I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4
Episode 4: Can You See This Too? (3)
Being a Hunter in a world without a system was an arduous path indeed.
Especially for Earth Hunters who had to compete against Heterogeneous Beings from various dimensions pouring through the Black Gate.
Nothing came easily.
Other Heterogeneous Beings possessed foundational techniques passed down through history and tradition, requiring no points to purchase from textbooks—yet Earth Hunters had to spend points acquiring them one by one.
Even then, purchasing them didn’t grant immediate mastery.
One had to read the textbooks, interpret them, and struggle to internalize them before finally obtaining the fruits of such effort.
That was certainly how it worked.
Until Hwang Hana laid eyes on Dohyun before her.
Whoosh—
“…Why are you doing that?”
“…”
Watching flames conjured from mana dance vibrantly atop Dohyun’s palm, Hwang Hana found herself momentarily transfixed.
It wasn’t mere astonishment that held her gaze.
She was observing the fire burning above his hand with meticulous attention.
And the conclusion was inescapable.
‘This… this is real.’
Fire—a foundational Mage spell for manipulating flames.
A basic spell that summoned flames to attack with effects as intuitive as its name suggested.
Magic carried greater difficulty than foundational techniques.
It wasn’t without reason that some argued for distinguishing between Hunters and Mages.
Yet even those with natural aptitude for magic required days to master a foundational spell—and he’d succeeded on his first day of enrollment?
Simply by reading a book?
‘That can’t possibly be…’
Hwang Hana’s mind rejected Dohyun’s claim, but what choice did she have if she couldn’t deny what she witnessed?
She’d seen his initial assessment papers noting minimal ability. That could only mean one thing: he’d genuinely learned foundational magic from a textbook.
How was she supposed to describe this?
Hwang Hana herself had been called a genius wherever she went, yet what Dohyun displayed now surpassed even that.
As Hwang Hana stared at him in disbelief, he scratched his head and blinked nervously.
“Ah. Am I not supposed to use it freely? They said I could utilize everything available, so I used it…”
Watching Dohyun speak as if bracing for rebuke, Hwang Hana quickly collected herself and shook her head.
“No, no. You can use it. …But did you really master it just by reading the book?”
One could learn by reading the book alone.
Wasn’t that precisely what the textbooks were designed for?
The problem was the timeframe.
Less than ten minutes had passed since she’d stepped away, and he’d read and mastered a foundational Mage spell? If that were true…
‘I need to contact Taebaek.’
An instructor contacting their guild in advance to poach promising recruits was grounds for severe criticism.
That particular instructor had even faced considerable disciplinary action, but if this were true, Dohyun was talent worth acquiring regardless of the cost.
That’s typically why other guilds also recruited instructors for these reasons.
But then.
“Ah, would it be alright if I tried other things as well?”
“…Other things?”
“Yes. I’ve read about three of them.”
“…?”
What was he talking about?
As Hwang Hana looked at Dohyun with confusion, he assumed permission had been granted. He extinguished the flames hovering above his hand and retrieved a short sword from among the weapons hanging on the wall.
Even up to this point, I couldn’t comprehend it.
Why would someone who had just been using magic suddenly draw a short sword?
Among Hunters, there was no one in South Korea who was proficient in both magic and techniques.
This common sense was deeply ingrained in Hwang Hana’s mind, but Dohyun shattered that very foundation.
The moment Dohyun grasped the short sword, the atmosphere shifted dramatically.
Swish—
Moreover, a subtle mana infused itself into the short sword he held.
The instant Hwang Hana saw this, her eyes widened so far they nearly split.
Short sword technique—one of the fundamental skills.
Furthermore, observing the mana subtly circulating through Dohyun’s body, that too was mana control, one of the fundamental skills.
Watching carefully to confirm her suspicions, Dohyun moved his feet swiftly, rushed toward the Scarecrow, and in one fluid motion, extended the short sword held in reverse grip, slashing as he passed by.
A discreet, swift strike.
Moreover, his body movements themselves exceeded those of an ordinary person.
At that sight, Hwang Hana couldn’t help but cry out.
“R-Really short sword technique?! And mana control too!?”
She had just witnessed magic and assumed he was a magic-type Hunter, yet he had also mastered short sword technique and mana control. Unable to believe what she was seeing, Hwang Hana trembled as if struck by lightning.
How was this possible?
Everyone called Hwang Hana a genius for mastering the fundamental manual in just two days.
Then what should Dohyun be called—someone who read the manual and mastered two fundamental techniques and one fundamental spell in less than ten minutes?
“A… monster.”
It wasn’t a mistake or coincidence that he had endured her mana pressure initially and replicated it.
It was all something Dohyun had accomplished himself.
From Hwang Hana’s perspective without Analysis and a System, that was the only explanation.
Even if skills existed in the status window Dohyun could see, newly awakened individuals would take considerable time to master them physically, but for Dohyun, who had information flood directly into his mind the moment he analyzed something, this didn’t apply.
Because of this, Dohyun couldn’t understand Hwang Hana’s feelings.
Since Dohyun had simply managed it by seeing, he couldn’t possibly feel the sense of deprivation others experienced.
Moreover, I was actually feeling somewhat disappointed.
I had acquired short sword technique and mana control as fundamental skills, along with the fundamental spell Fire, gaining a permanent +2 to mana, but my disappointment stemmed from another reason.
[You have acquired more than three F-rank skills today.]
[You have reached the limit of your current abilities.]
[You cannot learn any more F-rank skills today.]
‘There’s actually a limit. What a shame, what a shame.’
If Hwang Hana had heard such a thought, she would have foamed at the mouth and fainted, but at least it remained merely a thought.
Hwang Hana stared at Dohyun with a bewildered expression, then collected herself, swallowed hard, and spoke.
“R-rest for now. Other trainees will be arriving soon.”
“Yes, understood.”
I’d already taken all the tests anyway.
Since there was no need for me to stay any longer, I responded appropriately, and Hwang Hana hurried toward the Instructor Building upon seeing my reaction.
As she rushed back, intent on informing the Taebaek Guild of this fact as quickly as possible, all memory of Jiyuchan—who had once caused quite a stir at the Hunter Association—had already vanished from her mind like morning mist.
Following Hwang Hana’s words, I obediently returned to the Dormitory.
I didn’t quite understand her reaction, but I could make a reasonable guess.
‘It seems Analysis really is fast for me.’
Chuckling to myself, wondering if I was being treated as a promising prospect, I found myself in an inexplicably good mood as I rested in my assigned quarters.
Little did I know that normally it takes several days to master even a single skill.
How long had I been resting?
A knock sounded at my door.
Knock, knock—
“Dohyun, the new trainees have arrived.”
New trainees had come? I couldn’t possibly miss this.
“I’m coming out right now!”
I rushed outside with excitement.
My expression brimming with anticipation for what kind of new recruits awaited.
* * *
Awakenings were extraordinarily rare.
Considering that in Seoul, the city with the largest population, fewer than five people awakened in a single month, the ratio was truly low.
With fewer than fifty people awakening per year, the numbers were certainly sparse.
Even combining all awakened individuals across the entire nation, the figure didn’t reach one hundred per year.
The Seoul Hunter Training Center didn’t receive many enrollees either, but this month was different.
There were a full ten people.
The Hunter Training Center opened on the last day of each month, and with five people awakening on the thirtieth alone, it could be called remarkable.
Today’s five newly awakened, including me, combined with the five who awakened earlier this month, made ten in total.
Unlike the five who had just awakened and enrolled today, the five who enrolled late in the evening had a somewhat different atmosphere.
Since they had heard from the moment of their awakening that they would be enrolling in the Hunter Training Center, they had sufficient mental preparation, so complaints and grumbling were inevitable.
Perhaps because of this, they weren’t particularly nervous and were chatting animatedly among themselves on the shuttle bus.
“Phew. A month is a bit long, but let’s all do our best.”
“Agreed.”
“I’ve heard that trainees often form parties with their cohort. Let’s work well together going forward.”
“Hehe, it seems Dongwook wants to form a party with us?”
A warm and friendly atmosphere.
Yet among them was someone quiet—a remarkably handsome young man.
The beautiful youth who captured the attention of the two women on the shuttle bus simply gazed out the window with boredom.
One of the women, observing him, asked directly.
“You don’t seem nervous at all, Yuchan?”
“Well, yeah.”
He was none other than Jiyuchan, the very person who had recently stirred up quite a commotion at the Hunter Association.
Dongwook, who knew this fact, nodded in agreement and murmured that it made sense.
“True enough—there was quite the uproar at the Hunter Association the moment Yuchan registered.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I heard there was a stir about a new prodigy appearing?”
“Oh my, is that so?”
“Ha! From what I gather, five people awakened today alone. Usually Hunters form parties of five, so if we team up against them, we’re guaranteed to win! Especially with Yuchan on our side!”
“Oh, I suppose so.”
“I’ve also heard this batch has quite a few recruits. Competition should make things interesting.”
Dongwook, who appeared somewhat older, laughed heartily, and everyone joined in.
Everyone except Jiyuchan, that is.
As Jiyuchan remained silent, looking somewhat unimpressed, they soon spotted the bus arriving at the Training Facility and disembarked with cheerful laughter, gathering their belongings.
When they reached the entrance of the Hunter Training Center building, they all displayed similar reactions upon seeing the five existing Trainees and their instructor, Hwang Hana.
It was a natural response upon seeing Hwang Hana for the first time.
And Hwang Hana, just like the existing Trainees, looked at them and spoke.
“Glad to see you all, Trainees. I’ll work you hard over the next month.”
Simultaneously, the mana pressure emanating from Hwang Hana bore down upon all of them like a hazing ritual, and most of the Trainees exhibited the same reaction.
Suffocating pressure, as if someone were strangling them!
“Gasp!”
“Ugh!”
“Hack!”
“Ahhh!”
“…Cough.”
Even Jiyuchan could not escape the pressure, his expression darkening considerably.
Of course, his condition was the best among all the Trainees.
He merely frowned, not suffering nearly as much as the others.
Yet in that moment, Jiyuchan perceived something.
In Hwang Hana’s gaze, there flickered an indifference that struck him as odd.
‘What is this?’
Given that Jiyuchan had heard he possessed talent enough to cause a stir at the Hunter Association, he found himself bewildered by her demeanor.
However, at that moment, he noticed someone directing attention toward him.
But the only instructor present here was Hwang Hana.
In other words.
‘A Trainee?’
That Trainee was clearly saying something to him.
‘S… What are they saying?’
He couldn’t comprehend it, but one of them was clearly watching him with gleaming eyes.
Saying something that started with S.
Whether Jiyuchan read it or not, Dohyun’s thoughts raced with excitement.
‘S-rank!’

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