I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59
Chapter 59: Why Isn’t This Working? (1)
“Haah, haah.”
“Huuh, huuh.”
Hanalin and Jiyuchan lay on the ground of the towering Sparring Hall, gazing up at the ceiling while wiping away the sweat drenching their faces.
They’d lost. Both of them fighting together.
Yet their expressions bore not the sting of defeat, but rather a profound realization flickering in their eyes.
Since both seemed lost in deep contemplation, Dohyun refrained from speaking and waited patiently.
‘So Dohyun oppa reads the flow of mana and infers the direction and type of attack from it.’
At first, I couldn’t comprehend how Dohyun could instantly identify what magic was being hurled at me the moment I saw it, but as one of the geniuses called a Monster myself, I could understand by observing Dohyun’s methods.
He was reading the mana.
That’s how he detected what attack was coming before the magic circle even bloomed and prepared accordingly.
And furthermore.
‘It’s not just magic.’
What Dohyun perceived extended beyond magic to Jiyuchan’s attacks as well.
By knowing in advance where the mana manipulation would be directed and reading the future of how it would unfold, I could understand why that person was so overwhelmingly strong.
And conversely speaking.
‘What if I concealed the mana so it doesn’t become apparent?’
Wouldn’t the opponent be unable to detect it then?
After all, attacks become far more lethal when the opponent cannot predict how they’ll manifest. Hanalin grasped this realization and recalled methods to conceal mana, and the answer lay closer than expected.
Because Dohyun was already doing exactly that.
The mana concealment Dohyun employed wasn’t achieved through stealth-like techniques, but rather through the Dark King’s Swift Movement and various skills, though Hanalin discovered a slightly different approach.
By observing what Dohyun did and creating something different, she too was proving to be an extraordinary Monster. Yet Hanalin remained under the illusion that she was merely copying the correct answer.
In any case, once I grasped the essence of concealment and released my mana, the mana I felt became faint.
‘Perfect.’
While Hanalin grasped the essence of concealment and was implementing it, Jiyuchan was in a similar state. He too had grasped the essence of concealment, but arrived at yet another conclusion different from both Dohyun and Hanalin.
‘My mana control isn’t refined enough to hide mana.’
Jiyuchan understood his own limitations very well.
Though his mana control was inferior to Hanalin’s or Dohyun’s, conversely, he excelled at amplifying mana and utilizing it.
Distributing it throughout his entire body and adjusting that distribution was something he could manage sufficiently.
So then.
‘I just need to make it difficult to discern.’
Distribute mana throughout the entire body to make it difficult to distinguish.
The mana appearing on the surface all seems uniform, but concealment by distributing it differently beneath—he conceived of this method and executed it immediately.
That was Jiyuchan’s answer.
Having conceived the answer, I tested it right away, and it actually worked.
To others, it appeared as though mana manipulation was being spread evenly throughout the body, but beneath that outer layer of mana, only certain portions were concentrated, allowing for successful concealment.
Had any D-rank Hunter observed the Dohyun Party at this moment, their expression would have been utterly dumbfounded.
Normally, the process involves ascending to the D-rank Zone and learning from the Hunter Association or senior Hunters.
Without learning this, one might manage fine up to D-rank, but in C-rank, failure could result in death itself.
These were admittedly advanced techniques in their own right, but Dohyun, who had been employing them from the start, and the two who mimicked his methods were both creatures worthy of being called monsters.
When those two gained their insights and obtained something, Dohyun watched them with evident fascination.
After all, his own approach was grounded in Analysis—perhaps he’d simply gotten lucky and awakened a cheat ability. So Dohyun couldn’t help but admire those two.
‘Those two are the real geniuses.’
True geniuses who learn one thing and understand ten.
With that thought, Dohyun spoke to the two who had now fully integrated their insights.
“Now let’s go interpret the manuals.”
“Sounds good.”
“Let’s do it.”
After sweating through the sparring session, the concerns weighing on them felt somewhat lighter.
And both of them acknowledged it.
Right now, they had no choice but to rely on Dohyun’s help.
They could always repay him once they grew stronger.
With that mindset, Hanalin and Jiyuchan responded enthusiastically, and Dohyun nodded before suggesting they borrow one of the meeting rooms at the Association.
Of course.
“First, let’s shower and then get back to it.”
They needed to wash off the sweat from their sparring session first.
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The Seoul Branch of the Hunter Association provided various facilities for all Hunters to use, and the meeting rooms were among them.
They were created as spaces for parties to hold meetings before entering the Black Gate, but not many parties actually utilized them.
Usually, briefings and situational assessments happened immediately during actual operations.
Even when plans were made in advance, there were too many variables inside the Black Gate, so it was perhaps inevitable. Occasionally some Hunters used them, but it was extremely rare—and the Dohyun Party was one of those rare cases.
Since the rooms were plentiful, borrowing one was no trouble at all.
Having secured a meeting room, the Dohyun Party entered, and Hanalin and Jiyuchan immediately pulled out their manuals.
Two manuals that supposedly cost 3 million points to interpret.
Since both amounts were absurd, Dohyun thought to himself.
‘3 million points is 30 billion won, isn’t it?’
This was absolutely insane.
Though Dohyun had just deposited 1 billion won into his account, 30 billion felt entirely different, so he scratched his head slightly.
On the other hand, if he thought about it differently, he’d obtained the value of 3 million points through Analysis with a simple click, so he could save a total of 6 million points, couldn’t he?
Once Dohyun thought that way, his mood improved, and he stood before the electronic whiteboard in the meeting room and spoke.
“So whose should we do first?”
“Mine!” “Mine!”
Hanalin and Jiyuchan spoke simultaneously and glared at each other.
Seeing the two raise their hands insisting they should go first, Dohyun scratched his head in difficulty, then paused to think before speaking.
“Let’s spin a roulette.”
“Why a roulette?”
“Rock-paper-scissors would give your older brother an unfair advantage.”
“…Tch.”
At Hanalin’s point, Jiyuchan clicked his tongue and had no choice but to concede.
The electronic whiteboard was essentially a computer, so I could pull up the roulette function, and as I spun it, Hanalin couldn’t help but smile brightly.
Conversely, Jiyuchan’s expression darkened, but he had no choice but to accept the result.
When it became Hanalin’s turn, I flipped through the textbook once as if anticipating something, then explained.
“Infuse your will into the mana, not its attribute. Intent is connected to the history recorded within your inner self. Delve into that history, concentrate, and channel that intent. Done. Next, Jiyuchan.”
“??????”
Hanalin stared blankly at me after hearing something rush past in an instant, and Jiyuchan, who had been called upon, also looked at me dumbfounded. But Jiyuchan was no different.
“The Golden Sword requires you to purify the mana within yourself to maximize the vital force, and you must move your mana according to a fixed framework—starting from your navel, through your heart, then your head, filtering the mana like a filter to circulate clean mana through your body, and then return the contaminated mana to your navel and cycle through the filter again~ Done.”
“??????”
Dohyun, what on earth are you talking about?
With exactly that expression, Jiyuchan looked at me, and I tilted my head as I looked at both of them.
The expression of someone thinking, ‘I explained it perfectly well, so why are they like this?’
Hanalin and Jiyuchan found it absurd that I had skimmed through it once and immediately provided an interpretation, but since it was me, they let it slide. However, the fact that I read it all at once and summarized it like that was… well.
“This is strange.”
“Huh?”
“Can you really understand it that casually?”
“Hmm, is that so?”
At my somewhat indifferent response, Hanalin and Jiyuchan burst out in frustration.
“Where in the world is there someone who can do it just by hearing it like that!”
“There’s a principle to these things! These textbooks are ten pages long—how could you possibly understand them with just a three-line summary!”
At their objections, I blinked and looked at both of them.
And then.
“I’m fine with it though?”
“….” “….”
When Hanalin and Jiyuchan were left speechless by my words, I nodded as if I understood.
Well, since I promised to help anyway, I should provide some service too.
It was only a ten-page textbook anyway.
I nodded in understanding and quickly manipulated my phone, typing rapidly.
Hanalin and Jiyuchan wondered what I was doing. Shortly after, a long post appeared in the party group chat.
[Dohyun: How to Use Intent Magic
Intent is a necessary process before creating an inner mindscape within oneself…
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Seeing that, Hanalin looked at Jiyuchan with an astonished expression, and Jiyuchan looked at me—still typing on my phone with a skeptical expression. Shortly after, another post appeared in the group chat.
[Dohyun: How to Use the Golden Sword
By managing your body and mana with purity, you must filter mana even more purely and focus on expelling impurities, and the techniques used with that pure mana will take on a golden hue….
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After posting those messages in the group chat, I looked at both of them as if asking if they were satisfied, and their expressions became truly indescribable.
Honestly, wasn’t it obvious?
This was a textbook that cost 3 million points to interpret.
Converting that—300 billion won. Yet instead of researching the contents of such a textbook together, discussing it, and interpreting it step by step, I had simply written it out as if explaining a soy-marinated crab recipe, so they couldn’t help but feel something, something about it.
They thought I could certainly do it, but they never expected I could do it to this extent, so they looked at me with genuinely deflated eyes, and I scratched my head and asked.
“Why?”
“…It’s nothing.”
“…Never mind.”
Just moments ago, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan had grasped the subtleties of concealment in their own ways, and their confidence had been restored. But seeing Dohyun like this made their newfound confidence feel pathetic, draining all the energy from them.
In any case, the translation was correct, so both of them read what Dohyun had written using the full view on their phones.
The explanation was so well-organized that understanding came far easier than expected, and for some inexplicable reason, it irritated them.
Why was that?
They were genuinely grateful for his help and sorry for the request, yet why did it feel so infuriating?
Both of them swallowed hard, their eyes trembling slightly as they squeezed them shut.
“So, how is it? This should be good enough, right?”
“…Yes, thank you. It’s really helpful.”
“…I appreciate it. I understand so much better now.”
Dohyun tilted his head as he watched the two speak with hollow, lifeless voices that contradicted their words, but he let it slide.
It wasn’t like those two being strange was anything new.
If they’d heard what he was thinking, they would have bristled.
Fortunately, Dohyun kept that thought to himself.

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