I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

 

Chapter 68: Dungeon in the Labyrinth? (3)

 

In war, the most simple yet overwhelming force was undoubtedly numbers.

 

No matter how excellent a warrior or how superior a weapon might be, they would inevitably pale before overwhelming numbers.

 

Dohyun and Hanalin were keenly feeling that fact.

 

Monsters rushing in from all directions.

 

Their numbers were considerable.

 

Indeed, nothing could stand against sheer numbers.

 

If they had nuclear weapons, that would be a different story, but unfortunately Dohyun and Hanalin had no such thing. Even if they did, using them would only result in mutual destruction.

 

In any case, Dohyun and Hanalin unleashed all their firepower, pouring magic at full force toward the monsters.

 

Unlike Jiyuchan, Dohyun could engage in close combat, but magic that could kill far more enemies with the same mana was more efficient.

 

Kwaaaaaaaang———!!

 

Kuwaaaaaaaang———!!

 

As Dohyun and Hanalin took turns using magic, spreading intermediate-level spells across the widest possible range, explosions even larger than the dust clouds kicked up by the charging monsters erupted, sending massive black clouds billowing upward.

 

The explosions instantly reduced dozens of monsters to ash, but Hanalin frowned at the disgusting sight of hundreds still charging forward.

 

When Dohyun and Hanalin used their intent to recycle the mana they had expended and trigger another explosion, mana condensed again at the previously exploded site, causing chain explosions accompanied by tremendous heat.

 

Kugrgrgrgrg———

 

Kurrrrrrrr———

 

The ground overturned and trembled as if an earthquake had occurred, leaving a massive crater where the explosions had taken place.

 

Even so, the two explosions had killed less than half of them, with over a hundred still charging forward.

 

As Hanalin frowned at that disgusting mass of numbers, Dohyun comforted her upon seeing her expression.

 

“Each one individually is weak.”

 

“…I understand.”

 

Hearing Dohyun’s words, she could indeed see that each individual one was weak.

 

To be precise, they felt slightly weaker than the monsters that had appeared in the F-rank zone.

 

Dohyun knew this for certain.

 

F-rank monsters typically gave 10 points and AP each.

 

In contrast, these creatures gave only 5 points and AP per kill, meaning they possessed about half the strength of F-rank monsters.

 

Encouraged by Dohyun’s words, Hanalin continued her offensive even more rapidly.

 

Given the considerable distance between the creatures and the altar, only about thirty monsters survived the magical bombardment to reach the wall entrance, and that number was…

 

Seureuung———

 

Well within range of Dohyun’s sword.

 

When thirty remained, Hanalin deliberately conserved her mana, and Dohyun also refrained from using mana, simply swinging his sword to conserve mana while dealing with them.

 

When the first wave ended, Hanalin sat down heavily in place as if exhausted, and Dohyun similarly sat down with a tired expression.

 

While each individual wasn’t strong, dealing with a full 200 of them was mentally quite exhausting.

 

“It’s not as easy as I thought.”

 

“Ugh, there are so many of them…”

 

Hanalin voiced her complaints in agreement with Dohyun’s words, and the more they talked, the more Jiyuchan focused on his meditation. So he could join the battle as quickly as possible.

 

Leaving Jiyuchan alone for now, Dohyun looked at Hanalin and asked.

 

“How much do you have left?”

 

“…About 50% remaining.”

 

“Sigh, setting up the defenses really did consume a lot of mana.”

 

Dohyun had also pushed himself quite hard using mana to create the wall, but the same was true for Hanalin.

 

Normally, sweeping away monsters of that level would have used only about 20% of her mana, but she only had 50% remaining after setting up those magical installations.

 

Dohyun had even less than Hanalin.

 

He had roughly 30% mana remaining earlier, which had recovered to 40%, but after the battle he only had about 15% left.

 

At this rate, his mana would run out before long.

 

So Dohyun lightly stretched and stood up.

 

“I noticed those guys aren’t that strong. For one wave, Nalin, you just rest.”

 

“What? But still, Dohyun oppa, by yourself…”

 

Hanalin was about to say it would be difficult when she couldn’t help but chuckle.

 

Who was worrying about whom here? With that thought, Dohyun also smiled slightly at Hanalin and said.

 

“I need to conserve mana anyway, so I’ll fight while conserving it, and then when your mana recharges, you can rest your body during the next wave.”

 

“…Really.”

 

Hanalin could only shake her head as if she couldn’t stop him.

 

However, since she couldn’t think of a better method than what Dohyun had suggested, she had no choice but to nod.

 

“Alright. Let’s do that.”

 

“Good. I should stretch a bit.”

 

As Dohyun was stretching, just as Hanalin was about to tell him what to do when the monsters came later, she could faintly sense that Dohyun was looking far into the distance.

 

The dust cloud wasn’t visible yet, but there was a very slight tremor in the ground that could be felt.

 

She could feel the vibrations of a full 200 monsters charging forward.

 

Soon, the same dust cloud as before rose in the distance, and the creatures began appearing on the far horizon.

 

Another wave, less than 10 minutes after the previous wave had ended.

 

Hanalin watched this and quietly muttered.

 

“Not a single dungeon is easy.”

 

At Hanalin’s words, Dohyun grinned and said.

 

“That’s why they give good rewards.”

 

Dohyun grinned as he finished loosening up his body, gripped two longswords, and charged forward as the creatures reached close range.

 

They were still some distance from the wall.

 

But Dohyun sprinted forward quickly, briefly threw his longswords ahead, then fitted daggers from his chest into each finger and threw them forcefully. The daggers flew in unison, tracing parabolic arcs like a grasping hand, and struck precisely into the foreheads of the eight monsters running at the front.

 

Thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk!

 

The daggers struck simultaneously, and as the front runners tumbled while charging, the rear followed and rolled together. The creatures running behind trampled over the fallen ones and rushed toward Dohyun.

 

Meanwhile, Dohyun watched the longswords he had initially thrown falling, rushed toward them, spun rapidly in midair, grabbed the falling sword hilts, then swung down the Golden Sword technique from top to bottom without using mana.

 

Dohyun’s blade, falling like a storm with rotational force, sliced the surrounding monsters’ bodies into multiple pieces, creating a gaping hole right through the center of their formation.

 

All the creatures that had initially charged toward the altar were completely cut down, and Dohyun was still running toward the altar when they spotted him as an obstacle and rushed to deal with him first.

 

However, Dohyun, gripping his twin swords, let both arms hang loose almost to the point of dislocation, then relied solely on the Guardian’s physical recovery ability and whipped both arms like whips.

 

Swish——!

 

Whoooooosh——!!!

 

Whirrrr———!!

 

Sharp energy gleamed from the swords as Dohyun’s hands whipped violently toward the creatures like whips, and being nearly dislocated gave him tremendous range, allowing him to slice through all of them.

 

But perhaps there’s no match for sheer numbers after all.

 

Though Dohyun’s whip-like arms and swords were grinding through the creatures like a blender, even that began to be pushed back little by little at some point.

 

As the creatures closed the distance one by one, the effectiveness of whipping like a whip decreased, so Dohyun was gradually retreating, but that pace began to quicken.

 

‘Damn.’

 

Was there really no match for this kind of numbers?

 

Should he use mana even now?

 

Just as he was having all sorts of thoughts.

 

A brilliant golden flash shot out.

 

Like the dawn sun rising, the golden flash split between the monsters, and at its center was Jiyuchan, his golden sword gleaming as he slaughtered the monsters.

 

Golden powder scattered around, and all the monsters touched by that powder were nothing but sliced creatures.

 

Seeing this, Dohyun grinned and said.

 

“Oh Yuchan!”

 

“It’s Jiyuchan.”

 

Jiyuchan, who answered thus, still felt his stomach churning but clearly grasped his spatial awareness of how to move his body, feeling his movements more clearly than ever before.

 

Thanks to this, he could slaughter the creatures without using much mana, and Dohyun was also conserving mana while somehow cutting down the creatures.

 

Dohyun alone had been gradually pushed back, but with Jiyuchan joining, the lacking forces seemed to recover and the front line no longer retreated. Rather, Dohyun and Jiyuchan advanced and sliced through all the creatures.

 

Not long after, Dohyun and Jiyuchan, having cut down all 200 creatures total, were able to return to the altar completely drenched in their blood.

 

Hanalin saw this and chuckled as she muttered.

 

“Anyway, I’ll give up my shower turn today.”

 

“Oh! Nice.”

 

“…Of course you should.”

 

At Hanalin’s words, Jiyuchan also seemed somewhat pleased and grinned. After resting a bit, they felt the third wave approaching and stopped resting to stand up.

 

Now that Jiyuchan had joined, they could conserve mana while all three went hunting together, and the third wave ended without difficulty.

 

* * *

 

Thus, Dohyun’s party, having faced a total of four waves, sat down to rest while complaining it was tiresome, when the exhausted Hanalin muttered.

 

“The fifth one should be the last, right?”

 

“…We can only hope so.”

 

“Hmm, probably so?”

 

Though Dohyun spoke speculatively, he naturally knew the next would be the last.

 

Of course, it was thanks to Analysis.

 

Since Analysis said it was the last wave, it would really be the last wave.

 

Sure enough, as they saw dust clouds rising in the distance and were about to prepare, Dohyun sensed something strange and turned around.

 

Something near the altar was detected by Dohyun’s senses, which always kept detection active for training purposes. Startled, he looked there to find someone clearly wearing black clothes and a black mask standing on top of the altar.

 

Rather than wondering who that was, Dohyun discovered something and widened his eyes. At Dohyun’s reaction, Hanalin and Jiyuchan were also startled and tried to attack the figure, but Dohyun stopped them both.

 

“Wait, don’t kill it!”

 

“…Huh?”

 

“…Eh, what?”

 

Hanalin and Jiyuchan were confused, and when Dohyun stopped them, the figure in the black mask and black night clothes was startled by Dohyun’s party’s reaction, grabbed the fire that was on the altar, and ran away.

 

Seeing this, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at Dohyun as if asking why he had stopped them.

 

“Let’s follow that thing.”

 

Dohyun said this while observing the figure’s identity.

 

‘There are NPCs in dungeons too?’

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