The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 175

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Episode 175
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4.
There were others watching Sibren’s retreating figure as he rejoined his companions without incident and prepared to return to the Basilica.
From the gap between the city walls of Ninyaru that Sibren had used in the distance.
Those observing it were quite astonished and turned their gaze toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Felix and Nyao were among them.
Even seeing it with their own eyes, they couldn’t believe it.
“Ahahaha! I told you our Yoo Sung-hyun was something special!”
“Truly, you are the Lord.”
“Such ingenuity is enough to make one’s tongue hang out in admiration~”
-Hehehehe, truly, truly amazing!
-Krahaha! For the Lord, such a task is child’s play.
Helena laughed with unbridled delight, and her other servants likewise showered Yoo Sung-hyun with praise for his magnificence.
It was a moment that vividly demonstrated the nature of their relationship—one built on infinite trust.
Nyao, the King, gazed at those servants and Yoo Sung-hyun with a hint of envy before suddenly tilting his head in bewilderment.
‘How on earth did he accomplish this?’
It was a method I had deemed impossible even if Helena of the past had returned.
Helena had said it would be fine, and I had answered that I understood.
But I never truly expected it would actually work.
Having witnessed the process myself, I found it all the more unbelievable.
Much like Nyao, Felix too covered his mouth in disbelief and questioned Nyao.
“Tell me, do the undead normally act alongside the living in such a manner?”
“There’s no way that could be. It must all be the skill and power of Yoo Sung-hyun, that fellow.”
“Hmph.”
Felix let out a short sigh of admiration and shook his head.
The method Yoo Sung-hyun employed was simple.
First, he killed Sibren.
Then he combined the undead of the Reaper with Sibren’s corpse using Death’s Creation.
Sibren became an undead bearing the exact appearance of his freshly deceased form.
Then Helena used her celestial energy to restore him, and he became a living undead.
After that, Sibren swore blind loyalty to Yoo Sung-hyun.
And now he was heading toward the Basilica just like that.
However, there was one process that the King and Felix could not comprehend.
‘Thank goodness Sibren’s spirit emerged.’
Yoo Sung-hyun had used his ability to breathe Sibren’s soul into the Reaper’s undead body.
Thanks to that, Sibren’s memories and experiences could be perfectly reborn.
I had considered the possibility of failure—what if Sibren, like Carmine, had committed so many sins that his spirit wouldn’t manifest?
It seemed he hadn’t accumulated that level of karmic debt.
‘If Sibren, who primarily worked as an assassin, has less sin than that, then just what kind of sins did Carmine commit….’
I brushed aside such a fleeting, trivial thought.
There was no need to dwell on it.
Moreover, by obtaining Sibren’s memories, I had also gained his stat increases.
[You have demonstrated abilities beyond your current stats through ‘Unknown Power’.]
[Strength +3, Agility +3, Stamina +3 permanently increased.]
The balanced stat growth pleased me considerably.
In any case, the operation had succeeded.
“It will take at least a day to reach the Basilica. We shall discuss this matter afterward.”
“Yes!!!”
“Understood.”
Felix and Yoo Sung-hyun answered simultaneously, and then Nyao gave a measured nod before speaking.
“Then let us meet again the next day. This appears to be quite a serious matter.”
As Nyao said this, he glanced sideways at Helena.
He was clearly watching Helena’s expression, eager to leave.
Yoo Sung-hyun noticed this as well.
Helena gave a slight nod of her head.
Permission granted.
“Later, Yoo Sung-hyun—when you return to the castle, I shall bestow upon you a generous reward. You have accomplished a tremendous feat.”
“Thank you.”
“Very well then.”
Nyao released a faint sigh of relief and vanished from that place.
Nyao disappeared with silent, swift grace.
Helena’s expression grew slightly wistful as she watched him go, while Felix, released from the tension that had weighed upon him, rose from his seat with a visible breath of relief.
He then clasped his hands together as he looked at Yoo Sung-hyun.
“You have also worked incredibly hard, Yoo Sung-hyun. Without you, this operation would never have come to fruition. I am truly grateful.”
Felix’s manner of speech had shifted to formal politeness.
Perhaps Yoo Sung-hyun sensed this change?
He felt somewhat burdened.
Still, all’s well that ends well.
Yoo Sung-hyun responded appropriately.
“Ah… I’m glad I could be of help.”
“More than help! Without you, we would have had no way of knowing what the Basilica was plotting and would have simply waited for them. But now we have uncovered their strategy and can prepare accordingly, allowing us to achieve victory in war with ease. And that is entirely thanks to your grace.”
“Ahem.”
Being thanked to such an extent left me at a loss.
Yoo Sung-hyun felt embarrassed.
His retainers gazed upon him with warm smiles.
Thus Yoo Sung-hyun was finally released after receiving endless expressions of gratitude and praise for his accomplishments.
“Then I shall take my leave and see you again tomorrow. May you remain well.”
“Yes, and you as well, Felix…”
Though there was hardly time for rest.
I adjusted my response appropriately.
It felt good to help and receive praise.
But the burden of it weighed on me, and Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head with a slightly drained expression.
My mind had been too scattered.
“We should call it here for today.”
It was getting close to logout time anyway.
It was better to wrap things up at this point.
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Yep, see you tomorrow~”
“Until tomorrow, sir.”
“Travel safely~”
-Kuhahahaha!!! Whenever there’s combat, please summon me! Lord!
-Hueee! P-please take c-care!
After receiving farewells from my subordinates, Yoo Sung-hyun logged out.
[The Eternal World awaits your return.]
5.
E-World had many employees.
With such an enormous user base, there were always large and small matters to handle.
Today was no exception.
However, today it wasn’t Lee Won-sang, the deputy director of the User Management Team.
More precisely, it was the Eternal World Event Management Team.
The department that had to plan a major event because of Yoo Sung-hyun previously.
An emergency alert had been triggered in that department once again.
[A critical variable has emerged in the event 『The War Between Basilica and Ninyaru』 occurring in the Labyrinth region.]
A short voice echoed as the text appeared on the screen, glowing like an emergency alert.
“Ah.”
It was a brief utterance of a single syllable.
But the emotion contained within it was anything but brief.
Soon after.
“AHHHHH!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”
Despair and anguish.
At the cry filled with rage, the Event Management Team staff began hastily gathering their belongings.
However, they weren’t packing to leave for the day.
They were tidying their surroundings and preparing to sleep under their desks for an all-nighter.
They were used to it by now.
While everyone made such preparations.
Baek Ji-woo, the team leader of the Event Management Team, read the message over and over with bloodshot eyes.
Then.
“W-what kind of variable!?”
[The 『Absolute Ruler of Ninyaru』 has moved due to user 『Yoo Sung-hyun』.]
[Furthermore, due to the user Yoo Sung-hyun, a spy has been planted within the Basilica—something that should have been impossible.]
[We anticipate significant information leakage.]
The analysis of the superintelligent AI, Immortal.
Baek Ji-woo, the team leader, squeezed his eyes shut.
Yoo Sung-hyun again?
Again?
Originally, this event was supposed to unfold gradually over several months.
It was designed as an event where multiple users from the Labyrinth would participate and slowly piece together the mystery.
An event created from the very beginning when this Labyrinth region was planned.
Yet now that event faced the crisis of being triggered in a single day.
‘I had intended for it to begin months later, when Cat Merchants would appear frequently in the Labyrinth and ask users for help….’
If things proceeded this way, would the event activate immediately?
No.
Something felt far more ominous.
Gripped by that foreboding, Baek Ji-woo, the leader of the Event Management Team, covered his mouth and posed the question to Immortal with a hesitant tone.
“Can you predict how the situation will unfold if things proceed as they are?”
[Currently calculating the outcome resulting from the participation of the user Yoo Sung-hyun.]
[The knights of Ninyaru – Hidden City of the Labyrinth Merchants will assemble, and the Absolute of Ninyaru will move.]
[Should the Labyrinth’s Hidden Mastermind, the Basilica, engage in war under those circumstances, the Basilica will suffer defeat with an 89.56% probability even without external assistance.]
“…Ah.”
An 89% defeat rate meant certain loss.
And that was without any external help.
Why in the world would the Absolute move?
Baek Ji-woo’s irritation flared.
[It is assessed that the Absolute of Ninyaru has no choice but to move due to a subordinate with an appearance identical to the transcendent NPC Helena, caused by the ‘unknown power’ of the user Yoo Sung-hyun.]
In other words.
“You’re saying it’s unknowable….”
A subordinate that looks identical to Helena?
He had heard about it.
They said a homunculus was created?
But wasn’t that merely an empty shell of Helena?
He knew there was some connection between the Absolute of Ninyaru and Helena.
But it moves even with just an empty shell that resembles her?
It made no sense.
Based on the current situation.
“The event will disappear?”
[That probability is the highest.]
He could ask for other probabilities to be calculated.
But what was the point?
What was he supposed to do now?
With that thought in mind, Team Lead Baek Ji-woo began firing questions at Immortal.
[However, the actions of user Yoo Sung-hyun cannot be predicted, and due to variables caused by the ‘unknown force,’ it is impossible to calculate what consequences may arise.]
Not reassuring in the slightest.
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo squeezed his eyes shut and bowed his head.
Others might not understand why he was despairing to this extent.
Wouldn’t it be better if the event disappeared?
Less work, after all?
It was certainly reasonable to think that way.
But it wasn’t.
It was the game company’s obligation to create content that players could enjoy in each region.
And only then could an environment be built where gamers could enjoy playing.
So if this event disappeared, it meant they had to create another event that should occur in the Labyrinth region for the players.
And that involved creating a proposal document and getting it approved.
Here was the problem.
Who would write that proposal?
Who else could it be?
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo.
“Ha, haha, hahaha! Hahahahahaha!!!!!!”
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo erupted into wild laughter and shot to his feet.
Watching their team lead stand there laughing hysterically for so long, the team members thought to themselves.
‘He should rest a bit instead of wasting his energy like this.’
‘Sigh, the team lead has it rough.’
‘Don’t make eye contact. If you do, you’ll have to help write the proposal.’
‘Let’s breathe as little as possible.’
Such warm and considerate team members.
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo paid them no mind and stared intently ahead.
A new event.
One that everyone in the Fifth Region—the Labyrinth—could participate in.
Two cities built within the Labyrinth Gap.
And he had to conceive of an event other than war between those two.
As if such ideas came easily.
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo, tugging at his hair in frustration, suddenly opened his eyes wide as realization struck.
“Right, that could work, couldn’t it?”
Good and evil were already determined anyway.
Immortal said even they couldn’t predict how Yoo Sung-hyun would act.
So couldn’t they create the subsequent event based on what Yoo Sung-hyun actually did?
Creating something from nothing was difficult.
‘But transforming one thing into another—that I can manage!!!’
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo examined every card he could play with that approach.
And among them.
‘Yoo Sung-hyun’s third class advancement?’
I had discovered something quite useful.

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