I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 29

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Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Safe Zone Muel (1)

Along with that message, they were able to reach a town with an atmosphere similar to medieval civilization from what had been the interior of a building just moments before.

It was a scene you might only see in comics or movies.

Street stalls lined every alley, and various races wandered around browsing those stalls—no, it wasn’t just races.

There were beastmen who looked like half-human, half-animal mixtures, and beastmen in animal forms walking on two legs.

You could also see races commonly found in fantasy like elves and dwarves.

Most of their attire was different from each other—some wore clothing similar to Dohyun’s, as if they came from an advanced civilization like Earth, while others wore outfits that looked like something from science fiction, as if they came from even more advanced civilizations.

Of course, the majority wore fantasy-style clothing, but each and every one of these things struck Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan as fascinating.

“…Wow.”

“Whoa.”

“How fascinating.”

Dohyun tried to quickly observe the countless people to acquire skills, but perhaps because he scanned too quickly?

Just scanning the street earned him 320AP—wasn’t that too generous?

He couldn’t observe carefully so he didn’t gain any skills from his rough scanning, but since this wasn’t his only opportunity, Dohyun didn’t worry much about it.

While Dohyun was scanning people and abundantly earning AP, Hanalin and Jiyuchan were also looking around in amazement.

Hanalin, being a mage, was surprised by the rich mana she could immediately feel, and Jiyuchan was amazed by the auras emanating from their surroundings.

Though he couldn’t see any aura or magical power that immediately overwhelmed the two of them, perhaps because of the various races?

It felt stronger than simple aura.

As the three were looking around like that, Cheonseongmin, the leader of the guide party, stopped them while watching them.

“Don’t look around too much. There are guys who will come after you if you show that you’re newcomers.”

“…?”

“Come after us?”

“Huh?”

They understood that combat wasn’t possible within the town, which was a Safe Zone, so what did he mean by coming after them?

When Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan all looked at Cheonseongmin, he guided them and had them follow while subtly explaining.

“Here in Muel, that is, within the Safe Zone, you can’t engage in combat, but there are villains who watch carefully and target you when you come outside.”

“There was a villain attack not long ago, so it’s good to be careful.”

Bangyuri, one of the other guide party members, added to Cheonseongmin’s words.

Thinking that there were villains even in the Safe Zone, which could be called the starting point, all three nodded as if they would keep it in mind.

Then Dohyun suddenly sensed something and turned his head, causing Jiyuchan and Hanalin to look at him.

Seeing Dohyun’s appearance, not looking around at the unfamiliar scenery but seeming to be concerned about something, the two asked as if puzzled.

“What’s wrong?”

“Is there something bothering you?”

At their reaction, Dohyun shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing and answered.

“No, it’s nothing.”

The two felt somewhat uneasy at Dohyun’s casual response, but didn’t pay much attention to it for now.

Dohyun’s party, which had stopped walking, was able to enter the Association Building following the guide party’s guidance.

It wasn’t as cramped as expected, and the interior was quite neat for a medieval-style building, so they were satisfied. They had prepared to endure some discomfort since it looked medieval from the outside, but there didn’t seem to be any major inconveniences.

Moreover, there weren’t many people, so it even felt comfortable.

“This is the dormitory. After hunting in the surrounding areas, when you arrive at this Safe Zone town, you can use this place. There are other hunters here too, but there are hardly any, so you can use it freely.”

“Ah, there are fewer people than expected?”

Another Association hunter answered Jiyuchan’s question.

“Only Association-affiliated hunters can come here, so hunters from other guilds can’t use it.”

Well, it would be a bit much for other guilds to use the Association’s dormitory building too.

Jiyuchan, who had felt somewhat regretful about being affiliated with the Association even briefly, was satisfied with the unexpected benefits.

Dohyun and Hanalin also looked around the dormitory building as if they liked it.

After they had looked around the dormitory for a while and came back out to the common area, having seen enough, the Association hunters who were supposed to guide this place spoke to them as if giving a warning.

“As we mentioned earlier, recently there have been villains attacking hunters from our Earth side.”

“Hmm, targeting hunters from the Earth side?”

“Yes. It seems hunters from dimensions with no power or weak power are mainly targeted and hunted down.”

“Hmm.”

“We heard about it in class, but the field atmosphere is different.”

The Association hunters nodded in agreement at Jiyuchan’s last comment.

The statement that Earth’s hunters, who had no power or were weak, were easy targets anywhere somehow rubbed Dohyun the wrong way.

In simple terms, wasn’t that saying they were easy prey? Dohyun fell into thought for a moment, recalling the gazes he had felt before entering the building.

Because according to his analysis, they were villains.

While Dohyun was lost in thought like that, Hanalin also fell into contemplation and asked the Association hunter.

“Do they have any particular methods?”

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. Hanalin asked to practice the saying that if you know your enemy and yourself, you won’t be in danger even in a hundred battles, but unfortunately only an unsatisfactory answer came back.

“Other than targeting after hunts are finished, there’s nothing we’ve discovered yet.”

“They’re quite cunning and don’t appear every time. The characteristic is that they move like assassins, but there are so many species among the different races active in this Safe Zone that can act like assassins…”

“We can’t specify them, and having multiple parties continuously hunt together to prevent this also reduces efficiency, so we’re in a situation where we can’t do this or that.”

“Guild members definitely travel with those responsible for safety, preventing threats in this section, so recently incidents haven’t occurred.”

Listening to the unsatisfactory explanation, starting with Dohyun and including Jiyuchan and Hanalin, their expressions weren’t very good.

They had heard that it was quite a harsh environment for Earth’s hunters, but actually coming here and seeing the quite serious atmosphere, they couldn’t feel good about it.

Rather, they looked at each other as if displeased, and the Association hunter nodded as if understanding them.

Since this was an F-rank zone, hunters of higher ranks couldn’t come here, and those with abilities higher than this rank would face burden, making it fatal that there were no Association personnel to protect them.

Because of this, the fact that several innocent Association hunters had been attacked seemed quite infuriating, as the Association-side hunters were making grim faces.

“So whenever you go hunting, we’ll make sure to accompany you.”

“Those guys tend to avoid messing with groups that have large numbers.”

“Even if it’s inconvenient, we’d appreciate it if you could go along with this.”

The guide party members all said this because, while they knew the three’s abilities well, they couldn’t just leave them alone due to the Association’s policy.

Hanalin and Jiyuchan nodded, saying they understood, and Dohyun also nodded, though he made a strange expression.

Though he had just seen something, Dohyun didn’t show any particular reaction.

Instead, it was Hanalin and Jiyuchan who seemed to be burning with motivation.

Dohyun looked at the two of them, chuckled softly, and pondered to himself for a moment.

Since they had come here anyway, they would have to stay here for at least a week.

So he wondered whether to hunt from the first day or not, but his deliberation wasn’t very long.

‘What’s the harm.’

It would be too disappointing to just rest right after arriving, wouldn’t it.

So when Dohyun made a subtle smile, Hanalin and Jiyuchan seemed to understand the meaning of that smile and made expressions of slight resolve, and sure enough.

“Then could you guide us to the hunting grounds?”

At Dohyun’s words that he immediately blurted out, Hanalin and Jiyuchan let out small sighs as if they had expected this, and the guide party also couldn’t help but look at Dohyun with somewhat surprised expressions.

Usually people would rest on the first day to adapt, but the first-ever early discharge recipient was indeed different somehow.

Cheonseongmin, the leader of the guide party, looked at Dohyun and nodded his head.

“We’ll guide you.”

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Safe Zone Muel.

The terrain of this place, commonly called Muel Village, could be described as a desolate wasteland terrain.

To be precise, it was terrain formed as plateaus in a wasteland.

If you think of America’s Grand Canyon, it’s roughly a similar feeling.

It was scenic enough that when facing it, one couldn’t help but admire the environment.

Even the different races coming from other dimensions would exclaim in admiration at the scenery, so it was certainly spectacular even by non-human standards.

Being such a place, Muel’s resources and goods weren’t abundant either.

Even if they ate edible monsters for food, it was one of the villages where they had to be mostly self-sufficient for other necessary items.

It could be called a poor place for a village created in a Safe Zone.

Thanks to this, hunters from Earth, which had only been connected to the Black Gate for 15 years and had few points, could make good use of it.

In such a barren environment, a party of six hunters from Earth was watching lizards with yellowish-brown skin running across the wasteland, raising dust clouds in the distance.

“Those are Stone Lizards. They have scales as hard as rocks, so their defense is considerable.”

“It’s important to attack by targeting the gaps between their scales.”

“Be especially careful of their tail attacks. They’re as hard as iron clubs, so if you get hit once, it won’t be easy.”

It was none other than Dohyun’s party that had come out for their first hunt together with the guide party.

Even though this was their first battle since entering the Black Gate, Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan didn’t look particularly tense or afraid.

Instead, they showed confidence.

Dohyun especially was like this.

As Dohyun looked at the ten Stone Lizards charging toward them, sure enough.

Seeing a satisfying message, Dohyun lightly warmed up his body.

Though it was their first hunt, Dohyun for some reason glanced back at their rear before preparing for battle and spoke to his party members.

“Shall we go?”

“Sounds good.”

“I’ll go first.”

With Hanalin’s words as the finale, a magic circle unfolded in the air.

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