The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 184

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Episode 184
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5.
At the moment when Sung-hyun was thoroughly toying with Lactira.
The Golden Knight Order, escorted by the Black Knight Order and White Knight Order, breached the city gates.
Countless Basilica soldiers stood in their path.
Yet none of them could so much as slow the Golden Knight Order’s advance.
Lumina, the commander of the Golden Knight Order leading the charge, moved with unmatched swiftness and purpose—unstoppable as a force of nature.
Her confident stride toward the Basilica’s fortress suddenly halted.
“How dare you assault the Basilica without knowing your place.”
“Hohoho, I wonder who truly doesn’t know their place.”
What stopped Lumina, the golden lioness humanoid, in her tracks was none other than a black snake humanoid adorned with scales of deepest obsidian.
The King—the absolute ruler of the Basilica.
Yet why?
The Black Snake King trembled visibly before Lumina.
Though he was undoubtedly the absolute authority within this Basilica.
He could not muster his full power in her presence.
“…H-how…?”
He certainly knew this one.
The young lioness from before he had become king.
To think she had grown this formidable.
He had never imagined it possible.
Could it be that while the Basilica tore itself apart with internal strife, weakening one another?
Ninyaru had reigned as an absolute sovereign all this time, steadily cultivating the strength of all its people?
The Black King of the Basilica trembled with dread at this realization.
Surely he could not lose to someone who wasn’t even the ruler of Ninyaru.
Clinging to this belief, he attempted to unleash his full aura.
Lumina opened her mouth, fury burning in her eyes.
“Spare me your pathetic words. If you thought you alone had grown stronger, you’re sorely mistaken. We’ve simply been too indifferent to bother with you, yet you dare crawl forward?”
At Lumina’s words, spoken with a feral growl, the Black King took an involuntary step backward.
He had believed he could win against anyone but Karnao, the absolute ruler of Ninyaru.
If Ninyaru’s strength was truly this formidable, then even had they launched an assault on that nation.
They would have been unable to slaughter all the Cat Merchants.
But this present moment was far worse.
The city walls had already crumbled, and the Golden Knight Order now roamed freely within the Basilica’s interior.
Most of all.
‘Am I… afraid?’
A mere commander of the Golden Knight Order.
Overwhelming his own aura?
It was incomprehensible.
Yet I could not deny the reality unfolding before my eyes.
“…So a female has grown stronger, has she?”
“Hoho, it seems you still haven’t grasped the situation. Then there’s no helping it.”
Lumina spoke thus and drew forth her weapon—a sword.
The Black Snake King of Basilica likewise expanded his massive form, preparing to unleash his full power from the very start.
The damage to Basilica would certainly increase.
But seized by the mortal dread that failure to capture Lumina now might cost him his life, he tensed with extreme vigilance and threw everything he had at her.
Thus, within Basilica, a battle unfolded that far exceeded the power level appropriate for this region.
6.
As darkness receded from Sung-hyun’s blade.
All of Lactira’s senses returned to her.
And upon witnessing the scene before her, her expression became one of bewilderment.
How had nothing caught her at all?
Confronted by this incomprehensible sight, she realized she had sustained considerable damage herself.
And in that moment.
Her eyes met those of Sung-hyun in the distance, who held a grimoire brimming with destructive power.
-Ugh, I almost feel bad for the mob….
That’s why, haha.
-Wow, using it here.
Witnessing Sung-hyun wielding such an ominous aura, Lactira’s eyes widened and she attempted to flee that spot, but her gaze wavered upon seeing the venomous webs surrounding her.
Though she had spun them herself, in her current state, escape would not come easily.
For rushing would only result in her own entanglement.
Thus, she chose defense over evasion.
Lactira could not discern what skill Sung-hyun intended to use against her.
But she expelled sturdy webbing to construct a cocoon for protection.
Timed perfectly—just before the magic circle unfurled from Sung-hyun’s fingertips.
The cocoon formed, and then the magic circle unfurled from his fingertips.
The magic circle resembled multiple mechanical devices, as if countless gears meshed together, and in that instant, the circles rotated as a colossal magic circle spun.
And in that moment.
A forbidden spell—one so devastatingly powerful it had been sealed away in antiquity—manifested upon the world.
[Erasure Laser]
A beam that permits no defense whatsoever.
A ray that obliterates all things shot forth.
It pierced through Lactira’s cocoon, leaving a fist-sized hole in her flank.
Kwaaaaaaaa——!!!
“Cough!”
Lactira, spewing blood, her eyes wide with shock, was driven backward by the beam, while the cocoon surrounding her became riddled with webbing and venom.
As the cocoon dissolved, Lactira emerged from it, shielding her wounded flank.
Seizing that opening, Dracanoss, Baltar, Leonik, and Barphor rushed at Lactira.
In that instant.
The creature’s eight pupils dilated as it let out a cry.
“I shall devour you all.”
The voice was emotionally restrained, devoid of any escalation.
Yet a palpable dread emanated from those words.
Soon, a crackling sound erupted from the creature’s body.
It transformed.
[Hidden Raid Boss ‘Lactira, Legion Commander of the Basilica’ is transforming.]
[Hidden Raid Boss ‘Lactira, Legion Commander of the Basilica’ is entering Phase 2.]
*Warning*
-Upon entering Phase 2, the Raid Boss becomes extraordinarily powerful.
-Exercise caution.
With that warning, Lactira had grown colossal.
She was no longer a humanoid—she had become a monstrosity.
Her frame dwarfed even the Labyrinth Spider Talonpia.
At the sight of her catastrophic bulk, with toxic spines bristling across her entire body, my retinue and I narrowed our eyes.
Yet this was manageable.
With such a massive target, landing strikes would only become easier.
I prepared multiple area-of-effect skills against her.
Or rather, I attempted to.
But she sensed my intention, and the toxic spines covering her body suddenly pointed skyward.
She erected them and unleashed them as projectiles.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——!!!
The toxic spines erupted toward the heavens.
Their sheer number turned the sky a deep violet in an instant.
Spotting this, I called upon Nocturnium.
“Nocturnium.”
“I obey, my lord.”
Nocturnium immediately raised the surrounding earth, constructing a defensive barrier.
A barrier that enveloped all my retinue and myself.
Yet that alone was insufficient, so Serpina wove wind around it, reinforcing the barrier further, while Helena simultaneously channeled both celestial and abyssal energies to fortify it even more.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Still, the toxic spines pierced through the barrier.
Sensing this, I unleashed countless skills of my own.
A black sun hung in the sky, and as it radiated black flames and darkness upon the earth, soldiers of the black sun were born from within, while from the heavens fell obsidian thorns toward the colossal Lactira, and between them, blood swords steeped in crimson venomous blood descended.
Whoooosh!!!
Crackle crackle crackle crackle crackle!!!
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!!!
As the blood swords pierced Lactira’s body, they detonated instantly.
The obsidian thorns likewise embedded themselves in her flesh, blooming into flowers that consumed the surroundings in darkness, while the soldiers of the black sun multiplied endlessly, tearing through her body.
Yet despite such an onslaught, the creature stood firm and endured it, instead pouring all its strength into spraying venom toward the defensive wall where Sung-hyun gathered, attempting to breach it.
Sung-hyun, too, did not end there—he even wielded the Whisper of the Void, which grew more potent the more darkness he consumed.
A black serpent appeared, swelling its massive form by devouring the soldiers of the Black Sun, eventually growing to a size rivaling Lactira’s, and it clamped down viciously on the creature’s head.
Yet the creature’s will never wavered.
Instead, it desperately sought to shatter and collapse Sung-hyun’s defensive wall.
But then.
“If our Sung-hyun is holding strong, then I must too. Hnnnngh!!!”
Helena spoke thus and unleashed a barrage of skills utilizing both celestial and abyssal power toward Lactira.
Though a wall stood between them, Sung-hyun, perceiving the situation outside, smiled.
At this rate, it would grow difficult.
Sung-hyun detonated the Blood Plague amidst a torrent of crimson energy.
The blood toxin burrowed into the creature’s body erupted simultaneously, shredding its innards.
“Kugh.”
A cry of agony tore free.
In that moment, Lactira understood.
‘In this form, I am at a disadvantage.’
With the strength remaining, breaching that defensive wall would prove difficult.
Thus, it would be far better to revert to humanoid form and attack the creature instead.
Just as skills were about to rain down from Sung-hyun and Helena once more.
Lactira transformed back into humanoid form, shrinking the body to evade all those attacks.
Sung-hyun and Helena, seeing this, calmly dispelled the defensive wall and mobilized all their retainers toward the charging Lactira.
The first to move was naturally the fastest—Anemor.
Moving in tandem with lightning, Anemor drove a bolt of lightning straight toward Lactira’s heart, then surged upward.
Crash——————!!!
Too swift to intercept in an instant, the lightning was accepted as is.
There was no helping it.
Lactira’s target was Sung-hyun.
Thus, attempting to ignore all other attacks and charge forward.
Yet the retainers’ interference was far too fierce.
To the point where breaking through them alone seemed impossible.
-And they’re really solid.
-Right;;;;
-To catch the Demon King, we’d have to break through those retainers… it doesn’t make sense.
-Even if we break through, the Demon King himself is strong in swordsmanship too.
-Absolutely flawless;;;
The viewers watched in admiration as well.
There was simply no way for Lactira alone to break through.
In the moment of floundering in despair.
Hope approached Lactira.
None other than.
“Are you alright?”
“I’ll help.”
Sibren and Nuartein.
With these two!
Everything changes.
Was it because I desired it so desperately?
Lactira forgot all about the White Knight Order and Black Knight Order in that moment.
No doubt arose about whether these two had defeated both knight orders to arrive here—only the thought that a path forward had opened filled her mind.
She opened her mouth.
“If you handle the other minions, I’ll kill the sorcerer.”
“Hmm.”
“Mm.”
The two swallowed hard at Lactira’s words.
Was something troubling them?
Just as Lactira looked at them, unable to comprehend—
Thwack! Thud!
Four daggers plunged into Lactira’s throat.
“…???”
Lactira stared at them both, genuinely bewildered.
She could see the two radiating auras of darkness and teal light.
“That’s impossible.”
“To speak of eliminating our master—how disrespectful.”
“You… you two!?”
At the sight, all eight of her eyes trembled violently.
These two were traitors?
Unable to believe it, she widened her eyes indignantly.
The viewers could only gasp at such a turn of events.
-Wow, that’s seriously too much lol.
-Insane lol, so they were also under the Demon King?
-No way lol, look at that expression—totally wronged.
lol I’m absolutely never crossing the Demon King.
-Wow, he’s seriously the worst.
-Well, he is the Demon King. (nods)
-Don’t say bad things about the people he deceived being foolish—this is just how it goes lol.
Along with the viewers’ cheers.
“You cowardly, vile wretches!!! Damn it!!!”
Curses erupted.
After holding on for several more minutes, Lactira collapsed.
“Phew, that wasn’t easy.”
Yoo Sung-hyun spoke up at the sight.
-Hahahahaha, it’s not easy after being toyed with like that.
-Seriously hahahaha, I’m going crazy hahahaha.
-Is this even right hahahaha.
-That’s just pathetic, for real hahahaha.
The chat window was in absolute chaos.

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