I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

 

Chapter 73: Scarecrow (1)

 

The D-rank Zone is divided into a total of 3 floors.

 

Basement Level 1, where Safe Zones and hunting grounds coexist together, and Basement Level 2’s hunting grounds where the monsters become stronger than those on the 1st floor.

 

And from Basement 3rd Floor onward, it’s not easy to even approach without skill, so only those who have begun preparing for promotion to hunting grounds can enter.

 

Among these, Basement Level 2 was a floor that only those who had completely adapted to the D-rank Zone could reach.

 

It was absolutely not a place one could enter just four days after first entering the D-rank.

 

However, Dohyun was guiding Hanalin and Jiyuchan to Basement Level 2, humming cheerfully as if such things didn’t matter to him at all.

 

“Hmm~ hmm hmm~.”

 

As Dohyun hummed like that, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at him with some puzzlement.

 

Though Dohyun always seemed to be in a good mood, he looked particularly happy today.

 

Wondering why that might be, Hanalin asked curiously.

 

“Dohyun oppa, you seem to be in an especially good mood today.”

 

“Huh? Me?”

 

“Yeah. You’re humming and look happy?”

 

At Hanalin’s question, Dohyun pointed to himself and asked back, and Jiyuchan nodded and answered on Hanalin’s behalf.

 

Then Dohyun smiled brightly and answered.

 

“I guess it’s because I had such an exciting sparring match yesterday that all my stress was completely relieved.”

 

“Ah…”

 

“…Oh my.”

 

Hanalin and Jiyuchan recalled Hamtaesik, whom they had briefly seen yesterday, at Dohyun’s words and quietly offered a moment of silence.

 

Regardless of their reaction, Dohyun was genuinely excited thinking that way, and well, he had gained quite a lot from yesterday’s sparring.

 

Of course, he had grown significantly after the dungeon, but what he gained from sparring was also considerable, so he couldn’t help but feel good.

 

Actually, he had steeled himself to grow somewhat while going to Basement Level 2 today, but at this rate, hunting on Basement Level 2 seemed like it would go smoothly.

 

‘I’ll soon enter the 50s.’

 

It really was fast.

 

However, Dohyun wasn’t thinking it was that fast, and the reason was none other than the two people following behind him.

 

‘They’re really fast too.’

 

Dohyun could also be called a monster among geniuses, but the same was true for Hanalin and Jiyuchan.

 

Two who were called monsters among geniuses. And Dohyun, who was called a monster by those two, was showing this ridiculous growth rate.

 

However, Dohyun had thought he would stay ahead for a while, but he couldn’t help but be surprised that they had become similar faster than expected.

 

‘Those two are really something else too.’

 

Even though Hanalin and Jiyuchan were geniuses, Dohyun had his ridiculous cheat analysis, but Dohyun had to raise all his stats evenly, so there were aspects that progressed somewhat slowly.

 

On the other hand, Hanalin and Jiyuchan only needed to raise their main stats, so they had become quite similar.

 

Originally, if Hanalin and Jiyuchan hadn’t met Dohyun, they wouldn’t have been this fast. They probably would have grown at a similar level to Hwang Hana, but by teaming up with the outrageous monster Dohyun, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan were unknowingly becoming ridiculous monsters themselves.

 

Moreover, there was also Dohyun giving them feedback, so they were growing even faster.

 

While Dohyun was having various thoughts and thinking that growing together was definitely fun because it created competition, he was able to discover stairs.

 

They were stairs leading down to Basement Level 2.

 

It was a different place from the stairs where they had discovered the dungeon yesterday, but unfortunately there was nothing that looked like a dungeon, so Dohyun inwardly made a disappointed expression.

 

“There’s no dungeon.”

 

“…It would be shameless to hope for another one.”

 

“He originally has no shame.”

 

“Right. Since there isn’t one, couldn’t they give us one more dungeon?”

 

When Dohyun made such nonsensical remarks, Hanalin and Jiyuchan burst into laughter.

 

Ending the jokes there, Dohyun lightly warmed up first and stepped toward the stairs.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

At Dohyun’s words, Jiyuchan followed behind him, and lastly when Hanalin stepped onto the stairs, like a characteristic of this labyrinth, there was a sensation of leaping through space, and by the time the illusion set in, there were ascending stairs behind them instead of descending ones, and the space had instantly changed.

 

At the sight of being moved as if they had teleported, Dohyun’s party muttered in wonder despite having felt this space leap several times.

 

“Strange. It doesn’t feel like the body itself is moving.”

 

“Hmm, it’s not mana being activated either.”

 

Both muttered analytically, but it wasn’t a problem that would yield answers, so it didn’t continue further and they examined Basement Level 2 following Dohyun’s guidance.

 

The atmosphere itself was definitely somewhat different.

 

Heavy, damp air full of moisture hung in the air, and unlike Basement Level 1 where torches were automatically lit and luminous pearls were embedded in the ceiling, there wasn’t much light.

 

The torches were also hung sparsely, and there were definitely more dark areas compared to Basement Level 1.

 

In the eerie atmosphere, Hanalin and Jiyuchan unconsciously rubbed their arms at the goosebumps that had risen.

 

While the two were unable to adapt to the frightening atmosphere, Dohyun didn’t pay much attention and moved forward.

 

Seeing Dohyun suddenly move, Hanalin and Jiyuchan were startled and said.

 

“L-let’s go together!” “L-let’s go together.”

 

Both seemed quite fearful, and seeing them stutter like that, Dohyun looked at them as if he was dumbfounded.

 

No, they had fought even the Elves who were said to be scary within the Black Gate, yet being scared because the atmosphere was a bit eerie was strange.

 

Hanalin was just openly showing she was scared, but Jiyuchan was even pretending he wasn’t, which made it even more ridiculous.

 

Anyway, Dohyun shook his head and took the lead, saying.

 

“We need to go hunting.”

 

“R-right.”

 

“Ahem. Yes, good.”

 

True to being a labyrinth, the corridor width wasn’t tremendously wide, but it wasn’t narrow either. It was a corridor wide enough for at least 10 people to walk side by side, and torches and luminous pearls were sparsely attached to the ceiling and walls.

 

While walking and looking at that, Dohyun discovered something ahead and adjusted his posture.

 

And at Dohyun’s combat stance, Hanalin and Jiyuchan also prepared for battle.

 

Certainly, it had been a bit eerie and scary at first, but now that they were about to fight, that fear seemed to have disappeared somewhat as they acted.

 

As they all prepared for battle, sensing something rushing toward them from afar, only a whitish silhouette was visible due to the dim light.

 

The moment that thing entered the area illuminated by the luminous pearl, a giant human face with unfocused eyes embedded in a spider’s body came charging at them.

 

“Kyaah!!”

 

“Uaah!!”

 

As the giant human head suddenly thrust itself into the lit area, Dohyun watched Hanalin and Jiyuchan scream in shock with a pathetic look, then swung his softly glowing golden sword toward the charging labyrinth spider.

 

Swoosh——!

 

The labyrinth spider was sliced clean through from head to body in a straight line, far too easily.

 

Originally it wasn’t the type of creature to be cut so simply, but it couldn’t withstand the golden sword imbued with pure mana and swung with the power of swordsmanship, and died split in half.

 

After killing the labyrinth spider, when Dohyun looked at the two as if asking what they were doing, Hanalin and Jiyuchan scratched their heads with embarrassed expressions.

 

“Sorry…”

 

“…I’ll focus.”

 

Knowing they should be embarrassed, Dohyun didn’t say anything about their apologies and looked ahead again.

 

And.

 

‘Phew, if analysis hadn’t warned me, I would have screamed too.’

 

Though it was drowned out by Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s screams, when the spider with the large human face appeared, Dohyun had almost screamed without realizing it, but fortunately managed to hold back just barely.

 

Without analysis, it might have been a bit embarrassing?

 

Thinking that, Dohyun tried to hunt for more monsters again, but something felt strange about the atmosphere.

 

“Hmm?”

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Is there a problem?”

 

When Dohyun looked around with a puzzled expression, Hanalin and Jiyuchan asked.

 

Apparently Hanalin and Jiyuchan couldn’t feel the strange atmosphere and asked like that, and just as Dohyun was about to answer, Hanalin was the first of the two to sense something and looked around while listening carefully like Dohyun.

 

And then Jiyuchan also seemed to sense something and muttered.

 

“…Was the labyrinth originally this quiet?”

 

At Jiyuchan’s words, Dohyun and Hanalin shook their heads. Even if there were no monsters around, such suffocating silence wouldn’t normally flow.

 

But now, if they didn’t make sounds, it seemed like all sounds were blocked and nothing could be heard, so everyone quickly noticed something was there and became alert.

 

Just as they all drew their weapons and looked around trying to figure out if something was there.

 

Dohyun could see it.

 

Pazzzz——

 

A giant scythe tearing through the shadows with a sound he definitely heard but couldn’t hear.

 

The moment he witnessed it, Dohyun quickly pushed Hanalin away and raised his sword, but it passed through the sword and the giant scythe deeply slashed Dohyun’s chest.

 

Swaaaaaah———

 

No, rather than slashed, torn would be the correct expression.

 

Despite wearing armor, the armor was torn away as is, leaving a long wound as Dohyun was pushed backward.

 

“Brother!!!”

 

“Dohyun!!!”

 

The two who were startled and about to attack were stopped when Dohyun raised his hand to block them.

 

As Dohyun raised his hand like that.

 

Gush, gush.

 

Blood poured out through the deeply cut wound. Dohyun hastily used muscle healing technique along with Guardian’s body to maximize regeneration, and flesh could slowly fill in.

 

But Dohyun still didn’t relax his expression, and his face hardened rapidly as he looked at the giant scythe tearing through shadows and the body resembling a scarecrow.

 

Creak, creak.

 

Creak, creeeak.

 

And the scarecrow walking while making eerie sounds spoke.

 

“…You… blocked… it…??”

 

As it completely emerged from the shadows and tilted its head, Dohyun broke out in cold sweat looking at it.

 

Then he quietly murmured to Hanalin and Jiyuchan.

 

“That thing is a monster.”

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