I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 40

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Episode 40
Episode 40: A Dungeon Inside the Black Gate? (3)
In the heart of Floating Island Parabi.
Ragged breathing echoed through the space.
“Huff, huff.”
“Graaah.”
“Wheeze.”
They appeared to be Hunters from Earth—humans rather than Heterogeneous Beings—and though they breathed heavily as if gasping their last, they weren’t being pursued or attacked by Villains.
They were simply exhausted, catching their breath, and this party was none other than Park Insu’s.
The initial hunt had been led by Dohyun’s party, who took down most of the Monsters, but afterward Park Insu’s party cooperated and hunted alongside them.
Since they weren’t a unified party, the points were divided, but even so, Dohyun’s party hunted with remarkable efficiency.
They used magic to block escape routes and conducted drive hunts, taking down large numbers of Monsters at once.
Because the escape routes were sealed, the Monsters emerged more violently, and conducting a drive hunt against such creatures was far from easy.
Especially since this wasn’t a game.
They couldn’t spam wide-area skills indiscriminately, so dealing with each Monster individually was nothing short of a harrowing experience.
Park Insu’s party members each had higher stamina than Dohyun’s party, yet Dohyun’s party showed less fatigue than Park Insu’s.
Park Insu’s party watched Dohyun’s party with admiration, already convinced they were flawless, but honestly, Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan didn’t see it that way.
Rather, even during their rest period, they exchanged opinions while observing one another.
“That wind barrier Narin was using earlier doesn’t seem to work well here.”
“Right. The floating properties make it difficult to block with wind alone. What if we chained wind into fire instead?”
“No, I disagree. If we use fire, the heat makes it hard for us to approach, and beyond that, it obscures our vision.”
“Yuchan’s right. Fire should only be used to seal escape routes, not for offense. Chaining it would mean using it offensively too, wouldn’t it?”
“That’s true.”
“And Yuchan, when you use your sword, you’re not paying enough attention to your lower body. I saw you nearly get tripped by a floating spirit’s tentacle just now.”
“I’ll be careful.”
As Dohyun delivered his feedback, his party members humbly accepted their points for improvement.
Watching them, Park Insu’s party could only abandon whatever remaining thoughts they’d held about Dohyun’s group.
This wasn’t something talent alone could explain.
Simply having talent didn’t mean you’d put in this kind of effort, sharing feedback and striving to improve your skills—that required something beyond mere talent.
Park Insu’s party couldn’t help but reflect deeply on what they witnessed.
And Park Insu, utterly exhausted, was the first to rise and approach Dohyun.
Once Dohyun finished giving feedback to his party, he looked at Park Insu approaching with a puzzled expression, and Park Insu spoke to him carefully.
“Would it be possible for you to give me feedback as well?”
If even Park Insu, the strongest in his party, humbly asked for instruction, what about the other two?
Jeong Sangyun and Kim Jinha eagerly sat down beside Park Insu and spoke to Dohyun.
“What about us?”
“Could you give us feedback too?”
Dohyun was taken aback at first.
Park Insu’s party were, in a sense, his seniors—they’d been Hunters far longer than he had, and they possessed far more experience.
For them to cast aside pride and everything else to come to him and ask for instruction was no simple matter.
Think about it. A high school senior asking a middle schooler called a genius for study advice isn’t easy. But the fact that they do means there’s enough desperation to make it possible.
Dohyun could understand that sentiment well enough, so I had no choice but to nod readily.
Giving feedback wasn’t particularly difficult anyway.
Above all.
‘I can gain stat points by witnessing others’ growth.’
That’s why I gave feedback to Hanalin and Jiyuchan as well.
Analysis could scrutinize the other party’s stats and abilities precisely, and provide definite help with their growth.
Simply by suggesting the right direction, I could create tremendous synergy. Then they’d naturally grow, and as they grew, my own stats would increase—a virtuous cycle.
Park Insu’s party was the same.
If they achieved growth here, I could grow too.
Sure enough, through this feedback, the points that Hanalin and Jiyuchan had gained from their growth appeared.
[You have successfully analyzed the stat growth of others.]
[Strength and Mana permanently increase by +1 each.]
[Stamina permanently increases by +2.]
What could be sweeter than this?
There was no greater benefit to me than hunting and growing here like this, so I gave feedback to Park Insu and the others.
“First, Insu, you handle a greatsword, but you’re not leveraging its advantages as much as you could. With a greatsword, naturally a heavy, powerful strike is important, but to be that heavy, your lower body can’t be shaky—yet your lower body is wavering, so your power is scattering significantly. To fix that, I think it’s important to build some flexibility. If you’re just rigid, you could break. But if you add flexibility, you can stay sturdy while moving smoothly.”
“Ah, ah! Th-thank you.”
“And Sangyun, you use a shield together, but your hands and feet aren’t coordinated. You rush to attack right after blocking with the shield, trying to swing your mace without even pulling the shield back—that’s the problem. It’d be better to block with the shield, then charge to push or disrupt the opponent’s stance before attacking. But you’re too eager to attack, so that falls apart. Because of that, even when you block with the shield, your eagerness to counterattack quickly makes the shield itself waver. It’s your upper body shaking, not your lower body. Just controlling that mindset a bit would make things much better.”
“Ohhh! Th-thank you so much!”
“And Jinha, you’re wasting healing too much. Using mana to heal wounded allies is naturally good, but you use it too early. You’re using it before anyone’s even wounded, so you’re wasting mana terribly. It’d be much better to give healing after wounds occur. And I get that your healing range is short, but going in too early to heal isn’t great. You need to move when necessary. Earlier too, because you moved ahead, you drew aggro from the Floating Spirit and almost got hit by its tentacles. You need to watch out for that.”
“Gasp, thank you.”
Park Insu’s party was moved by the nearly perfect feedback and mulled over my words. Each piece was truly feedback that became blood and flesh, so they etched it into their minds.
Dohyun smiled contentedly watching them while reviewing myself as well.
For now, I was displaying movements that could be called my best, but there were definitely areas lacking.
The other party members wouldn’t know, but I knew well.
‘I’m not using Analysis as well as I could.’
I was good at spoon-feeding what Analysis did automatically, but I didn’t have much willingness to use Analysis myself. Since Analysis did it automatically, that was perhaps natural, but I thought that to develop further than now, I needed to know how to use it at will. So I resolved to be mindful of such points.
Currently, the Analysis I used was mainly limited to sight, but Analysis wasn’t confined to just sight.
If it were, it would be observation, not Analysis. So I was using Analysis more broadly, employing various senses to use it better.
Hearing was a prime example.
After encountering the Bat-Human Hybrids and acquiring ultrasound, I was maximizing my hearing and using Analysis more expansively.
Thus, the range I could perceive was a full 100 meters.
Of course, if I wanted only rough awareness, it could extend to 500 meters, but being able to perceive details meant 100 meters.
This alone was an incredible ability.
At that moment, something caught in my ultrasound. At first, I thought it was a Monster like a Floating Spirit, but it wasn’t.
I immediately perked up my ears toward that direction and turned my gaze, and several others did the same. Because of the dense Thicket, we couldn’t make it out, but I could sense it clearly.
“Something’s coming.”
Though no one else felt it, everyone quickly shifted from resting to combat stance with just my words.
As all six of us stood tense, watching that spot, figures in human form began appearing one by one from where I’d indicated.
A Heterogeneous Being with features resembling humans, yet far more beautiful, possessing an elegant bearing that exuded grace—their hair shimmered with a verdant, spring-green hue, and their pointed ears framed eyes as blue as the sky itself.
The Elves regarded Dohyun’s party with furrowed brows.
And with evident displeasure, they spoke to Dohyun’s group.
“Half-breeds.”
Such language from Elves might have seemed surprising—the sort of thing you’d read in fantasy novels—but now that the Black Gate had appeared and Elves had become familiar to us, neither Dohyun’s party nor Park Insu’s party felt any particular shock.
Any Hunter worth their salt knew that the Elves within the Black Gate possessed extreme supremacist tendencies. So Dohyun’s party and Park Insu’s party were prepared to engage in combat at any moment.
However.
‘There are quite a few of them.’
Five of them had revealed themselves before us, but I could tell. There were another five concealed behind them.
And I quickly analyzed the status window of the Elf leader standing at the very front.
Then.
『Zerpael Nahdorin』
『Trait: Spirit Knight [B]』
『Skills』
▶「Swordsmanship [B]」
▶「Spirit Magic [B]」
▶「Spirit Blade Technique [D]」
▶「Mana Manipulation [D]」
▶「Leap [E]」
▶「Detection [E]」
▶「Tracking [E]」
▶「Concealment [E]」
▶「Pathfinding [E]」
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 41」
▶「Agility: 38」
▶「Endurance: 28」
▶「Mana: 35」
※Elf.
※Hunters Killed: 21
[Analysis successful through the effect of the skill 「Sword King’s Intuition [A]」.]
[Acquired 500 AP.]
The moment I saw this, I tensed slightly and regarded Zerpael with new wariness.
‘This won’t be easy.’
So this is what it means to face one of the upper-tier Heterogeneous Beings within the Black Gate—an Elf.
Nothing about them, from their stats to their skills, was ordinary.
Even their trait was B-rank.
A formidable opponent indeed.
I couldn’t see the status windows of the other Elves, but their aura was noticeably weaker than this leader, Zerpael. At best, they felt comparable to Park Insu, so I quickly checked their status windows to confirm—as expected, the other nine Elves were all D-rank, the same as Park Insu.
[Analysis successful on the status windows of 9 individuals in total.]
[You have acquired a total of 1,350 AP.]
Though I’d obtained a substantial amount of AP, this was hardly the moment to celebrate.
Just as the Elves were preparing for combat in this hair-trigger situation, Jerpael, who appeared to be their leader, raised his hand.

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