I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 74

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Chapter 74

 

Chapter 74: Scarecrow (2)

 

Even without Dohyun saying so, Hanalin and Jiyuchan could already tell. The moment that scarecrow tore through the shadows and emerged, the air had changed.

 

But more than that, feeling the heavy air and the oppressive aura constricting their bodies despite no mana pressure being used, Hanalin and Jiyuchan found themselves trembling without realizing it.

 

Though they were called geniuses and acknowledged even by Dohyun, the thick killing intent and hostility emanating from that scarecrow was not the kind they could easily handle.

 

Even Dohyun was feeling as if his body was being crushed by that thick murderous aura.

 

However, conversely, that scarecrow, Galarkro Headricks, also felt something strange and tilted its head 90 degrees while looking at Dohyun.

 

It was certain the blade had penetrated and precisely cut Dohyun’s upper body, but in that split second, Dohyun had looked at the scythe cutting him and kicked the scythe’s handle with his foot, reducing the power to a minimum and taking damage.

 

“…? …?”

 

As Gallaclro still blinked its empty, hollow eyes as if unable to understand, straw fell through the gaps.

 

Seeing this, Dohyun was certain.

 

‘It’s that guy from YouTube.’

 

Dohyun recalled the villain-type alien race he had seen on YouTube before entering the D-rank Zone.

 

He had thought it might be a similar species since it resembled a scarecrow, but it really was a scarecrow. Anyway, setting that aside, Dohyun looked at the creature’s stats again.

 

A whopping three stats exceeded 60, and one of those was even 65.

 

Seeing that even the lowest stat exceeded 50, he felt not just strangeness but terror.

 

These were definitely stats that wouldn’t be strange for a C-rank Hunter, making him gulp.

 

Looking at the stats and skills, it was a monster itself, but perhaps there was no law saying he had to die, as Dohyun examined the creature’s penalties.

 

‘It’s receiving two different penalties.’

 

Having three stats exceeding 60, it was receiving a total of two penalties – one was a physical degradation penalty, and the other was a skill restriction penalty.

 

The physical degradation penalty was exactly what its name suggested, reducing physical stats, and similarly, the skill restriction penalty was also as its name implied, sealing several skills.

 

To think it was doing villain work here while having two penalties imposed on powerful beings who don’t match the zone and remain in it – perhaps it was because it was a dark mage?

 

He speculated that it was probably due to the dark magic called “Aesthetics of Sacrifice” written at the very top.

 

And though he wanted to run away if possible.

 

‘…Running away would be difficult.’

 

Judging by how it just tore through shadows to emerge, it seemed the movement skills among its dark magic skills were still active.

 

Similarly, since Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan all had teleportation, he thought they might somehow escape by moving three times in succession to the maximum visible distance, but Dohyun abandoned that thought.

 

‘It moved here in one go from beyond the distance I can detect.’

 

Dohyun’s current detection range was about 200 meters.

 

Though it was double his previous detection range, in other words, it meant that scarecrow now before Dohyun’s party had detected this location from beyond that 200 meters and appeared instantly.

 

The maximum distance Dohyun’s party could travel if each member used their ability once was roughly 300 meters. If that scarecrow’s movement range exceeded 300 meters, there would be no more chances to escape.

 

He wondered how the South Korean Hunter who had nearly fallen victim to that creature had managed to escape.

 

His mind spinning rapidly, Dohyun looked at Gallaclro still staring down at the scythe, gulped, and readjusted his grip on his sword.

 

Since it had come to this, fighting was the only option.

 

And the moment Gallaclro still tilted its head while looking down at the scythe, a message in a color Dohyun had never seen before appeared before his eyes.

 

Looking at the dark red ominous message, an attack pattern was drawn in Dohyun’s mind.

 

The image of a giant scythe piercing near Dohyun’s heart and swinging to tear his body apart.

 

The moment Dohyun saw that image, he moved instinctively, and Gallaclro, who had been making sounds with every movement before, appeared in front of Dohyun without any sound.

 

Dohyun recalled the image drawn in his mind and urgently pushed his Golden Sword technique to the extreme, circulating mana through his body while using footwork to leave that spot, but he couldn’t avoid it completely.

 

Swoooosh——

 

The giant-bladed scythe pierced through Dohyun’s shoulder blade.

 

Pain traveled through his entire body to his brain, but Dohyun kept both eyes wide open, gritted his teeth, and swung his sword.

 

However, Gallaclro blocked Dohyun’s sword with its other hand and tried to spin the scythe horizontally to carve out Dohyun’s heart.

 

If things continued like this, Dohyun’s heart would surely be torn out and he would die, but Hanalin deployed a magic circle in the air toward Gallaclro and fired a bullet that made a sharp air-cutting sound with added mental force.

 

Whiiiiing————

 

Boooooom————!!!

 

Seeing the bullet shot while roughly cutting through the air, Gallaclro couldn’t ignore it either and tried to quickly pull out the scythe embedded in Dohyun’s chest, but Dohyun was slightly faster at that moment.

 

As soon as Dohyun’s sword was blocked, he kicked Gallaclro.

 

Naturally, his mere kick couldn’t possibly work against such a physique, but rather than kicking Gallaclro for damage, he used it as a foothold to push off and retreat backward.

 

Then the scythe that had pierced his shoulder was cleanly pulled out, allowing Dohyun to retreat.

 

Splaaash——!

 

Gush! Gush!

 

Because Guardian’s Body was activated, blood was gushing out in spurts, but otherwise he would have sprayed blood like a fountain, staining everything around with blood.

 

As Dohyun came out bleeding profusely on the floor, the moment Dohyun retreated, Jiyuchan rushed toward Gallaclro using his golden-tinted sword and body, swinging his sword.

 

Since Gallaclro was avoiding the bullet flying toward it, it had no choice but to raise its scythe to block Jiyuchan’s attack that struck at the momentary gap.

 

The Golden Sword’s strike was drawn in the air, and a long golden curve fell onto the creature’s scythe, at which moment an intense sound rang out.

 

Claaaaaang———

 

Riiiiing———

 

The giant-bladed scythe rang out violently.

 

It rang around as if it were a bell, but after Gallaclro even avoided the bullet, it raised its scythe high to first cut down Jiyuchan who had stepped forward.

 

Jiyuchan moved away from that spot, refusing to take the hit directly, but Dohyun felt an ominous feeling and used Ground Upper before speaking, making a stone pillar rise from the floor to strike Jiyuchan hard.

 

Thwack——!

 

Jiyuchan frowned at the sudden impact, but when Ground Upper rose and struck Jiyuchan, Ground Upper was cut diagonally and fell to the floor.

 

An invisible scythe strike had been swung, and Gallaclro once again tore through shadows and emerged from behind where Jiyuchan had been.

 

Seeing this, Jiyuchan felt an ominous chill, forgetting even the pain from being struck by Ground Upper as his spine went cold.

 

Dohyun looked at them and said.

 

“Don’t let your guard down.”

 

And seeing how Hanalin had just pushed Jiyuchan away, even striking him hard, both Hanalin and Jiyuchan could vaguely sense Dohyun’s intention.

 

‘Save the teleportation…’

 

‘…that’s what he means, right?’

 

While Hanalin and Jiyuchan were thinking the same thing, Dohyun recovered his wounds as much as possible before charging toward Gallaclro.

 

When Gallaclro used movement, the analysis would briefly cut off, unable to predict where he would go.

 

And seeing how it would cut off then tell him again where the creature would pop up next, Dohyun could vaguely understand the effect of its shadow transfer.

 

‘The body disappears first, then it decides where to move.’

 

He wondered what kind of overpowered skill that was.

 

But Dohyun, who could figure that out, wasn’t really one to talk.

 

Had Gallaclro also noticed Dohyun’s unreasonableness?

 

It turned its head 90 degrees again to look at Dohyun, and when Dohyun’s eyes met those hollow, empty spaces filled with straw, he could feel terrible illusions blooming.

 

However.

 

As soon as Dohyun saw it, he read the trajectory that analysis told him, and this time, seeing the scythe’s form aiming for his neck, he quickly used the golden sword while ducking his body.

 

Whoooosh——

 

If not for analysis, his neck would have been severed just now.

 

Realizing this, as soon as Dohyun ducked, he used magic to make sparks begin flying above Gallaclro’s head, then with the intent to pierce through, lightning struck down.

 

Kwarrrrrr————

 

A strong bolt of lightning fell toward Gallaclro’s head, trying to penetrate its body, but at that moment Gallaclro lifted the scythe that had been swinging toward Dohyun’s neck above its head and spun it rapidly, causing black energy to dwell in the scythe and shatter the falling lightning.

 

Chijijijiji———

 

The lightning bolt flowed along the scythe and scattered in all directions, shattered, but at that moment Dohyun straightened his crouched body and raised his golden sword. The sword rising from below rippled with golden light like an ascending dragon, trying to slash Gallaclro’s chest.

 

However, Gallaclro disappeared again, hiding in shadows, and at that moment Dohyun analyzed the creature that had moved behind Hanalin’s back and tried to use Ground Upper under Hanalin’s feet again, but it was already too late.

 

The creature’s scythe was already emerging, so if he sent Hanalin away like this, she would surely be split in half and die by that scythe.

 

In the accelerated thinking where the scythe slowly piercing through the air appeared very sluggish, Dohyun made his decision and activated Ground Upper beneath his own feet.

 

Since magic activated near the caster forms much faster than magic used at a distance, Dohyun added more intent here to use Ground Upper even faster, using it as a launch pad and casting leap at the exact timing of being shot forward.

 

Peoeoeoeng———!!!

 

Despite the not-so-distant distance, a sonic boom erupted as Dohyun, holding his subtly golden sword, spun in midair toward the scythe piercing through the air and thrust his sword toward it. Hanalin, caught up in Dohyun’s charge, was about to be knocked away, but Dohyun embraced Hanalin and turned his body, barely deflecting the scythe.

 

Kwaaaaang———!

 

As the scythe bounced back as if caught in an explosion, its arm thrown back, Gallaclro looked at Dohyun with an expression of incomprehension and hollow straw eyes. Dohyun spun his body and pushed Hanalin behind him in a circle, then in an instant bounced away and swung a newly drawn longsword while leaving a golden trajectory in midair toward Gallaclro’s hollow chest.

 

A downward current formed as a golden storm whirled toward Gallaclro’s body, and Dohyun kicked the creature again, using it as a foothold to kick off from.

 

At that moment, as Dohyun made contact with the creature, he recalled that sensation he had vaguely felt earlier and his eyes lit up.

 

And the moment his foot touched Gallaclro, Dohyun used analysis to grasp all of the creature’s mana, and after understanding the flow of all mana in its body, he reversed all those flows.

 

Reversal.

 

When the creature temporarily stopped, Hanalin’s beam of cold energy shot forth.

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