The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 105

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Episode 105
Episode 105
An opponent whom even the system itself warns against.
Yoo Sung-hyun lowered his stance, gripping the blade whose darkness had now extinguished.
He had landed a skill boasting overwhelming destructive power.
Twice, no less.
Yet as Yoo Sung-hyun observed an enemy far more formidable than before, he smiled wryly behind his mask.
‘This won’t be easy.’
The only powerful skill remaining to Yoo Sung-hyun now was the Blood Poison Chain technique.
However, it possessed considerably less destructive force than the two skills he’d already deployed.
It would be prudent to judge that this sword technique alone could not break through the impasse.
Before the creature could draw near, Yoo Sung-hyun mentally reviewed the skills still available to him.
Unlike the composed Yoo Sung-hyun.
The viewers could not contain their shock.
-Can he actually win this?????
-Wait, this doesn’t even feel like a level 80-120 difficulty?????
-Even if they asked a raid team to take this down, it’d be impossible, right?
-Maybe if you threw in about 30 people, you could somehow manage it?
“No, but wouldn’t it have been doable if the Demon King had just brought his summoned creatures from the start?”
-So if he’d only brought the ones who looked like executives, it would’ve worked out somehow….
Simultaneously, regret erupted from all corners of the chat.
If he’d brought only the summons who appeared to be executives, would Yoo Sung-hyun have been cornered like this?
Hardly.
Each one of them had demonstrated an aura that overwhelmed Merlin.
Wouldn’t they have already been defeated long ago?
Knowing the majesty of summons as they did.
Regret could only pour forth.
Yet some viewers actually expressed satisfaction in the chat.
-Actually, this is better!!!
-No, this way we get to see his true skill even more!!!
-Wouldn’t he have come if he wasn’t confident?????
-Either way, this is thrilling!?
-We’ve already gotten our money’s worth from the ticket!!!
Honestly, it’s hard to find broadcasts with this kind of quality these days.
Regardless of whether Yoo Sung-hyun won or lost, the viewers were already satisfied.
Broadcasts of such caliber were not easily found.
Especially not at this level range.
This was precisely why so many Guilds avoided streaming at that level.
Neither viewership nor profit materialized.
There was no reason to bother.
It was the most thrilling and highest-quality broadcast I’d seen in recent times.
No wonder the viewers were going wild.
Thanks to that, supporting him felt genuinely rewarding.
There hadn’t been a live stream this nail-biting in ages.
Yet despite all that cheering, Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t see the support.
‘It’s coming.’
Once I finished calculating all the remaining skills in my mind and when their cooldowns would reset, I was ready.
The Doom Knight Remnant drew closer, wreathed in an ominous slate-blue aura.
Crash!
The moment the Doom Knight Remnant charged, the ground beneath it inverted, attempting to swallow everything whole.
Though such an overwhelming assault should have shaken my resolve, I steeled myself and grasped the teal-hued heart in my right hand once more, pulsing it with intent.
Thump—! Thump—!
With each heartbeat, a teal radiance bloomed between the fractured earth, and from the darkness emerged the Death Legion, wreathed in shadow.
Their numbers exceeded several hundred.
Each individual possessed only meager strength.
But with numbers surpassing hundreds, they generated enough force to momentarily halt the Doom Knight Remnant’s advance.
Roar!
-Screech!
-Crash!
-Shriek!
The Death Legion intercepted its charge.
The Doom Knight Remnant swept through the masses of the Death Legion, its blade flashing.
It carved through the shadowy soldiers tinted slate-blue, advancing relentlessly.
-Whoa, didn’t he summon that many before?
-How much mana does he have to pull that off?
-This is insane.
The viewers marveled at Yoo Sung-hyun’s mana reserves, swallowing hard.
Yoo Sung-hyun, recognizing his mana was depleting, quickly recovered it using the tri-colored whistle.
And the skill he activated was none other than.
“Three minutes.”
With that declaration from Yoo Sung-hyun.
Clock hands materialized above the Doom Knight Remnant’s head.
Simultaneously, the sound of ticking echoed.
Tick—! Tick—!
That sound carried something eerie and ominous.
The Doom Knight Remnant, finding it quite irritating, infused its legs with aura and leaped skyward.
Boom!
The ground trembled and inverted.
All the Death Legion caught in that area were swept up simultaneously.
Vibrations and fragments of earth scattered in all directions, disrupting the formation.
The Doom Knight Remnant seized the moment, leaping skyward and infusing his aura once more.
His two legs swelled as if they might burst from the sheer force of power.
By radiating the aura channeled into those straining legs, he could propel himself through the air with a second leap.
The Doom Knight Remnant’s velocity was like that of a cannon shell.
The viewers could only gasp at such devastating speed.
-Insane;;;
-H-how do you even block that?
-Y-you can’t;;;
-He’s gonna get hit?
The anxious viewers typed frantically into the chat.
Yoo Sung-hyun seemed about to take a direct hit.
The sword skill he’d used earlier had already faded.
Against someone who appeared to be a Dark Mage like Yoo Sung-hyun, close combat was inherently disadvantageous—or so it seemed.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun was already prepared, opening his left hand that held no sword.
Small droplets of blood escaped from his palm.
The crimson drops began to shimmer with violet light, and soon those tiny droplets started to spin.
At first they resembled small water droplets rotating rapidly, but gradually they swelled and expanded into something massive.
As if absorbing moisture—no, blood itself—from the surroundings, they grew larger with an irresistible pulling force that drew everything nearby inward.
A colossal blood-red storm capable of devouring all things materialized and shot toward the charging Doom Knight Remnant.
Yet the moment the Doom Knight Remnant saw it, his navy-blue eyes blazed as he swung his blade.
With a single swing, the wind ceased, silence fell over everything, and the storm was cleaved in two.
Shhhhhhhhwack!
A sight almost too incredible to believe.
Even at a glance, the blood-red storm seemed like a natural disaster itself.
Yet he had bisected that calamity with a single sword.
The viewers could not help but erupt in excitement at such a legendary spectacle.
-W-what did we just see?!
-He cut down an area attack that massive with a sword?
-Looking at the aura-like energy that flashed on the blade for a moment, it seems like a skill, but the cooldown is insane!?
-Insane;;;
Yoo Sung-hyun, as if he’d anticipated this all along, created the blood-red storm and immediately moved away, stepping clear of the creature’s intended impact zone.
Kwaaaaaaaa——!
Countless fragments scattered outward as the Doom Knight Remnant devastated the surrounding area.
But Yoo Sung-hyun was no longer there.
A rather massive crater had formed.
The Doom Knight Remnant paid it no mind and, seeing the direction Yoo Sung-hyun had moved, prepared to charge after him.
A teal spear pierced through the dust cloud created by the Doom Knight Remnant.
The teal spear radiated an irresistible force.
The Doom Knight Remnant realized he could not block it and was too late to evade, so he accepted the strike.
And simultaneously, the grasp of death rose to meet him.
A dark, grimy hand materialized around the Doom Knight Remnant’s neck.
I hadn’t noticed, but there were already three more hands beneath it.
With this new one, that made four hands total.
For reasons I couldn’t fathom, the Doom Knight Remnant seemed irritated and swung his blade.
Whoooosh——!
As he slashed to clear the bothersome dust, the sheer force of the wind pressure scattered the thick cloud entirely.
And in that same instant, a black projectile materialized, which the Doom Knight Remnant reacted to with uncanny precision, evading it perfectly.
Crash, crash, crash——!
The black projectile tore through the air, pulverizing everything it touched.
Had I not dodged, it would have been quite dangerous.
After evading the black projectile, I was about to search for Yoo Sung-hyun.
But Yoo Sung-hyun was already close enough that I didn’t need to look.
Rather, Yoo Sung-hyun had already rushed forward, swinging his blade at the Doom Knight Remnant.
The moment the Doom Knight Remnant saw it, he raised his shield to block.
But in that instant, Yoo Sung-hyun’s blade flowed gracefully off its trajectory, aiming to cut across the Doom Knight Remnant’s chest.
Whoosh!
The nimble Doom Knight Remnant arched his body backward to evade, and upon seeing Yoo Sung-hyun’s extended blade, he immediately swung his own sword wreathed in navy-blue aura.
Yoo Sung-hyun, observing this, withdrew his left foot and spun backward, retreating swiftly.
With footwork refined as a painting, Yoo Sung-hyun evaded, and the Doom Knight Remnant tried to advance by thrusting his shield forward—but.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s foot extended toward that very shield.
Boom!
Crash——!
The Doom Knight Remnant, struck by a kick far more powerful than expected, skidded backward, leaving two lines gouged into the earth.
Without missing that opening, Yoo Sung-hyun surged forward.
Gripping his blade, Yoo Sung-hyun’s sword strikes flowed with lethal grace.
Soft yet fierce, fierce yet fluid—they descended from all directions like a tempest.
Against swordplay with no openings, the Doom Knight Remnant gripped his own blade and rigidly parried each strike one by one.
Using the shield in his other hand to block as well, he rendered all of Yoo Sung-hyun’s attacks futile.
Yet because of this, the Doom Knight Remnant found no opportunity to attack either.
Though he attempted to use skills intermittently to mount an offense.
Yoo Sung-hyun stole those skills and turned them back on him, pressuring the Doom Knight Remnant relentlessly.
Unable to mount any meaningful counterattack, the Doom Knight Remnant was forced into endless defense.
A frenzied exchange of techniques.
Backed by overwhelming swordsmanship mastery.
The viewers were left breathless by this high-level combat.
-Wait, so he wasn’t moving on skill power back then either?
-This kind of movement is impossible without actual swordsmanship training?
-This is insane.
-He’s lost his mind;;;;
-How much swordsmanship mastery in the real world would make something like that possible?
What an extraordinary exchange of blows.
I found myself utterly captivated by the masterful swordplay on display.
Fundamentally, the swordcraft of NPCs and monsters could be considered elite-tier.
Especially as one ascended through the ranks, this became increasingly evident.
So one could only imagine how formidable the Doom Knight Remnant—the major event boss—wielded its blade.
Yet to match such swordcraft without relying on a single skill was extraordinary.
It defied belief.
In the moment the Doom Knight Remnant blocked Yoo Sung-hyun’s attack.
Something teal-hued pierced through above the shield and came flying in.
The Doom Knight Remnant, unable to see from behind the shield, witnessed the angle at which Yoo Sung-hyun had driven the wraiths’ vengeful spirits through, and attempted to retreat hastily—but.
Yoo Sung-hyun, sword in hand, moved like a hyena, cutting off that escape route.
Whoosh!
Thus pierced by the wraiths’ vengeful spirits, the Doom Knight Remnant.
Extreme damage surged through it, yet this was precisely the opportunity.
Yoo Sung-hyun pressed the offensive, and in blocking the retreat, an opening had formed in his defense.
If I could endure this damage and move.
Victory could be seized.
But in that instant, the hand of death became five, and the Doom Knight Remnant perceived something materializing behind itself.
It was death itself.
If death were to take form, would it appear thus?
Moving with tedious, languid indifference, death wove the five hands together into a colossal scythe and swung it toward the Doom Knight Remnant.
Screeeech!
-Ahhh!!! I thought my neck was being severed….
-M-me too.
-Ugh, that was terrifying?
-This turned into a horror flick;;;;
The viewers were also shrieking in fear.
Yet the one trembling most visibly with dread was none other than the Doom Knight Remnant itself.
It moved to escape the extreme damage once more.
Swinging its blade wildly toward where Yoo Sung-hyun stood—but.
Using skills enlarged its movements, which Yoo Sung-hyun perceived flawlessly, evading and launching counterattacks in turn, forcing the Doom Knight Remnant to continually defend.
Their standoff persisted, and before long, the teal spear pierced the shield once more.
The Doom Knight Remnant discarded its shield and opened its field of vision to evade it.
Yet the dark projectile that appeared before it embedded itself in the Doom Knight Remnant’s abdomen.
Craaaaaash——!
The sound of a body shattering echoed forth as the navy-blue aura enveloping the Doom Knight Remnant began fracturing and peeling away bit by bit.
-Uh, there’s not much left, right?
-Insane, how is this even being defeated?
-Wow… I’m left speechless….
The viewers’ tension and focus reached a crescendo.
As the battle raged on, the three minutes Yoo Sung-hyun had mentioned finally elapsed.
The clock hand that had been moving above the Doom Knight Remnant’s head pointed to the exact hour.
Then came the sound of an alarm bell.
Bong——ooong!
Bong——ooong!
Bong——ooong!
A massive bell tolling three times, as if summoning the dead.
In that instant, cracks began spreading across the navy-blue aura enveloping the Doom Knight Remnant’s entire body.
Had he possessed a physical form, blood would have gushed from every orifice.
The moment the Doom Knight Remnant was immobilized by the catastrophic damage.
Yoo Sung-hyun snapped his fingers.
Snap—!
As that snapping sound echoed out.
The Death Legion members surrounding the area suddenly rushed toward the Doom Knight Remnant in unison, and in that moment, flames ignited alongside a thick emerald mist, erupting violently.
Yoo Sung-hyun, who had vanished through the shadows, appeared far in the distance.
A violent explosion that engulfed the surroundings consumed the Doom Knight Remnant.
As his burning body was consumed and the navy-blue aura shattered into fragments, scattering into the void.
Countless messages appeared before Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes.
[You have cleared the second Main Quest, ‘Doom Knight’s Invasion’.]
[Main Quest rewards are granted.]
[You acquire ownership of the Summon, ‘Doom Knight, Leonik Evoke’.]
[The Summon, ‘Doom Knight, Leonik Evoke’ grows to match the Overlord’s level.]
[Helena’s power remaining within ‘Doom Knight, Leonik Evoke’ is fully transmitted to you.]
[The power of the past Overlord is inherited.]
[The power of the past has been inherited.]
[Rewards are granted.]
[As a Main Quest reward, you acquire the job-exclusive Almighty-grade skill, ‘Knights of Ruin’.]
[As a Main Quest reward, the number of appointments for the Overlord job-exclusive Almighty-grade skill, ‘Commander of the Death Legion’ increases.]
-Ah, ahhhhh! Finally!!! Liberation at last!!!
And within that explosion, I could see a single soul rejoicing.

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