The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 192

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Episode 192
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“Phew!”
Baek Ji-woo exhaled as though breathing out her very soul.
She had sent out the global announcement and guided players through the event details.
The long-awaited event was finally tomorrow.
She had barely managed to pull it off thanks to Yoo Sung-hyun.
Though it was Yoo Sung-hyun who had ruined the previous one as well.
But that didn’t mean Yoo Sung-hyun was at fault.
Thanks to him, she had survived.
“Today I’m leaving on time!”
Baek Ji-woo looked genuinely excited.
Yet she could not foresee the future that awaited her.
What skills Yoo Sung-hyun had obtained after completing his third advancement, and how the cascading events would unfold.
For her, it was simply a matter of creating the event and moving on.
After gathering her things,
she waited for the end of her shift.
It wasn’t quite the official departure time yet.
She had to wait a little longer.
While waiting in that tedium,
‘Should I check the reactions?’
Baek Ji-woo suddenly grew curious about what the internet was saying.
Though she couldn’t play Eternal World herself, she could certainly browse the community forums.
Whenever users buzzed and cheered about an event, her mood improved.
The community she opened was indeed ablaze.
Even more so than expected.
[Title – Vampires Appearing in Droves?!]
[Title – Will This Unlock Another Hidden Race?]
[Title – Wow, This Event Has Amazing Plot Hooks!]
She felt satisfied just skimming the titles without clicking into the posts.
Baek Ji-woo clicked on a few threads anyway.
[Title – Hidden Race for Real?]
[Author – NoHealRealTank]
『They say the Vampire race is so broken, so will the hidden race actually unlock? I really want to play Vampire, seriously…
Please…
』
[TankForReal : Yeah probably? They said Vampires existed before, and seeing how the dormant bloodkin are awakening, it seems possible?]
└[NoHealRealTank(Author) : Thanks so much.]
[HealthDrain : It might happen, but you’d probably need to build up a ton of infamy to do it?]
└[No Healer True Tank (Author): lol that’s already prepared.]
└[Stamina Drain: Was this bastard a villain? Arrest him.]
The earnest reaction of a user.
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo smiled contentedly at the sight.
My guess was correct.
Since the existing Blood Lord was sealed in this event, I collaborated with the NPC Management Team and Race Management Team to increase the number of Vampires, which had been scarce.
Both departments expressed positive sentiments and agreed to collaborate.
The existing number of Vampires had been so small.
It was only natural.
The users’ reactions were quite favorable too.
It could be called a very successful secondary effect.
So what about the other reactions? Let me check.
[Title – Vampire Difficulty Seems Insanely Hard?]
[Author – Mob Killer Death]
『Since Vampires themselves have high base stats,
they’ll probably be on a different level from Labyrinth mobs?
If you think about it even a little, each one seems like it’ll come out as a semi-raid boss.
Some of the stronger Vampires seem like they’ll come out at raid boss level.
To prepare for this, it seems like even Guilds rushing in together would be fine?』
[Potion Box: Ohhh??? Thanks, gotta prepare before going.]
[Gold Beggar: Upvoting and leaving.]
[Enhance 100 Times: This seems right? The Legion of Destruction that happened on Dune Wild Trail probably has fewer numbers overall, but if you consider each one as boss-level, it seems about right. The 1st place probably won’t exceed double digits.]
‘Oh, they’re making good predictions?’
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo nodded firmly, thinking that the users’ level was indeed considerable.
The predictions were really sharp.
With so many users, there were bound to be many like that.
With that thought, Team Lead Baek Ji-woo checked one last post.
[Title – Isn’t 1st Place Just the Demon King Anyway?]
[Author – Dungeon Unauthorized Logout]
『lol the championship is obviously the Demon King.
Even if they say low-level, once you see their Labyrinth control~
Honestly, I doubt there’s a Guild that can beat that.
Vampires don’t seem like mobs that can be grouped either.』
[Hide and Die: lolol it’s a done deal.]
[Moving Hole: lolol they’re strong but there are also those running around multiple cities so who knows.]
Team Lead Baek Ji-woo fell into thought looking at that post.
‘If they say Demon King, they’re talking about user Sung-hyun, right?’
After thinking about it for a moment, I chuckled.
Well, it didn’t matter to me anymore who won the championship.
What did I care?
Whether they received generous rewards or not.
Baek Ji-woo, now existing merely to clock out, stood up the moment it hit 6 PM sharp and addressed his team members.
“I’m heading out first!”
“Me too.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Team Lead.”
Baek Ji-woo departed in brightened spirits, receiving his team’s farewells.
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Time flew past like an arrow.
The day passed swiftly, and when the long-awaited 6 PM arrived,
a Quest materialized for every user capable of entering the Labyrinth Region, accompanied by a message.
[A large-scale event Quest has been generated!]
『Awakened Bloodkin』
→《Large-Scale Event》
→From now on, the 『Awakened Bloodkin』 will appear in the Labyrinth.
The 『Bloodkin』 who slumbered for ages have awakened.
The 『Awakened Bloodkin』 are Vampires wearing human forms, yet they are undoubtedly malevolent beings.
The more 『Awakened Bloodkin』 you eliminate, the more merit points you accumulate.
Merit point rankings can be confirmed in real-time by gazing skyward anywhere in the 『entire Labyrinth Region』.
Prevent the 『Awakened Bloodkin』 from escaping the Labyrinth!
The count of 『Awakened Bloodkin』 defeated by parties is consolidated by party and reflected in the rankings.
→Rewards: Experience from defeating 『Awakened Bloodkin』, tiered rewards based on merit points, 1st place—three Legendary-grade rewards, 2nd place—one Legendary-grade reward and two Unique-grade rewards, 3rd place—two Unique-grade rewards.
The Quest window materialized abruptly.
Yet as if everyone had been waiting, users positioned throughout the Labyrinth erupted in cheers.
The event has finally begun!
Parties confident in their abilities began moving swiftly.
To eliminate the Vampires appearing throughout the Labyrinth.
One such party spotted a Vampire and rushed toward it.
There stood a handsome Vampire in antiquated garments, regarding the party with a contemptuous smile.
Provoked by such an expression, the party members lunged forward.
The Vampire gazed at them and asked.
“Where is our lord?”
“What?”
“Is this bait?”
“It’s actually talking?”
Hearing their startled responses,
the Vampire shrugged indifferently and spoke again.
“Of course, wretches like you wouldn’t know.”
With that declaration, the Vampire charged forward.
Witnessing the incoming assault, the party maintained their formation without hesitation, and the tank stepped forward first.
Extending the shield against the elongated claws, the tank braced for impact.
CRASH——!!!
“Cough! What… what kind of claws are those…?”
A sound like an artillery shell detonating erupted against the shield.
The tank holding the shield was relentlessly driven backward.
This was no weak tank.
Precisely because I knew how capable he was, my party members’ eyes trembled violently.
How strong must one be to provoke such a reaction?
Wasn’t this the same tank who wouldn’t budge against ordinary raid bosses?
But there was no time for idle thoughts here.
I rushed madly at the Vampire.
The Vampire reacted swiftly upon seeing me charge.
He blocked my incoming blade with elongated claws extended far outward.
Against the mage’s attack, he retreated backward.
Against the priest’s attack, he swiftly transformed into mist, dispersing his form to evade the damage.
He dodged every attack while each of his own strikes carried devastating force, pushing the tank back repeatedly.
We could certainly feel it.
“Insane!?”
“It’s at the level of a strong raid boss!?”
“How is this even possible!?”
“Block it!!!”
“I’m blocking it already!!!”
“Heal!!!”
Chaos erupted.
The tank charged forward.
Yet precarious moments continued to unfold.
It didn’t take long before the tank fell.
Once the tank collapsed,
the entire party had no choice but to retire.
This wasn’t the only party affected.
Most of the Vampires possessed formidable strength, and even the weakest among them reached raid boss caliber.
Some of the stronger ones displayed power exceeding even raid bosses.
Multiple dire situations unfolded.
The only saving grace was that there weren’t many Vampires of such caliber.
About ten Vampires appeared in each Labyrinth.
Once we cleared them all, they would respawn and emerge again.
Because of this, even if we eliminated all the Vampires in one Labyrinth, we could hold the position and call it done.
But catching them was extraordinarily difficult.
“Damn it, block it!!!”
“Wow, does it really take this long to catch just one!?”
“We’re supposed to be an elite party… and it took 10 minutes…”
They couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.
Even capable parties rarely managed to capture one in over ten minutes.
And even then, they were only catching the weakest Vampire, not an exceptionally strong one.
Then, twenty minutes after the event began.
If they’d caught many, two would be the natural expectation at this point.
Yet several noticed something unusual.
Looking up at the sky of the Labyrinth, the rankings appeared.
Only twenty minutes had elapsed.
“…That can’t be right!?”
“T-the Demon King already!?”
“I-is that even a possible number?”
[Merit Ranking]
[1st『Yoo Sung-hyun』 – 7 Vampires]
[2nd『Evora Party』 – 3 Vampires]
…(continued below).
While 2nd place had 3.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s record had more than doubled that alone.
It was a record that drained the strength from their bodies.
Some remarked that it was strange for him to achieve this so soon after arriving in the Labyrinth.
Yet even they couldn’t help but acknowledge it.
“The Demon King is absolutely incredible.”
“It wouldn’t be strange if he joined the rankers soon.”
“Insane.”
“They said the Demon King would win anyway….”
“It’s actually true.”
Exclamations erupted from all around.
Meanwhile.
[Merit Ranking]
[1st『Yoo Sung-hyun』 – 10 Vampires]
[2nd『Evora Party』 – 3 Vampires]
…(continued below).
Three more had been added in the meantime, bringing the total to ten.
Catching three simultaneously, no less.
Just how strong must he be to do that?
“Well, his Minions are that strong, after all.”
“Catching them simultaneously isn’t that strange, really.”
“Right.”
“It’s climbing like he’s using a cheat code.”
“Hahaha! But there’s no bug in the Eternal World.”
“That’s true.”
“That’s exactly why the Demon Lord is no joke~”
Everyone was showering me with such praise.
The numbers certainly warranted it.
Just before three more were added.
At that moment, I found myself scratching my cheek in considerable bewilderment.
Three Vampires knelt on one knee around me, bowing their heads in reverence.
And as they did, they cried out toward me.
“Everything for the Sovereign!!!”
“Glory to our new Sovereign!!!”
“To serve the Sovereign is to serve all of our bloodline!!!”
With those cries, the three Vampires bowed their heads and were absorbed directly into my body, vanishing without a trace.
Then.
[You have absorbed bloodkin.]
[You permanently gain +3 additional stat points.]
And after seeing that message, I scratched my cheek and spoke.
“This feels way too easy.”
I genuinely wondered if this was even allowed, and I smacked my lips in disbelief.

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