The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 120

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Episode 120
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3.
[You have accomplished the impossible for your current level through an ‘Unknown Power’.]
[Strength +2, Agility +8 permanently increased.]
The third swordsmanship Yoo Sung-hyun chose belonged to an Elf Knight Ghost who appeared rather nimble.
And the swordsmanship she possessed was none other than.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whiiiish!!!
‘Oh?’
Swift swordsmanship.
Yoo Sung-hyun found it quite remarkable how it moved faster than any swordsmanship he’d encountered before.
The key was holding the blade lightly and releasing tension rather than applying force.
Simultaneously, the other body utilized flexibility and elasticity to amplify speed—that was what mattered.
Since the trajectory differed little from the swordsmanship he’d learned thus far.
And he possessed the memories too.
Adaptation came without difficulty.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s swordsmanship accelerated in an instant.
However.
‘Fast, but shallow.’
Certainly, it was extraordinarily fast.
Yet the power behind it wasn’t particularly strong.
Compared to Leonik’s swordsmanship or the burly Elf Knight Ghost’s technique, it was less than half as forceful.
It resembled swordsmanship that gradually whittled away an opponent rather than delivering devastating blows.
If this were reality, it might be different.
But since it was a game, enemies didn’t simply collapse with a single strike.
Relying solely on such rapid swordsmanship could prove disadvantageous.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun was who he was.
‘This would be optimal for stacking.’
If he directed his efforts toward stacking to amplify power.
Swift swordsmanship could prove effective even in reality.
Yoo Sung-hyun considered it a useful technique as he pondered this.
-Hah, once again you achieve dramatic progress in a single stroke.
-Truly remarkable.
-How can such talent exist!?
The Elf Knight Ghosts could not contain their admiration once more.
No matter how much memory one possessed.
One could never surpass the original owner of those memories.
Yet the moment Yoo Sung-hyun absorbed the memories, he demonstrated superiority beyond the original.
And that wasn’t the end—he gained additional new memories on top of it.
[You have accomplished the impossible for your current level through an ‘Unknown Power’.]
[Agility +2, Stamina +8 permanently increased.]
Having learned the ever-changing swordsmanship, I now obtained the memory of an elegant swordsmanship.
Unlike the ever-changing swordsmanship I had acquired before.
The elegant swordsmanship seemed to blend swift swordsmanship with ever-changing swordsmanship.
A style that mesmerizes opponents and lures openings to strike.
Especially when mixed with Yoo Sung-hyun’s shadow glide.
It became a dreamlike swordsmanship that bordered on illusion magic.
This too surpassed my own understanding of the memory.
No.
-Hueoreo!!! That could be called the secret technique of phantom swordsmanship!!!
-I truly cannot contain my astonishment!!!
-Your Excellency truly…!!!
The Elf Knight Ghosts were shocked out of their minds.
After that, I obtained another swordsmanship—no, another memory.
This time, a balanced and solid swordsmanship.
[You accomplished an impossible feat at your current level through ‘Unknown Power’.]
[Strength +5, Agility +5 permanently increased.]
With the perfectly matched balance, the Elf Knight Ghosts went wild once again.
A triumph achieved as multiple memories of swordsmanship became compatible, complementing each other’s weaknesses.
In just one day, I obtained a total of five memories.
In other words, I gained a total of 50 additional stat points.
It would be no exaggeration to say I devoured them greedily.
After greedily consuming the memories of the Elf Knights, unsatisfied still.
Yoo Sung-hyun continued sword training relentlessly.
I had eaten a hearty breakfast already, and skipped lunch as well.
“Huff, huff.”
Breathing heavily all the way to my chin, yet I did not avoid combat with the Wooden Golems.
Simultaneously, I wielded all the newly acquired usable skills while not forgetting to raise skill proficiency.
Yet despite repeating this endlessly, frustration lingered within me.
Just yesterday, I obtained three swordsmanship styles including Leonik’s, and today alone I obtained five.
Combined with the swordsmanship memories I already possessed, I had a total of eight different styles.
‘Why can’t I merge them into one?’
It was quite difficult to unify them while preserving each one’s unique characteristics.
Since there was no combined memory of all of them.
Perhaps it was natural.
Yet when I learned each technique individually, they interacted with each other and developed further.
I thought merging them into one should be possible.
But it wasn’t easy.
-Huer! You’re attempting to unify swordsmanship into one.
-A reckless endeavor.
-Shouldn’t we stop him?
-W-well, but if he’s a noble, he might actually pull it off, no?
-Preposterous! Harming his own body to achieve something that exists only in legend!?
The ghosts began quarreling among themselves.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s actions looked utterly reckless to them.
And rightfully so.
But Yoo Sung-hyun paid no heed to their voices.
‘It’s only the first day.’
Out of five days, this is merely the beginning—no need to rush.
Without hearing any other opinions, I continued my swordplay, immersed entirely in sword techniques and skill training.
-Remarkable! Such mental fortitude!
-Indeed.
-He might actually accomplish something.
-Hey! How many geniuses have died young pushing themselves like that!? We should stop him later!
-That’s true enough.
The ghosts continued muttering that I would surely fail, and that they’d have to intervene eventually.
I could hear them, of course.
But I had to train for at least five hours a day over these five days in this place anyway.
Since I was doing it regardless, I didn’t pay much attention.
Success would be wonderful; failure would simply be unfortunate.
With that mindset, I tuned out the surrounding voices and focused solely on my blade.
It seemed I’d forgotten that I was a Dark Mage by nature.
4.
As the Capsule door opened.
Yoo Sung-hyun burst out as if exhaling.
“Phew——!”
Though I’d certainly undergone grueling training in the virtual world.
The sensation was like having completed an exhausting physical workout in reality.
Yet it wasn’t unpleasant or unsettling.
‘Refreshing, actually?’
A peculiar sensation.
Like that moment after an arduous march when fatigue suddenly vanishes?
Perhaps adrenaline was being released?
My muscles were genuinely awakening throughout my sweat-drenched body.
Strange, considering I hadn’t exercised at all.
Could it be from absorbing multiple memories and bringing them to life?
‘It almost feels like my muscles have absorbed the memories themselves?’
My body felt noticeably better than before.
Rather than pain or discomfort, only lightness and invigoration coursed through me.
I decided this couldn’t be a bad thing.
Regardless, I couldn’t stand the sweat-drenched state of my body and quickly headed to the bathroom to wash up.
After finishing my shower, I stepped out.
That’s when I ran into my older sister, Yoo Mi-na, who had just emerged.
“I need to get ready too.”
That’s what she meant.
I nodded in acknowledgment and was about to leave when something suddenly occurred to me.
“Do you know where we’re going today?”
“Huh? Oh… I heard Dad’s taking us to a Korean Restaurant he knows?”
“Oh! That’s great.”
When you mention a Korean Restaurant, you’d typically think it’s the sort of place parents would prefer.
But surprisingly, it was actually my taste.
Since we’re throwing a celebration party for my achievement.
It seems they must have catered to my preferences.
Meanwhile, unlike me who was pleased, my older sister Yoo Mi-na looked slightly dejected.
“I do prefer Western cuisine, though…”
“What, you don’t like Korean food?”
“No, I do. Plus, we’re going to celebrate our little brother…!”
As Yoo Mi-na said this, she reached out to ruffle my hair vigorously.
I unconsciously saw her hand coming and immediately reacted, lowering my body slightly and using footwork to evade.
Seeing me dodge so suddenly, Yoo Mi-na looked at me with a bewildered expression.
“Huh?”
“Ah, don’t touch my hair. I just washed it.”
“Uh, uh, what???”
Watching me show slight irritation, Yoo Mi-na still wore an expression of incomprehension.
A typical older sister would have reacted with ‘How dare you dodge?’
But my older sister Yoo Mi-na was different.
Though she’d retired now, she was a legitimate national representative who’d even competed in the Kendo World Championships.
And Yoo Mi-na was precisely the one praised as a genius with such exceptional talent.
Even if she’d held back her strength, to dodge so easily like that?
Sensing something was off, Yoo Mi-na reached out again.
This time, unlike before, with firm resolve.
Whoosh!
As her hand swept through the air rapidly, I quickly read its trajectory and moved my feet, stepping backward while leaning my upper body back, slipping away swiftly.
But this time, Yoo Mi-na’s pursuit was relentless.
Lifting her heels and stepping forward with her front foot as if executing footwork, she pushed off the ground with her back foot and rushed at me like an arrow.
Seeing this, I spun my feet to return to my previous position.
As I quickly dodged to the side and slipped away, Yoo Mi-na’s hand chased after me, but I was just slightly faster.
Completely thwarted.
Yoo Mi-na asked with an expression of utter bewilderment.
“What??? How did you dodge that???”
“What, you’re not listening when I tell you not to do something?”
“Wait, how did you dodge my hand just now!?!”
“Huh?”
I glanced down at my own body, only then realizing what had happened.
Normally, no matter how capable I was, I should have been unable to resist when my older sister deliberately reached out her hand a second time—but this time, I’d managed to evade it.
I’d actually dodged her.
“You, you!?! Is it because you got those memories!?!”
“Yeah, I think so.”
“Wow! No way! That’s totally broken! If it works like this in real life too, isn’t that completely unfair?”
“No, it’s not quite as effective as it is in the game.”
“Still! Even this much is incredible! Most people can only do that kind of thing—see, react, and dodge—if they’re professional athletes. Wow, why did I even bother training?”
Yoo Mi-na spoke with genuine indignation.
I scratched my cheek awkwardly, feeling a bit flustered myself.
Anyway, it was getting time to head out.
Yoo Mi-na went into the bathroom to shower.
While washing up, she kept muttering complaints like “Wow, he’s my little brother but he’s too much,” “Wow, shouldn’t athletes be burying their faces in their plates working themselves to death?” and “Now I understand how those people who say I’m being unfair feel.”
At first, I wondered if she had a point.
But after all, it was my own ability, wasn’t it?
And I’d suffered plenty of losses because of my limitations.
Wasn’t it fair that I had at least this much ability?
With that thought, I shrugged my shoulders.
It wasn’t a bad thing, anyway.
‘I won’t have to worry about trouble from now on.’
I didn’t fully grasp just how incredible the ability I’d obtained truly was.
After Yoo Mi-na finished showering and came out.
She looked at me with eyes full of resentment.
“Phew, my body definitely feels better too.”
“Yeah, seems like it.”
Watching me speak so casually.
Yoo Mi-na felt a genuine urge to hit me.
But he was still her beloved little brother, after all.
“Anyway, I think you could use that ability well?”
“Use it?”
“Yeah, generally when the body is healthy, performance in games tends to improve too.”
“My body’s already improving without me even exercising.”
“…Don’t you dare say something like that anywhere else.”
At my older sister’s genuinely angry words, I swallowed hard and nodded obediently.
Anyway.
“Since you have the ghosts’ memories, you don’t need to learn martial arts or anything like that, but you should definitely go to the Gym. If anything, you’d need to go there to make better use of that ability.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Hey, just come along with me wherever I go.”
“Hmm.”
Yoo Sung-hyun paused briefly at the sudden proposal.
Meanwhile, my sister dried her hair with a blow dryer, the whirring sound filling the air.
But I didn’t pay much attention to it.
The Gym, huh.
My body had been improving anyway.
‘That wouldn’t be so bad.’
Spending all day at home playing games felt a bit wasteful too.
Of course, I had no intention of going wherever my sister went.
‘Who knows what she’d get up to.’
A thought befitting true siblings.

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