I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62
Chapter 62: Finally, the D-rank Zone (1)
After hanging up with Father, I refocused on what I’d been doing.
It was one of the textbooks I’d purchased the other day—the Black Gate’s Humanity History Textbook.
The title alone seemed far from ordinary, so I deemed it important and concentrated intently on reading it.
Thanks to Analysis, the textbook automatically translated itself without me needing to spend Points on interpretation, yet I studied it with quite a serious expression.
The Black Gate’s Humanity History Textbook.
In other words, it was a textbook closer to a historical record, listing the various humanities that had connected to the Black Gate. Like its title suggested, the contents were equally extraordinary.
‘They all perished?’
Though the reasons weren’t provided, I could discern that three distinct humanities had connected to the Black Gate and subsequently collapsed in relatively short order.
The world that lasted longest managed only thirty years.
And that was—
‘The world where the Platinum Sword King existed?’
The shocking reality that a world resembling martial arts fantasy could endure for merely thirty years left me speechless.
What on earth could have caused such annihilation?
The detailed accounts were absent. The textbook revealed which worlds had connected to the Black Gate and for how long, but everything else remained unwritten.
I tilted my head in considerable frustration.
Aside from the martial arts world, the other worlds resembled medieval Earth, and one seemed even more primitive than that, so it made sense. But the martial arts world was different.
‘If it’s a martial arts world, they should have been incredibly powerful…’
From what I knew, even just the Platinum Sword King possessed immense strength.
So why did they perish? And in merely thirty years at that?
There was only one likely explanation.
Points.
Wasn’t it common knowledge that if Points weren’t paid, portals from the Black Gate would open somewhere in the territory and spew out monsters?
Indeed, several nations had experienced this firsthand.
After some cities were reduced to rubble, wasn’t that when people became vigilant and began prioritizing Hunters as a resource?
Considering that, I could only conclude they’d perished from failing to accumulate enough Points.
No matter how strong, perhaps their population was too sparse.
Still, it didn’t fully satisfy me, but I stopped my speculation there.
‘The reasons might be written in another book.’
Thinking there might be another history textbook, I closed the book.
There was nothing else worth reading anyway, and I’d finished it.
Regardless, my goal remained unchanged even after reading this.
The strongest Hunter.
With Analysis, I couldn’t afford to fall short of that.
Thinking so, I warmed up my body appropriately.
‘Let’s enter next week.’
Finally, it was time to venture into the D-rank Zone next week.
* * *
Four days had passed since I’d given Dohyun the analysis report.
Jiyuchan opened his eyes in the Private Training Room, emerging from his meditation.
The Golden Sword.
It was a foundational sword manual, yet within it lay both the inner cultivation method and sword technique—what would be called the heart method and blade art in martial arts novels.
Looking at the interpretation Dohyun had sent via text, still awkward in its phrasing, Jiyuchan began to move his sword slowly.
He’d long since mastered techniques like inner energy cultivation methods.
Since he’d been practicing just moments before, he naturally employed mana manipulation, circulating it through his body exactly as inscribed in the Golden Sword.
Simultaneously, he felt the mana rising from below the navel—the lower dantian—surging upward through the middle dantian at the heart, and finally reaching the upper dantian at the brain, growing increasingly refined as it passed through each energy center.
‘…A filter, they said.’
That description fit perfectly.
Not all the mana entering his body was pure, but he filtered out the impure portions, letting them flow out of his body after passing through each dantian.
Thus, only refined mana remained within Jiyuchan’s body, its radiance a golden hue reminiscent of morning sunlight.
As Jiyuchan infused this pure mana into his blade and followed the Golden Sword’s forms, he could see glittering traces of mana becoming dust, leaving golden particles suspended in midair with each swing.
Watching that shimmering golden light, he understood why it was called the Golden Sword.
Yet despite its beautiful appearance, the power contained within the blade was ominous beyond measure.
‘This is serious.’
When the blade, previously tinged blue like the color of mana, became dyed in golden light, he felt explosive heat contained within that morning-sun-like power.
Even the owner, Jiyuchan himself, could hear it humming in resistance.
One moment of carelessness and this golden mana would surge violently, bursting outward in all directions.
Yet even in such circumstances, Jiyuchan calmly wielded his blade, executing the Golden Sword’s forms.
Whoooooosh——
Whoooooosh——
Though he moved his blade infinitely slowly to execute the forms with precision, the power contained within far surpassed anything Jiyuchan had wielded before.
Still unfamiliar with it, but by the time a week had passed and he entered the D-rank Zone as Dohyun had said, he would surely be considerably more proficient.
With that thought, Jiyuchan continued to swing his blade repeatedly.
‘I need to grow stronger.’
Now he swung his blade not to avoid losing to Dohyun or to claim second place, but to become useful to Dohyun.
Of course.
‘…Second place is mine.’
He hadn’t completely abandoned his ambitions regarding second place.
Thus, Jiyuchan continued to swing his blade in the Private Training Room, gradually growing more accustomed to the Golden Sword’s forms.
* * *
On the fourth day since receiving the manual from Dohyun, just like Jiyuchan, Hanalin sat in her room rather than the Training Room, meticulously transcribing the interpretations into a notebook by hand as if studying.
Through this transcription, she was organizing the contents in her mind.
Of course, as a genius, all the content had already entered Hanalin’s mind, but organizing it—or rather, by writing it herself, she wasn’t simply memorizing the interpretation but unraveling it in her own way.
But perhaps it was because this was a manual that required 3 million points to interpret?
It was considerably difficult.
That didn’t mean Hanalin couldn’t understand it.
She could even use it.
‘I understand the principle, what it’s saying. I can use it, but….’
Infusing intention into magic.
This was something Hanalin could accomplish now as well.
As proof, when Hanalin extended her hand, ice blossomed in the midair.
Crackle—
Ice that materialized without a magic circle appearing.
It was Ice, one of the basic elemental spells Hanalin had originally used, but this Ice was created with nothing but willpower alone—no magic circle or incantation required.
Since the incantations and magic circles already existed within Hanalin, her will alone caused those formulas to activate automatically, allowing magic to unfold with merely willpower and mana.
Hanalin dispelled the Ice and extended her hand again. This time, as the Ice magic circle unfolded, she added her willpower to it.
Crackle, crackle, crackle———!!!
Watching an Ice mass emerge far more violent than before, she stared at the phenomenon as if unable to comprehend it.
By combining her willpower to use Ice with the Ice magic circle itself, an Ice mass appeared that was more than four times larger.
In this way, she could manifest the spells she originally used with willpower alone, and when she cast those spells while adding her willpower, the power and scale increased tremendously like this.
Hanalin simply could not understand this principle.
That magic could strengthen merely by adding her own willpower.
And there was one more thing.
‘What exactly is the origin of my Inner Mindscape?’
Just as there was said to be a clue to the Inner Mindscape, it was certainly written in the interpretation of willpower as well.
But until now, Hanalin had not found that starting point of her Inner Mindscape.
She was told that by grasping her own history and the things that composed her, she could find that starting point, but no matter how much she meditated, she couldn’t quite feel it.
She knew she shouldn’t become impatient, but she was beginning to feel a bit anxious.
She now understood how to imbue willpower and how to handle it, but since she hadn’t obtained the most important clue to her Inner Mindscape, it was only natural to feel this way.
Hanalin also wanted to be helpful to Dohyun.
‘Sigh… what exactly is the beginning of my Inner Mindscape…’
The interpretation said it could be the fundamental nature that forms one’s personality, or perhaps a very precious memory could be the starting point of an Inner Mindscape that defines a person.
She understood it, but since she still couldn’t find it, Hanalin exhaled a sigh feeling somewhat frustrated.
“Sigh.”
Right now she felt too frustrated and thought herself slow, even feeling pathetic, but Hanalin refused to be discouraged and thought to herself.
‘Don’t rush.’
It was only a matter of time anyway.
If understanding one’s Inner Mindscape and expressing that Inner Mindscape to the world was magic, then as a magic genius, she could surely do it.
Believing this without doubt, she cast off her anxious and impatient heart.
If further research yielded nothing, it meant no conclusion would come immediately, so there was no need to obsess over it further.
Because of this, Hanalin instead focused on her willpower.
Since she couldn’t yet handle willpower perfectly, she was examining various spells ranging from basic elemental magic to general magic.
To become stronger so she could be helpful to Dohyun.
And.
‘I can’t lose to Yuchan either.’
Thinking likewise that third place was unacceptable.
* * *
Time flowed like an arrow, and the day came when they were to enter the Black Gate.
The Dohyun Party had mentioned it beforehand, and naturally, using the temporary identification the Association President had provided, all three changed their appearances using transformation magic before gathering at the Association.
Dohyun, along with Hanalin and Jiyuchan.
It had been a week since the three of them gathered together, so their expressions naturally carried a warmth of reunion.
Among them, Dohyun regarded the two with a peculiar gaze and spoke.
“It’s been a while for everyone, hasn’t it?”
“Tell me about it.”
“Well, it’s only been a week.”
As the three stood together, Dohyun opened their status windows with a rather meaningful expression.
『Jiyuchan』
『Trait: Platinum Sword King[S]』
『Skills』
▶「Swordsmanship[A]」
▶「Sword King’s Intuition[A]」
▶Swordsmanship-「Golden Blade[A]」
▶「Mana Manipulation[D]」
▶「Oppressive Force[E]」
▶「Swift Strike[E]」
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 40▶44」
▶「Agility: 30▶32」
▶「Endurance: 32▶35」
▶「Mana: 33▶35」
『Hanalin』
『Trait: Sorceress Supreme[S]』
『Skills』
▶「Ether Heart[S]」
▶「Empress’s Dignity[A]」
▶Magic-「Conceptual Magic[A]」
▶「Intermediate Elemental Magic[D]」
▶「Intermediate General Magic[D]」
▶「Intermediate Conceptual Magic[D]」
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『Stats』
▶「Strength: 20▶21」
▶「Agility: 26▶27」
▶「Endurance: 24」
▶「Mana: 40▶45」
Observing the two of them, now far more developed than before, Dohyun let out a quiet chuckle.
They’d worked hard during this time, he thought.
‘Both of them certainly grasped it immediately.’
True geniuses are indeed different, he mused. As the three entered the Hunter Association, someone was waiting for them.
“Is this the Jeongminwoo Party?”
“…Ah? Yes, yes, that’s correct.”
Dohyun nearly forgot his temporary identity and almost answered no, but managed to respond affirmatively instead. The figure who appeared to be a Hunter from the Association greeted them warmly and spoke.
“I’ll give you a brief orientation about the D-rank Zone before we head in.”

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