The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 226

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Episode 226
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I never imagined he possessed a skill like this.
I couldn’t have foreseen it.
Yoo Sung-hyun didn’t realize it, but Lee Jae-kyung alone could conclude his defeat based on this single skill.
A skill usable only after reaching 80% progression.
Severance.
A skill that completely severed all external contact.
Once activated, it couldn’t be dispelled unless the number of people within the Domain decreased.
No one could assist Yoo Sung-hyun or Ragna Ecrion.
Ragna Ecrion had likely used it thinking Yoo Sung-hyun would seek help from outside.
But in reality, it was a hard counter skill against Yoo Sung-hyun, a Dark Mage.
‘This won’t be easy….’
The thought that my usual Minions were unavailable.
Certainly made me tense.
Being unable to use something and choosing not to use it were entirely different matters.
As Yoo Sung-hyun suddenly tensed.
Ragna Ecrion tilted his head while observing him.
“I’m aware Leon is assisting you, but since Leon is useless anyway, I wasn’t particularly concerned. Yet your reaction suggests someone was helping you.”
He discerned it from Yoo Sung-hyun’s response.
Anyone could see that Yoo Sung-hyun’s current reaction was one of bewilderment at having someone’s assistance cut off.
However, Yoo Sung-hyun quickly composed himself and slowly drew his sword.
Watching him calmly assess the situation and draw his blade.
Ragna Ecrion smiled faintly and likewise unsheathed his own sword.
“Your skills are said to be quite exceptional? That’s why my expectations are high. Mine too, and this blade.”
Speaking thus, Ragna Ecrion caressed his sword as if cherishing it.
In that instant, Ragna Ecrion’s sword pulsed with a writhing resonance.
The violet-hued blade’s tendrils flowed like blood vessels through the hilt, then coursed along Ragna Ecrion’s arm, completely engulfing his right limb.
The vein-like tendrils burrowed into Ragna Ecrion’s arm as if parasitizing it.
And began pulsing as if sharing his blood.
Thump——!
Thump———!
Boom! Boom—! Boom——!!!
With each heartbeat.
Yoo Sung-hyun could see a message unlike any before appearing before him.
[You encounter the Hidden Unique Raid Boss, 『Ragna Ecrion』.]
[Phase 1 is activated.]
*!!!WARNING!!!*
This raid requires a minimum of six Legendary-tier class users!!!!
You have no party!!!!
Dangerous!!!
The level gap is too severe!!!
Dangerous!!!
A raid boss that issued fierce warnings even in its description.
Especially since this was my first encounter with it.
A raid boss with a Hidden Unique grade designation.
Yoo Sung-hyun watched the creature with inner tension.
A raid requiring at least six Legendary-tier users.
The Quest itself had offered nothing substantial.
And in that moment, I could understand.
‘Was this a Quest designed to fail?’
I’d heard that some Quests were premised on failure.
Could this Quest be one of those?
Yoo Sung-hyun thought this, then shook his head.
But even if it were, it didn’t matter.
Though I couldn’t summon my Minions.
If I fought with all my strength alone, the outcome might be different.
At the very least.
‘Doing my best is all I can do.’
The moment I resolved this.
A teal light kindled in Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes.
Drawing upon every experience I could use alongside the knights.
Ragna Ecrion tilted his head in apparent confusion at the sight.
But it mattered not.
“You are merely a sacrifice destined for my blade.”
The moment those words left his lips, Ragna Ecrion moved.
Moving at a fearsome speed, deep footprints carved into the ground where Ragna Ecrion had stood, and in an instant, a massive Crater formed as if a meteor had fallen.
A display that demonstrated just how tremendous Ragna Ecrion’s velocity truly was.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun reacted as well.
His stats weren’t sufficient to keep pace.
But he could barely manage a reaction.
Ragna Ecrion swung the violet blade coiled around his arm, attempting to cut down Yoo Sung-hyun.
But in that instant.
Something erupted from behind Yoo Sung-hyun’s back.
Eyes that bloomed from darkness and emerged from the abyss immediately fixed their gaze upon Ragna Ecrion.
Screech—!
The moment their eyes met, Ragna Ecrion felt the blade vanish from his arm and was seized by terror.
Seizing that brief opening, Yoo Sung-hyun retreated backward and attempted to activate various skills.
But.
Crash—!
The sword being swung finally severed the eye that had emerged from the abyss.
The abyss eye, cut by the blade, lost its form and vanished.
‘So it can be cut.’
Whether it was the effect of that demonic sword or something else.
I couldn’t be certain if it was Ragna Ecrion’s power.
But I could tell that magic and skills were being blocked by that blade.
Ragna Ecrion was definitely afflicted with fear.
Yet the fact that he could still move was puzzling.
But now wasn’t the time to worry about such things.
A deafening roar erupted as if a shell had detonated.
Kwaaaaaaaa——!!!
Along with that thunderous explosion, Ragna Ecrion rushed forward with bloodshot eyes and screamed.
“How dare you show me such illusions. You deserve to die.”
The speed at which Ragna Ecrion charged forward with bloodshot eyes was incomprehensible.
So I quickly cancelled the skills I was about to activate and used the Lord of Darkness to create a shield of shadow.
And upon that shield unfolded Ragna Ecrion’s blade strike.
Kwajik!
Kagagagagaga——!!!
The shadow shield was immediately torn asunder by the blade strike.
I used the brief moment the shadow shield bought me to retreat backward.
At the same instant the blade tore through the shield.
I activated Grasp of the Abyss.
The grasping hands of the abyss that erupted from beneath Ragna Ecrion’s feet seized him.
Ragna Ecrion expressed confusion at the sensation of being unable to move.
“…?”
There exists a technique that can bind him?
He looked at me as if unable to comprehend.
And from before that.
“What techniques are you using?”
Incomprehensible techniques.
The fear had surged with rage, preventing me from noticing earlier.
But now I clearly sensed something was amiss.
Regardless of what Ragna Ecrion thought.
After confirming the message that he couldn’t move.
I activated Ebony Fallen Thorns, which had grown far more powerful after obtaining the Lord of Darkness.
Thorns of darkness erupting from beneath his feet pierced through Ragna Ecrion’s entire body, while ebony thorns fell from the sky, woven together into a single stem that bloomed into a black rose, consuming the surroundings in darkness.
Pubububububuk——!!!
Countless thorns, like those of a porcupine, pierced through Ragna Ecrion all at once.
The ebony fallen thorns wove together like a single stem, blooming into a black rose that consumed the surroundings in shadow.
Kwagagagaga——!!!
A catastrophic wave of energy engulfed everything around it, threatening to annihilate all existence.
But I sensed something hurtling toward me, so I summoned the Lord of Darkness and wrapped shadow around my blade before raising it to meet the attack.
Clannnnnng——!!!
I barely managed to block Ragna Ecrion’s violet-hued sword.
Sparks erupted continuously as my body trembled from the impact.
The disparity in strength was far too severe.
I felt it acutely as I glared at Ragna Ecrion.
Ragna Ecrion narrowed his eyes as he regarded me and spoke.
“You’re no swordsman.”
Where moments ago he had seemed half-doubtful,
now his tone carried absolute certainty.
Regardless, I drove my blade forward with all my might against his superior strength, pushed him back slightly, then swept both legs at his abdomen.
Boom——!
The air burst forth with a thunderous crack.
Normally, Ragna Ecrion should have been sent flying backward.
But his body was so impossibly hard that instead, I was the one driven back several paces from the force of my own kick.
At least the distance between us had increased.
I extended my left hand, the one not gripping my sword, and unfurled the Tome of Ruin, manifesting an annihilation incantation that had been erased from the world itself.
Simultaneously, a geometric magic circle unfurled, blackening the sky above.
Sensing the ominous shift, Ragna Ecrion surveyed his surroundings.
The blackened sky split asunder.
Zzzzzzzzzt——————!
The heavens tore open, and tens of thousands of lightning bolts cascaded through the rift.
Countless beyond measure, those bolts coalesced like a coiled serpent into a single colossal spear, bleaching all color from the world as it plummeted earthward.
As the Spear of Heavenly Annihilation descended toward the ground where Ragna Ecrion stood with eyes wide open, his sword raised in defense, the spear—moving faster still—painted the world pure white as it drove down upon him.
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The earth erupted upward, and the surrounding area crumbled into dust that scattered away.
Where Ragna Ecrion had stood mere moments before, the Spear of Annihilation had struck true, obliterating everything and carving out a massive Great Abyss.
Truly, a skill of catastrophic magnitude.
Yet I remained vigilant.
I wrapped myself in the Flame of the Dead, which could enhance my body, and teal-colored flames erupted across my form.
I applied several additional buffs to fortify my flesh.
Even that was insufficient.
I summoned the Lord of Darkness and wrapped myself in shadow, manifesting it like a full plate armor.
I created the appearance of my Minions—dark shadow wreathed around me with teal flames blazing forth.
As I obtained this catastrophically powerful body,
I could see Ragna Ecrion slowly walking up from the Great Abyss where the Spear of Heavenly Annihilation had struck.
‘A monster.’
He had taken that direct hit and hadn’t even entered his second phase yet.
This truly was no ordinary foe.
I didn’t let it show on my face.
After all, there was no doubt that this enemy had to be dealt with.
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun took his stance.
Ragna Ecrion spoke as he observed him.
“A Dark Mage. How remarkable.”
Pure admiration in his tone.
Ragna Ecrion murmured those words and gave a slight shake of his head.
“Honestly, I never expected to be troubled by someone of this caliber.”
With that, Ragna Ecrion raised his violet-hued blade.
Yoo Sung-hyun braced himself as well.
And in that infinitesimal instant.
Both figures stretched and elongated like taffy, their forms extending until the moment they finally converged upon each other.
Ragna Ecrion’s blade and Yoo Sung-hyun’s blade clashed.
The instant the two blades met.
Kwaaaaaaaaaagh——!!!
A devastating shockwave erupted from the blades.
It rippled outward, laying waste to everything around them.
The ground shattered into countless fragments and rose skyward.
The air itself burst forth, spreading in all directions.
Fwooooooosh———!!!
The violent shockwave was so fierce that the surrounding trees bent as if caught in a typhoon, their branches straining to distance themselves from the two combatants.
Even as their blades rebounded from each other, they wasted no time—immediately gripping their swords again, they unleashed another flurry of strikes.
Ragna Ecrion’s swordplay was overwhelming and brutal, his violet aura rippling and shimmering as he tore through space itself.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun’s blade was fluid and swift, unfolding with elegance, blooming like it would devour all space around it.
The rigid blade and the fluid, swift, elegant blade collided once more.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s blade, which had consumed the space around it, shot forward rapidly, unleashing countless strikes that rained down upon Ragna Ecrion.
And as Ragna Ecrion witnessed those strikes, his eyes widened like lanterns.
‘…What is this?’

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