I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 53

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Episode 53

 

Chapter 53: Guardian of Steel, Han Muyeol

 

The process for advancing ranks was actually nothing special.

 

If the stone tablet showed you had reached the next grade level, you would think about advancing to the next stage like entering the Black Gate visible in the distance, and you would be promoted while leaving the existing area.

 

That was advancement.

 

In other words, for advancement, you could promote anytime as long as you grew stronger.

 

However, going from E-rank to D-rank took much longer than going from F-rank to E-rank.

 

As Dohyun analyzed, you couldn’t see it in real-time, and the stone tablet only briefly showed the grade, so there was practically no way to know your exact ability values except by feeling it directly, making growth difficult.

 

However, since Dohyun’s party had abnormally fast speed, Han Muyeol often wondered how long it would take this time.

 

Since it was still time for Han Muyeol to be working in the Association President’s Office, he checked the date.

 

It was already the fifth day since Dohyun’s party entered E-rank.

 

Han Muyeol saw this and thought to himself.

 

‘They’ll advance on their next entry.’

 

For F-rank, since Dohyun was already evaluated as surpassing F-rank from the Training Facility, taking less than half a day was understandable, but from E-rank onward would be the real deal.

 

So he thought they would probably advance on their next entry.

 

While comfortably handling his work, Han Muyeol felt something annoying.

 

Feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket, he was slightly puzzled.

 

When working, he always set it to do not disturb mode, so it wouldn’t ring unless it was an urgent contact. Feeling his phone ring, when Han Muyeol checked it, his expression crumpled as if he had seen a ghost.

 

If anyone had seen Han Muyeol now, he had a terrifyingly evil expression that would make them wet themselves, but soon he relaxed his expression and answered the phone to hear a cheerful voice.

 

-Hello? Dwar, I mean Association President. This is Dohyun, and we came out.

 

“…Already?”

 

-Yes? Oh well, that’s how it turned out.

 

His impression of advancing from E-rank in just five days was “that’s how it turned out”?

 

What is this.

 

Han Muyeol, experiencing cognitive dissonance, shook his head in disbelief.

 

At first he thought it was a prank call, but the only people who could maintain such a cheerful voice with his tone would be his wife, daughters, and that guy.

 

Han Muyeol closed the work he was doing.

 

It seemed like today would be difficult to work.

 

“I’ll be right there.”

 

-Yes~ See you later~.

 

Still an unnecessarily cheerful voice.

 

Han Muyeol, having heard Dohyun’s voice, got up from his seat.

 

No one within the Association had yet realized how remarkable Dohyun’s party was, but it was probably just a matter of time.

 

If they entered D-rank soon, it might become difficult to prevent.

 

‘But I’ll have to block it as much as possible.’

 

Dohyun still lacked the power to protect himself.

 

Therefore, Han Muyeol thought he would have to move busily to block external pressure toward Dohyun as much as possible.

 

Wondering what kind of work blessing this was right before retirement, Han Muyeol smiled bitterly and headed toward where Dohyun, who said he would wait with a cheerful voice, was located.

 

* * *

 

Dohyun called as soon as they came out as Han Muyeol had told him to and was waiting in the waiting room, while Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at him as if they couldn’t believe it.

 

They had expressions of deep thought, unable to grasp what to say.

 

It was even more so because it was awkward to say anything about it.

 

“…Dohyun, that was the Association President, right?”

 

“Yeah, he asked me to contact him last time.”

 

“…Then… shouldn’t you speak more respectfully?”

 

“Huh? Really? Well, he told me to be comfortable, so isn’t this fine?”

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

Hanalin and Jiyuchan couldn’t find a point to refute and had no choice but to nod after pondering.

 

Han Muyeol was someone who suited the word “hero” more than the titles of Association President or A-rank Hunter, so he was certainly a difficult person since many people respected and revered him.

 

So they wondered if it was right to treat him casually like Dohyun did, but if Han Muyeol didn’t mind, what use would it be for Hanalin or Jiyuchan to step forward and give warnings.

 

They just needed to be respectful themselves.

 

‘Besides, it’s not like he’s being rude.’

 

‘Dohyun oppa has his own unique atmosphere.’

 

Dohyun didn’t really care from the beginning.

 

Even before becoming a Hunter, he was someone who was told he was lighthearted, but he wasn’t criticized for it.

 

Dohyun definitely had a strange atmosphere that made people comfortable. When he was annoying, he was endlessly annoying and made you want to punch him, but wasn’t that also a comfortable atmosphere?

 

So both of them didn’t say much after that and waited, and before long, Han Muyeol arrived.

 

Dohyun had been waiting quietly until now, but when Han Muyeol finally appeared, he looked at Han Muyeol with a bright smile as if he had been waiting.

 

Then.

 

‘Wow.’

 

If only 500 points were reduced, it was proof that the difference was still extremely severe.

 

But now it was fine. He had more than enough points – they were overflowing to the point of rotting.

 

Thinking this way, Dohyun opened the status window at once without any thought of saving points.

 

And.

 

‘Ah.’

 

His impression of seeing Han Muyeol’s status window was shocking. No, rather than shock, awe naturally arose.

 

He did click “see more” to examine the skills, but every time he looked, he thought, “How can there be such full ability values and skills?”

 

All acquired skills had reached A-rank, and seeing the ability values written as having nowhere left to rise, Dohyun felt like he had glimpsed how Han Muyeol had lived his life.

 

He seemed like a person who had given his all without doing anything carelessly, advancing toward the best.

 

Though it was merely glimpsing a status window, Dohyun, whose impression became like seeing fragments of his life, felt he understood why Han Muyeol was so respected.

 

Even Dohyun, who possessed Analysis, was actually not thinking of developing several skills, but Han Muyeol, who didn’t have Analysis, had maxed out everything he could possibly do.

 

‘How is that even possible?’

 

They say people either fear or respect what they see beyond their understanding.

 

And Dohyun was the same.

 

After seeing Han Muyeol’s status window, he began to view him somewhat differently.

 

So Dohyun didn’t complain or grumble about one of Analysis’s peculiarities – that he could only obtain one of Han Muyeol’s skills.

 

‘I can obtain as many as one.’

 

It was one of the skills that the man called Han Muyeol had achieved by dedicating everything with all his might.

 

Thinking that its value would never be low, Dohyun first raised the proficiency of all his identical skills.

 

His stats increased, but Dohyun didn’t pay much attention to it.

 

Right now, which of Han Muyeol’s skills to obtain was more important than stats.

 

At first, he tried to choose Steel Mace, which seemed like the strongest offensive skill, but he shook his head.

 

Dohyun already had far too many offensive means.

 

Starting with magic, he had so many offensive skills that they were hard to enumerate one by one, but he recalled what he had lacked when fighting the previous Blind Guide.

 

‘Let me get a skill I lack.’

 

With this thought, the choice became simple.

 

He selected a type of skill that Dohyun had never had before.

 

He lost a whopping 5000 AP.

 

Including the 2500 consumed to check the status window, he had used a total of 7500 AP, but nothing felt wasteful.

 

Guardian’s Body wasn’t a skill that made the body hard like steel.

 

It was an ability that enhanced self-recovery capabilities, and since the body didn’t become harder or pain disappear, pain would come through completely even while defending. That’s why Steel Conviction was necessary.

 

Steel Conviction was a skill that reduced pain with steel-like conviction and allowed one to endure even when struggling, so the two had to become a pair to finally become a Steel Guardian.

 

Dohyun, who only obtained Guardian’s Body, would inevitably become a wounded guardian who received pain as pain while repeatedly healing wounds, but Dohyun rather liked it.

 

‘I can just endure the pain a bit.’

 

Perhaps because Dohyun acquired the skill as if receiving Han Muyeol’s will, his cheerful and comfortable attitude didn’t change, but the emotion of respect was now contained within it. Han Muyeol also felt this and tilted his head while looking at Dohyun strangely.

 

“Hmm?”

 

He saw that something had changed, but since Han Muyeol couldn’t quite understand what had changed, he was about to ask something but stopped.

 

Anyway, that wasn’t what was important right now.

 

“Congratulations on your D-rank promotion.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

“Rising to D-rank this quickly hasn’t happened since 15 years ago during the chaotic period.”

 

At Han Muyeol’s words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt an inexplicable surge of pride and joy, and Han Muyeol also opened his mouth sincerely for their sake, not just to praise them.

 

“So be careful. You might face disaster if you get intoxicated by growth.”

 

At those words, the three could simultaneously feel a chill.

 

“You need to be careful of reality.”

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