The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 208

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Episode 208
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I was caught in the inescapable grip of the abyss.
At the same time, the message appeared—Narisha cannot resist.
Yoo Sung-hyun relaxed and swung his blade, activating his skill.
Blade Torrent—a skill that compressed massive damage into a brief window.
It had the drawback of leaving him immobilized while channeling.
But now, with his opponent’s movements sealed, it was the perfect moment.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes gleamed as his blade prepared to unleash like a torrent.
But Berto, who had been pierced by the dark blade, moved with sudden speed and snatched Narisha away.
Whoosh!
And in that very spot, Yoo Sung-hyun’s Blade Torrent crashed down a moment too late.
Crash—————!!!
Because he couldn’t move, the Blade Torrent couldn’t reach Berto, who held Narisha.
It only tore through empty air.
“….”
Yoo Sung-hyun’s brow furrowed slightly.
He looked at Berto and Narisha.
As the Blade Torrent ended, the grip of the abyss released as well, and Narisha regained her mobility.
The opening for an attack had vanished—painfully so.
Yet as Yoo Sung-hyun observed the two of them, he reflected.
‘There are two of them.’
A mistake born from inexperience—he’d never faced two bosses before.
More precisely, he hadn’t anticipated that Berto could recover from the damage in such a short span of time.
Regrettable as it was, he’d actually gained valuable information instead.
Yoo Sung-hyun adjusted his stance with that thought.
He gripped his blade shorter and fixed his gaze on both of them.
The two of them seemed to realize Yoo Sung-hyun was no ordinary opponent—the atmosphere shifted.
Berto, bearing the wound and now wielding one Death’s Hand, stood beside Narisha, who was slowly extending her elongated nails.
The two of them spoke to Yoo Sung-hyun.
“Now it’s our turn to hunt.”
“It’s time for you to be caught.”
They accelerated and rushed forward.
Watching them approach from different angles, Yoo Sung-hyun’s expression hardened slightly.
A two-versus-one disadvantage.
From one side, Berto charged with monotonous but considerable speed, light blazing across his two legs.
From the other, Narisha rushed in with an eerie, blurred movement, her approach sinister and concealed.
Both moved with such speed that the situation was precarious.
Yoo Sung-hyun thought as he watched them advance.
Was this how those I faced felt?
Having dealt with multiple minions in a coordinated assault.
Yoo Sung-hyun chuckled at the thought and swung his blade.
With a graceful arc, he intercepted Berto’s advance.
Toward Narisha, who had materialized behind him, he unleashed a thousand blood swords.
Pabababababa!!!
Hundreds of blood swords erupted from a single drop of blood.
Narisha startled in that instant and activated a skill.
As Narisha vanished into the shadows like a diving phantom and reappeared elsewhere in a blink, the hundreds of blood swords gave chase.
A far cry from their supposed role as hunters.
And Berto, baring his fangs sharply at Yoo Sung-hyun, retreated and snapped at the empty air.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun saw this, he evaded the spot.
Where he had stood mere moments before, teeth forged from darkness materialized and tore through the space.
Crunch!
A ranged attack as well.
I hadn’t anticipated that.
Had my instincts been duller, I would have been caught without question.
As Berto’s attack failed.
He snarled and roared.
“Auuuuu!”
A howl like that of a wolf.
As the roar spread, it surged toward Yoo Sung-hyun, who repelled it by hurling several blood swords.
Pubububububung!!!
The blood swords that met the roar detonated in unison, their numbers falling to less than half.
Narisha, who had been surrounded by the blood swords, widened her eyes and extended her nails to great length, slashing in all directions.
Crescent-shaped blades materialized.
She struck and burst all the blood swords.
Pububububububung!!!
Hundreds of blood swords detonated, yet the two beasts sustained no significant damage.
Regardless, Yoo Sung-hyun snapped his fingers toward Narisha.
As Narisha, who had been wary of what attack might come, found a clock hand materializing above her head, Yoo Sung-hyun declared.
“Ten minutes.”
Though what he had declared remained unclear.
Narisha, sensing ominousness, furrowed her brow and charged toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Raising his blade to intercept her, Yoo Sung-hyun then clenched his fist toward Berto, who was attempting to snap at empty air, and conjured a teal spear, launching it forth.
Whoosh!!
Berto, seeing the teal spear hurtling toward him, evaded the spot.
The reddish-glowing fangs returned to their original state.
The skill had vanished.
It wasn’t that the skill broke from movement.
And that vanished skill manifested entirely within Yoo Sung-hyun’s teeth.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s crimson fangs tore through the empty air.
Red fangs emerged from Narisha’s neck, biting down with ferocious force.
Crunch!
Skill Theft.
Narisha felt the damage and hastily retreated, unleashing a skill toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
An ominous black cat materialized, about to unleash its cry toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
The Witch, who had appeared behind Narisha without warning, laughed maniacally and stitched her mouth shut.
Kekekekeke!!!
With that laughter, Narisha’s mouth was suddenly sewn shut with teal-colored thread.
The moment her skill failed to manifest, Yoo Sung-hyun lunged at Narisha, extracting blood droplets and transforming them into a violent torrent of crimson that swept toward her.
A raging current of blood intent on devouring and tearing Narisha apart.
But Narisha’s skills were sealed.
She had no way to escape.
And just as Berto moved to save her, appearing before his eyes—
A crimson blade slash shot forth.
The red death stroke carried a vicious blood poison as it flew toward Berto.
Berto sensed the danger and ducked low to evade.
And he could see it.
The abyss blade slash hurtling toward him.
Screeeeeech———!!!
Berto was slashed, leaving a long wound.
Chains of the abyss suddenly materialized, binding Berto, and Yoo Sung-hyun—who had seemed to target Narisha—immediately changed direction and swung his blade at Berto.
After the abyss blade slash erupted.
The darkness-tainted blade was swung toward Berto.
As the sense-nullifying darkness swept toward Berto.
Bound by the abyss chains, Berto couldn’t resist and was stripped of all sensation.
As he was attacked relentlessly in his immobilized state.
Narisha, having sustained considerable damage from the raging blood torrent, burst forth to attack Yoo Sung-hyun.
A colossal Grim Reaper appeared behind Narisha’s back and severed her neck.
A meticulously calculated maneuver.
Now that Berto, deprived of sensation, was incapacitated.
They were no longer formidable opponents.
I left Berto behind and pursued Narisha, attacking her with multiple skills.
Without Berto, Narisha tried desperately to evade.
But facing me alone was beyond her capacity.
“Didn’t you say you were ‘it’?”
“Kyahahahahak!”
At first, they had been formidable opponents.
With both of them attacking, I wasn’t having an easy time either.
But after binding Berto, the tide had shifted dramatically.
After a minute, Berto belatedly joined the fray.
But with Narisha’s stamina already depleted, their coordination fell apart compared to before.
The result was that only Narisha, who had created an opening, was relentlessly targeted.
Ten minutes passed, and the clock hand moving above Narisha’s head struck the hour.
Then came the sound of an alarm.
Dong——eeeeng!
Dong——eeeeng!
Dong——eeeeng!
At the alarm’s sound, Narisha’s eyes rolled back.
“Grrrrk.”
With a sound like phlegm rattling, Narisha collapsed.
Then.
[Hidden Raid Boss ‘Narisha and Berto’ is transforming.]
[Hidden Raid Boss ‘Narisha and Berto’ is entering Phase 2.]
*Warning*
-Upon entering Phase 2, the Raid Boss becomes significantly more powerful.
-Exercise caution.
The Phase 2 I’d been waiting for.
My body froze at the cutscene event.
As Berto cautiously approached the fallen Narisha.
Narisha was absorbed into Berto like a shadow.
Berto transformed as if wearing a cat mask and swelled in size.
His bulk expanded to roughly two meters.
Yet judging by appearance alone, he looked considerably formidable.
Was it perhaps because of the cat mask he wore?
His speed didn’t appear sluggish either.
Increased power yet undiminished speed?
This would prove quite troublesome.
‘Hmm.’
I’d used quite a few skills facing Phase 1 alone.
I had some skills remaining.
Though I might struggle if things continued this way, there was no trace of tension or anxiety in my expression.
Once the cutscene ended and I could move my body again.
I immediately snapped my fingers.
Snap!
With a light snapping sound, my skill activated.
An entrance to the Underworld appeared in the empty air, and with it came my servants.
-Kuhahahaha!!! Did you call for us, Lord!
-Th-thank you for summoning us!
-You called, did you.
“I have answered the call of the Overlord.”
At the sudden appearance of the four Minions, Berto’s eyes—hidden behind his cat mask—trembled violently.
Minions materializing out of nowhere.
And watching Berto’s reaction, Yoo Sung-hyun spoke.
“Now it’s my turn to be ‘it.'”
With those words, Phase 2 began.
5.
Several users had shown interest in an NPC investigating the Canyon of Despair.
But that curiosity lasted only a few days.
By now, they had begun to ignore the NPC who continued investigating the Canyon of Despair day after day.
The NPC, indifferent to the users’ waning attention, crumpled his expression and muttered to himself.
“…Not a trace to be found.”
After days of searching, he could now be certain.
The NPC who spoke thus, revealing himself, was none other than Hero Luke.
After Overpalace vanished, Plinky had left on business of his own, but Hero Luke alone continued to explore this place, seeking traces of Hindel—the Former Hero and his predecessor.
Yet finding no traces no matter how hard he searched, he gazed upward in slight despair.
It was time to return.
‘But leaving empty-handed like this feels wrong.’
He had struggled so hard to learn what had befallen his predecessor.
Yet the fact that he had discovered nothing felt hollow.
Even searching through his predecessor’s diary had yielded little.
Now he wondered where to turn next.
Then, suddenly, Plinky’s words came to mind.
‘The Overlord.’
Records concerning his predecessor had vanished with suspicious completeness.
And similarly, records of the Overlord had suffered the same fate.
Hero Luke narrowed his eyes as this realization struck him, murmuring softly.
Records of the Former Overlord and the Former Hero had been erased.
And only one entity possessed the power to accomplish such a thing.
‘Overpalace.’
An organization of overwhelming might, ruled by the Nine Heroes’ Black Star—a force even he dared not challenge.
And the most crucial figure within that organization: the Overlord.
Perhaps.
‘The current Overlord might know something about my predecessor.’
Normally, Overpalace might have interfered as before.
But he had heard that the Heroes Council had recently been convened.
And the gathering place was none other than Overpalace itself.
If he seized that chaos.
Could he not meet the current Overlord without Overpalace’s interference?
Then he too would need to move swiftly.
As Hero Luke moved in that manner.
The Ghost following him exhaled a weary sigh.
-Sigh… There he goes again. If only he’d spend that time training instead…
Hindel, whom Hero Luke searched for so desperately, harbored only one wish—that Luke would devote himself to his training.

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