I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 67

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Episode 67
67: A Dungeon Within the Labyrinth? (2)
The first Dungeon I’d encountered since the Blind Guide.
I’d discovered them early in E-rank Dungeons and hadn’t seen one since, though it didn’t feel like it had been that long. Rather.
“Do Dungeons really show up this often?”
I wasn’t getting the sense that they were as rare as Dohyun’s comment suggested.
Both Hanalin and Jiyuchan wanted to agree with him, but based on what we knew, they certainly weren’t common.
Dungeons were valued precisely because they didn’t appear frequently, yet for some reason, the Dohyun Party seemed to be discovering them quite regularly.
Still, it wasn’t something to complain about.
Quite the opposite.
“We’re lucky?”
“Normally, a person might find one Dungeon in a month of continuous time at the Black Gate, if that. We’re definitely lucky.”
“And Dungeons offer good rewards too.”
Since we were guaranteed to obtain at least one skill tome and one item, it would be foolish not to enter.
So Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan exchanged glances as if to say “what’s there to discuss?” and nodded simultaneously.
Naturally, Dohyun took the lead, and as we wondered what the Subordinate of this Dungeon would be, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan appeared somewhat tense.
After all, the last one had been a blind Subordinate, and we’d relied on Dohyun considerably because of it. So this time, we were quite anxious about what kind of Subordinate awaited us.
Dohyun, meanwhile, didn’t seem particularly worried.
Whatever Subordinate appeared, I had Analysis.
There was nothing to fear.
Dohyun stepped forward first and touched the Dungeon’s door, and as Hanalin and Jiyuchan also made contact, we all felt the powerful suction force and the disorienting sensation of space shifting that we’d experienced before.
Whoooooosh————
As we felt the spatial distortion, the Dohyun Party, having experienced it once before and adapted somewhat, quickly surveyed our surroundings and found that our vision wasn’t obscured like it had been previously.
Since the first thing to do upon entering a Dungeon was to identify the Subordinate, Hanalin and Jiyuchan quickly tried to sense it, but they could detect something subtly strange.
Unlike the two of them, I saw a message appear before my eyes and immediately grasped what the Subordinate was.
[You have entered a Distorted Fragment.]
[The Distorted Fragment’s Subordinate is beginning.]
[Analyzing the Subordinate with ‘Analysis’.]
[You perceive the ‘Subordinate of Spatial Disorientation’.]
“Hmm, it seems like the Subordinate is one that distorts spatial awareness?”
Both of them nodded at my words.
Their spatial awareness was completely thrown off, creating a dizzying sensation that made them feel like they might be sick, but it wasn’t long before Hanalin seemed to adapt, her complexion visibly easing.
Subordinate of Spatial Disorientation.
To put it differently, you’re looking forward, but suddenly you feel as though you’re looking backward—except you can’t actually see behind you. Then when you turn your head again, it feels like you’ve turned upward.
Of course, it’s only a sensation; your actual vision is accurately showing the direction you’ve turned your head, but it’s a fairly potent Subordinate that even disrupts your sense of balance.
However.
“Ugh, it’s a bit dizzying, but since my actual vision remains intact, I can adapt to the spatial imbalance. It’s actually manageable.”
Hanalin was a Mage, after all, a class that required relatively less movement.
Perhaps that’s why she was adapting relatively quickly and seemed somewhat comfortable. But as she looked at Dohyun and Jiyuchan, she asked with concern in her voice.
“But what about you two? Are you okay?”
The lack of spatial awareness might be a burden that a Mage could quickly adapt to, but for Dohyun and Jiyuchan, who moved their bodies directly, spatial awareness was critically important. So when Hanalin asked, sure enough, Jiyuchan was barely standing, looking as though he might collapse at any moment.
I would have thought that warriors and swordsmen who used their bodies would adapt faster, but the constantly shifting spatial awareness was never easy to adjust to.
Spatial awareness was, quite literally, one of the most crucial elements for those who moved their bodies.
Since everything was connected to spatial awareness depending on how one moved their body, when it suddenly shattered, Jiyuchan couldn’t regain his composure.
“I… I think I’m going to die.”
Jiyuchan rarely made weak sounds, but he had never felt this difficult before.
Combat didn’t look easy at this rate. As for Hanalin, a Mage, even without spatial awareness, she could use pursuit spells or wide-area magic to manage.
Wondering if Dohyun might be struggling similarly given Jiyuchan’s condition, Hanalin looked at him with worried eyes, and Dohyun met her gaze perfectly fine.
“What?”
“…?”
Yet Dohyun stood remarkably unaffected, while Jiyuchan stared at him as if looking at a Monster.
The keener one’s senses, the more acutely one would feel this absence of spatial awareness. Since Dohyun’s senses were developed far beyond Jiyuchan’s, it was strange that he seemed perfectly fine. As both looked at him in confusion, Dohyun blinked and spoke.
“Hmm, I think it’s because I’m spreading mana around me and sensing based on that.”
Since I was conducting detection through ultrasonic sensing and Analysis-based detection, even without spatial awareness rooted in my physical body, I could normally observe myself and the space around me from above objectively, making adaptation easy.
There was no adaptation needed in the first place. I could simply exist as I normally did.
Even if one element was missing, I had far too many ways to perceive spatial awareness.
Watching Dohyun remain perfectly fine, Jiyuchan felt wronged and trembled, struggling to straighten his legs somehow.
Following Dohyun’s advice, spreading mana around and objectively projecting the space.
As detection gradually activated, Jiyuchan adapted somewhat, but his entire body couldn’t help but tremble.
Shiver, shiver.
Still, seeing that he gradually improved and could even walk without difficulty, both Dohyun and Hanalin looked around their surroundings.
It was to understand what type of Dungeon this was. Around them was a large structure resembling an Altar, and upon it they could see flames burning brightly.
When Hanalin and Jiyuchan discovered it, Dohyun could also see a message along with the flames.
[Analyzing the Distorted Fragment.]
[Protect the Sacred Flame.]
“Hmm, this seems to be….”
As Dohyun trailed off, Hanalin continued.
“A defensive-type Dungeon, isn’t it?”
A defensive-type Dungeon, typically structured like a tower defense game. It wasn’t particularly tricky or demanding in the sense that one only needed to defend.
However.
“This is unfortunate.”
The comparison to a tower defense game meant that Monsters would pour out at regular intervals, and engaging in combat while Jiyuchan was essentially combat-incapable could be considered quite unfortunate.
D-rank Zones already had high variance. Moreover, Dungeons typically scale to five-person difficulty, so could just two of them really handle it?
But who were the remaining two?
“If we set up plenty of spells, it should be relatively easy to block the waves.”
“Hmm, installation-type magic. Using persistent spells would make it possible even without installation-type magic.”
“Yes, that’s right. So Yuchan, you should rest for now.”
“It’s difficult right now, so bear with it.”
As Dohyun and Hanalin exchanged words as if it were no problem, Jiyuchan felt somewhat reassured and spoke with an apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry I’m not being helpful. I’ll try to adapt quickly.”
Jiyuchan spoke while moving his limbs, attempting to gradually acclimate to the sensation.
To use an analogy, he could feel the movement of his limbs, but without any directional sense of which way they were moving, he could only confirm the physical movement through his eyes.
Even when he tried to spread mana to perceive his surroundings, it wasn’t easy—perhaps because he wasn’t yet accustomed to it.
In Jiyuchan’s stead, Dohyun and Hanalin assessed the terrain around them.
For now, unlike the D-rank Zone Labyrinth, this place resembled a plain that stretched clear all the way to the Altar.
Upon seeing this, Dohyun and Hanalin both reacted with evident concern.
“If they swarm from all sides, it’ll be troublesome.”
“Should we construct walls for defense?”
“Hmm, they probably won’t be able to destroy a wall easily, but I suspect they might turn back if a wall is there.”
Since the monsters’ intelligence wasn’t particularly high, I thought that if we built the wall tall enough, they likely wouldn’t approach it.
Well, if they did try to destroy the wall.
“Actually, it might be better to funnel them toward the wall’s perimeter and create just one entrance—that way, even if we waste some mana, we can limit the entry point.”
“That sounds like a good idea.”
“Then I’ll construct the wall. First, set up the spells with your will.”
At Dohyun’s words, Hanalin nodded and waited for him to build the wall.
It would consume considerable mana, but Dohyun drew upon his reserves to their maximum.
Hanalin was momentarily startled as a surge of mana erupted forth in a single burst, and Dohyun cast his spell in conjunction with his will.
He layered the intermediate elemental magic Rock Wall with his will, casting the spell to build the wall ever higher and more solidly.
Then.
Rumble, rumble, rumble——!
The earth around the Altar began to rise, and soon it settled thickly around the perimeter in the shape of a fortress wall.
A single entrance was left before the Altar, while massive, thick walls were erected all around.
The thickness reached approximately five meters, and the height soared well over twenty meters—a formidable defense by any measure.
Seeing this, Hanalin used flight magic to ascend into the air, and gripping her staff, she installed numerous spells around the fortress-like wall.
The spells Hanalin installed were primarily ones that caused spikes to erupt from the ground and spikes that would shoot forth from the wall upon contact—all reinforced with her will.
This should be more than sufficient to prevent approach.
And given the obvious entrance in this configuration, I suspected the monsters would charge straight toward it.
As the two returned to the Altar after completing most of their preparations, Dohyun appeared somewhat exhausted.
“Phew, that wasn’t easy.”
“It looks like you used most of your mana….”
“About two-thirds? But my recovery is fast, so it’ll fill up soon. Though we don’t know when they’ll arrive.”
As Dohyun spoke, Jiyuchan, who had been sitting in meditation trying to perceive space objectively, spoke with his eyes still closed.
“I’ll adapt quickly.”
His voice carried considerable remorse, but Dohyun and Hanalin were already treating Jiyuchan as a non-factor in their plans.
It was wiser to rely on themselves to handle whatever came rather than include him in their strategy based on hope alone.
Dohyun and Hanalin dedicated themselves entirely to mana recovery until the monsters arrived.
How much time had passed?
Approximately thirty minutes after entering the Dungeon, a massive cloud of dust rose in the distance, and the sound of countless footsteps began echoing from afar.
Thud, thud, thud, thud——
The first wave was about to begin.

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