate clockwork mechanism.
The destructive power inherent in 「Ruin’s Dragon Solvent」 infused itself, however faintly, and pierced through the formation with razor-sharp precision.
To draw an analogy, it was akin to drilling a hole through a locked door blocking the way ahead, inserting one’s hand, and disengaging the lock mechanism.
While the analogy was simple enough, considering that the door was forged from tungsten and exceeded three meters in thickness, the situation felt remarkably similar.
Drilling through it should have been impossible, yet the aura of 「Destruction」 I channeled made it feasible, and a faint smile curved my lips.
And then.
Click.
A sound of something opening echoed, and the formation that had been tinted red gradually shifted to blue, naturally swinging the door wide open.
Witnessing this, the Overseer Party members seemed to have exhausted their capacity for astonishment, standing with their mouths agape.
I glanced at my party members and smiled before speaking.
“Let’s go.”
They all nodded at my words and entered inside.
The moment we stepped into the secret research facility, I spoke.
“I opened the door directly, but the security systems are likely in disarray, so attacks may come.”
“Understood.”
“Confirmed.”
“Got it.”
“U-uh, yes….”
Each offered their acknowledgment and followed behind me.
Then I briefly wondered if it was appropriate for me to take the lead today, participating as a mage, but concluded it mattered little since my martial prowess was hardly lacking.
Besides, our party didn’t rigidly define positions.
Still, if I were to assign myself a role, wouldn’t it be something akin to a warmage?
The moment I entertained that thought, 『Analysis』 sounded an urgent alarm.
Seeing crimson trajectories suddenly materialize in midair, I shouted and swiftly retreated.
“They’re coming!”
As I called out and withdrew, those following reacted with keen alertness.
Jiyuchan stepped forward with swift footwork first, followed by Hezway conjuring spears of light and grasping them in hand, while Hanalin and Vera rapidly began constructing spells.
Yet among them all, I was the fastest.
A smooth, massive arm of white marble suddenly appeared, tearing through space as if teleporting before it had even emerged from the void. The instant it descended to strike where Dohyun stood, he captured that fleeting moment and rapidly composed mana.
By analyzing the trajectory through 「Analysis」 before the arm even materialized from the void, it could be mistaken for a future-sight effect. Yet it wasn’t precognition—Dohyun had inferred the arm’s path by analyzing the flow of mana itself, so he was already prepared the moment he perceived it.
Thus, Dohyun’s spell was constructed first, and the constructed spell was simplicity itself.
Whirrrrrrring———!!!
A rapidly rotating metal appeared—a drill, spinning so fast it glowed red-hot.
The friction heat was so intense that the surrounding air shimmered and warped, the fierce warmth distorting the very sight before them.
Yet strangely, the metal drill remained only red-hot; it suffered no wear or erosion from the friction whatsoever.
A collaboration of skills drawing from three of Dohyun’s inner mindscapes!
First, he had fused all manner of hard metals together through 「Fusion」, creating steel harder than anything else. Then he completely analyzed the power of 「Ruin’s Dragon Solvent」 and infused the drill with a fraction of its opposite force.
As 「Destruction」 inverted its properties, it became weakened 「Immortality」. The drill—forged through 「Analysis」, 「Fusion」, and finally the inversion of 「Destruction」 to grant it faint 「Immortality」—was unleashed.
Boom———!!!
The fast drill that never wore down shot forth, and as its piercing power tore through the air alongside the heat, the smooth, pristine white arm that had appeared in the void was drilled straight through, creating a massive hole before the arm itself warped and exploded outward.
Simultaneously, a smooth, snow-white golem appeared where the arm had been severed, mana sparking and erupting from the stump.
The golem emerged with one arm already lost.
Seeing this, Jiyuchan also stepped forward with a footwork technique and swung his blade.
Deploying a full sword aura would require an inner cultivation method he lacked, leaving him pressed for time.
Thus, a golden sword aura shot forth, slashing a long line across the golem’s chest.
Then.
Screeeech.
The surface barely scratched, leaving only a shallow mark as a thin trail of debris scattered.
The scratch was so shallow that one might mistake it for everyday wear, and Jiyuchan’s eyes wavered at the sight.
At the same time.
‘He shattered something this hard just like that?’
He could directly feel how absurd what Dohyun had accomplished truly was. The one-armed golem swung its remaining limb to strike Jiyuchan with tremendous force.
But Jiyuchan hastily stepped back with his footwork technique, evading the trajectory by the narrowest margin. Seeing that Jiyuchan’s attack had no effect, Hezway infused even more mana into the spear of light than before.
Taking more time, he created a spear of light infused not merely with spear technique but with true aura, while Hanalin and Vera likewise deployed their magic with greater focus.
First, the aura-wrapped spear of light flew at the golem, and though it was so hard that the aura only penetrated halfway, Hanalin and Vera’s magic also struck. Yet when the golem raised its remaining arm, though the limb became tattered, it did not lose the arm as Dohyun had caused.
Seeing this, everyone stared at Dohyun with expressions of shock.
How in the world did he shatter something so absurdly hard?
As they all looked at Dohyun with such expressions, he muttered with a somewhat dissatisfied face.
“Tsk, you all need more training.”
At those words, everyone’s spines chilled, and Vera cried out urgently.
“P-please, let’s just finish this quickly!”
Their resolve to avoid training at all costs was unwavering, but even Dohyun, who had already conceived such thoughts, could not stop them now.

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