The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 202

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Episode 202
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3.
After purchasing a used compact car and having a meal with Lee Geon-dong, I’d squandered most of the morning, so I returned home and threw myself into Eternal World with renewed vigor.
Two days later.
Levels could only be raised through consistent grinding—there was no shortcut.
It took two and a half days before I finally saw a message that satisfied me.
Yoo Sung-hyun lifted his head slightly as the notification materialized before his eyes.
[Level Up!]
[You have reached Level 160.]
[Upon reaching Level 160, a new skill of 『Overlord』 has been unlocked.]
[You have acquired the Legendary-grade skill, 『Tome of Annihilation』.]
[Upon reaching a Level milestone of 10, the Almighty-grade item, 『Overlord’s Ancient Tome』, has been activated.]
[Upon reaching a Level milestone of 10, the Almighty-grade item, 『Tome of Blood』, has been activated.]
[A new Yeon has been added to the Legendary-grade item, 『Random Box』, stored in your inventory.]
[Upon reaching Level 160, you may now proceed to the next region.]
‘Perfect.’
Yoo Sung-hyun gazed at the message with composure, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
It had taken longer than expected.
Decent quests simply hadn’t appeared.
The lack of worthwhile quests had inevitably slowed my experience gain.
Hunting and clearing minor quests—that’s what it came down to.
After two and a half days of grinding, I’d finally reached Level 160.
The long-awaited 160 at last.
Acquiring a new skill was secondary.
What truly mattered was that a new Yeon had finally been added to the Random Box.
‘Now I can finally open the box.’
Though I hadn’t waited an eternity for this.
There was genuine anticipation.
Of course, I should examine the Overlord skill I’d just obtained before touching the Random Box.
Since I’d already acquired it, checking it first was the logical order.
And the name alone—Tome of Annihilation—was intriguing.
It had to be a skill that synergized with the Tome of Ruin.
Couldn’t I deduce its effects to some degree?
With such thoughts, Yoo Sung-hyun opened the new skill.
『Tome of Annihilation』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Instant Effect][Active]
[Cooldown: 30 minutes]
The recorded destruction shall manifest in the world once more and repeat its devastation.
→Exclusive skill for Overlords.
→Requires possession of the 『Book of Destruction』.
→Can store spells used from the Book of Destruction.
→Stored destruction spells can be reused at any time.
→As skill level increases, the number of storable destruction spells grows.
→Currently stored destruction spells: [0 / 3]
‘Interesting.’
It was indeed one of the effects I had anticipated.
An effect that allows me to record the spells from the Book of Destruction, which always appear randomly.
This was quite useful.
The destruction spells were all incredibly powerful.
Despite their usefulness, they appeared randomly, which had always felt regrettable.
But if I could store the spells I wanted?
The utility would increase exponentially.
‘This is excellent.’
The Record of Destruction was quite satisfying as well.
I could only hope the skills I drew next would be equally good.
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun opened his inventory.
『Random Box』×3
→《Legendary》
→A box that grants items or skills connected to oneself at random.
→All items obtainable from this box are of Legendary grade.
→Currently connected skill: 『Lord of the Abyss’s Fear』.
‘I had considered it, but….’
The Lord of the Abyss’s Fear had appeared this time.
After acquiring the Lord of Blood, I had thought the Fear Lord’s effects seemed somewhat underwhelming.
Yet a new connection manifested like this.
I wondered how this would unfold.
After a moment of deliberation, Yoo Sung-hyun made his decision and withdrew a different item from his inventory first.
What he pulled out alongside the Random Box was a twenty-sided die that gleamed with multiple colors, appearing both fortunate and ominous.
The Almighty-grade item he had acquired this time: Destiny.
While the Random Box had strong random elements,
if a connection existed, it would guarantee an item.
But surely among those guaranteed items, some would be superior to others.
Those aspects were certainly matters of fortune.
Then Destiny could surely intervene.
With that reasoning, Yoo Sung-hyun retrieved the die and glanced around briefly.
‘With this….’
[The Almighty-grade item, 『Destiny』, detects a fate for intervention.]
[There is room for fate to intervene in the Legendary-grade item, 『Fate』.]
[Will you change 『Fate』?]
The message I wanted appeared, just as expected.
I was half-certain it would, but still.
‘Now that I’m actually doing this, I’m a bit nervous.’
Now that it was really happening, I felt a slight tension as I rolled Fate from my hand into the empty air.
This wasn’t the kind of thing I would hesitate over.
As I rolled Fate from my palm like that.
I heard the sound of a die tumbling and rolling.
After rolling for a while, Fate came to a stop.
[15.]
A considerably high number.
Then.
Whoooosh——!
A brilliant golden light burst forth from Fate.
Fate settled back into my hand, and a message appeared.
[The probability of exchanging the Legendary-grade item, 『Fate』, for a better reward increases by 15%.]
If I only look at the numbers, it’s absurdly broken.
One Random Box has this applied to it.
And two Random Boxes remain.
I still had two uses of Fate left for the day.
Let me roll both of them.
One showed a result of 10, and the other showed a lower 5.
It’s a shame.
But when you add the percentages together.
It’s still something to be grateful for, I suppose?
On average, I’ve got over 10% probability attached to this.
I thought it wasn’t too bad.
‘Now let me open them.’
I opened the Random Boxes.
[You have acquired three Legendary-grade skills that Yeon touched!]
[Yeon has acquired even deeper skills!]
[The newly acquired skills are included in your exclusive skill list.]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Lord of the Abyss’s Terror』, acquires the skills it needs and transforms into its true form.]
[The level of the Almighty-grade skill, 『Lord of the Abyss’s Terror』, increases.]
[The three newly acquired Legendary-grade skills pledge their loyalty to 『Lord of the Abyss’s Terror』.]
‘Huh?’
Did I get better effects than I expected?
I opened the newly acquired skills.
『Eyes of the Abyss』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Passive Effect][Active]
[Cooldown 20 minutes]
[Duration 30 seconds]
Even the fear you tried to hide cannot deceive me.
→Exclusive skill for Overload.
→Restriction: Requires ownership of Lord of the Abyss’s Fear.
→Gazing through the Eyes of the Abyss, the target experiences irresistible terror.
→While the Eyes of the Abyss are fixed upon the target, they cannot escape the fear.
→Even beings immune to fear can be consumed by it.
『Phantom of Fear』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Instant Effect][Passive]
[Cooldown 20 minutes]
[Duration 1 minute]
Run, but remember—fear already waits in the place where you hide.
→Exclusive skill for Overload.
→Restriction: Requires ownership of Lord of the Abyss’s Fear.
→Summoned near the caster to those consumed by fear.
→When the Phantom of Fear is summoned, it transforms into the target’s deepest dread and attacks them.
→The Phantom of Fear’s attack power scales with the target’s terror of what they fear most.
『Fear of Loss』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Passive Effect][Active]
[Cooldown 20 minutes]
[Duration 3 minutes]
Everything that composed your body scatters as mist from the abyss.
→Exclusive skill for Overload.
→Restriction: Requires ownership of Lord of the Abyss’s Fear.
→Designate a target and temporarily erase parts of their body.
→During the duration, the erased body parts never return.
→Targets who have lost body parts are considered to be in a state of fear.
‘Interesting.’
Eyes of the Abyss is a skill that unconditionally plunges targets into terror.
It appears to synergize exceptionally well with the existing Lord of the Abyss’s Fear effect.
The Phantom of Fear also seems to have excellent synergy with the Eyes of the Abyss.
One might call this a fear-focused build.
The Terror of Final Loss is also an excellent skill for a build start.
As Yoo Sung-hyun marveled at skills far better than expected.
A sudden thought crossed his mind.
If the newly acquired Legendary skills were this impressive.
Just how powerful would the Lord of the Abyss’s Terror truly be once its genuine power awakened?
The moment that thought occurred to him, Yoo Sung-hyun examined the Lord of the Abyss’s Terror.
『Lord of the Abyss’s Terror』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 5][Growth-type]
[Instant Effect][Composite]
[Cooldown 20 minutes]
The terror lurking in the abyss descends to the surface and engulfs all.
Those who taste that terror shall worship him.
→Overlord-exclusive skill.
→Spreads the abyss around the user, enveloping all in terror.
→Absorbs health and mana from those engulfed in the terror within the abyss.
→When terror permeates the surroundings, ability stats temporarily increase by 30% × the number of those engulfed in terror.
→If there are no targets engulfed in terror nearby, the ability stat increase effect disappears.
‘Heh.’
First, the existing effect had transformed into an area-of-effect skill.
And additionally, a 30% ability stat increase per target engulfed in terror.
Now it had truly become a skill befitting a lord’s power.
Even Yoo Sung-hyun was so astonished his mouth fell open.
With this, I could definitely solidify a terror build.
Even as it stands, it’s an excellent build.
However, Yoo Sung-hyun suddenly recalled the Overlord’s Grimoires and smiled knowingly.
‘I’ve accumulated 4 Overlord’s Grimoires and 2 Blood Tomes.’
That meant I could acquire six more skills in total.
The blood build is still useful as it is.
Even if I set aside the Blood Tomes for now, I could obtain as many as 4 skills from the Overlord’s Grimoires alone.
With this, I could make the terror build even more formidable.
4.
The largest Manor in the Fifth City, Pentamier.
More magnificent than even the lord’s castle, the owner of this outstanding Manor was someone no one in this city failed to know.
The most powerful organization that shakes the continent.
Overpallace Pentamier Branch.
Penelope, the branch manager there, was handling her duties while reviewing several reports.
Unlike branch managers from other branches elsewhere.
Even with the arrival of their true successor, she simply continued processing her own work.
However, the other executives of the Pentamier Branch were growing restless.
“W-we should step forward at once and help the Successor, shouldn’t we?”
“I-I recall you were searching for good quests before, so c-couldn’t we create one ourselves?”
“W-we wish to be of service!!!”
They fidgeted restlessly, desperate to be of any use to Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yet Penelope, the Branch Manager, regarded them with a chilling gaze.
Unlike the Belmore Branch Manager of Pentasgrid, Penelope appeared remarkably young.
But the formidable power contained within her was more than sufficient to suppress the executives clamoring about.
Youth was no excuse—the position of Branch Manager commanded respect.
“Gasp!”
“Ugh.”
“B-Branch Manager!?”
The three executives clutched their chests in alarm.
Should they relax their vigilance even slightly, they would feel the piercing pain of the Branch Manager’s power tearing through their hearts.
Yet Penelope remained unmoved.
She simply attended to the duties assigned to her.
But from the executives’ perspective, such indifference was unbearable.
Surely all their strength should be devoted to the Successor.
So why did she show no concern whatsoever?
As the executives began to voice their objections,
“There is nothing we can offer the Successor at this moment. More importantly, there is an order from Black Star. We need only wait for it.”
“Huh?! F-from Black Star!?”
“W-what do you mean?”
“If it’s from Black Star himself….”
At the executives’ persistence, Penelope’s expression darkened with irritation as she spoke.
“‘In the Sixth Region, I shall bestow something magnificent upon the Successor. Do not allocate any more of the world’s will.’ That is what he commanded. Do you understand? The more we intervene, the less there will be for the Successor to receive in the Sixth Region.”
“Ohhh!!! S-such profound wisdom!”
“We shall remember!”
“Truly, Black Star is supreme!”
“Before we depart for the Sixth Region, I shall take action one final time, so have no worries.”
Penelope returned her focus to her duties.
Devotion to the Successor was a given.
Thus, I must exercise utmost caution until the very end.
Such was the purpose of Overpallace’s existence.

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