I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Each One’s Preparation

The day after coming out of the Black Gate through promotion.

Hanalin sighed as she looked at the messages she had sent earlier.

[Dohyun: Yeah, see you tomorrow.]

[It is tomorrow. Then rest well and see you tomorrow. (greeting rabbit emoticon)]

[Jiyuchan: Ok]

“Phew.”

Though she had spoken lightly, her feelings weren’t light at all.

Guilt about meeting and killing the villain this time?

Of course there was some. How could there not be? She wasn’t a monster incapable of feeling emotions. But that didn’t bother her much.

She wasn’t crushed by guilt or remorse.

Even now, she still thought they deserved to die. Then what was making her feel so complicated?

It was simple.

Hanalin trembled as she recalled Dohyun, who had absorbed not only Stone Spear but even Sharpness instantly upon seeing it.

Though her self-esteem and pride weren’t wounded, she still couldn’t help but be amazed by Dohyun’s overwhelming talent for understanding abilities and making them his own.

‘He’s really incredible.’

The more she thought about it, the more worry bubbled up that she might someday hold Dohyun back.

Even now, hadn’t he achieved E-rank promotion in less than half a day? This time she had also been promoted, but was there really any guarantee it would happen next time too?

Such thoughts endlessly arose, complicating and disturbing Hanalin’s feelings.

Perhaps that’s why. Usually when she wore cute character pajamas and lay in bed, her heart would calm down peacefully, but this time it didn’t work.

Her feelings were so complicated that she rolled around on the bed.

While doing so, Hanalin nodded her head and suddenly sat up in bed.

‘Right, I can’t stay like this!’

Rather than worrying like this, let’s study more and become stronger.

Once she made up her mind, her feelings became a bit more comfortable.

‘Right, it would be better if I learn helpful magic.’

If she did her best but still couldn’t keep up, that would be truly sad and frustrating, but she couldn’t just lie here doing nothing because she didn’t want to see that day come.

With that thought, Hanalin delved into magical concepts rather than magic she could learn right now.

The basic, low-grade, and intermediate magic she was currently learning were just textbooks purchased with points by the Mage Association, or rather, Earth’s hunters.

Ultimately, magic was said to be a process of understanding principles and concepts, establishing one’s own laws, and creating mental images.

She had heard that other races also created magic this way.

Most of them established their own laws or rules to create mental images and used them according to stages, developing one powerful magic rather than a system, so Hanalin tried to follow that path too.

‘What am I lacking?’

Were other races superior to Earth’s hunters? That was because their hunter history was much longer than Earth’s.

What if the same amount of time was given?

Hanalin could make a resolution.

She would create magic superior to any other race.

With that resolution, Hanalin was preparing for the next stage.

She began her research by opening textbooks on magical concepts, principles, and laws that she had bought from the stone tablet yesterday.

Each one cost very expensive points, but it didn’t matter.

Though it was only the E-rank Zone, to Hanalin, Dohyun was like a free bird that could fly away at any time, and she needed to prepare to soar with him.

She was preparing with determination.

To absolutely not fall behind from Dohyun’s side.

And.

‘Second place is mine.’

Beating Jiyuchan was just a bonus.

* * *

Similarly, after sending the message, Jiyuchan wasn’t much different from Hanalin.

When he first became part of the same party as Dohyun, though it was embarrassing, he was actually quite happy.

He could grow together with Dohyun, who was superior to him, and be in the same party. He didn’t doubt much that he could go out together with Dohyun. It was also true that he thought who else but him would party with Dohyun.

However, after returning from the Black Gate this time, he realized his thoughts were a huge misconception.

‘Dohyun can always get ahead of us.’

He seemed to have overlooked that too much.

He had been mistaken that once they were bound as a party, Dohyun would party with him forever.

So Jiyuchan acknowledged that he had been overlooking too much and ignited his will.

To stay by Dohyun’s side would be more treacherous than anywhere else.

Because Dohyun could easily soar upward at any time.

On the other hand, for him to do the same, doing his best might not be enough. Even so, he had to do his best and hit his limits.

Only then could he continue to be in the same party as Dohyun.

With that thought, Jiyuchan began analyzing various videos.

He judged that training on his own now would hardly be more efficient than at the Training Facility, and that judgment was surprisingly accurate.

And that judgment led to a result somewhat similar to Hanalin’s.

‘I need to create swordsmanship.’

Just as magic establishes one law and applies it to the world, swordsmen conversely establish their own laws and apply them to their bodies.

If mages express outwardly from their bodies, swordsmen unfold it within their bodies.

Though the basics and fundamentals of swordsmanship he was learning now were important, it was right to find his own direction now, so he was looking for lectures he could watch by paying points.

Naturally, he had also gone to the Hunter Association to pay points at the stone tablet and buy textbooks.

In Dohyun’s terms, these weren’t textbooks containing skills like skill books, but ones with theories and establishments about swordsmanship.

Even so, it was incredibly expensive, costing a whopping 2000 points each from Hana, but he didn’t feel it was a waste.

Rather, considering it a natural payment, Jiyuchan spent the entire day devouring that knowledge.

‘I need to learn mental imagery first.’

Mages create mental imagery, while swordsmen must understand how their own mental imagery is formed.

Therefore, Jiyuchan tried to grasp his mental imagery through meditation. He couldn’t even get a feel for how to do it right now, but he proceeded step by step, hoping to become as strong as possible.

How much time had passed like that?

‘…This is?’

It seemed like he was getting a feel for something, but there was that desperate feeling like a mirage that seemed within reach yet not quite graspable.

And though Jiyuchan didn’t realize it, while he was meditating, a subtle platinum light was flowing out around him.

Grasping that feeling, Jiyuchan thought.

‘Second place is as good as mine.’

Similarly, around the same time with similar thoughts, Hanalin was also able to gradually create her mental imagery.

* * *

A day had passed since Hanalin and Jiyuchan began contemplating and creating mental imagery, and the promised time had come. Since it was time for Dohyun’s party to enter the E-Rank Zone, everyone gathered at the Association.

When Hanalin and Jiyuchan arrived first, though it had only been a day, both showed quite a different atmosphere from yesterday.

Naturally, they hadn’t actually created mental imagery or discovered it through meditation.

It was a realm permitted only to at least A-rank Hunters, so it was natural they couldn’t do it immediately.

However, it was certain that their atmosphere had changed.

Should I say that just breaking through theory books to create mental imagery, or meditating to contemplate mental imagery, made their mana calmer and cleaner?

With their different appearance from usual, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan couldn’t help but look at each other warily.

‘What’s with that person? They’ve become incredibly refined…?’

‘…Hanalin was already excellent at mana control, but she feels even calmer now.’

They were slightly tense, keeping each other in check.

While they were eyeing each other, thinking that the second place position wouldn’t be easy, a familiar voice was heard.

“Ah, I’m a bit late. Sorry.”

The moment they turned their heads toward Dohyun who said that.

Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt their hair stand on end and couldn’t help but feel like they were standing before a predator.

It was Dohyun with the same mischievous smile and expression as yesterday, with movements no different from before, but to the eyes of the two who were sensitive to mana and movement, they saw a Dohyun completely different from yesterday.

Every gesture was without excess, every movement was extraordinary.

Should I say it was like watching movements with the process deleted?

At that chilling sight, they wondered how he could change so much in just one day, but more than that, Hanalin and Jiyuchan couldn’t help but gulp when they saw Dohyun’s eyes.

“…? Why are you both acting like that???”

Though Dohyun acted puzzled, the two could definitely tell.

‘Did he have some change of heart…?’

‘…He’s settled down.’

That the laughter in Dohyun’s expression wasn’t visible in his two eyes.

And seeing the quite burning desire glimpsed in those two eyes, Hanalin and Jiyuchan realized this wasn’t the time to keep each other in check.

And even when Dohyun asked, Hanalin and Jiyuchan glanced at each other and nodded.

A truce just for this time.

It seemed like they were saying something like that.

But it couldn’t be helped.

With Dohyun having such burning eyes, they felt they could only follow by struggling desperately right now, so a temporary truce was natural.

Anyway, seeing Dohyun with such burning eyes, Hanalin asked carefully.

“Dohyun oppa, do we happen to have any goals for our party this time?”

Though Hanalin was now using the title ‘oppa’ somewhat less awkwardly, Dohyun didn’t mind much and nodded.

This party’s goal?

It was simple.

“Maximum growth.”

Gulp.

At those short words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan gulped.

Dohyun was already stricter than anyone when it came to training even without such enthusiasm, so what would happen if he was this enthusiastic?

As the two became somewhat anxious and stayed there, before long the E-rank Zone Guide Party arrived.

Unlike F-rank Zone Guide Party leader Cheonseongmin, led by a man with quite a sturdy impression and sturdy body, followed by two other men boasting quite solid muscles.

And as they approached, they introduced themselves.

“I’m Park Insu, serving as the E-rank Zone Guide.”

Looking at Park Insu who extended his hand with those words, Dohyun shook hands and looked at the three.

The two behind with quite solid muscles.

One was a Healer, and one was an E-rank Combatant.

And the man who stepped forward in front of Dohyun, boasting a sturdy impression and sturdy body, introducing himself as Park Insu while offering a handshake was.

‘D-rank?’

While Dohyun was thinking that, he could hear unexpected words from Park Insu.

“With this entry, I’m on the verge of promotion.”

At the sight of the first D-rank he’d seen excluding instructors, Dohyun smiled slightly.

This E-rank Zone seemed like it would be more interesting than expected.

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