The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 179

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Episode 179
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At the sound of the bell, everyone rushed to the City Wall, and they could all see it.
Them—spread across the ground so thickly it resembled earth itself.
An undead legion.
Beings that every living creature feared without exception.
What would happen if such creatures appeared in such countless numbers that one might mistake them for the very ground?
The Basilica’s City Wall seemed to tremble for a moment.
That was the illusion it created.
Soldiers moved about frantically.
Yet the undead numbers showed no sign of diminishing—if anything, they surged forward even more relentlessly.
“Here!!! Throw the stones here!!!”
“Damn it!!! They’re climbing up!!!”
“W-where’s the reinforcement!?!?”
Panic-stricken, the soldiers atop the City Wall mobilized every available force, but it was insufficient.
They had their limits.
They were regular soldiers, after all.
Their numbers were inadequate, and most lacked considerable strength.
As one soldier had mentioned before, there was little need for extensive garrison duty in this place.
It was only natural.
So in a situation like this, that reality cut deeply.
What could possibly be done?
They had requested reinforcements, yet still nothing moved.
If more time passed, those undead would either climb over the City Wall or breach the City Gate—one or the other was inevitable.
Could reinforcements possibly arrive in time before that happened?
“Please!!! Please send the reinforcements, you idiots!!!”
One of the City Wall commanders cried out in desperation.
Suddenly, a massive teal-colored portal opened beneath the ground.
It swallowed thousands—no, tens of thousands—of undead in one gulp.
Was it finally over?
Everyone rejoiced with that thought.
Not long after, the reinforcements arrived.
They all appeared to be members of the Assassination Unit.
They approached the commander of that place with a puzzled expression and asked.
“Where are those vast hordes of undead?”
An irritated voice.
It seemed this assassin had not yet undergone complete emotional suppression, as anger tinged their words.
The assassin in dark robes who had spoken earlier was
a Bat Humanoid in appearance, though at first glance, distinctly human features were quite prominent.
Crimson eyes and sharp, pointed fangs.
And bat-like membrane wings were attached around his hands.
If you were to humanize a vampire, wouldn’t it look like this?
That was precisely the impression his form gave.
However, such an appearance was hardly unusual in this place.
So no one paid it any mind.
Rather, what mattered was only that he was seething with anger and irritation.
But it was understandable.
He had come to offer support, yet the so-called enemies were nowhere to be found.
It was enough to make one wonder why he had come at all.
Yet one of the City Wall commanders barked out loudly instead.
“Why didn’t you come sooner!!! The undead army vanished like a phantom!!!”
“Hmm. Shut that mouth of yours before I kill you.”
“What, what did you say!?”
Even though he was a City Wall commander—a position equivalent to a Division Commander among the soldiers.
To think he would be so disrespectful.
Just as he was about to protest.
The overwhelming killing intent emanating from the man forced him to swallow hard.
The Assassination Unit, in terms of Ninyaru’s hierarchy, was an entity equivalent to the Knights Order, distinct from ordinary soldiers.
They possessed power on an entirely different scale from the legions.
So the Division Commander fell silent.
Then the man who had stepped forward gestured to what appeared to be an Assassination Unit member behind him.
In an instant, the figure vanished and reappeared below the City Wall.
Even from a distance, the extraordinary speed was evident, and the Division Commander swallowed hard.
“It appears there was an attack. There are far more traces left on the City Wall than initially thought.”
“Hmm, so it wasn’t an illusion then.”
“Yes, that appears to be the case.”
“Assassination Unit 3 will remain here. I’m going to report this.”
The Assassination Unit 3 Commander spoke thus.
The members of Assassination Unit 3 bowed their heads and dispersed into the surroundings, vanishing.
They used concealment so the enemies wouldn’t notice.
Watching this, the Division Commander tilted his head in bewilderment.
Why were they doing that?
As such confusion filled his mind, he stood dazed.
The Assassination Unit 3 Commander, observing the Division Commander, spoke with disdain.
“To think you rose to Division Commander with such a small mind. The soldier system will need restructuring.”
“What, what did you say!??”
“Think with that tiny head of yours. If it had been a real legion and not an illusion, they withdrew the army at precisely the moment we arrived—our main force. Do you truly not understand what that means?”
“What, what are you saying…?”
The Division Commander understood the implication, and a chill ran down his spine, raising goosebumps.
The undead army had vanished just before their arrival.
In other words.
“Either there’s a traitor among us, or someone is watching our every move from above. Since they can’t be seen from the sky, they could be hiding, or there could be a traitor in our ranks.”
“B-but a traitor in the Basilica!?”
“It’s possible. So I’m going to report this to the King and return. Wait here.”
Though I spoke to him as a complete subordinate, treating him as nothing more than an underling.
The Division Commander showed no displeasure; instead, he nodded in agreement.
Despite having just arrived, to grasp the entire situation at a glance and issue appropriate orders based on that understanding.
He was truly an exceptional commander.
The Division Commander swallowed hard, thinking he shouldn’t overstep.
There was no telling when the undead army might appear again.
However, for a while, the undead legion did not emerge.
Only silence and an inexplicable tension remained in that place.
6.
Yoo Sung-hyun, riding atop Anemor and soaring above the clouds, nodded as he gazed down below.
There are certainly quite a few capable individuals down there.
The moment they repelled the undead army, they immediately recognized that there was either a spy or someone observing from above.
Though they had no way of knowing they were being overheard in their conversation.
Kalisha, who possessed the power of thunder, was amplifying the sound waves and relaying them to me.
It was understandable they didn’t know.
In any case, I fell into thought, considering these matters.
‘Gathering troops was good and all.’
But I was uncertain how to deploy them effectively.
This was my first actual war.
I hadn’t even played many games before this.
What kind of strategic moves should I make?
I was troubled by the question.
‘A full-scale frontal assault doesn’t seem right.’
Of course, for me, it wouldn’t truly be a full-scale engagement.
Just twenty thousand undead with hollow souls.
Though their numbers were overwhelming, they couldn’t be considered my true military strength.
My retainers alone possessed power exceeding that of twenty thousand undead.
In any case, now I was troubled by how to shake them again with the undead army.
I could raise the undead army again, certainly.
‘But there might be some corpse loss?’
It would be difficult to use all those corpses for explosive builds.
Some sacrifice wouldn’t be the worst thing.
However.
‘When will they arrive?’
The White Knight Order was taking quite a while.
I thought they’d arrive soon since they said they’d be fast.
“I don’t see anything.”
“I can’t sense them either.”
“My moon detection isn’t picking up anything either.”
Helena’s vision, Nocturnium’s earth detection, and Serpina’s moon detection—none of them had reached this area yet.
So we needed to wait a bit longer.
The Explosive Build would remain sealed until then.
Yoo Sung-hyun pondered for a moment before asking Helena.
“What do you think we should do?”
“Hmm, well? I think things are fine as they are now. We came here for the Wheel War anyway. It’s better to expect to lose some undead or corpses and strike then retreat.”
With the three items I’d recently acquired, my mana recovery and stats had increased, and my maximum mana had grown significantly, so maintaining my forces wasn’t difficult.
Even if I lost corpses, it was better to use them.
With a clear direction set, several strategies formed in my mind.
First, my assumption about losing corpses might be wrong.
“I might not lose as many corpses as I thought.”
“Oho!? Ahahaha!! I knew you could do it, Sung-hyun!”
Helena burst into laughter, seemingly understanding the meaning behind my words immediately.
She spoke as if she’d always known I could pull it off.
I nodded in agreement and spoke.
“Then I’ll need to drain the souls from the enemies first.”
I won’t be able to do anything about that Assassination Unit.
Why is there even such a saying?
“There’s no match for a group attack.”
And there was another trick up my sleeve as well.
7.
Before leaving, the Assassination Unit 3 Commander had ordered his men to hide.
He judged that the enemy would assume Assassination Unit 3 wasn’t present and would send the undead army again.
However, the members of Assassination Unit 3 didn’t see it that way.
To put it bluntly, they were less emotionally suppressed than the White Knight Order of Ninyaru, and their skills were inferior to the other two elite units and the intelligence unit.
Because of this, they were thoroughly mistaken.
‘Even if we’re hiding, they definitely won’t come, right?’
‘Even if they do come, we’ll just catch them all anyway.’
‘So that’s why. Why is the commander worried about such things?’
That’s what they thought.
But they didn’t disobey the order.
Unlike Ninyaru, where discipline and law were somewhat lax, disobedience in the Basilica meant death.
They had no choice but to follow the Assassination Unit 3 Commander’s orders.
Honestly, hiding wasn’t easy, so they wanted to do it more loosely.
Then, at that moment.
One of the unit members spoke in disbelief.
‘The undead army has arrived!!!’
He spoke in hushed tones, yet his voice carried an unmistakable urgency and tension.
The members of Assassination Unit 3 hesitated for a moment at his words, which trembled with considerable anxiety.
They faced a choice: should they charge forward immediately and sweep away the enemies, or wait for their commander to arrive?
The deliberation continued, but it was shorter than expected.
‘Everyone, attack!’
If they waited and the City Wall fell, there would be no recovery.
So they surged forward, plunging into the undead legion and eliminating them one by one.
Wait, what?
“These creatures? They’re not as tough as we thought?”
The words burst from someone’s mouth, and voices of agreement echoed from all around.
“They’re pathetically weak.”
“Exactly what I was thinking.”
“Just numbers—nothing special.”
As the members of Assassination Unit 3 excitedly dispatched the undead, two figures emerged—one radiating teal eyes and another glowing with navy-blue eyes.
An undead with the form of the Skull Knight, its eyes gleaming navy-blue, and a larger undead with a mole-like head crowned with teal-glowing eyes.
One of the Assassination Unit 3 members laughed upon seeing them.
Though they looked somewhat different from the other undead, they emanated the same teal aura and were shrouded in black darkness as the basic form suggested.
The member could not help but let his guard down.
In the moment he laughed and charged forward, thinking them ordinary undead—
“Ahahaha! The King is here too? This one is mine… Gack!?”
In that instant, the Assassination Unit 3 member’s neck was severed.
His head was torn away in a flash, rolling lifelessly across the ground.
None of the Assassination Unit members could comprehend what had just happened.
Something had simply passed by in an instant, and one of their comrades was dead.
And as if that were a signal, they began to move.
Most of the undead buried here, along with the others.
“Screeeeeech!!!”
“P-please, save us!!!”
“Target those creatures!!!”
“W-we can’t withstand this!?”
“D-Doma… Aaaaaargh!!!”
As they advanced, the members of Assassination Unit 3 fell one by one.
Watching them perish, the Division Commander, who had been silently stationed on the City Wall, muttered under his breath.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!”
“P-please save me!!!”
“Hey, target those guys!!!”
“What!? I can’t handle this!?”
“To, Toma… AHHHHHHH!!!”
As they stepped forward, the members of Assassination Unit 3 began dying one by one.
The Division Commander, who had been silently standing on the City Wall watching them die, muttered to himself.
“…What… is that?”

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