The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 130

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Episode 130
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A tremendous bolt of lightning turned everything around her white.
Yet Fiora’s eyes gleamed brilliantly, allowing her to see the fierce lightning streaking toward her with perfect clarity.
Speed so great that sound itself lagged behind.
Truly worthy of being called lightning.
But Fiora drew in a sharp breath and thrust her left hand—transformed into a spear—forward with tremendous force to meet it.
She poured her most formidable power into the skill channeled through her left hand.
Heavenly Spear Hunt.
As the divine spear shot forth, piercing through the Thunder King—that sovereign of the skies—in a single instant, so too did the lightning shatter upon Fiora’s spear.
Crackle—crackle—crackle———!!!
Boom———!!!
The pierced lightning lost control and scattered in all directions, electrifying everything nearby, while Fiora’s spear obliterated and penetrated all in its path.
Kyou stood at its end.
But the instant the lightning split, he vanished from that spot as if teleporting, reappearing elsewhere.
The divine spear swept through the space where Kyou had been.
A massive cylindrical hole gaped where the enormous spear had pierced through.
‘Insane.’
The heat of rage that had burned in my mind an instant before turned ice-cold in a heartbeat.
Even for someone like Kyou, a single direct hit meant death.
Kyou understood this, and he did not let his guard slip.
Anger, yes.
But cold anger.
Immediately, as Fiora had warned him through her own movements, Kyou’s legs—still transformed into feline form—moved lightly.
“!!!”
She appeared before Kyou’s eyes.
Fiora’s left hand drew back again.
The moment Kyou saw it.
This time, rather than teleport, he moved like lightning itself, crackling as he retreated backward.
Fiora’s left arm transformed from spear into something else.
That left hand, reshaped by the Shapeshifter’s power.
Took the form of a dragon’s head—no, a true dragon’s maw.
The gaping jaws of a dragon brimmed with vast power and released it.
A small breath erupted toward Kyou.
“This—this can’t be———!!!”
Caught off guard, Kyou immediately moved and deployed the skill he had been preparing.
A formidable technique that created a dragon of lightning and unleashed it.
The dragon shot in a straight line met the small breath Fiora had conjured.
The instant they collided.
Boom———!!!
An indescribable wave rippled outward, scattering fragments of energy in all directions.
Kyou was caught in the tempest and hurled backward a considerable distance, the impact dealing substantial damage.
It wasn’t quite a mortal wound.
But neither was it negligible.
A mere subordinate was this powerful?
Unbelievable.
I couldn’t comprehend it.
I myself possessed an Almighty-tier class.
How could the gap be this vast?
‘How is this even possible??’
Not Yoo Sung-hyun himself, the so-called Demon Lord.
Merely a fragment of him—a subordinate—was overwhelming me like this?
It made no sense.
From what Kyou understood, summoned creatures in subordinate form grew stronger in proportion to their master’s stats and level.
Which meant.
‘The master himself is this strong?’
It was unlikely, but didn’t it suggest he possessed enough power to grant such strength to his subordinate?
Kyou hadn’t lost yet.
But bewilderment was unavoidable.
I was fighting with everything I had.
Yet we were nearly evenly matched.
In other words.
‘If another subordinate joined the fight….’
I could actually lose.
I needed to decide this quickly.
Perhaps this subordinate was a high-risk, high-return type that vanished upon death.
If I killed this creature, his power would plummet instantly.
Kyou resolved to kill Fiora by any means necessary.
But then.
Whoosh——!
As I swept my right arm, now transformed into a blade, through the black dust cloud left by the previous attack.
I watched Fiora vanish and thought.
‘Can I… win this?’
It was the first moment doubt had ever bloomed within me.
Yet I resumed my stance, eyes fixed on Fiora once more.
Regardless, Fiora continued muttering timidly.
-I… I wish that last attack had killed you… what a shame.
To think someone could speak such bloodthirsty words in such a meek manner.
That was certainly peculiar.
In any case, Kyou recalled every skill at his disposal, preparing to fight Fiora with his full strength.
I observed Fiora while recalling the skills most suited to this situation.
Despite her timid demeanor and appearance.
She was surely the Demon Lord’s most powerful servant.
That had to be it.
Otherwise….
‘No, that can’t be right.’
Kyou believed it with absolute certainty and unleashed the most powerful skill he could currently muster.
Dark clouds suddenly blanketed the previously clear sky as a colossal bolt of lightning descended from above toward Fiora.
Booooom———!!!
In an instant, the area where Fiora stood was obliterated by the overwhelming force of the lightning strike.
It was an ultimate targeting skill that could neither be dodged nor blocked.
The damage itself was lower than the previous two skills.
But he hadn’t used this skill merely for its damage output.
Fiora felt the lightning’s energy penetrating her body and tried to tilt her head in confusion.
But she couldn’t move.
Crackle—!
Sparks erupted, paralyzing Fiora’s body.
This was the move Kyou had been aiming for.
In that state, he immediately unleashed his ultimate skill.
“Hehehehe! Die!!!”
Finally grinning widely, he activated his most powerful skill.
From within the dark clouds emerged the left arm of a Thunder God forged from lightning.
It descended with a devastating punch toward Fiora.
As the lightning-wrought fist came down to earth.
All the surrounding plasma erupted outward, incinerating everything in its path.
It hadn’t even reached Fiora yet.
Everything around her was melted and obliterated by the lightning.
Craaaaaash———!!!
As the Thunder God’s wrath struck the ground.
The surrounding earth inverted in an instant, the terrain utterly devastated.
An enormous expanse of land flipped and collapsed inward.
Slower than other lightning skills, but in terms of sheer effect, the Thunder God’s left arm was the most powerful skill Kyou could unleash.
It was the highest-tier attack skill of Almighty rank.
There was no way anyone could survive taking this.
‘And she was even paralyzed, unable to move!!!’
There was no way to escape it.
That’s what Kyou believed.
In the dust cloud left behind as the Thunder God’s arm vanished.
He felt something rapidly burst forth and watched with a stunned expression.
Crack!
Fiora’s left hand pierced through Kyou’s left shoulder.
The damage was severe.
Yet Kyou coughed blood as if unable to comprehend, asking in bewilderment.
“Cough, cough—how, how is this possible!?”
-How did you dodge it?
Fiora countered with the same question.
Kyou’s eyes blazed crimson with fury as he unleashed a skill that discharged electricity in all directions around him.
A skill that discharged everything surrounding him from his position outward.
But the moment he activated that skill.
As if Fiora were answering his question.
She shed a shell identical to her own form and slipped away from that spot.
The sensation was like watching a serpent molt its skin.
“…Huh?”
Kyou let out a hollow, vacant sound upon witnessing this.
Shedding a shell?
Fiora naturally sloughed off her exoskeleton while murmuring.
-W-when I shed my shell like this, I c-can escape from all abnormal status conditions.
At her timid explanation, Kyou stared at Fiora with an expression of utter disbelief.
She had dodged his ultimate skill just now?
His paralyzing finishing blow—one designed to strike with absolute precision.
She evaded it like this?
This is completely broken!!!
He wanted to cry out thus, but could not.
The frustration and injustice were too overwhelming.
Simply.
“Tell me—are you the Demon Lord’s strongest servant?”
Realizing he could neither kill Fiora with his remaining skills nor escape this place, Kyou asked.
Fiora startled and waved her hands frantically.
-Eek!? N-no! There’s also Dracanoss, and B-Baltar, and… L-Leonik too!?
“…Hah.”
A breath escaped him as if all sense had abandoned him.
This creature wasn’t even the strongest servant?
It was absurd.
As Kyou sank to the ground, consumed by despair.
Fiora approached quietly and spoke.
-You d-did well.
With those words, her right arm swung.
Her right arm, transformed into a blade, touched Kyou’s throat.
In that moment, Kyou watched his vision spin dizzily.
And gently closed his eyes.
A complete defeat.
Despair washed over me at Fiora’s words—that I couldn’t even reach her, and by her own admission, I ranked outside the top four.
I was logged out.
Unaware that this very Fiora was actually the strongest of all the subordinates Yoo Sung-hyun commanded.
I had completely believed Fiora’s modesty.
In reality, Fiora was an incredibly formidable force—even more powerful than Baltar.
-M-Master, since I attacked first, you won’t punish me, will you?
Yet even Fiora seemed terrified of Yoo Sung-hyun as she muttered nervously.
In any case, she was Yoo Sung-hyun’s subordinate.
After Fiora finished dealing with that one,
-I-I need to get back to work!
Fearing punishment, she hurried to resume her remaining tasks.
5.
While heading toward the center of what was called the Demon Realm,
Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head at a message that suddenly appeared.
It wasn’t a notification about discovering Kah-hoo-koo’s third Treasure Vault.
[You have defeated an opponent who initiated combat.]
[You acquire the opponent’s item: Unique Grade 『Skill Book – Knights Order』.]
“…?”
Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head at this incomprehensible message.
Defeated an opponent who initiated combat?
When?
With a thoroughly bewildered expression, I examined the message carefully.
And after scanning the surroundings again,
“…There’s nothing here?”
No matter how I looked, I couldn’t find any trace or sight of a user.
Then suddenly,
I wondered if the others had captured and dealt with them.
If the others had attacked first, they wouldn’t be called an opponent who initiated combat.
To be fortunate enough to obtain a Unique Grade skill book.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled and nodded.
‘It seems like a knight-class skill, so I should be able to learn it….’
Now that I’d obtained a knighthood, I could learn any knight-class skill,
But even so, it felt somewhat off.
I’d been learning many knight-class skills recently.
Rather than use this now,
It would be better to convert it to a Dark Mage skill using the Grimoire of Despair.
After all, I was a Dark Mage.
Though I’d wielded a sword recently, my foundation remained Dark Magic.
There were aspects I’d neglected.
‘Anyway, I’m glad to have obtained a new skill.’
Yoo Sung-hyun thought this to himself as he secured the skill book.
‘I don’t know who they are, but I’m grateful.’
They even provided such a reward.
It seemed Yoo Sung-hyun’s legion was mistaken for monsters and attacked first.
Afterward, the soldiers must have been given a signal to cease their assault.
Yet they attacked regardless.
That made them villains in my eyes.
Because of this, Yoo Sung-hyun felt not a shred of guilt.
He was simply pleased to have obtained the skill book.
Therefore, Yoo Sung-hyun remained unaware.
That the user Fiora had captured was considerably stronger than expected.
Well, it couldn’t be helped.
[Hidden Piece: Opening Kah-hoo-koo the Treasure Goblin’s third Treasure Vault.]
With Kah-hoo-koo’s third Treasure Vault right before his eyes, how could he spare a thought for anything else?

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