I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 73

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Episode 73
73: Scarecrow (1)
The D-rank Zone was divided into a total of three levels.
Basement Level 1, where Safe Zones and Hunting Grounds coexisted, and Basement Level 2 beyond it, where monsters had grown considerably stronger than those on the first level.
From Basement Level 3 onward, only those with genuine skill could approach it, and only those preparing to advance to higher Hunting Grounds were permitted entry.
Among these, Basement Level 2 was a tier that only those who had fully adapted to the D-rank Zone could reach.
It was absolutely not a place one could enter merely four days after first stepping into the D-rank Zone.
Yet Dohyun, as though unconcerned with such conventions, hummed cheerfully as he guided Hanalin and Jiyuchan down to Basement Level 2.
“Hm~ hm-hm~.”
As Dohyun hummed away, Hanalin and Jiyuchan exchanged puzzled glances at him.
Though Dohyun always seemed to be in good spirits, today he appeared unusually cheerful.
Curious about the reason, Hanalin asked.
“Dohyun, you seem to be in an especially good mood today.”
“Hm? Me?”
“Yeah. You’re humming and everything—you look happy.”
Dohyun pointed to himself in response to Hanalin’s question, and Jiyuchan nodded, answering on her behalf.
Then Dohyun smiled and replied.
“I guess all the stress melted away from having such an intense sparring match yesterday.”
“Ah….”
“…I see.”
Hanalin and Jiyuchan recalled Hamtaesik, whom they’d glimpsed briefly yesterday, and offered a moment of silent respect.
Regardless of their reaction, I was genuinely in high spirits, and truthfully, I’d gained quite a lot from yesterday’s sparring match.
Of course, I’d experienced significant growth after the dungeon, but what I’d gained from the sparring was considerable as well, so my mood naturally lifted.
In fact, I’d resolved to grow somewhat as I headed to Basement Level 2 today, but now it seemed hunting would go smoothly down there.
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 39▶41」
▶「Agility: 43▶49」
▶「Stamina: 37▶42」
▶「Mana: 47▶49」
‘I’m about to break into the 50s soon.’
The growth really was fast.
However, I didn’t think it was particularly fast, and the reason for that was none other than the two people following behind me.
『Jiyuchan』
『Trait: Platinum Sword King [S]』
『Skills』
▶「Swordsmanship [A]」
▶「Sword King’s Intuition [A]」
▶Swordsmanship—「Golden Blade [A]」
▶Secret Art—「Teleportation [B]」
▶「Mana Control [D]」
▶「Pressure [E]」
▶「Ambush [E]」
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 44▶47」
▶「Agility: 32▶35」
▶「Endurance: 35▶40」
▶「Mana: 35▶39」
『Hanalin』
『Trait: Sorceress Supreme [S]』
『Skills』
▶「Ether Heart [S]」
▶「Empress’s Majesty [A]」
▶Magic—「Willful Magic [A]」
▶Sorcery—「Reversal [A]」
▶Secret Art—「Teleportation [B]」
▶「Intermediate Elemental Magic [D]」
▶「Intermediate General Magic [D]」
▶「Intermediate Conceptual Magic [D]」
…(See More)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 21▶25」
▶「Agility: 27▶30」
▶「Endurance: 24▶26」
▶「Mana: 45▶48」
‘They really are fast.’
Dohyun could be called a monster among geniuses, but the same held true for Hanalin and Jiyuchan.
Two who were called monsters among geniuses. And Dohyun, who was called a monster by those two. That’s why I was displaying this absurd growth trajectory.
Though I’d thought for a while that I’d remain ahead of them, they’d caught up faster than expected, leaving me astonished.
‘Those two really are something else.’
Even though Hanalin and Jiyuchan were geniuses, I possessed an absurdly broken Analysis ability, but since I had to raise my stats evenly, my progress was somewhat slower.
Meanwhile, Hanalin and Jiyuchan only needed to raise their primary stats, so they’d become quite comparable.
If Hanalin and Jiyuchan had never met me, they wouldn’t have grown this quickly. I suspected they might have developed at a level similar to Hwang Hana, but by teaming up with the broken monster that I am, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan had unknowingly become absurd monsters themselves.
Moreover, since I provided feedback, they grew even faster.
As I pondered various things and found it genuinely enjoyable to grow together—competitive spirit and all—I discovered a staircase.
It was a staircase leading down to Basement Level 2.
It was a different location from the staircase where I’d discovered the Dungeon yesterday, but unfortunately, there was no sign of a Dungeon, so I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
“No Dungeon here.”
“…If you keep hoping for more, you have no conscience.”
“He never had one to begin with.”
“Right. Since we’re here anyway, why not give us one more Dungeon?”
At Dohyun’s absurd remark, Hanalin and Jiyuchan burst into laughter.
Setting aside the jest, Dohyun loosened up lightly and headed toward the stairs.
“Let’s go.”
At Dohyun’s words, Jiyuchan followed, and as Hanalin finally stepped onto the stairs, a sensation like leaping across space washed over them—the disorienting kind that made one question reality. Yet behind them, the descending stairs had become ascending ones, and the space had shifted in an instant.
As if they’d been teleported, the Dohyun Party had experienced this spatial leap multiple times, yet they murmured in wonder at the phenomenon.
“It’s peculiar. It doesn’t feel like my body itself is moving.”
“Hmm, mana isn’t being channeled either.”
Both of them muttered as if analyzing, but since this wasn’t a problem with an answer, the matter went no further. Instead, they followed Dohyun’s guidance and surveyed Basement Level 2.
The atmosphere was certainly different.
Heavy, damp air hung thick with moisture, and unlike Basement Level 1—where torches burned automatically and night-luminous pearls were embedded in the ceiling—there wasn’t much light here.
The torches were spaced sparsely, and there were noticeably more dark patches than in Basement Level 1.
In the eerie atmosphere, Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt goosebumps rise unbidden and unconsciously rubbed their arms.
While the two struggled to adapt to the frightening ambiance, Dohyun pressed forward without much concern.
Seeing Dohyun suddenly move, Hanalin and Jiyuchan jumped in alarm and spoke up.
“W-wait for us!” “W-wait up.”
Watching both of them stammer as if they were so fearful, Dohyun regarded them with exasperation.
It was strange—they’d fought an Elf inside the Black Gate who was supposedly terrifying, yet they were frightened by a merely eerie atmosphere.
What made it even more absurd was that Hanalin openly showed her fear, while Jiyuchan pretended otherwise.
In any case, Dohyun shook his head and took the lead, speaking.
“We need to hunt.”
“Y-yes, we should.”
“Ahem. Right, good.”
True to the Labyrinth’s nature, the corridor wasn’t extraordinarily wide, yet it wasn’t narrow either. At least ten people could walk abreast, and torches and night-luminous pearls hung sporadically along the ceiling and walls.
As Dohyun walked while observing these details, he detected something ahead and adjusted his stance.
At Dohyun’s combat readiness, Hanalin and Jiyuchan also prepared for battle.
Though it had been somewhat eerie and frightening at first, now that combat was imminent, their fear seemed to dissipate as they moved into action.
As they all sensed something rushing toward them from a distance and prepared for battle, the dim light made the approaching form appear only as a pale silhouette.
The moment it entered the illuminated area where the night-luminous pearl’s light reached, a grotesque human head with vacant eyes, embedded in a spider’s body, came rushing at them.
“Kyaaah!!”
“Ugh!!”
As a massive human head suddenly thrust into the lit area, Hanalin and Jiyuchan shrieked in shock. Dohyun regarded them with disdain and swung his softly golden blade at the charging Labyrinth Spider.
Shwing——!
The Labyrinth Spider was cleaved in two with almost laughable ease, from head to torso in a single line.
Normally, it wouldn’t be severed so easily, but infused with pure mana and struck with the force of the Primordial, the golden blade was beyond its endurance. It was simply split in half and perished.
After killing the Labyrinth Spider, Dohyun looked at the two as if asking what they were doing, and Hanalin and Jiyuchan scratched their heads with sheepish expressions.
“I’m sorry….”
“…I’ll focus.”
Aware of their embarrassment, Dohyun said nothing in response to their contrition and turned his gaze forward again.
And.
‘Phew, if Analysis hadn’t informed me, I would’ve screamed too.’
Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s cries were drowned out, but when a massive spider with a human face emerged, I nearly screamed myself—though I managed to suppress it just in time.
Without Analysis, that might have been embarrassing.
I turned my attention back to hunting monsters, but something felt profoundly wrong about the atmosphere.
“Hmm?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Has something happened?”
As I surveyed my surroundings with visible confusion, Hanalin and Jiyuchan asked what was wrong.
Apparently neither of them sensed the subtle shift in the air, so they inquired—but just as I was about to respond, Hanalin felt something first and, like me, tilted her head to listen carefully while scanning the surroundings.
Only then did Jiyuchan sense it too, murmuring aloud.
“…Was the Labyrinth always this quiet?”
Both Dohyun and I shook our heads. Even without monsters nearby, the air had never felt so suffocatingly silent.
But now, if we made no sound, every noise seemed to vanish entirely—and we all quickly realized something was amiss, shifting into high alert.
Weapons drawn, we scanned the surroundings, trying to discern what lurked nearby.
That’s when I saw it.
Fzzzzzzz——
I heard the sound, yet heard nothing—a colossal scythe tearing through shadow and erupting outward.
The instant I witnessed it, I shoved Hanalin aside and raised my blade, but the scythe passed through my sword and carved a deep gash across my chest.
Shhhhhhhhh———
No—”carved” wasn’t the right word. It was more like being torn open.
Even with armor, it was ripped away entirely, leaving a long, jagged wound as I was driven backward.
“Brother!!!”
“Dohyun!!!”
In shock, the two of them lunged to attack, but I raised my hand to stop them.
As I lifted my hand.
Blood surged, surged forth.
From the deep wound, blood poured out in torrents. I hastily activated Muscle Healing alongside the Guardian’s physiology, maximizing regeneration, and slowly felt flesh knitting itself back together.
Yet even so, I kept my expression neutral, watching the colossal scythe tear through shadow and the scarecrow-like form—my face hardening in an instant.
Creak, creak.
Creak, creeeeak.
And the scarecrow, moving with that grotesque sound, spoke.
“…Blocked… it…??”
As it fully emerged from shadow and tilted its head in confusion, cold sweat ran down my face.
『Galarkro Headricks』
『Trait: Head Reaper [A]』
『Skills』
▶Dark Magic—「Aesthetics of Sacrifice [A]」
▶「Head Reaping [B]」
▶「Flesh Modification [B]」
▶「Shadow Transference [B]」
▶「Advanced Dark Magic [C]」
▶「Life Drain [C]」
▶「Intermediate Dark Magic [D]」
…(View More)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 50」
▶「Agility: 60」
▶「Stamina: 60」
▶「Mana: 65」
※Species: Scrow.
※Hunters Slain: 138
※Currently afflicted by 「Subordinate of Physical Deterioration」.
※Currently afflicted by 「Subordinate of Skill Restriction」.
※Skill 「Body Modification [B]」causes abnormally elevated Strength, Agility, and Stamina.
[Analysis succeeded through the effect of Skill 「Sword King’s Intuition [A]」.]
[You obtain 1000 AP.]
Then I murmured one final time to Hanalin and Jiyuchan.
“That thing is a Monster.”

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