I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71
Chapter 71: Backflow? (2)
After returning from the Dungeon, the Dohyun Party decided to take a day of rest and spend the third day of the D-rank Zone at the Dormitory.
Normally, Dohyun was the type who would hunt no matter how exhausted he felt, but today was an exception. In truth, it wasn’t that he was particularly fatigued or worn out. After all, Dohyun wouldn’t rest just because of that.
Naturally, it was because of the new technique.
The Secret Art of Teleportation allowed the user and party members to teleport once per day, so the more party members who mastered it, the greater the efficiency became. Learning it was simply necessary.
Since Hanalin and Jiyuchan needed to learn the Secret Art and magic, I suggested they take a leisurely day to rest and practice both.
Even if Jiyuchan struggled to sense mana compared to my standards and Hanalin’s, he was overwhelmingly superior to others.
Upon seeing the interpretation of the Secret Art of Teleportation, Jiyuchan confidently declared he could master it within a day, finding it easier than expected.
‘This is rather dull.’
Meanwhile, Dohyun, who had already learned both magic and teleportation, found himself with nothing to do.
From my perspective, having a sparring partner would have been nice, but lacking one, I spent my time creating mana spheres in midair, using Backflow to temporarily halt them, or using Backflow to make them reverse direction—a form of training.
Even that grew tedious, so I soon abandoned it and stepped outside.
I considered hunting alone, but while leaving was free, returning to the Safe Zone required party members present. I wasn’t foolish enough to attempt something so reckless.
Knowing that rest was still necessary, I was contemplating this when I spotted a familiar face—someone who appeared to be taking a rest day as well.
As expected, they acknowledged me in return.
“Oh, Minwoo, hello.”
At those words, Dohyun flinched slightly, though he tried to hide it.
It was Ihae-in, whom I hadn’t seen in two days, and I had momentarily forgotten my assumed identity.
‘Right, I’m Minwoo.’
Recalling my false identity, I greeted Ihae-in warmly.
“It’s been a while.”
“Ha, indeed it has. Since both our parties usually head out hunting early, we rarely get the chance to meet.”
Dohyun nodded at Ihae-in’s words, then asked upon seeing him at the Dormitory at this hour.
“Is your party also taking a rest day today?”
“Yes, our rest days happened to coincide by chance. It’s a pleasant surprise.”
At Ihae-in’s kind words, Dohyun smiled faintly, and Ihae-in looked at him as if wondering why.
Had Hanalin and Jiyuchan seen that expression, they would have told him something was amiss—but unfortunately, Ihae-in didn’t know Dohyun well enough yet.
Just as Ihae-in was about to ask why Dohyun was smiling, Dohyun spoke first.
“Then, would you perhaps be interested in a simple sparring match?”
“Hmm, a sparring match?”
“Yes. I’ve acquired a new technique and would like to test it.”
At Dohyun’s words, Ihae-in hesitated at first.
It was only natural. After all, Ihae-in was already well aware of Dohyun’s abilities.
That was precisely why hesitation was unavoidable.
But thinking that this might actually be an opportunity, he soon nodded readily.
“I’m grateful for the offer. To be honest, I’m a bit concerned my abilities might be a hindrance.”
“Ah, it’s fine. It’s just a simple sparring match to verify a new technique, after all.”
With Dohyun’s reassurance, Ihae-in felt at ease.
Thinking he might even receive instruction from someone far superior in skill, Ihae-in smiled.
Had Ihae-in witnessed this, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan would have urged her to flee immediately, but unfortunately, she had long since fallen under Dohyun’s spell.
“Then I’ll go fetch the equipment.”
“Yes. I’ll see you in the Dormitory Backyard.”
“Yes! I’ll be right back.”
Watching Ihae-in depart while thinking it was fortunate to have something to pass the time, Dohyun withdrew a suitable wooden sword from his magical pouch.
Since he hadn’t revealed magic to Ihae-in, he couldn’t use it. Dohyun retrieved a wooden longsword of appropriate length and headed to the Dormitory Backyard, where an unexpectedly large number of Hunters were already training.
Some were striking trees to practice accuracy, while others, like Dohyun, were sparring with partners.
As Dohyun emerged, interesting gazes began to converge upon him.
Not the defeated, hollow eyes he’d witnessed before, but eyes brimming with competitive fervor.
‘Interesting.’
Dohyun smiled faintly at those combative gazes.
Thinking he should have come out sooner, he remained still when a Hunter who appeared to have considerable skill approached him and spoke.
“Hey, kid. You’re a newbie, right?”
“More or less.”
When the man spoke to him in casual speech without reservation, Dohyun chuckled and responded in kind.
The Association President Han Muyeol was older and strong, so that was one thing, but this guy appeared roughly the same age yet immediately spoke casually and tried to act superior upon first sight?
Dohyun found this intriguing as well.
But rather, the man grew even more excited at Dohyun’s reaction.
“What? Ha! You’re an interesting one, aren’t you?”
Though his words seemed calm, a seething anger flickered beneath them, and above all, his eyes were glaring at Dohyun as if to kill him.
Dohyun spoke to such a man.
“If you want to spar, pick up a weapon.”
“…Ha. I hope your sword skills are as sharp as your tongue.”
As the man rushed forward with those words, Dohyun infused mana into his wooden sword and used Backflow on him.
Observing the effect carefully, he noticed the sword stopped but the mana in the man’s body didn’t, and finding this fascinating, he swung his wooden sword.
Crack!———
A sound like a skull shattering echoed as the burly man collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Seeing him fall in a single blow, Dohyun scratched his head, wondering why he was so fragile.
“He’s not dead, is he?”
At those words, Ihae-in, who had emerged into the Dormitory Backyard with equipment, went pale and began to retreat, when Dohyun spotted her and waved his hand.
“Over here.”
“….”
Watching Dohyun wave cheerfully, Ihae-in thought briefly.
‘Should I leave?’
Then she shook her head.
No.
If a man draws his blade, he must cut through something! Of course, Ihae-in wielded a bow rather than a sword, but regardless, once you’ve seen the beginning, shouldn’t you see it through to the end? With that thought, Ihae-in raised her bow.
Retreating now would be something her pride simply couldn’t accept.
Though the burly man had fallen, he was also one of the newcomers—someone who had risen to D-rank less than a month ago.
In contrast, Ihae-in was a Party Leader who had been in D-rank for over a year now, someone who was considered a veteran in the D-rank Zone.
As Ihae-in approached with bow in hand, Dohyun smiled as if to say he’d been waiting.
“Are you ready?”
Though Ihae-in felt a chill at Dohyun’s peculiar tone, she nodded in acknowledgment.
Once Ihae-in nodded to confirm her readiness, she exchanged her arrows for ones with blunted tips, then retreated backward while facing Dohyun.
As a longbow knight, distance was Ihae-in’s advantage, so she created considerable separation—a move that caused the watching Hunters to murmur among themselves.
“Ihae-in is really putting that much distance between herself and a newcomer?”
“Well, I heard she subdued Hamtaesik in one go earlier?”
“She took down Hamtaesik with a single wooden sword strike?”
“Yeah!!!”
“But Hamtaesik’s a tank! He can’t go down from just one hit!?”
“Hey, we all saw it ourselves.”
“That’s insane.”
Upon hearing that Hamtaesik, the tank, had been defeated in a single blow, the other spectators understood why Ihae-in was creating such distance.
After all, if she could knock down Hamtaesik with a wooden sword in one strike, she clearly possessed that level of skill.
However.
“Wait, isn’t the other one also a newcomer?”
“His name was Minwoo, wasn’t it?”
“Yeah, something like that.”
“But a newcomer took down Hamtaesik in one shot?”
“Hmm, could there be some trick involved?”
Many remained skeptical, unwilling to accept it at face value.
In this place, carelessness leading to defeat was hardly uncommon.
Even if Hamtaesik was sturdy, a direct hit was a different matter entirely.
Thus, far more spectators had come simply out of boredom rather than to witness a clash between true masters.
Whether they believed Dohyun was a skilled newcomer or suspected trickery, all the onlookers shared one common thought.
Not a single person believed Dohyun would win.
As everyone held this conviction, Ihae-in spoke first to Dohyun.
“Then I’ll begin.”
Dohyun nodded in response, and Ihae-in, clearly visible even from a distance, nocked an arrow and immediately fired it at him.
Whoooosh———
The heavy sound of the blunted arrow’s tip cutting through the air rang out, and Dohyun’s expression flickered slightly with what seemed like disappointment.
The blunted tip inevitably made the arrow slower than a standard one. Dohyun casually batted it aside and lightly pushed off the ground.
Thwack!
A crisp, light sound echoed, but Dohyun’s speed was far faster than expected, and Ihae-in, as if she’d anticipated this, immediately fired another arrow.
Whoooosh————
Dohyun deflected the incoming arrow with an eerily casual expression, then caught an arrow that curved around from behind him—one he hadn’t even seen—with his empty left hand.
She had simultaneously fired arrows from front and back, calculating his exact trajectory, but Ihae-in’s eyes widened in shock that he’d seen through it instantly.
However, the match wasn’t over yet, so this time she openly nocked three arrows at once and fired them directly at Dohyun.
As the blunted arrows flew with their characteristic sound toward Dohyun, he deflected two with his sword, then threw the arrow he’d caught earlier like a dagger at the third arrow coming at an odd angle, causing them to collide in midair.
Ting——
Metal clashed with a sharp ring, and as Dohyun’s speed increased further, closing the distance to Ihae-in, he retreated while drawing back an arrow. In that instant, Dohyun smirked and raised his left hand.
Ihae-in attempted to channel mana into the arrow. At that moment, Dohyun’s Reversal flowed through the arrow and into Ihae-in’s body.
Reversal—a technique that inverted the flow of mana to halt it momentarily—could only stop mana itself.
And even that was merely a technique capable of halting only magic or weapons imbued with mana. But by using Reversal at the precise instant Dohyun was infusing the weapon, the technique traveled through her body and froze Ihae-in in place.
That moment lasted merely 0.1 seconds.
However, Dohyun knew the technique of forcibly creating an opening and splitting it wide—and Ihae-in, unaware such a gap would form, could only fall victim to it.
Before the mana-infused arrow could even leave her hand, Dohyun accelerated rapidly, sliding sideways in a graceful spin and bringing his wooden sword to Ihae-in’s throat.
Fwoooosh——
Click.
Without even realizing she had frozen, Ihae-in pondered why she hadn’t released the arrow when the cool sensation of the wooden sword touched her neck. She shook her head, returned the drawn arrow to its place, and spoke.
“I concede.”
At Ihae-in’s admission, everyone watching erupted in cheers.
“Insaneeee!!!”
“A, a newcomer won!!!!”
“That’s, that’s impossible!? Ihae-in actually lost!?”
Stunned by the unbelievable result, Hamtaesik—who had been knocked down and struck on the head moments earlier—watched with his face draining of color.
“Who exactly did you provoke?”
“S, surely you won’t forget about me, at least?”
As Hamtaesik spoke, Dohyun, having finished his bout with Ihae-in, saw him standing and grinned widely.
“Oh, you’re up. Let’s go again next time.”
Watching Dohyun wave cheerfully with a bright smile, Hamtaesik could only tremble.
“U-u-ugh.”
It seemed he had made quite an impression.
Though some of his colleagues looked at Hamtaesik with sympathy, it was entirely self-inflicted. So they offered no comfort.
They simply widened their distance, lest sparks fly their way.

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