The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 109

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Episode 109
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The final scores were posted like a nail driven home.
With the commotion that had erupted at the end, the crowd’s uproar grew even louder.
The machinations of Echo Willow and several Karma Guild factions.
And Yoo Sung-hyun, who had resolved it all.
There was truly so much to talk about.
The noise was only natural.
After all, Yoo Sung-hyun had been the protagonist of the event.
“Is the Demon King insane???”
“How on earth did he destroy the entire guild alliance alone???”
“Sure, most of them fled, but the fact that he defeated their elite by himself is undeniable!!!”
“And why is his swordsmanship so incredible???”
“Kyaaaa!!!! He’s absolutely incredible!!!”
Everyone rushed to shower praise on Yoo Sung-hyun, known as the Demon King.
Given the performance he had demonstrated in a single day.
It was only fitting.
Of course, that wasn’t all they discussed.
There was something equally shocking as Yoo Sung-hyun’s display.
“These so-called large guilds joined hands with the Karma Guild factions?!”
“It’s truly shameful, absolutely shameful.”
“Do they have no honor?”
“I mean, trying to suppress another guild’s rising rookie is one thing, but joining hands with Karma Guild factions goes beyond pettiness into outright ugliness.”
“For real. I honestly wonder if this is right.”
“Eclipse Order is truly disappointing.”
Everyone rushed to condemn the large guilds.
They should have been the secondary protagonists after Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yet instead of receiving praise for doing well.
They were met with nothing but criticism.
Given the circumstances.
Most of the guilds had no choice but to leave their seats.
They couldn’t say anything more here.
And even if they tried, it would only further tarnish their reputation.
If they had succeeded, it might have been different, but not only were they exposed for their ugliness—they failed as well.
They couldn’t even defend themselves.
They would have preferred to have rejected the proposal in the first place.
But that hadn’t been possible at all.
‘How could we have possibly anticipated their failure?’
‘If they had succeeded, we could have simply claimed we lacked the capacity to participate.’
‘Our judgment was clouded by impatience.’
The leaders of several Large Guilds harbored regret.
But it was already too late.
Above all else.
“I can’t even bring myself to laugh.”
“Same here.”
Merlin and Kurosawa Ren of the Eclipse Order and Tempest Wing—the pillars allied with the Karma Guild—were experiencing profound disappointment.
“I thought we were a guild that stood for justice….”
“It’s one thing to act when profit is involved, but joining hands with them was simply too much.”
“…That’s true.”
“Operating in the Dune Wild Trail while shaking hands with those bastards is practically no different from being the Karma Guild itself.”
Merlin’s words were a clear indictment.
Yet no one could refute them.
Because they weren’t wrong.
Because it was one of the greatest taboos in the Dune Wild Trail.
At least the Sick Brothers had quickly assessed the situation and informed the Rapid Guild.
Of the three, only Jun-hyuk remained free from disappointment.
“Jun-hyuk should be fine, but what about you?”
“I’m not in a good mood.”
At Merlin’s words, Kurosawa Ren’s brow furrowed sharply.
Was it because of those words?
Both of them found themselves consumed by deep contemplation.
As the two stood lost in thought and Jun-hyuk awkwardly between them, time passed until they gradually drifted apart, each returning to their respective guilds.
Meanwhile, Yoo Sung-hyun, who had wielded this event like a tempest, wiped away cold sweat as he dismissed everyone except Nocturnium, Fiora, Baltar, and Leonik—the newest addition—sending them all back to the Dark Castle in the Underworld.
He no longer had the mana to maintain them, and besides, he himself was utterly exhausted.
He kept only the four who could be summoned without consuming mana.
It had been a hair’s breadth away.
‘I almost lost.’
If Echo Willow and the Karma Guild coalition had persisted.
It would have been me who fell.
There was a reason I didn’t use other skills and only relied on swordsmanship to eliminate the elite.
My primary desire was to savor Leonik’s swordsmanship.
But even so, I had no other reserves.
It couldn’t be helped.
Should I call it a bluff unique to me?
Moreover, as I defeated the elite, the Knights of Ruin also vanished when their duration expired.
‘It was a critical moment.’
Anyone who thought about it even briefly would have realized.
That I was pushing myself to the limit.
Yet no one noticed.
Was it because of the overwhelming pressure I exuded?
Perhaps it was fitting for someone bearing the epithet of Demon King.
‘I wish I had better mana recovery abilities.’
Yoo Sung-hyun possessed extraordinarily superior base mana regeneration.
But on a battlefield of this scale, consumption was inevitable.
Still, I wished I had a skill that could manage mana recovery more effectively.
Once I receive the settlement and level up, should I search through the Overload’s Grimoire?
There was also a Legendary reward for achieving first place.
If I do all that, wouldn’t something new emerge?
As Yoo Sung-hyun held such expectations.
The long-awaited message appeared in the sky.
[Thank you for your patience.]
[Settlement has been completed.]
[Rewards are being granted.]
The messages materialized, and countless level-up notifications erupted across Yoo Sung-hyun’s body.
Simultaneously, lengthy messages appeared, dizzying his vision.
[You have perfectly repelled the Calamity Legion.]
[You have single-handedly eliminated more than half of the Calamity Legion.]
[Your fame spreads throughout the entire Eternal World.]
[You acquire the title ‘Hero of the Battlefield’ as a clear reward.]
[For the first time in Eternal World history, you have eliminated more than half an army alone.]
[You acquire the title ‘Lord of the Battlefield’.]
[As a first-place merit reward, you acquire Legendary Item, Random Box ×3.]
[You acquire an enormous accumulation of experience points!]
[Level Up!] ×21
[You have reached Level 116.]
[Almighty-grade skill, ‘Demon Knight Summoning’ is activated.]
[Overload’s Grimoire is activated.]
[Almighty-grade skill, ‘Lord of the Death Legion’ is activated.]
[You can now raise the corpse of Raid Boss ‘Wind Watcher, Anemor’ stored in the Underworld as the Death Legion.]
[Upon reaching level milestones in tens, Almighty-grade item, ‘Overload’s Grimoire’ is activated.]
[Upon reaching level milestones in tens, Almighty-grade item, ‘Overload’s Grimoire’ is activated.]
[Upon reaching Level 100, a new skill of ‘Overload’ is unlocked.]
[You acquire Almighty-grade skill, ‘Sovereign of Abyssal Fear’.]
[Upon reaching Level 110, a new skill of ‘Overload’ is unlocked.]
[You acquire Legendary-grade skill, ‘Black Sun: Heart’.]
“Oh!?”
Extraordinary rewards.
Not only did my level jump by twenty-one at once, but I also received three Legendary-grade random boxes.
Thanks to the excessive level gain, multiple skills were activated.
Both Demon Knight Summoning and Lord of the Death Legion were activated.
Being able to raise Anemor’s corpse was a bonus.
Moreover, with 21 levels gained, I could now use the Overload’s grimoire twice.
But that wasn’t the end—two new Overload-exclusive skills on top of that.
And one of them was even an Almighty-tier skill.
A skill with a name that was anything but ordinary.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled with eyes brimming with anticipation.
‘Let me check the skills first.’
There was much more to do now.
Following tradition, I opened the Legendary-tier skill first—the one with the lower rank between the two—to check it before anything else.
The skill’s name was Black Sun: Heart.
Just looking at it, I had a feeling.
‘A chained skill?’
It certainly seemed that way, but there was a chance it might not be.
Let me prepare myself mentally and open the skill window.
『Black Sun: Heart』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv Max][Complete Form]
[Passive Effect][Active]
[Cooldown 30 minutes]
The darkness and black flames consumed by the Black Sun shall meet their master and annihilate enemies.
→Overload-exclusive skill.
→Chained skill of 『Black Sun』.
→Cannot be used without 『Black Sun』.
→Raises objects and shadows imbued with darkness and black flames, transforming them into soldiers of the Black Sun to fight.
→The soldiers of the Black Sun receive double the effects of the Black Sun.
Indeed, it was a chained skill.
Rather than an attack skill, it was a summoning-type skill.
Creating soldiers of the Black Sun to fight for me.
A new darkness-attribute skill build had been added to my arsenal.
Then, suddenly, Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head curiously.
‘Will the guaranteed-hit effect of Writhing Darkness apply to this?’
Since it was a skill that summoned soldiers of the darkness attribute.
It was indeed a darkness-attribute skill, wasn’t it?
If I applied the guaranteed-hit effect to them, would all their attacks become unblockable?
Or would it create a scene where they all rush forward relentlessly?
I was quite curious.
‘That sounds fun. Should I check the next skill then?’
For now, I’d make sure to test it later.
Yoo Sung-hyun searched for the skill window to check the next skill.
A skill with a name that was downright ominous.
Lord of the Abyss’s Terror.
I opened the skill window.
『Lord of the Abyss’s Terror』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Instant Effect][Active]
[Cooldown 20 minutes]
The terror lurking in the abyss descends to the surface and ensnares all within its grasp.
Those who taste that terror shall worship him.
→Exclusive skill for Overlords.
→Use Lord of the Abyss’s Terror to designate a target.
→When the designated target is engulfed in terror, absorb their health and mana.
→As the skill level increases, you can designate more targets.
“Oh!?!”
My resolve to calmly verify the skill shattered.
Even I, who was always composed and level-headed, couldn’t help but react with astonishment.
The performance itself was remarkable.
But this effect was one of the skills I had truly desired.
A drain-type skill.
It was on an entirely different level from those mediocre skills that merely drained health—this one simultaneously absorbed both health and mana.
The very skill I had longed for had appeared at precisely the right moment.
‘This is insane.’
At this rate, I could even acquire additional build-up skills from the Overlord’s ancient texts.
Or perhaps utility-type skills would suffice.
There were random boxes as well.
I could decide after seeing what emerges from those.
With such expanding options, I found myself lost in pleasant deliberation.
As I pondered these choices,
I considered raising Anemor’s corpse next.
‘If I grant him a legion commander position and use Transcendent Death, he’ll become stronger, won’t he?’
With that thought, I immediately attempted to retrieve Anemor’s corpse.
But then I suddenly recalled the moment I had made Barphor a legion commander.
‘Wait?’
Wasn’t there a message I saw back then stating that Death Legion commanders couldn’t be summoned again as additional units?
Perhaps there was another method besides raising him as a Death Legion commander and then using Transcendent Death.
For instance, transcending the corpse first before raising him as a Death Legion member.
Transcendent Death was a skill that could transcend the bodies of undead who had grown to their limits.
However, I could also use it on corpses that had merely reached the limit of what I could raise.
Demon Beast Barphor was a prime example of this.
I organized my thoughts methodically in this manner.
I smiled.
‘I need to be careful about the order.’
Perhaps I had just gained an opportunity to deceive Anemor—though it might not work.
It was worth attempting.
‘Let me check the other rewards first.’

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