I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 289

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Chapter 289
289: Lecia Belladrina’s Secret Research Laboratory (3)
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Boom!
Kwaaaang——!!
Black explosions erupted, scattering debris in all directions.
The pristine white golem shattered and vanished without a trace.
Capturing the smooth-surfaced white golem hadn’t proven particularly difficult.
Once Jiyuchan joined after preparing his Qi technique, they could subdue it with relative ease, though everyone except Dohyun wore expressions of discontent.
It wasn’t because of talk about Dohyun needing more training. Rather, they couldn’t deny what Dohyun had said.
“…It does seem necessary, doesn’t it?”
Everyone could only nod in agreement with Hanalin’s words.
First, Hanalin, who hadn’t yet fully mastered the Ether Spectrum, clearly felt a lack of output compared to Jiyuchan and Hezway who wielded Qi techniques, while those two felt the considerable burden of the lengthy preparation time required for Qi techniques. Second, Vera’s casting was generally slower than Hanalin’s, and lacking a mana cultivation method, her output was similarly insufficient.
Training and sparring with Dohyun was brutally harsh, but they all understood how invaluable Dohyun’s feedback was in providing correct direction—if they could just endure it.
It would be hellish, but if they could bear it, they could advance further than this. Besides, without at least that level of ambition, they wouldn’t have joined this Party in the first place.
“Ugh, ugh. Training, you say.”
There were exceptions, though Vera was set aside for now. In any case, everyone had steeled themselves to some degree, but Dohyun was clearly identifying the problems as he observed his Party Members.
‘Narin just needs to learn the Ether Spectrum now, and Jiyuchan and Hezway need to learn meditation techniques, so we’ll have to visit the Heavenly Martial Alliance next. And….’
Vera seemed like she could be managed adequately enough.
Hezway, a combat specialist and Healer, had such high ambition and enthusiasm for battle that training, including meditation techniques, would be necessary, but Vera was a support role anyway, so there was no need to increase her combat power further here.
Of course.
‘Vera needs to develop her sense of timing and battlefield awareness.’
In support, timing was paramount. Reading the battle situation and creating opportunities to intervene was the most crucial role.
As Dohyun finished mentally organizing how to develop his Party Members, he looked at the others and spoke.
“Let’s go deeper then.”
At Dohyun’s words, the Overseer Party Members, now somewhat resolute, nodded, and Dohyun led them further into the Secret Research Laboratory.
He didn’t think there would be only one of those smooth golems here.
Compared to the monsters that appeared in B-Rank Zones, this was quite formidable. It was far superior to creatures that appeared above Bultgor, but still—this was the Secret Research Laboratory of the first Magical Empress, after all. He advanced without thinking this would be the end.
And sure enough, a crimson magic circle materialized in midair.
“Hmm?”
“A magic circle?” “What’s this now?”
“Not to be underestimated.” “Ugh!”
As Dohyun stopped before the crimson magic circle, the others all halted as well and entered combat stance, while Dohyun immediately began preparing magic.
Just as everyone was ready, what emerged from the crimson magic circle wasn’t the smooth-surfaced golem from before, but rather a jagged, bumpy golem that looked as if a morning star had been transformed into one.
Both fists bore massive spiked spheres resembling morning stars, and Jiyuchan immediately unleashed the Qi technique he’d been preparing and advanced forward.
Hezway, Hanalin, and Vera wrapped their spears of light with Qi techniques and prepared to cast magic at any moment to support Jiyuchan.
As Jiyuchan rushed forward and swung his platinum sword wrapped in Qi, the creature blocked him with its morning star-wrapped fist.
Twokuaaaang——!!!
Cragagagak———!!!
Caw caw caw caw caw———!!!
A deafening crash erupted as Jiyuchan’s blade and the Golem’s fist collided in midair, neither yielding an inch as they pressed relentlessly against each other.
In that same instant, a spear wreathed in aura shot forth from behind Jiyuchan, accompanied by a barrage of spells.
Hanalin’s magic, flying faster than the spear itself, streaked toward the Golem locked in combat with Jiyuchan, and with it came a fragment of her Inner Mindscape woven into the mana.
Then.
A star conjured within the Astral Dimension seized the Golem’s body with terrifyingly immense gravitational force.
Celestial Star Orbit Formula
Second Technique
Orbital Binding
A tremendous gravitational field erupted, ensnaring the Golem within the star’s pull, and Vera’s magic reinforced it, amplifying the gravitational force even further.
Simultaneously, the spear of light descended with aura blazing, hurtling toward the Golem’s heart.
Crack-crack-crack-crack-crack——!!!
Brilliant sparks scattered as the spear of light pierced the Golem’s core, yet everyone who witnessed it furrowed their brows.
It hadn’t penetrated deeply enough.
“Tch.”
The creature was immobilized by the overwhelming gravity, but none could say how long Hanalin’s star would persist, so the moment Jiyuchan and Hezway drew forth their aura once more to attack the Golem—
Dohyun’s magic unfurled.
Without a single magical circle inscribed in midair, as though I had become a world unto myself, all the mana surrounding this place heeded my command in an instant, and as it converged into one point, I wove my Inner Mindscape into that mana.
A solemn moment—another world manifesting upon reality itself.
The world I unveiled was the world of a single Knight Commander.
Within that world dwelt the sorrow of a Knight Commander who, though born with everything rightfully hers, could never truly claim it—and that sorrow was saturated with greed, and through that greed, my technique was perfected.
In that moment, the power of 『Usurpation』 was briefly granted to me, one whose technique fell short of even faintly mimicking the formulas contained within 『Genesis』.
The mana that had been converging before me vanished, and the Golem’s core—which should have remained within its body—appeared in my palm.
“This is yours, isn’t it?”
I smiled as I asked the Golem, and though it should have been unable to move under that overwhelming gravitational field, perhaps because its core—its very heart—had vanished—
It thrashed with its last remaining power source, turning its head toward me and reaching out its hand, but without its core, it could move no further.
Creak-creak, creak-creak.
As the Golem’s final power source expired and it ceased functioning entirely, everyone looked at me with expressions of shock far more profound than before.
Though the Golem was certainly inorganic, it was coated in magic and composed of mana—in essence, a living entity.
Unlike the Flea Monkey from before, its mana resistance was at an absurd level compared to ordinary monsters. Just how formidable it was became evident when even a spear wrapped in abundant aura had only partially penetrated.
Yet I had pierced through that mana resistance, precisely targeted the Golem’s core alone, and executed a localized teleportation to 『steal』 it into my hand.
Not a soul present was ignorant of how extraordinary this feat truly was.
“Insane.” “A Monster.”
“Huh.” “Eek!?”
As all four stared at me in stunned silence, I observed the now-quiet magical circles and activated 『Analysis』 once more, supplementing its effect with magic.
Through it, I could perceive the Security System’s overall state and confirm that the Golem had been the final obstacle.
After all, that creature’s level was nearly the peak of B-Rank, possibly even approaching the lower echelon of A-Rank.
Its mana resistance was nearly at that threshold.
In any case, with no further obstacles ahead, I addressed my Party Members, who remained dazed in shock.
“That was the last one. Let’s move.”
“Eek! Don’t just throw it away!”
Dohyun spoke casually as he tossed the golem’s core in his hand without a second thought. Vera, unable to bear such carelessness from a technician’s perspective, hurriedly caught the core mid-air that Dohyun had thrown.
As Dohyun spoke and Vera moved, the others seemed to shake off their tension, naturally swallowing hard as they watched Dohyun take the lead ahead of them.
Gulp.
“If we just keep following Dohyun oppa, won’t we naturally become the strongest Party?”
No one dared to even think of refuting that statement.
Because it genuinely seemed like it would happen.
All four of them gazed at Dohyun as if looking at something distant, silently vowing to themselves that in the not-too-distant future, he would surely transcend to become a Transcendent.
Since they had already joined this Party, they would give it their all. Burning with this resolve to improve, they followed where Dohyun led.
Then they discovered another door.
“This must be the entrance to the Research Facility.”
They entered the passage leading to the Secret Research Laboratory, and after traversing the long corridor, Dohyun spoke upon seeing another door. Everyone nodded in agreement.
It appeared that the long passage had been designed to block intruders.
Dohyun infused mana to pierce through the entrance, unlocking the door as if picking a lock, and finally the interior of the Secret Research Laboratory was revealed.
One might imagine from various media like films and comics that researchers’ workspaces were cluttered with scattered research materials and numerous beakers in disarray, but this was quite different.
Bookshelves and desks were organized neatly, and on the desk lay various research materials gathered together and a book in the midst of being written. Apart from that, there was nothing scattered or out of place.
On the inner wall, golem parts resembling those the Overseer Party had dealt with were hung, and before them lay blueprints spread across a golem workbench.
Though the Secret Research Laboratory had become half-dungeon-fied, except for the Corridor having sustained some damage from the recent battle, it maintained a cleanliness as if no one had left just days ago, which greatly surprised everyone as they surveyed their surroundings.
“This is remarkable.”
“Wow, it’s maintained so well….”
“Incredible.”
“Magic is truly amazing.”
“Wow… this, this is the original Empress’s….”
Vera in particular seemed deeply moved, unable to find words. It was only natural, given this was the research facility of an ancient ancestor.
Just as they were about to step inside to explore further.
A brilliant crimson light suddenly burst forth in the midair, and a hologram in the form of a beautiful woman—so radiant that words could scarcely describe her beauty—appeared.
Or rather, it was initially a hologram in the form of a beautiful woman.
But soon it began to shrink in size, transforming into an adorably cute young girl with blazing, brilliant crimson hair and delicate, radiant scarlet mana wings that fluttered with a lustrous glow.
The moment the girl’s hologram appeared, a tremendous 『Presence』 emanated throughout the room.
As everyone was startled by a 『Presence』 far more intense than when they had met the current Empress Lucy.
「Hmm, so it’s the child who was recklessly digging through 『my records』.」
The girl spoke thus while looking at Dohyun, and in that instant, all the Party Members’ gazes turned toward him.
Even under the pressure of the 『Presence』, they looked at Dohyun with eyes that seemed to ask if he had really done something so foolish, and Dohyun cried out in panic.
“No, if you say it like that, it’s a misunderstanding!!!”

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