I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 296

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Chapter 296
296: The Overseer Party’s Top Mage (1)
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The greatest mage of the Overseer Party.
Normally, everyone would have said Hanalin without hesitation, but things changed slightly after Dohyun obtained the mana cultivation technique ‘Genesis’ this time.
Dohyun, who had originally used magic only as support, began actively employing it as his primary tool, and with the exception of Vera, the auxiliary mage, the number of those using magic as their main strength increased to two.
Of course, Hanalin could have yielded the position of the Overseer Party’s greatest mage to Dohyun. That’s what Dohyun meant to her.
But would simply yielding it be the right thing to do?
‘No.’
Simply yielding it was something neither Hanalin nor perhaps Dohyun would want.
Of course, Dohyun might not care about such things at all. He was someone who looked beyond what this party could offer, someone who advanced further ahead.
At least, that’s what Hanalin believed Dohyun to be.
That’s why she wanted to do her best.
And based on what she had realized this time, she wanted to see just how far she could push Dohyun through her inner mindscape.
Battles between mages could be said to be static in nature. They would simply stand in place and hurl spells at each other, which might make it seem that way.
But they chant endlessly. Moving their hands busily to unfold incantations or reciting spells with their mouths, or unfolding magic circles to battle—it resembled a swan.
Beneath the water, making countless splashes, exerting efforts that no one knows about.
However, Hanalin and Dohyun were different.
Unlike other mages, they manipulated mana through silent casting, through will alone, spreading their own world upon the realm.
Whiiiiiii——
Though no magic had been deployed, all the mana in this area began moving turbulently as if chattering.
As Dohyun’s mana wavelength and Hanalin’s mana wavelength collided with each other, creating a situation where neither could gain ground, Hasty watched the spectacle with an expression of disbelief, his mouth falling open.
Though mana control was another matter, the Asura’s mana dominance was superior as befitted their Superior Race status, but what Dohyun and Hanalin displayed now was truly the power of rulers.
All the mana in this area seemed to pledge loyalty to Hanalin and Dohyun, yet the moment influence shifted to their opponent, they betrayed like servants serving another master.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before…”
“Don’t dismiss it as cowardice.”
“This too can be called a contest.”
Hasty muttered thus while observing the mana dominated by such overwhelming dominance, and in that moment, Dohyun and Hanalin began moving all the mana under their dominion.
The micro-universe created by Dohyun’s ‘Genesis’ and the magical universe imbued by Hanalin’s ‘Ether Spectrum’ began to unfold.
With the Milky Way flowing and one galaxy spreading, Hanalin’s magical universe and Dohyun’s micro-universe, shaped like a spiral galaxy toward the center like our own galaxy, suddenly dominated this entire area.
As the two universes were about to collide, had the Celestials not cast enchantments here, the mana pressure that would have devastated not just the building but the entire area erupted.
At that, Hasty watched it with an expression of disbelief.
“Hmph.”
“Remarkable.”
“…It won’t be easy to win.”
What Hasty said was naturally not about Dohyun.
It was said while observing Hanalin standing before Dohyun.
Since Hasty had already surpassed the mid-upper tier of B-Grade, it also meant that Hanalin had similarly reached the mid-tier or higher of B-Grade.
How long had it been since she entered B-Grade?
Just as Hasty was astounded, it was Hanalin, in the position of the challenger, who stepped forward first.
First, I moved my universe back to the Astral Plane, then unleashed magic that was now far easier to comprehend than before.
Celestial Star Orbit Technique
First Formula
Interstellar Ignition
The Interstellar Ignition bloomed—the most crucial formula of the grand magic Celestial Star Orbit Technique, the first and final incantation—summoning my own star into the Astral Plane. Around Hanalin, a brilliant star materialized, radiating luminous light and scorching heat capable of incinerating this world.
It began to orbit around Hanalin in a celestial path, and watching this, Dohyun deployed his own magic in kind.
One of the greatest differences between Hanalin and Dohyun.
Namely, Dohyun still possessed no established magical formulas.
Since Dohyun improvised magic on the fly, he did the same this time.
Naturally, to fight Hanalin with full power, Dohyun conjured a sphere of brilliant light similar to hers.
And within it, bright radiance blazed from my eyes as I infused my inner mindscape into that luminous sphere.
Witnessing this, Hasty jolted in shock and cried out desperately.
“Dohyun!!!”
“Are you trying to obliterate Atlas!!!”
“You absolute madman!!!”
Even Hasty, a battle fanatic, was rendered docile by the sheer insanity radiating from Dohyun.
Though Hasty tried to stop him, it was already too late.
The light was imbued with phantom mass, and Hasty recoiled in horror. An explosion was coming—one that would consume and invert all of Atlas!
The moment Hasty sensed this and attempted to block the light’s detonation, the beam fired.
The light infused with phantom mass moved slightly slower, yet it streaked toward Hanalin at a speed imperceptible to any observer. But Hanalin didn’t even blink, already deploying the magic she had prepared.
Celestial Star Orbit Technique
Fourth Formula
Phase Refraction
The sole defensive technique of the Celestial Star Orbit Technique—as the star’s influence transcended the Astral Dimension to affect reality itself, the light bearing phantom mass suddenly refracted, bending according to Hanalin’s will before soaring skyward and departing beyond the Safe Zone entirely.
“Huh!?”
“She… she deflected it just like that?”
“What exactly was I even fighting?”
Hasty stood dumbfounded, gazing vacantly at the colossal explosion detonating far above in the sky, as if finally comprehending the nature of the battle he’d endured.
He couldn’t believe it—the light he’d desperately blocked with every ounce of his strength had been deflected so effortlessly.
As Hasty marveled, Dohyun likewise gazed at Hanalin with subtle admiration, and immediately after, another of her formulas reached completion.
The star orbiting safely around Hanalin suddenly positioned itself before her, then halted its trajectory toward Dohyun. The instant the star stopped, it unleashed devastating heat and radiance upon him.
Where Dohyun had imbued his light with phantom mass, Hanalin amplified the raw energy inherent in light itself.
By maximizing the thermal energy accompanying the light, the star’s radiance was reborn as an annihilation beam capable of obliterating all—and it surged toward Dohyun.
Celestial Star Orbit Technique
Fifth Formula
Light-Speed Piercing Blade
The annihilation beam, now amplified with maximized thermal energy, streaked toward Dohyun alongside the light he’d fired at Hanalin. In that instant, Dohyun swiftly manipulated his mana and deployed magic.
Ordinary magic could not withstand this.
That star was already one drawn from Hanalin’s inner mindscape—a formula already infused with her consciousness.
Dohyun too had to imbue his magic with consciousness, so he immediately cast his spell.
To counter the light Hanalin had conjured, I drew upon the Usurpation dwelling within my Inner Mindscape, swiftly casting a spell to absorb both the thermal energy and the light itself.
Then, a single black dot materialized before me.
Witnessing that dark point—akin to a black hole—Hasty involuntarily shuddered.
He had experienced having all his mana and fighting spirit devoured by it before; PTSD was only natural.
And once again, my dark point greedily swallowed Hanalin’s incoming light as if Usurping it, consuming it voraciously.
Whoooooosh———
As the light was absorbed into darkness, it scattered, and particles of luminescence drifted through the air—a sight of considerable beauty, yet neither Hanalin nor I spared it a glance as we resumed our spellcasting.
Though I had initiated the Celestial Star Orbit Formula from the start, Hanalin refused to rely solely on it.
First, she fired a frost beam as a feint, and I moved to neutralize it directly, but in that instant, I perceived something and manipulated my mana to reverse the magical formula of the frost beam itself.
Backflow—one of my original techniques—elegantly transformed into a refined spell and manifested, sending the frost beam hurtling back toward Hanalin, whom she dispersed with Dispel.
Observing this, I found it amusing and deployed telekinetic magic once more, imbuing all mana in this entire area with physical force.
And within that physical force dwelt countless hands, and upon seeing them, Hanalin muttered in exasperation.
“Are you seriously doing this!?”
Crying out toward me, Hanalin hastily raised a star upward, and simultaneously, my transparent hands infused with physical force paired up, performing hand seals that would normally be unnecessary for me.
Unlike me, who could use Shadowless Casting, these transparent hands could not.
As if I had deployed a clone technique, hundreds of spells suddenly unfurled and rained down upon Hanalin like a barrage, and she countered by wielding the star she had raised beforehand.
Celestial Star Orbit Formula
Second Technique
Orbital Binding
Deeming phase refraction insufficient, she abruptly summoned the star’s immense gravitational pull, encircling herself like a barrier, and the spells flying toward her could not overcome that gravity, crashing to the ground instead.
Hanalin deployed illusion magic without hesitation, using the star’s radiance to render those illusions corporeal.
Then ten versions of Hanalin appeared—each a magically substantive illusion imbued with physical force and the star’s heat—and they began forming hand seals. I, too, swiftly deployed my spells upon witnessing this.
Hanalin’s spells flew toward me, but I had already prepared transparent hands crafted from telekinetic magic, forming seals once more to construct a thick barrier that intercepted all of her attacks.
And I smiled wryly as I thought to myself.
‘Narin has been sharpening her blade.’
Then I had no choice but to sharpen mine and fight in kind.
I checked how much mana remained.
Though I had already expended considerable mana using two major techniques, I had restricted my black hole to absorb only heat and light, so I still possessed a fair amount.
Hanalin, conversely, had developed her techniques formula-focused, giving her a mana advantage over me, yet I could not afford complacency.
Thus, Hanalin opened her eyes wide and recalled her Inner Mindscape once more.
She would advance toward me, pouring everything she had newly comprehended into her assault.
Having resolved this, the moment Hanalin attempted to deploy another spell, Hasty shrieked as if seized by convulsions.
“You two, if you’re going to do this, take it outside!”
“What is this in the Safe Zone!?”
“This isn’t a sparring match!!!”
It was not a sentiment befitting an Asura, yet Hasty could assert with certainty.
Should he spend but a single day with these two, all his kin would become like him.

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