I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 69

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Chapter 69

 

Chapter 69: A Dungeon Within the Labyrinth? (4)

 

It was absurd that there were even NPCs like this wasn’t some game, but now wasn’t the time to be bewildered by such things.

 

Monsters were swarming from behind, and that thief was running away after stealing the fire.

 

After successfully making that analysis, Dohyun quickly read the message.

 

‘So if I follow, the reward gets enhanced?’

 

Having quickly grasped the key point, Dohyun looked at Hanalin and Jiyuchan and said.

 

“Let’s chase after him!”

 

“Then why didn’t you catch him earlier!”

 

“Exactly!”

 

As they suddenly found themselves in an unexpected chase scene, Dohyun looked at the two and pondered what to explain, then soon spoke as if a good excuse had occurred to him.

 

“That’s a person.”

 

“What? A person?”

 

“A person in the dungeon…?”

 

“Yeah, it’s a person. The mana pattern is different from monsters.”

 

As Hanalin and Jiyuchan examined it according to Dohyun’s words while chasing, they could definitely feel it. Even Jiyuchan, whose mana detection was somewhat lacking, could sense it at once.

 

The mana patterns of monsters were mostly concentrated in their hearts.

 

But humans, even if not awakened, had a structure where mana flowed faintly throughout their entire body like blood, and right now that Priest of Fire running away with the fire definitely had mana flowing like blood rather than being stuck in the heart like monsters.

 

Upon confirming it was really a person, Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s eyes widened like lanterns.

 

Another person inside the dungeon? Dungeon intrusion was impossible.

 

Only one party could enter at a time.

 

There was such a line in some mystery novel.

 

What remains after excluding the impossible is the truth, no matter how unbelievable.

 

Only one party can enter a dungeon and intrusion is impossible. That means.

 

“People live in the dungeon?”

 

“This can’t be.”

 

Hanalin and Jiyuchan weren’t stupid, so they could quickly understand the meaning and were amazed.

 

Then they suddenly thought that since it was a Black Gate connected to another dimension, perhaps it could be possible.

 

Dohyun then told them the approximate facts based on his analysis.

 

“Since the dungeon itself is a distorted space or a space created by the Black Gate, wouldn’t it feel like different stages? If we compare it to a game, that is.”

 

“…That could be possible.”

 

“…In web novel terms, it might be a simulation space. Like perfectly recreating events from the past.”

 

“…You know quite a lot about this?”

 

“…Right?”

 

“Ahem. Let’s hurry and follow.”

 

It seemed Jiyuchan read web novels frequently.

 

Anyway, that wasn’t important – as Dohyun’s party chased the rapidly fleeing Priest of Fire, they gradually moved away from the wide plain where the altar had been, and a mountain that had been quite far away began to come into view.

 

No matter how far away it was, it didn’t make sense that such a mountain wasn’t visible from the altar earlier.

 

So Dohyun and Hanalin felt a ripple in space at that moment and said.

 

“I feel like we just passed through some kind of barrier?”

 

“I felt it too.”

 

“I don’t really know, but the pressure is still there…”

 

“It’s not pressure, should I call it more like a barrier? We crossed some kind of veil. And then that mountain started becoming visible.”

 

At Dohyun’s explanation, Jiyuchan shook his head.

 

An expression showing he had no idea what was what. But right now their goal was to catch that Priest of Fire who stole the fire and ran away, so they were chasing while maintaining some distance.

 

The speed itself was fast, but it wasn’t to the degree that Dohyun and Jiyuchan couldn’t catch up if they ran seriously, and Hanalin could also keep up if she used flight magic combined with telekinesis for high-speed flight, so they could run while maintaining distance.

 

All three chasing the Priest of Fire were using stealth techniques to hide their forms almost like invisibility, and when they arrived at the mountainside, they could discover a strange building.

 

“…That’s.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

“An altar?”

 

As Hanalin said last, it was an altar that looked exactly like the altar they had been guarding the fire at earlier.

 

The only difference was that the altar was inside a building with no ceiling or roof and only columns standing alone without walls?

 

Compared to the altar Dohyun’s party had been guarding which had nothing around it, that altar with ornate columns and floor was definitely.

 

Such ornate columns and floor on this mountainside looked suspicious to anyone.

 

As they hid and watched the Priest of Fire, vibrations from a considerable number of monsters running could be felt, as if the monsters had somehow chased them to the bottom of the mountain.

 

Thud thud thud thud thud.

 

As the ground trembled slightly, the Priest of Fire hurriedly placed the fire on the altar and was shouting something.

 

-##$^%#^!$^&$%#~!^*$^$#~#!)#!(*!

 

Hanalin was bewildered by the completely incomprehensible language.

 

She had expected to understand those words since there was a power within the Black Gate that translated any language for them to hear, but she was flustered that it didn’t work.

 

Jiyuchan was equally bewildered, but only Dohyun could clearly hear what the Priest of Fire was saying through analysis.

 

-Please accept this sacred holy fire!! Lead us to great transcendence and make us a superior race!!!

 

As if the heavens were responding to that cry that was desperate beyond despair, a beam of light began falling onto the altar from the sky that had been like a night sky until just moments ago.

 

All three watching were startled at that moment, as auspicious flames began spreading around from the holy fire along with that light.

 

Hanalin was startled and tried to defend with magic, but Dohyun stopped her, and the flames spread across the entire mountain without affecting the three at all.

 

Then the monsters climbing up the mountain suddenly caught fire, screamed, and completely disappeared on the spot as if being purified.

 

“Huh.”

 

“A-all at once?”

 

“…This is no joke.”

 

Dohyun’s party was shocked by the power of that fire and turned their heads back toward the altar, where they could see the Priest of Fire triumphantly spreading both arms wide while being enveloped in light and floating in the air.

 

However, as Dohyun watched the Priest of Fire floating in the air wrapped in that light, he could sense a strange energy.

 

And when he analyzed it, Dohyun was able to understand what that phenomenon was about.

 

Though it was a message incomprehensible even through analysis, soon the analysis explained it to Dohyun in detail.

 

A calamity of destruction.

 

Dohyun looked at it with an incredulous expression, and the Priest of Fire who had ascended to the sky with that light of corruption could no longer be seen after that.

 

Hanalin and Jiyuchan, who had completely failed to notice that phenomenon just now, were looking at it and exclaiming in admiration as if they had witnessed a hidden ending in a game.

 

“It did feel like something special.”

 

“Hmm, it was light with a sacred feeling.”

 

Seeing the two speak like that, Dohyun pondered whether he should tell them the truth, but soon shook his head.

 

What had just happened was merely a simulation-like virtual space that recreated past events, just as he had discovered through analysis while pursuing the Priest of Fire.

 

There probably wasn’t any need to tell them the truth right now.

 

Most importantly.

 

‘I don’t know much either.’

 

Honestly, Dohyun didn’t know much himself.

 

Well, to summarize, there had been three more worlds containing humans besides Earth until now, but they had all perished without exception, and his speculation was that the reason for their destruction was probably calamities like that light he had just seen.

 

And if this place was a simulation showing worlds that existed in the past.

 

The reason there had been so many monsters sprawled out earlier was probably.

 

‘Monsters that overflowed because there were no Points, right?’

 

He could deduce this much.

 

Though he could deduce quite a lot, it felt like he still hadn’t gathered the core materials.

 

He would need something to use analysis on, but for now, this was all he had.

 

As Dohyun was thinking that far, Hanalin and Jiyuchan were excited seeing a chest descending onto the altar with sacred light.

 

“It’s a reward!”

 

“The subordinate disappeared too!”

 

Jiyuchan looked particularly excited, and well, he had reason to be excited since the annoying subordinate had disappeared.

 

However, Dohyun was looking at the chest that had fallen from that light called the light of corruption with a somewhat uncomfortable expression.

 

Though it probably wasn’t dropped by that light of corruption called the calamity of destruction, it was still light that had been in the same place, so feeling uncomfortable was natural, wasn’t it?

 

As Dohyun felt uncomfortable like that, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at him strangely.

 

Dohyun was usually the first to rush forward when there were rewards or spoils, so they couldn’t understand why he had such an unpleasant expression and tilted their heads in confusion.

 

Then.

 

“Is something wrong?”

 

“Is there something bothering you?”

 

When the two asked worriedly seeing Dohyun like that, Dohyun shook his head.

 

Making his party members worry because of unnecessary concerns. Dohyun couldn’t help but chuckle at that thought.

 

When he found out properly later, it wouldn’t be too late to talk about it then, so let’s not worry about it now. Dohyun thought that way and spoke as if it was nothing.

 

“No, there was just something bothering me, but I think I was mistaken.”

 

“Ah, really?”

 

“Hmm, then that’s a relief.”

 

The two said that and added.

 

“Still, if you have any worries, please tell us.”

 

“Right, we’re comrades, aren’t we?”

 

Seeing the two show such consideration, Dohyun nodded.

 

Right, it was something he couldn’t figure out even if he tried to investigate now, so what was the point of worrying about it? This kind of thing didn’t suit Dohyun’s temperament.

 

Right now, wouldn’t it be best to just be happy about the given reward and check what came out?

 

Dohyun thought that way and stood in front of the reward chest.

 

Thanks to Hanalin and Jiyuchan gesturing for him to open it first, Dohyun stood in front of the chest and recalled the rewards he had obtained last time.

 

One was the necklace he was still wearing that enhanced all senses except vision, and the other was the secret technique Teleportation.

 

Though he didn’t use it often, it was a very useful secret technique when used occasionally, so he had been recommending that Hanalin and Jiyuchan learn it too, but they said they hadn’t learned it yet because they had been putting it off due to thought magic and the golden sword.

 

Since he said the difficulty itself wasn’t that hard, wouldn’t they learn it quickly?

 

‘I hope it’s at least better than last time.’

 

This time even the rewards were enhanced, so hoping it would be better than last time, he used analysis as soon as he opened the chest, and seeing the results.

 

“Damn.”

 

Dohyun cursed.

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