The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 155

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Episode 155
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I swapped my sword technique from Darkness to Abyss.
All the dark erosion that had been afflicting Carmine vanished instantly.
As her eyes regained their clarity, she immediately surged forward.
Straight toward Yoo Sung-hyun, the very source of her predicament.
A piercing wail tore through the air as Carmine’s feet exploded against the ground, leaving only deep footprints in her wake while her form blurred into a streak of motion.
Shrieeeeek——!
The wind resistance twisted Carmine’s face as she hurtled forward.
Yet even through that ferocious gale, her eyes blazed with crystalline intensity, locked onto Yoo Sung-hyun.
A spear thrust of devastating power unleashed from her accelerating form.
The spear blade flashed like lightning, its threat amplified by the crimson aura that coiled around it.
But Yoo Sung-hyun didn’t even blink at Carmine’s assault—his focus remained entirely on the Abyss-wrapped blade in his hands.
To ignore your opponent entirely during combat.
A pathetic whelp!
As Carmine thought this, her body still accelerating, she thrust her spear toward Yoo Sung-hyun’s head in that very instant.
All of his retainers converged at her side, raising their weapons to intercept.
Fiora’s shield arm moved first, blocking the spear blade’s path.
Barphor’s massive frame wrapped around Fiora, bracing her from behind.
Nocturnium enveloped them both, manipulating every wall of the Labyrinth to create a barrier behind them for leverage.
Baltar and Leonik crossed their blades in an X formation, intercepting the spear blade together.
Craaaaaash———!!!
Screeeech———!!!
Clang clang clang———!!!
The spear blade, capable of annihilating all things, could only yield.
Pushed back by the combined might of his retainers, Carmine’s momentum halted, if only for a moment.
‘This was the trap.’
This was exactly what Yoo Sung-hyun had been aiming for.
Carmine realized it and tried to move.
But in that instant, a blade of Abyss darker than pitch itself materialized before her eyes.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s trap was already complete, and Carmine found herself at an angle where she could not possibly evade the Abyss blade.
And so.
‘I’ll block it with everything I have.’
But the angle was too strange to block.
Her spear was already pinned by his retainers.
‘I won’t be able to block it.’
The Abyss blade, infused with Yoo Sung-hyun’s intent, advanced relentlessly.
But Carmine, as if to say his intent could go to hell, pushed off the ground with both legs and retreated backward.
Abandoning even her own spear.
Her retreat was swift, but not swift enough to outpace the Abyss blade.
Thus, against the abyssal sword energy descending upon her, she crossed her two arms into an X formation, using her crimson aura to block the abyssal blade.
Shwaaaaaaaa———!!!
The sharp, piercing sound of the sword energy tearing through flesh echoed horrifically through the Labyrinth.
Had she been cut?
As Yoo Sung-hyun looked in that direction with that thought in mind.
He could see Carmine, her two arms still attached but drooping, dripping blood profusely.
It’s done.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun thought that.
Abyssal chains erupted from the ground.
“…?”
Carmine’s expression turned bewildered.
Countless abyssal chains surged toward her, seeking to bind her.
She desperately moved her feet in every conceivable way to evade them.
Yet she could not escape the abyssal chains.
Ultimately, Carmine was ensnared by the abyssal chains, darker than pitch itself.
And then a system message appeared before Yoo Sung-hyun.
[Sword Art Skill, ‘Abyss’ is activated.]
[Consumed by darkness, trapped in the depths, falling into the abyss.]
[‘Chains of the Abyss’ bind the sinner.]
[Sinner, ‘Pentasgrid’s Worst, Carmine’ attempts to resist.]
[This is an irresistible skill.]
[Sinner, ‘Pentasgrid’s Worst, Carmine’ is bound.]
[The weight of sin is immense.]
[Sinner, ‘Pentasgrid’s Worst, Carmine’s’ speed is reduced by 200%, and the target’s speed is increased by 200%.]
[Duration: 1 minute.]
At last, the Sword Art Skill Abyss—finally putting its effect to use.
Carmine’s weight increased, her speed plummeting drastically, while Yoo Sung-hyun’s speed surged proportionally.
Every fiber of Carmine’s body felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Yet she burst into wild laughter nonetheless.
“Kyahahaha!!! Yes!!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!”
She cried out like a madwoman, launching herself forward once more.
But the abyssal chains had reduced her speed so drastically that compared to before, she appeared impossibly slow.
Her charging form, pushed backward and spraying blood in all directions as she flew, resembled a moth hurling itself into flame.
It was utterly, terrifyingly mad.
Yoo Sung-hyun frowned at her, recalling several skills.
‘Most of my skills are area attacks.’
The majority of them required striking vast ranges.
Because of this, using them here in the Labyrinth risked the shockwave reaching Yoo Sung-hyun and his retainers as well.
So he could not use them recklessly.
Explosive Combo was the same.
Given the nature of the Labyrinth.
The heat and explosion would likely follow the Corridor, making it impossible to use.
However, there were several skills that, if utilized properly, could prove devastating even within the Labyrinth.
For instance.
A drop of blood bloomed at my fingertips.
Yet that blood was not red—instead, it shimmered with an ominous, pitch-black light.
Evidence of extreme toxin infusion.
In that same moment, I activated a skill using that single drop of blood.
Thousand Blood Blades.
A skill I would never have dared attempt under normal circumstances, not with Carmine’s speed.
Over two hundred blood blades, shimmering with dark light, materialized.
Carmine’s mad laughter intensified.
“KYAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!”
She halted her charge and stood her ground, extending her hand.
In that instant, the spear her subordinates had been holding vanished, appearing in Carmine’s grasp instead.
Intent on blocking all two hundred blood blades, Carmine’s smile stretched unnaturally wide as she began spinning her spear with ferocious speed.
Despite the noticeable decrease in her velocity, the spear rotated at considerable speed, soon spinning with the force of a raging tempest.
Hundreds of blood blades streaked through the air toward her, tracing crimson light across the void.
The spear shaft rotated violently, deflecting most of them as they rained down, drenching the entire Labyrinth in blood-red hues.
Yet how could a single hand shield the heavens?
Pat! Slash!
Pat! Whoosh!
Swish!
Unable to block every blood blade that descended, several managed to graze her.
They were merely grazes.
Truly insignificant wounds.
Yet in that moment of contact—
BOOOOM——!!!
BANG———!
KABOOOOM———!!!
Any blood blade that touched Carmine’s body detonated and vanished, while those embedded in the ground by her spear exploded violently, spraying black blood in all directions as a devastating attack.
As the black blood splattered and struck Carmine.
Carnage erupted, and she sustained considerable damage from the explosions.
Had it not been for the Chains of the Abyss, she could have blocked or evaded everything entirely.
But she could not.
Carmine, having taken substantial damage from the blood blade explosions, laughed like a madwoman.
“KYAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THIS PLACE SHALL BE MY FINAL BATTLEFIELD———————!!!”
Her cry, bursting with mad laughter, was saturated with madness.
Hearing those words, I couldn’t help but feel a chill run down my spine.
Hearing that, Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t help but get goosebumps.
They call it a Hidden Raid Boss.
But ultimately, Carmine is an NPC.
A resident living in this place.
Yet even facing imminent death, she revels in combat with obsessive fervor.
That sight was utterly incomprehensible to me.
It sent a chill down Yoo Sung-hyun’s spine.
However, I hadn’t relied solely on Blood Blade against Carmine.
[The Hidden Raid Boss, “Pentasgrid’s Worst, Carmine,” enters a state of virulent poison from Blood Toxin.]
[An intense poison that cannot be purified.]
[It continuously depletes the Hidden Raid Boss, “Pentasgrid’s Worst, Carmine’s,” health.]
“Cough, cough.”
The effect manifested immediately, as expected.
Yet even as Carmine spewed black blood in that instant, she grinned as if her face might split.
Her eyes narrowed to thin crescents as she stared at Yoo Sung-hyun and shrieked.
“Fwahahaha!!! Kyahahaha!!! You’re as strong as that woman!!! This is exhilarating!!! So much fun to kill!!!!”
The damage and agony from the extreme poison must have been considerable, yet she still came at me like this.
Honestly, by this point even Yoo Sung-hyun’s retainers were clicking their tongues in disbelief.
-A madwoman.
-One seized by madness.
-Ah, ah, I’m s-scared.
-Ugh, how vile.
“…Her madness is extraordinary.”
The retainers shook their heads as if they’d never encountered such a relentlessly vicious human before.
Carmine, heedless of their reactions, burst into wild laughter and charged forward.
She rushed at me with spear in hand.
But the outcome was already as clear as day.
Carmine was a Raid Boss with no second phase in human form.
Yoo Sung-hyun unleashed his full power here.
First, I deployed Blood Plague.
A skill where blood poison spreads to enemies and explodes when the poison’s duration ends.
And all of Yoo Sung-hyun’s retainers launched their attacks at the charging Carmine.
With Carmine’s speed diminished from using Swift Spear.
There was nothing left to fear.
An overwhelming disadvantage.
Yet Carmine, as if delighted, faced the retainers with a smile brimming across her face and murmured.
“Fwahahaha!!! Kyahahaha!!! This is wonderful!!! I’m so happy!!!!!”
Her cry was almost like a death throes.
But all who heard it could sense it.
A voice genuinely overflowing with happiness.
And yet.
In an instant, her voice changed.
“But if I leave without killing anyone, I’ll die with regrets.”
At that eerie voice, her subordinates coordinated their efforts as much as possible to restrain her.
Carmine thrust her spear forward to pierce Fiora.
But Fiora transformed like slime, creating a hole in that spot to evade the attack.
In that moment, Leonik and Baltar swung their swords at Carmine.
Slash! Slash!!!
Long gashes appeared across Carmine’s upper body.
But Carmine paid no mind as she recovered her spear to swing again.
Barphor appeared and swung his long claws down at Carmine with the force to tear her apart.
Screeeech——!!!
Screeeech!!!
Her flesh tore and muscles ruptured.
Yet she paid no heed, swinging her spear wide again to capture all of her subordinates.
But at that moment, the walls of the Labyrinth in Nocturnium rose up to block the spear blade.
The battle situation was far too disadvantageous.
Yet Carmine laughed.
Conversely, the expressions of her advantaged subordinates hardened.
How could she fight so relentlessly?
Even with so many successful attacks.
She would not fall.
Even as her left arm was severed and fell away, she did not release her spear, wielding it with her right arm alone.
Her face radiant with joy.
As her subordinates grew weary of that manic visage.
Yoo Sung-hyun expended all his stacks to unleash the Seal of Death.
Countless arms of death became scythes and severed Carmine’s neck.
Yet she still smiled.
Did this even make sense?
Preparing to charge again at any moment.
But then.
With a dull thud.
Carmine collapsed to her knees.
Was it finally over?
Yoo Sung-hyun and her subordinates thought so.
“Kugh… Kyahahaha!!! My vengeful spirit shall remain here eternally!!!”
With that cry, she fell to the ground.
Had they truly won?
It felt like she might rise again and continue fighting.
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun looked around.
Only then did the system message appear.
“We barely won.”
I had a feeling I’d never encounter such a relentlessly brutal boss again.

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