The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 216

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Episode 216
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That damned brat who had absorbed all of his essence and vanished.
That brat now appeared before his eyes.
To absorb his darkness once more?
No, that couldn’t be it.
Yet young Helena gazed at the Dark Lord and spoke with a radiant smile.
“Hello?”
It was as though only one figure had stepped forward to speak.
But now it was different.
“Hello?”
“Hello?”
Two, three.
No—far more than that had multiplied.
Young Helena had multiplied into hundreds, reaching out her hands.
In that moment, the Dark Lord realized all of this was an illusion.
Or more precisely, he realized it was Helena’s fear blooming from within his own being.
Yet knowing something intellectually and facing genuine terror were worlds apart.
Trembling with dread, he lashed out at the illusions with his darkness in frantic attacks.
But none of his attacks connected.
Meanwhile, one Helena gradually drew closer and launched an assault against him.
If it were truly an illusion, it should deal no damage.
And yet.
Crack!
—Cough! Hack!
His darkness was absorbed as though flesh were being torn from his body.
Not an illusion or mere fear—but real.
Feeling this, the Dark Lord swallowed hard.
What was happening here?
It had clearly been an illusion born of fear.
Had it somehow manifested into reality?
To understand for certain, he observed carefully.
—’Only one of them is real and manifested.’
Only when one attacked did it prove genuine.
Grasping this truth.
Even as terror wracked his body, his mind raced, and he reached toward the Helena capable of attacking—only for another Helena to strike from behind.
—Cough! Hack!
Only one should have been possible.
How was this happening?
How did this happen?
The moment the Dark Lord sent backward the bullet he had been about to fire at Helena in front of him.
He took damage from Helena standing before him as well.
Crack!
The Dark Lord’s eyes trembled violently as if he couldn’t comprehend the pain and terror of darkness being torn away.
What in the world was happening?
What was real, exactly?
The moment such thoughts crossed his mind.
A young Helena appeared again, grasping one of the Dark Lord’s arms and smiling wickedly.
The moment the Dark Lord’s spine chilled at that pure and innocent smile.
Crack, crack, crack!!!
-Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
A horrible sound echoed from the Dark Lord’s right arm as it tore clean away.
It seemed as though he had sustained tremendous damage.
Yet in truth, the actual damage was minimal.
But he couldn’t understand how his arm had been severed.
The Dark Lord tried to summon darkness again to reconstruct his right arm.
Yet it wouldn’t form.
The flesh made of darkness would not regenerate.
As the Dark Lord lifted his head at this incomprehensible phenomenon.
He could see the young Helena before him smiling wickedly while devouring his own arm.
-P-please… give it back…!
Was he being drained of his darkness once more in this manner?
He could feel his vitality and mana being absorbed somewhere.
The primordial darkness itself hadn’t been absorbed yet.
But there wasn’t much left.
He had to recover from this state by any means necessary.
The Dark Lord released all his darkness and attacked everything around him.
Yet only one Helena refused to be pushed back, clinging to him and attacking relentlessly.
None of the Dark Lord’s attacks landed, and as the young Helena continued her assault alone, did the image of the past overlay his vision?
-Uuuuuaaaaaahhhhh!!!
He screamed at that terrifying sight.
Then Helena multiplied into many, some wielding swords and rushing to attack, one striking down lightning, and another opening her mouth to breathe a torrent that left the Dark Lord battered and broken.
Moreover, surrounded by Helenas on all sides, the Red Moon and the Abyss writhed and attacked.
The Dark Lord, trapped in a world he couldn’t comprehend, screamed in agony.
Soon he tried to repel them by expending even his reserved power.
Yet even that proved insufficient.
He, the master of darkness.
Could not vanish so pathetically.
Could not disappear so meaninglessly!
And so the Dark Lord drew forth the power of his origin, transforming into his true form.
The moment Phase 2 began and the fear receded.
My right arm, which had vanished, sprouted back.
All terror and illusions dissolved.
Yet the Dark Lord could see it.
Before him stood a young Helena, smiling softly, growing progressively older until she became a full-fledged woman, smiling that same gentle smile.
-Ho, an illusion?
“Ahahaha! As if! Uncle Darkness, long time no see? I thought you’d disappeared after being absorbed by me back then, but you managed to survive?”
At the sight of Helena speaking with that soft smile.
The Dark Lord stared at Helena with an expression of utter disbelief.
This was real.
The genuine Helena—not some illusion or phantom fear.
He could tell just from hearing her voice.
The Dark Lord wondered if the intruder could possibly be Helena grown to maturity, but that made no sense.
Forget the past—Helena’s current power was weaker than his own.
Something was definitely wrong here.
If so, then perhaps he too had a chance to survive….
In that very moment, as the Dark Lord’s mind raced.
A young man walked before him.
Draped in a black robe, his expression cold and indifferent, he looked down upon the Dark Lord from above the Crater.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun gazed upon the Dark Lord.
The Dark Lord’s eyes trembled violently.
-Y-you’ve already absorbed two L-Lords….
Yoo Sung-hyun’s current power was faint.
Yet the quality contained within it was far from faint.
The power of two Lords radiated from him, and he sensed it striving to ‘transcend’ even that.
No—this intruder was definitely transcending.
Transcending the Lords.
The Dark Lord felt it and cried out.
-So you ARE transcending!!! Is that why you’ve come seeking me out!!!
To the Dark Lord’s words, spoken with inexplicable fury.
Helena’s expression turned grave, her gaze cold upon the Dark Lord as she brought her index finger to her lips and spoke.
“Shh.”
Ignoring Helena’s gesture, Yoo Sung-hyun activated his skill.
The Grimoire of Ruin materialized and unfurled in his palm—a great and ominous forbidden magic, long lost, now manifesting once more.
A piercing, pristine white lightning crackled in his grasp, and as he hurled it like a javelin.
The world bleached of color, and only the pure white lightning surged forth toward the Dark Lord.
Even the Dark Lord, the incarnation of darkness itself, lost his black radiance and turned pale white, reaching out his hand toward the lightning—yet he could not move.
[You seal the target’s movement for 3 seconds with Grasp of the Abyss.]
[The Hidden Raid Boss, 『The Forgotten Lord, Dark Lord』 attempts to resist.]
[Resistance is impossible against this skill.]
I couldn’t move.
Then I’d have to use a skill to evade.
Behind me, the Giant Witch materialized and burst into cackling laughter.
My mouth was already sewn shut with threads of teal light.
[You are silenced for 5 seconds by the Lord’s Seal of Silence.]
[Hidden Raid Boss, ‘The Forgotten Lord, Dark Lord’ partially resists.]
[Duration reduced to 2 seconds.]
Pure white lightning pierced through, tearing a massive hole in the Forgotten Lord, Dark Lord’s abdomen, and the other Minions rushed in to exploit the opening.
Helena also murmured while watching the Dark Lord.
“How do you like it, Darkness Uncle? He’s my disciple.”
Even as the Minions pummeled him, the Dark Lord muttered in disbelief.
-…There’s no monster quite like this.
Weaker than Helena when she was young.
That much is certain.
Yet the potential contained within.
Sensing an indescribable, mysterious power, the Dark Lord spoke.
A monster, indeed.
Helena frowned upon hearing those words and replied.
“How rude. Where else would you find someone more suited to Overload than our Yoo Sung-hyun?”
-…How far are you trying to ‘surpass’? Surpass the Lord and become what?
Helena simply laughed at those words and answered.
“Who knows? That’s for our Yoo Sung-hyun to decide.”
For Helena, who ultimately never reached that end.
It was a tale she could not comprehend.
And Helena, who was merely an NPC unable to defy the world’s will, vaguely sensed this truth and found herself murmuring without thinking.
“What a cruel world~”
With those words, the Dark Lord couldn’t help but chuckle and nod in agreement.
But.
-Those are not words for you to speak. Witch King.
With those final words, the Dark Lord’s body completely collapsed.
And soon all darkness shattered and vanished.
6.
Eventually, as the Dark Lord’s body—exhausted from the combined assault of the Minions and Yoo Sung-hyun’s Ruin—crumbled away.
A message appeared before Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes announcing the end of battle.
[You have defeated the Hidden Raid Boss, ‘The Forgotten Lord, Dark Lord’.]
[This is an exclusive Hidden Raid Boss for ‘Overload’.]
[Rewards have been substituted with special items.]
[You have cleared the ‘Overload’ Story Quest, ‘Assault of Darkness’.]
[You obtain your reward.]
[You gain an enormous amount of experience!]
[Level Up!]×2
[You have reached Level 170.]
[Upon reaching a level divisible by 10, the Almighty-grade item, 『Overload’s Grimoire』 is activated.]
[Upon reaching a level divisible by 10, the Almighty-grade item, 『Codex of Blood』 is activated.]
[Upon reaching Level 170, a new skill from 『Overload』 is unlocked.]
[The new skill and execution reward are combined.]
[You acquire the Almighty-grade skill, 『Dark Lord』.]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Dark Lord』 examines the darkness-attribute skills of the current user, Yoo Sung-hyun.]
[Conditions are met.]
[『Overload』 Third Advancement (Complete)]
[『Overload』 Story Quest 『Helena’s Diary 1』 (Complete)]
[10 or more darkness-attribute skills (Complete)]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Dark Lord』 awakens its true power.]
[Darkness-attribute skills are integrated into 『Dark Lord』.]
[Integrated skills can be used as their original forms and can also be recreated through the 『Dark Lord』 skill.]
[There are currently no diary entries available to recreate.]
[The Overload-exclusive item, 『Helena’s Diary』 is temporarily sealed.]
An overwhelming flood of messages.
I read through every single one.
Seeing that I’d acquired a new lord-class skill left me bewildered.
‘Is this what the Dark Lord was talking about—surpassing?’
Skills integrated into one another.
Not fully grasping the meaning, I immediately opened the skill window.
『Dark Lord』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Composite]
Where his footsteps fall, light extinguishes; when his voice resonates, darkness becomes alive.
→Overload-exclusive skill.
→A skill created by integrating all previously used skills into one.
→All previously integrated skills can be used individually, and additionally, Dark Lord itself can also be used.
→Darkness essence can be freely manipulated and shaped according to imagination.
→However, mana is consumed proportionally to the degree of free manipulation.
→Damage output is determined proportionally to the mana consumed.
“Huh?”
If this were real….
Without thinking, I raised my hand.
And in that same moment, I willed darkness into being.
Darkness bloomed from my palm, taking the form of a spear.
Should I call it a Dark Spear?
Witnessing such a remarkable transformation, Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes widened in astonishment.
Helena approached and spoke.
“Congratulations, you’ve crossed over!”

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