The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 195

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Episode 195
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The moment it fell into Yoo Sung-hyun’s hands.
Fate transformed into a twenty-sided die within his grasp.
This was the treasure among Kah-hoo-koo’s treasures.
An item capable of altering all probabilities.
No matter how infinitesimal the odds, I could roll fate itself and maximize that probability.
Up to a maximum of twenty percent.
‘It’s an absurd effect.’
Though it could only be used three times per day.
That wasn’t a drawback.
Especially not the final effect.
‘That’s the real treasure.’
I had obtained Kah-hoo-koo’s treasure map through that very final effect.
Because of that, I placed “Fate” into my inventory with considerable anticipation.
There was no immediate use for it.
But once I reached level 160 and opened legendary random boxes while rolling it, it would be perfect.
Conveniently, I had exactly three random boxes.
Once I obtained Kah-hoo-koo’s first and final treasure and emerged.
The final vault fulfilled its purpose.
It vanished completely from that spot.
It seemed the structure was designed to collapse once Fate disappeared.
In any case, once I obtained Fate.
‘Should I test out Bloodsucking?’
I had only focused on confirming Blood Lord during the large-scale event.
I hadn’t tested Bloodsucking yet.
I was curious about it.
The absorption of health and mana was intriguing.
But the part where my body would transform was particularly fascinating.
As I thought this.
“Yoo Sung-hyun, there’s a monster coming over there?”
-Right, yes.
Helena and Fiora informed me.
It was convenient timing since I wanted to test Bloodsucking.
I headed toward where the monster was.
The monster appeared immediately.
But.
“Crunch, crunch crunch.”
“…Hmm.”
I let out a contemplative sound as I gazed at the monster with a troubled expression.
A look of uncertainty crossed his face.
There was no helping it.
The monster that appeared before Yoo Sung-hyun was none other than a tree-type monster.
A corrupted tree beast from the Labyrinth.
It resembled an Ent-like creature, a tree-type monster roughly speaking.
Would it have blood to absorb?
It didn’t seem like it would.
As Yoo Sung-hyun pondered this.
The creature extended its branches to pierce through him.
Whoooosh!
Thwap.
Yoo Sung-hyun simply moved his body and dodged it.
Could bloodsucking actually work on this?
It didn’t seem like it would.
“Come on, Sung-hyun~ Give it a try~”
Hearing Helena’s encouragement, I reconsidered.
Well, if it doesn’t work, I can figure it out then.
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun activated Bloodsucking.
[Target has no blood.]
The message appeared as expected.
So it wouldn’t work after all?
But then.
[Will absorb the target’s vital essence instead of blood.]
“…?”
Since there was no blood, it would absorb the creature’s vital essence instead?
The message seemed strange, but.
The branches the creature had extended withered and twisted.
A blood-red aura billowed forth and was absorbed into Yoo Sung-hyun.
[Absorbing the vital essence of the Labyrinth’s corrupted tree beast.]
[Through the effect of 『Bloodsucking』, you can partially transform into the target’s form for 1 minute.]
[Health increases by +30 for 1 minute.]
“…?”
The effect was absurd.
I had only used it as a test anyway.
I wondered how the body would actually transform.
But in that instant, various methods came to mind, and when I tried it.
Crackle crackle!
Whoooosh whoooosh whoooosh!
My left hand transformed into wooden branches.
I could fire branches just as the creature had.
“Screeeeeech!”
The tree creature writhed in agony as a branch identical to its own pierced through it.
Watching this, Helena and Fiora finished the creature off.
In an instant, the tree creature with its severed body vanished.
Yet my arm remained transformed.
I attempted to control it freely.
The extended branch withdrew, and my hand returned to its original form.
‘Excellent.’
Though it had reverted to normal.
I could sense that time remained before it would transform into branches again.
So this was the effect of blood drain.
Against targets without blood, it absorbed their vital essence instead.
I now understood why the Vampire was indeed connected to dark magic.
A drain-type skill.
However.
‘The health and mana absorption is rather minimal.’
More precisely, it was inferior compared to the Lord of the Abyss’s Terror.
That aspect was somewhat disappointing.
But the other utilities were exceptional.
This was sufficient.
It was a skill worth being satisfied with.
As I stood there contemplating alone.
“More useful than expected, isn’t it?”
Helena approached and spoke.
I nodded in agreement and replied.
“Yeah, it’s more interesting than I thought.”
It would be fun to use it later when fighting special races or other species.
Otherwise, if I left behind the blood of a special race and used it for blood drain, it would be excellent for utility purposes as well.
I committed various applications to memory.
But what should I do now?
“Where do we go from here?”
“Hmm.”
I couldn’t answer Helena’s question hastily.
There was nothing particular to do.
I had completed all the trials by now.
I had obtained Kah-hoo-koo’s treasure as well.
Now was truly the time to raise my level.
But there were no suitable quests.
Since I had come to Pentamier anyway, perhaps I should seek out new quests?
Just as I was thinking such thoughts.
A ghost wandering through the Forest Maze locked eyes with Yoo Sung-hyun and his companions.
-Gasp!? N-noble! You are indeed a noble!!! C-could you possibly help me?
Yoo Sung-hyun glanced at Helena and Fiora upon seeing the remarkably affluent-looking ghost, then turned his gaze back to it.
What an extraordinarily fortunate coincidence.
“Very well.”
He had nothing else to do anyway, so this worked out perfectly.
0.
After the massive event concluded.
People were feeling somewhat disappointed.
Because the massive event had ended?
No, that wasn’t the reason.
-Demon Lord, why aren’t you doing a live show this time? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ.
-Honestly, I only watch single rankers’ live shows or Demon King broadcasts these days, but I don’t turn on the broadcasts often ㅠㅠ.
-He’s got the monthly-class syndrome.
-Wouldn’t the Demon King deserve to have monthly-class syndrome?
I miss my original passion.
Hahahaha what are you talking about, the Demon King just started a few days ago hahahaha this is just the beginning.
There were quite a few people disappointed by the absence of Yoo Sung-hyun’s livestream.
They were even whining about it in the chat on the Rapid Guild channel.
The previous massive event had featured a livestream, but this one didn’t.
Naturally, people were bound to be upset when something they had grows absent.
Community reactions reflected the same sentiment.
The overwhelming consensus was questioning why there was no broadcast despite achieving first place by a landslide.
Some even speculated whether the first-place finish was achieved through something questionable.
Such rumors circulated immediately after the massive event concluded.
The atmosphere could only grow heated.
[Title – Demon King’s Videos Are Up!!!]
[Author – CoolDealLover]
『Wow, he was catching hidden raid bosses and stuff;;
Besides that, a few more videos were uploaded, but I haven’t seen the rest yet.
Seems like he was catching ghosts and stuff, so I haven’t watched those yet.
How is it?』
I saw a few more videos uploaded, but I haven’t watched the rest yet.
I haven’t seen it yet because it seems like it’s about catching ghosts or something like that.
How is it?
[PartyBreaker : Honestly;;; it’s insane;;; if he’d done it live, he would’ve just sucked money dry? Why didn’t he go live? I don’t get it.]
└[CoolDealLover(Author) : From some subscribers’ perspective, it looks like he has good intentions not to drain ticket money, but honestly, I’d be fine with him taking all my money if he’d just stream more often.]
[Legend Item Noob: LMAO dude, please just take my money, you stupid Demon King!!!]
└[Ocman Leveler: I sympathize with you haha. Make real money!!!]
While other streamers were criticized for opening livestreams too frequently and milking ticket sales.
The Demon King faced criticism for the opposite—not streaming frequently enough.
Such was the extent of anticipation for Yoo Sung-hyun’s livestreams.
Of course, watching edited videos was enjoyable as well.
It was certainly clean and impressive footage.
But my live stream had something that cleanliness couldn’t capture—a raw, primal wildness and an ominous atmosphere that was absolutely overwhelming.
The contrast between darkness and cyan light.
And the sensation of humanity being invaded sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Because of that, everyone couldn’t help but be captivated by me.
[Title – But what’s the Demon King doing now?]
[Author – SummonedMinions]
『The massive event is over.
Isn’t the only content available right now the Labyrinth?
Raid streams are probably getting stale too.
What comes next?
That’s probably why he’s not streaming much lately.
Seems like he’s uploading videos instead of streaming the repetitive stuff.』
[Even if you get poisoned: It’s okay to get sick of it, so just upload it ㅠㅠ.]
└[I got caught: Hold your breath until the next live!]
└[FakeTankDealer: But that’s actually a loss in the long run.]
“Shield law is right: Yeah, this is correct. If you want to go the long haul, you gotta do it this way. When you think it’s really taking too long, it shows up once in a while.”
└[FakePostCaught: I’m holding my breath until the next stream! Inhale!]
Despite such heated reactions on the internet.
My live stream remained unmoved.
It only left curiosity and anticipation about what would come next.
Meanwhile, various theories circulated through online communities.
Speculation that if the Demon King moved cities, the Overpallace Branch director would surely make a move.
Such theories spread.
If you wanted to know where the Demon King was, you just had to watch where Overpallace moved.
Such theories circulated bit by bit.
But accurate information about me wasn’t spreading at all.
Everyone just hoped I’d turn on a live stream soon.
1.
While many people were curious about my whereabouts and what I was doing.
I was conversing with a Ghost I had met in the Forest Dungeon of Pentamier.
After extracting memories from the Ghost who was trying to introduce himself, I learned the reason he was wandering in this Labyrinth.
And even gained stat increases as a bonus.
[‘Unknown Power’ has displayed abilities beyond your current stats.]
[Wisdom +3, Intelligence +3 permanently increased.]
“Hmm.”
After absorbing the memories.
The Ghost—or rather, Victor Moore’s Ghost—spoke while shedding tears like chicken droppings.
-Sob sob, I’m more worried about my son who must be looking for me. As you can see, he’s devouring our merchants.
“That seems to be the case.”
-My son will spare no expense searching for me, so I’m quite worried. He was always good to me… So could you please help my son?
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded at those words.
It wasn’t a request he couldn’t grant.
Besides, he had nothing else to do.
There was no reason to refuse a request that reeked so strongly of a Quest.
As Yoo Sung-hyun accepted with that thought in mind.
Victor Moore’s lips trembled as though about to crumble.
With tears welling in his eyes, he spoke to Yoo Sung-hyun.
-I’m truly grateful. So grateful. Since you’ve already seen my memories, you’ll understand—you may take all the possessions I’ve lost.
“Thank you.”
So should I go help with Victor Moore’s request?
Victor Moore had been the previous owner of the Moore Merchant Guild, the largest merchant guild in Pentamier.
And the current guild master was none other than Victor Moore’s son, Zerod Moore.
Finding the guild master wouldn’t be easy at first glance.
But that part was already taken care of.
Let me wander through the Forest Maze a bit.
-H-here it is!
“Found it, Sung-hyun!”
I had found Victor Moore’s identity badge that he’d lost, thanks to his memories.
There was no reason to hesitate.
Yoo Sung-hyun immediately headed to Pentamier and sought out the Moore Merchant Guild.
But he didn’t meet Zerod Moore, the guild master, right away.
Instead, one of the merchants running the guild welcomed Yoo Sung-hyun.
“Perfect timing. We were just looking for foreign mercenaries. Join us, will you? I’ll give you the details once everyone’s gathered.”
“Oh, understood.”
This seemed to be a group Quest rather than a solo one.
Yoo Sung-hyun went to the location the merchant had indicated.
Quite a few users had gathered there.
One 6-person party, one 4-person party, one 7-person party.
In a place where 17 people had assembled.
When Yoo Sung-hyun, Helena, and Fiora joined.
Exactly 20 people had gathered.
Helena and Fiora were Minions, true.
But with the cognitive obstruction applied, it was slightly ambiguous whether they were Minions or users.
Most would simply think of them as companion NPCs traveling together.
As Yoo Sung-hyun thought this and tried to sit at an empty table.
A person who appeared to be the leader of the 4-person party approached and asked.
“Have we met somewhere before?”
A user suddenly asking such a question.
She appeared to have an androgynous look, but was a female user with a quite beautiful face.
But it was a form I had never seen before.
Where had I seen it?
It was puzzling.
Could it be… this?
Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head and asked back.
“Are you perhaps… flirting?”
“No!!!”
“Huh? Embris was doing that!?”

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