The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 106

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Episode 106
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Yoo Sung-hyun concluded the broadcast with an explosion.
Ghost wasn’t the only one radiating joy.
Naturally, the viewers watching the entire spectacle erupted into chaos.
-Wooooow! Insane! Absolutely insane!!!!
-I literally held my breath the whole time.
-Wow, the money was totally worth it for this broadcast.
-Isn’t this a steal??? Getting a broadcast like this at this price;;;?
-Lol for real, I’m subscribing to the Rapid Guild from now on and turning on notifications.
-This is how it should be.
-Please, if you’re Korean, subscribe to the Rapid Guild.
The viewers were in absolute uproar.
It had been that satisfying of a broadcast.
Usually after a victory like this, people say something.
A victory cry, a roar, a celebration.
But Yoo Sung-hyun showed none of that.
Just calmly.
[Thank you for watching today’s broadcast. That concludes our stream.]
-????????
-???????
-??????Is this really the end?
-????????
Ending the broadcast with such humble words?
After displaying something so incredible?
While bearing the epithet of Demon King?
The viewers lingered, uncertain if this was truly happening.
Soon after, the “broadcast ended” message appeared, and the screen turned black.
A sign that the stream had been cut.
Though viewers could remain in the chat even after the broadcast ended.
The reaction that followed became even more intense.
-Lololololol.
-No way lololol who ends a broadcast like this lololol.
-Lololol the performance was incredible but the ending is like this lol.
-I mean, thanking us for watching lololol we’re the ones honored.
-For real lololololol this is hilarious.
-It’s nice to see such humility.
-Seriously, these days there are so many arrogant guys who aren’t even as good as the Demon King;;;.
-For real, I’m a fan now!
-Demon King! Stream more often!!!
The viewers were delighted, spamming such messages in the chat.
Yet there were those who viewed this atmosphere with displeasure.
Primarily, the top-ranked guilds competing directly against Rapid Guild felt this way.
Especially.
Eclipse Order, ranked 4th among all guilds, felt it keenly.
“Sigh… We can never catch up now.”
“We may be stuck at rank 4.”
“…How unfortunate.”
From this result, the senior members of Eclipse Order could sense the truth.
They had attempted a two-pillar strategy combining Merlin and Wade, Eclipse Order’s current top ranker, to somehow compete.
But it was simply not on that level.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s performance was nothing short of reserving a spot as a solo ranker—an extraordinary achievement.
In comparison, Eclipse Order’s ranker Wade had barely reached 15th place, an ambiguous position.
And Rapid Guild already had Yoo-na, a solo ranker at 9th place.
If Yoo Sung-hyun continued climbing at this pace?
“We could never even approach Rapid Guild.”
“I see no solution within our own ranks anymore.”
“Sigh…”
Most of the senior members could only succumb to despair.
Certainly, being ranked 4th among guilds was impressive.
They had acquired Merlin, an exceptional talent, in an effort to climb higher despite the guilds pushing up from below.
Yet it had not been easy.
So there was only one path forward.
“We must accept Echo Willow’s proposal.”
“That seems to be the only way.”
“Well, even if we follow through, there’s no direct loss for us.”
The senior members of Eclipse Order smiled as they spoke.
Mentioning Echo Willow, who had not appeared even as the massive event neared its conclusion.
1.
Yoo Sung-hyun had hastily ended the broadcast.
Could there be any other reason?
It was to claim the sweet fruit of the Main Quest’s reward.
I had obtained a skill and a new summon.
I had even gained the appointment of an additional Legion Commander.
Yet what I anticipated most was something else entirely.
Before me, the Skeleton Knight knelt faithfully on one knee, reciting the oath of knighthood.
And beside him, a phantom of cyan-blue translucence knelt in the same posture, its pixelated form slightly fractured and broken.
The body and spirit of Leonik Evoke, the Doom Knight, bowed their heads before me.
“….”
The Skeleton Knight fell silent, as if unable to speak.
-What an extraordinary talent and skill the new successor possesses. Surely this too reflects the virtue of the previous Lord. This knight is truly in awe.
He was talking a bit too much.
The way he spoke with such eloquence and formality, as if he were nobility itself, made Yoo Sung-hyun nod awkwardly.
He spoke with courtesy much like Nocturnium did.
Yet he was the complete opposite of that taciturn being.
Still, I had heard he was an incredibly powerful soul.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded and began to speak.
Or rather, tried to speak.
“Ahem, then I shall receive the memories….”
-How presumptuous of me to speak! A lord’s duty is to care for and nurture his servants, yet I humbly beseech you to remember the hierarchy between superior and subordinate, and to lower your speech accordingly.
“…Yes, I shall do so.”
I had meant to say something else.
But without realizing it, Yoo Sung-hyun found himself speaking in a manner somewhat like a historical drama.
For reasons I couldn’t quite explain.
In any case, once Yoo Sung-hyun lowered his speech in that manner.
Leonik Evoke nodded with satisfaction.
Now it was time to read the memories.
My stats would rise as well, but I was far more eager to gain the memories of swordsmanship.
The swordsmanship I currently wielded was elegant and flowing.
Soft, riding the currents of battle.
It could be said to suit defense more than offense.
Yet when I fought the Doom Knight Remnant, that swordsmanship had been rigid and forceful, bearing a tyrannical nature.
‘Can I master it too?’
With such thoughts, I reached out my hand.
A teal-colored aura burst forth from my grasp, warmly enveloping Leonik Evoke’s form.
Thus came the waves of memory, undulating like the tide, crashing down upon me.
It was a terrifying sight that could have inspired fear.
Yet I accepted Leonik Evoke’s memories with familiarity and eager anticipation.
I could certainly perceive a swordsmanship that transcended the techniques I had acquired before.
So the Doom Knight Remnant had indeed been incomplete in his abilities.
“Aah.”
The very essence of swordsmanship, one might say?
As I grasped such things, a message appeared before me, one I hadn’t seen in quite some time.
[You have accomplished the impossible at your current level through ‘Unknown Power’.]
[Strength +15, Agility +8 permanently increased.]
The total stat increase was a staggering 23.
When I received Fiora’s memories, the total increase had been 20.
Compared to that, this was 3 points higher.
‘Incredible.’
Beyond level twenty, there were memories and experiences that Yoo Sung-hyun could not read, no matter how hard he tried.
Fragments that resisted even his attempts to glimpse them.
Aspects that remained stubbornly obscured.
Still, I was grateful that I could read everything related to swordsmanship.
‘I’ve definitely grown stronger.’
I had acquired a destructive sword technique.
But this was far from the end.
Was it because I understood the very essence of swordsmanship itself?
Or was it thanks to the elegant sword technique I already possessed?
My elegant sword technique had also been significantly enhanced.
‘I could fight with swordsmanship alone?’
At this level, the effects of my existing sword techniques were already formidable.
I might reach a point where I scarcely needed to cast magic at all.
I had absorbed the memories as well.
Surely there was more to gain.
Yoo Sung-hyun naturally infused Leonik—or rather, Leonik’s soul—into the Skeleton Knight, who knelt on one knee with his head bowed in the same posture.
The two hollow eye sockets blazed with a navy-blue radiance, and the eyes gleamed with disbelief as they fixed upon Yoo Sung-hyun.
-Ah, ahhhhh!!!
But was this truly the end?
Yoo Sung-hyun naturally activated a skill—not his own ability, but a skill nonetheless.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun used that skill.
Above Leonik’s head, as if performing a baptism.
A torrent of cyan light cascaded down, and from somewhere, a brilliant song echoed forth.
The cyan radiance descending from the heavens enveloped Leonik, and the navy-blue aura intermingled with cyan, creating a shimmering dance of two colors.
The darkness that clung to what had once been the Skeleton Knight transformed his bones from white to black, and every bone now gleamed with a deep, lustrous hue, proudly absorbing the light.
As his form shifted into that weighty appearance, a message materialized.
[You have appointed 『Doom Knight, Leonik Evoke』 as the Commander of the Death Legion.]
[He grows even more powerful and leads the Death Legion.]
-Ahhhhh!!! I committed such rudeness before my new lord from the very beginning, yet you trust me so deeply—I am grateful!!! My God!!! Leonik Evoke!!! Even if every bone of mine were ground to dust, I swear eternal loyalty to my lord!!!
Watching Leonik cry out his solemn oath as a knight, Yoo Sung-hyun nodded with satisfaction.
He seemed quite pleased.
Even with a skull for a head, I could sense him grinning.
Was he truly so delighted to return as a commander?
Yoo Sung-hyun could not fathom it, but he accepted it as such and finally examined the newly acquired skill.
This one was also Almighty rank.
What kind of skill could it be?
『Knights of Ruin』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Passive Effect][Active]
[Cooldown: 24 hours]
[Summoning Duration: 10 minutes]
It is said that when the Knights of Ruin move, nothing can be left behind in their wake.
They are ruin itself, death incarnate, and they take everything.
→Overlord-exclusive skill.
→Summons the Knights of Ruin from the Underworld.
→Upon summoning, a number of knights equal to 10% of the summoner’s level are called forth, and they move according to the commands of the Death Legion Commander for the duration of the summoning.
→However, if the Death Legion Commander lacks sufficient command power, they will not obey orders.
‘Hmm? Command power?’
The performance of an Almighty skill goes without saying.
But command power?
Was there even such a stat?
Feeling somewhat puzzled, I read through the other effects.
Knights are summoned in a number equal to 10% of the summoner’s level.
The duration of 10 minutes is generous enough.
The 24-hour cooldown is a bit much, though.
But with the Hourglass of Reversal, I could use it multiple times.
I didn’t pay it much mind.
‘What does it mean that the commander lacks sufficient command power?’
Could it be referring to lower rank?
I still couldn’t quite grasp it.
Why not just test it myself?
Besides, Leonik Evoke just became a commander, so this was perfect timing.
Wouldn’t this be an ideal opportunity to test it?
Leonik is a knight himself, so there might be some connection.
As Yoo Sung-hyun was about to ask Leonik Evoke about this,
-My lord, might you be willing to test the newly acquired skill, the Knights of Ruin?
“Hm?”
Leonik Evoke beat me to it.
He was asking me to summon them right away.
Was there some connection?
I looked at Leonik Evoke curiously.
Leonik Evoke explained with excessive courtesy.
-In truth, I have a small connection from the days when I served Lady Helena, and I harbor a modest wish to see whether the Knights of Ruin still carry that legacy of renown. Furthermore, as I shall be responsible for nurturing and commanding the order on the battlefield henceforth, I thought it prudent to meet them beforehand. Moreover….
“S-stop. I understand. I’ll summon them.”
-Ah! I am at a loss for words to express my gratitude for your boundless mercy, my lord.
He spoke at length when a simple thank you would have sufficed.
Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head as if exasperated.
In any case, I was just as curious to test it.
And so I activated the new skill: the Knights of Ruin.
The sky around us darkened rapidly.
Then, as if the Underworld itself were opening, a teal portal tinged with black swirled into existence, and from within it came the thunderous neigh of horses.
Whiiiiing——!
Clop! Clop! Clop! Clop—!
The neighing of horses mingled with the synchronized hoofbeats of a cavalry charge rushing forward in formation.
The sound grew steadily louder.
It made the very earth and air around us tremble.
As an immense aura pressed down upon the assembled crowd, radiating outward in all directions.
Nine silhouettes burst forth like arrows from the teal portal suffused with darkness.
Knights riding spectral steeds wreathed in black flames saturated with darkness, each and every one.
Their numbers were merely nine.
Yet the martial prowess each one exuded was as if hundreds stood in their stead.
Yoo Sung-hyun recalled the moment Baltar had first been summoned.
Each of them fell short of Baltar individually, but three of them alone possessed the aura to easily overwhelm him.
Leonik Evoke, who had only just become a legion commander, was no exception.
As expected.
“How dare an undead creature attempt to make us subordinates?”
The knight standing foremost among the Knights of Ruin gazed down at Leonik Evoke with eyes of contempt and mockery.
Knights of the Demon Realm, they said.
Their arrogance seemed to pierce the heavens themselves.
His command appears to be lacking.
‘Should I seal my skills for now?’
From the atmosphere, it seemed Leonik Evoke would need to subdue all nine of them before they would listen to reason.
Yet Leonik Evoke’s eyes blazed with an azure light as he glared at them.
Ah, is he already eager to fight?
Though he had only just become a legion commander, he was indeed Helena’s predecessor in that role.
His bearing was quite valiant.
The demeanor he had shown thus far was somewhat verbose and stubborn, admittedly.
Having read his memories, I knew him well enough.
His swordsmanship was beyond question—Leonik Evoke’s prowess with the blade.
So I thought he might suppress the Knights of Ruin through pure swordsmanship alone.
-Ey!!! How many are you!!!!!
“…?”
“…Y-yes???”
Even I.
Even the Knights of Ruin.
All of us were shaken by bewilderment, our pupils trembling.
And then.
-How many are you, I said!!!!!
“K-k-knights of Ruin! 1263 strong! Sir!”
-Look at that voice!!!!!!
“F, Faaaa!!!!! M-m-m-m-m!!! T-t-t!!! I-i-i-i! Y-y-y-y! S-s-s-s! Y-y-y-y-y-yes!!!”
-I’m Ruin 3rd. Headbutt them aaaaaa!!!
With the cry, numbers marking their ranks suddenly appeared above Leonik Evoke’s head and the heads of the Knights of Ruin.
The Knights of Ruin who spotted it went pale as ghosts and shouted loudly.
“F, Faaaa-m-m-m-m-m!!!”
“F, Faaaa-m-m-m-m-m!!!”
“F, Faaaa-m-m-m-m-m!!!”
At Leonik Evoke’s words, the Knights of Ruin dismounted from their spectral steeds in unison and headbutted the ground.
What was commonly known as a diving headbutt stance.
Yoo Sung-hyun stood there blankly, watching it all unfold.
-My Lord. Might I be permitted to conduct some training? I’m quite curious how you’ve been managing the newer recruits lately, hehehehe.
“….”
[『Knights of Ruin』 submit to 『Death Legion Commander – Doom Knight, Leonik Evoke』.]
It didn’t seem particularly necessary, but.
I simply nodded.
-Thank you, My Lord!!! Now!!! Did you all hear that!!! You need to fix your mental state first….
At Leonik Evoke’s words, Yoo Sung-hyun distanced himself considerably.
It wasn’t that I particularly wanted to avoid hearing it.
It was just that I never imagined I’d hear such things even after being discharged.
Never.

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