I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

Chapter 39: A Dungeon Inside the Black Gate? (2)

Park Insu couldn’t help but feel a bit flustered.

For those who had some experience as Hunters, being captivated by the word “dungeon” might be natural. It was only natural for Hunters to be drawn to dungeons.

There was so much to gain from dungeons that it was understandable.

First of all, items that could only be obtained with extremely low probability from killing monsters could be obtained with certainty, and if lucky, one could even obtain non-purchasable manuals that couldn’t be bought with points.

In martial arts terms, it was no different from a treasure hunt.

If you compared it to being lucky enough to find secret techniques left behind by previous masters, it was easy to understand. Since it was a place where such manuals could be obtained, dungeons were exactly what made other races drool with anticipation.

However, if it was a dungeon in a place crawling with villains, all Hunters would inevitably hesitate.

Especially here in the E-rank Zone.

A floating island with no Safe Zone existing was already reminiscent of a death game like a battle royale, and now a dungeon there?

Any sane person would naturally be reluctant.

But where would you find a sane person in Dohyun’s party? As everyone looked at Park Insu with eyes full of interest, Park Insu explained as if he had no choice.

“This floating island is famous as a region where dungeons form frequently for some unknown reason. However, most dungeons only allow one party to enter, so in cases like ours where we’re split into two parties of 3 and 3, dungeon activities become disadvantageous.”

“Hmm.”

“The party that enters would be at a disadvantage, but a 3-person party in a place crawling with villains would definitely be dangerous.”

“They’d be nothing more than prey.”

As Dohyun, along with Hanalin and Jiyuchan, analyzed it that way, Park Insu had no choice but to nod. It was structurally an unstable arrangement.

Certainly, at this point, the inconvenience of not having a full party was becoming apparent.

Originally, if it weren’t for the Guide Party, Park Insu’s party would also have been a full party of 5 members.

So Park Insu said to the three of them.

“Let’s go with the approach of ignoring most dungeons and hunting in the field as much as possible.”

Though it was a direction that didn’t quite appeal to them, the three—Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan—had no choice but to nod.

If it were just Dohyun’s party’s problem it wouldn’t matter, but since they hadn’t yet grasped the atmosphere of this place, they needed to travel with the Guide Party.

Maybe later when they acted separately it would be different.

Anyway, once Dohyun’s party agreed like that, Park Insu could finally feel some relief.

As a guide, he had been given the role of guiding them well and keeping them alive as much as possible. From Park Insu’s perspective, wanting to become like Han Muyeol, that was essential.

When Dohyun’s party accepted like that, he could finally feel at ease.

That was short-lived.

“Then let’s go hunting now?”

“…?”

At Dohyun’s bold, almost energetic words, Park Insu and all the Guide Party members blinked their eyes and looked at each other.

Usually people would rest on the first day while observing the atmosphere, but go hunting right away?

All three were slightly flustered by those words, but Hanalin and Jiyuchan stood up from their seats as if they were already prepared and looked at the Guide Party.

As if asking what they were doing not going.

When Dohyun saw them too, they had no choice but to get up one by one.

And when they actually ended up going, the other two looked at Park Insu and asked with their eyes.

‘Is this really okay?’

‘Shouldn’t we stop them?’

‘….’

However, Park Insu couldn’t say anything.

Seeing Dohyun’s eyes already half-sparkling with madness, he didn’t have the confidence to stop him.

Thus, Dohyun’s party and Park Insu’s Guide Party left Floating Island Radon and entered the portal heading to Floating Island Parabi.

And for some reason, on behalf of Dohyun’s party who had no points, Park Insu paid the entrance fee of 500 points.

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Floating Island Parabi.

Like other public floating islands, it was a place filled only with monsters without a Safe Zone.

A place without separate beginner hunting grounds like in games was extremely difficult for those who first came to the E-rank Zone to adapt to.

Even other-race Hunters were said to need several days of adaptation when they first reached the E-rank Zone.

The reason was that most monsters on floating islands had aerial mobility due to the characteristics of floating islands. Even those without wings often showed the ability to glide for a certain period, so if you had no experience with aerial combat, this E-rank Zone was quite troublesome.

Unless you were a race specialized in aerial combat, everyone had no choice but to go through an adaptation period here.

But why was this happening?

Park Insu—no, Park Insu and all the Guide Party members—couldn’t say anything about the scene unfolding before their eyes.

“….”

“….”

“…What exactly are we looking at?”

Even at the last team member’s words, Park Insu couldn’t answer and was watching Dohyun’s party’s battle.

The first monster that appeared was none other than a Floating Spirit, which could be considered quite troublesome even on this Parabis Island.

Though called a spirit, it wasn’t a real spirit—it looked like mist, but from within that mist, terrible tentacles, teeth, and a giant mouth would suddenly appear, making them creatures with horrifying appearances.

The problem was that these creatures’ forms really resembled mist, making them difficult to distinguish.

Even if you noticed them, they were difficult to deal with easily because they floated in the sky using their mobility to attack with tentacles like whips, and on top of that, they didn’t travel alone but moved in groups of at least five or more, making them creatures that were generally avoided.

But Dohyun’s party began hunting as soon as they spotted the Floating Spirits.

The number that appeared was a whopping six. Park Insu’s party tried to help with the unexpectedly large number, but Hanalin stepped forward first and quickly seized that opportunity.

She deployed a magic circle and turned the area above the Floating Spirits into a sea of fire.

The intermediate elemental magic, Exploding Wall, tactically and perfectly blocked the air so the creatures could no longer rise higher, befitting intermediate magic.

“Kekekek!”

“Kirik! Kiririk!”

When several of them noticed this and angrily extended their tentacles, swinging them like whips, they cut through the air and instantly exceeded the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom.

No, they tried to create one.

If it weren’t for Jiyuchan rushing forward quickly with his sword drawn.

Tadadadadada.

Jiyuchan, who had been running swiftly across the ground with nimble footwork, instantly swung his sword toward the tentacles that whipped out like whips.

The sword’s movement, as if drawing a circle, was cleaner than anything else, and all the tentacles that touched its trajectory were severed.

Thud, thud thud.

The tentacle fragments fell like rain, but no one paid them any mind.

As Jiyuchan cut through the tentacles and tried to retreat, the floating spirits with intact tentacles quickly shot out their tentacles again to capture Jiyuchan, when something gleaming with light reached right in front of a floating spirit.

At the moment when attention was focused on Jiyuchan cutting through the whip-like tentacles, Dohyun, who had used stealth and leaped up faster than anything else with the Dark King’s Swift Movement, swung his longsword.

With muscles swollen to the point of bursting through mana manipulation techniques and a sword sharpened to the extreme with the low-grade common magic Sharpness, he swung his blade in one stroke, and a trajectory was drawn in the air as if light was bursting forth.

Slash————

Two out of six were split in half, and the remaining four writhed in pain as all their tentacles were severed.

“Kiririk!?!”

“Kirik!!!”

“Kiriririk!!!”

However, their writhing in pain didn’t last very long either.

As Dohyun swung his sword to damage all six and even cut down two, Hanalin and Jiyuchan simultaneously used magic and sword. Wind spears that appeared in the air pierced through two, destroying their cores, and Jiyuchan also shot up like a spear and cut down the remaining two simultaneously.

At Dohyun’s party’s feat of hunting six floating spirits in just a few breaths, Park Insu’s party couldn’t say a word.

Although Park Insu’s party had been assembled according to Association missions, they were still hunters who had been active as E-rank for a long time, so they could coordinate immediately if needed.

But could they do it like Dohyun’s party?

No, there was no way.

“Wow, that’s incredible.”

“Whew. I don’t think I could do that even with my main party…”

“…”

While Jeong Sangyun and Kim Jinha were clicking their tongues in praise, Park Insu couldn’t even open his mouth.

Even though Park Insu was about to be promoted from the E-rank Zone to D-rank soon, he judged that it would be difficult for him to do the same.

Park Insu, who was positioned in the upper ranks of E-grade.

Watching that, he gulped.

If he was in the upper ranks.

‘That party is in the top tier…’

He thought they would probably be able to hunt without difficulty even if they went to D-rank right away.

Park Insu thought this way, and all the parts where he had been secretly proud crumbled down.

Of course, he hadn’t shown it to Dohyun’s party or held his head high arrogantly, but somehow the part where he had promoted himself saying he was on the verge of promotion felt too embarrassing.

He had thought they were a great party, but he didn’t know they would be to this extent.

Even with aerial combat experience, he thought they would need to adapt a little here on Parabis Island, but to hunt as if it didn’t matter at all without any adaptation—could there be people more talented as hunters than this? He even had such thoughts.

And yet Dohyun’s expression wasn’t very bright, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied. Not satisfied even after succeeding in such a near-perfect hunt? When his thoughts reached that point, Park Insu couldn’t help but reflect.

‘To think I was proudly thinking about being promoted to just D-rank…’

He had been satisfied with just being at D-rank at best, but here was someone who didn’t know satisfaction despite showing superior combat power than himself. This was something to learn from.

As Park Insu was reflecting inwardly like this, contrary to Park Insu’s expectations, Dohyun was looking at the message floating in the air with an expression still full of dissatisfaction.

‘This is really stingy.’

It was nothing other than dissatisfaction that points weren’t being earned well.

If Park Insu had known, he might have shed tears of blood, but regardless, Dohyun scratched his head while looking at the meager points and thought.

‘Aren’t any villains going to show up?’

He looked around, but since no particular villains were visible, he let out a sigh of regret.

Well, the case with the Bat-Human Hybrids last time was probably lucky, he thought as he decided to focus on hunting steadily.

While Dohyun was concentrating on hunting like this, there were eyes watching them from quite a distance away that had passed by briefly, so even Dohyun couldn’t notice them.

However, their gaze soon disappeared and headed elsewhere.

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