The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 227

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Episode 227
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First strike, second strike, third strike.
A relentless barrage of attacks carved through space, rushing toward Ragna Ecrion’s blade.
Swift and fluid, beautiful as countless warriors charging at a single formidable foe, each strike flowing into the next.
Every line of the sword claimed space, intercepting the tyrannical onslaught of Ragna Ecrion’s blade.
Clang——————!!!
Around us, sword auras collided, shattered, and scattered like autumn leaves.
The fragments of those auras that burst apart and flew outward severed everything they touched.
My sword aura left countless shallow wounds across the arena, while Ragna Ecrion’s carved deep, gaping scars.
Ragna Ecrion’s eyes, initially wide with shock, gradually narrowed as his brow furrowed deeper.
The fact that his blade—meant to obliterate all—was being blocked by a mere combination of these pathetic strikes wounded his pride.
It was infuriating.
‘…Insolent wretch.’
With that thought, Ragna Ecrion charged at me.
But I saw him differently.
I’d already activated every buff available, fortifying my body to its limits.
Yet it wasn’t enough.
It was time to draw upon all my skills and use them strategically.
Was it the absence of my Minions as a safety net?
The memory of my battle with Leonik’s remnant surfaced.
Then, I had chosen to face him alone.
Of course, I could still have summoned my Minions from the Underworld.
But this time was different.
‘I must do this alone.’
With the Underworld’s summoning blocked.
I had to see this through by myself.
That pressure had initially steeled my resolve.
But only at first.
Now, I felt something else entirely.
With my enhanced body, I watched Ragna Ecrion charge forward, meeting him with fluid grace and speed, weaving in another form of swordsmanship.
He closed the distance in a single bound, his skill manifesting fully.
An ominous violet-black aura, crackling like lightning, surged through his blade and sparked toward me in a devastating arc.
Crash——————!!!
Taking that strike head-on would leave me crippled at best.
It was a powerful skill that could strip away most of my remaining vitality.
Normally, I would have blocked it with the Lord’s Silence.
But in that instant, I perceived the danger and used Shadow in Darkness to slip behind Ragna Ecrion, unleashing my blade.
Slash—! Slash——! Slash———!!!
My swift strikes cut across his back, both arms, and legs before he could turn, and the moment he spun to face me, I used Shadow in Darkness once more to escape.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun vanished, an ominous violet lightning crackled across the entire area.
Crack-crack-crack-crack-crack———!!!
The devastating lightning that could carve away mountains swept through the empty space, but Yoo Sung-hyun was already gone.
And as if he’d already anticipated it, Yoo Sung-hyun stepped before Ragna Ecrion to swing his blade once more.
But this time, Ragna Ecrion also read his move and immediately unleashed a back kick using his front leg as a pivot.
Detecting Ragna Ecrion’s back kick extending straight through the brief moment his vision shifted, Yoo Sung-hyun immediately escaped using the shadow of darkness one final time.
The violet lightning belatedly infused the back kick, turning that place into ruins as well.
Crack-crack-crack-crack———!!!
Weaker than when wielded with the blade, certainly.
Yet the power was extraordinary.
Techniques with such force that taking even one would warrant immediate retirement.
Yoo Sung-hyun felt a chill run down his spine at the sight.
And yet, at that very moment, he was smiling.
When was the last time I felt such exhilaration in the game?
‘Crescentra.’
It seemed I hadn’t felt this tense since then.
A smile played at my lips with that thought.
My face, hidden beneath the darkness helmet through skill use, remained concealed.
But Ragna Ecrion could sense that I was enjoying this situation.
He bared his displeasure openly and gnashed his teeth.
Grrr!
Enjoying himself while facing me?
He certainly appears desperate.
If I tried to catch up right now, I could easily do so.
Yet somehow, that gap refuses to close.
A thin margin, barely worth mentioning.
Ragna Ecrion felt an inexplicable frustration and rushed forward once more.
However.
Whoosh!
Darkness surged from beneath Ragna Ecrion’s feet as he charged, wrapping around his leg.
He violently kicked the darkness to shatter it into pieces.
Yet a tiny gap had opened.
In that instant, Yoo Sung-hyun moved swiftly and thrust his blade toward Ragna Ecrion’s chest.
Sharper and faster than a swing, the thrust unfolded like lightning.
Flash——!
As if light itself gleamed, my blade strike flashed through.
Of course, Ragna Ecrion’s blade swung to block it and attempt a counterattack.
But in that moment, darkness surged forth, briefly intercepting Ragna Ecrion’s blade.
The darkness shattered the moment his blade moved.
Yet it created another brief opening, just the same.
That gap became.
Whoooooosh!!!
A flash of light pierced straight through Ragna Ecrion’s chest.
“Ugh.”
Feeling the pain, Ragna Ecrion immediately used a skill to cut down Yoo Sung-hyun.
An ominous violet-hued lightning bolt transformed like a dragon, lunging to devour Yoo Sung-hyun.
In that instant, hundreds of crimson blood blades materialized around Yoo Sung-hyun like a shield, blocking the attack before instantly shooting toward Ragna Ecrion.
The crimson blood blades blocked and fired in a single, fleeting moment.
Yoo Sung-hyun seized the opportunity, grasping one blood blade in his bare hand and flew away from the spot.
Simultaneously, several of the hundreds of blood blades struck Ragna Ecrion’s chest.
A violent explosion consumed him.
Boom——!!!
The explosion of blood blades and the violet lightning dragon ascending through the blast.
He tried desperately to block the explosions of the blood blades.
But he failed.
After the explosion cleared, Ragna Ecrion’s condition looked far from good.
Unlike the Spear of Annihilation he’d blocked with a skill, he’d taken a direct hit at close range.
It was inevitable.
Except for one blood blade near Yoo Sung-hyun, the hundreds of blood blades vanished.
But the most threatening thing wasn’t the explosion of the blood blades.
“Cough.”
“Huff.”
Spitting black blood, Ragna Ecrion stared at his own blood with a bewildered expression.
And immediately, feeling something wrong with his body, his expression twisted grotesquely.
“Poison… is it.”
“….”
Yoo Sung-hyun said nothing.
But Ragna Ecrion couldn’t possibly not know.
A lethal poison had entered him.
A agonizing poison that gnawed at his body was spreading throughout him in succession.
Yet Ragna Ecrion chuckled softly and gripped his blade again.
It appeared as though the blade had already become one with him.
Before, it had only reached the level of veins connecting, but this time was different.
The ominous violet-hued blade writhed and encroached upon Ragna Ecrion’s arm as if devouring it.
Blade and right arm, fused as one.
It resembled viewing a monster or chimera.
The problem was.
Yoo Sung-hyun found himself perplexed that the message he’d been waiting for didn’t appear.
‘This isn’t Phase 2?’
His appearance had changed and the aura he emanated was different.
Still not even Phase Two.
The ominous violet aura of the blade deepened further, and the killing intent radiating from Ragna Ecrion grew more suffocating.
Meanwhile, my cyan-tinted aura that had burned so fiercely was gradually fading.
‘The Flame of the Dead has ended.’
I had reinforced my body using darkness, but.
It wasn’t enough.
Fighting with only my flesh and blood alone….
But when had circumstances ever been favorable?
Regardless, I smiled wryly and mentally cycled through the skills I could still deploy.
Ragna Ecrion’s form vanished.
The instant he disappeared, I decided it was time and used Blood Plague to forcibly end the blood poison’s duration.
And then the final effect of Blood Plague manifested.
BOOOOOM——!!!
WHOOOOSH——!!!
“Cough!”
Just before reaching me.
The blood poison erupted, and a crimson mist of blood rose from Ragna Ecrion’s body like steam.
Ragna Ecrion stood frozen, bloodshot eyes wide.
I immediately pinpointed his location and opened my eyes wide, activating a skill against him.
“Shhhhh!”
The moment our eyes met.
Ragna Ecrion felt it in that instant.
His right arm, unified with his blade, had vanished.
The terror of loss.
The blade and right arm he cherished most had disappeared.
Yet it wasn’t completely gone.
He felt it had been hurled into an Interdimensional Realm beyond reach, much like the skill severance he himself had created.
That horrifying dread seized Ragna Ecrion’s body.
In that moment, I activated another skill.
Ragna Ecrion felt as though something massive was emerging from the abyss behind me, reaching out toward him, and in that instant, his health and mana were drained away.
-I collect what is owed.
It felt like he heard such a whisper.
After using the Fear Lord, I restored my own health and mana.
Simultaneously, I summoned countless tendrils of darkness that carved through Ragna Ecrion’s entire body like blades.
Normally, even without his blade, Ragna Ecrion could have evaded or shattered such attacks entirely.
But instead, the moment his blade vanished, his muscles shriveled like a deflated balloon, his body mummifying as he screamed.
“My…, my… blade, give it back…!!!”
“…???”
Even I hadn’t anticipated this turn of events.
And watching him, a fleeting thought crossed my mind.
‘Could it be?’
Was that sword close to its true form?
I had felt like I was being swung around by what appeared to be a cursed blade.
Could it have been nearly at the level of its true form?
Yoo Sung-hyun watched the weakened Ragna Ecrion with such thoughts running through his mind.
This was turning out rather anticlimactic.
I felt somewhat disappointed, it was true.
But regardless.
‘I won.’
I had enjoyed the thrilling battle where I could fight with all my strength.
Perhaps there would be another opportunity next time.
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun was about to finish off Ragna Ecrion when—
Crack!
Crackle!
With a sound like glass fracturing,
Ragna Ecrion screamed out.
“No, this can’t be!!!”
Something seemed to be tearing through space in an attempt to escape.
If that were the case, danger could arise again.
So Yoo Sung-hyun braced himself.
Rip!
Splash——!!!
“Gaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
“??????”
An incomprehensible phenomenon unfolded.
From where Ragna Ecrion’s right shoulder should have been, a fountain of blood erupted.
His right arm was torn away.
The right arm of Ragna Ecrion, which had been sealed in the Interdimensional Realm by the terror of loss, fell through empty space.
And something tore through the dimension and came flying through.
None other than the ominous violet-hued cursed blade—Ragna Ecrion’s sword.
Yoo Sung-hyun swallowed hard at the sight.
Was Phase 2 activating now?
A somewhat pleased expression crossed my face.
In that moment, text appeared.
[Insufficient keywords.]
[The cursed blade’s name is not displayed correctly.]
[The Demonic Sword ‘??si?’ has escaped from its host.]
[『Severance』 is being applied to the surroundings.]
[You cannot leave this place.]
[The Demonic Sword 『What???』 is trying to escape this place.]
“…??? What?”
We’re not fighting anymore?
Yoo Sung-hyun’s bewilderment was evident.
The blade called the Demon Sword immediately took flight, attempting to escape this place.
Yoo Sung-hyun moved as though he couldn’t let it slip away.
The instant he tried to soar upward using Flight at full speed.
[Due to 『Severance』, you cannot summon Minions or Servants.]
[As an additional effect of 『Severance』, you cannot temporarily leave this location.]
What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this!
Despite my frustration as I tried to chase after the blade, I couldn’t move simply because of the Severance effect.
Was I truly going to lose the Demon Sword like this?
Just as I was about to explode with rage.
Crack.
Splinter, splinter, splinter!
BOOOOOM——!!!
Along with the sound of fractures spreading.
The noise of something shattering echoed through the air.
An urgent system message materialized.
[『Severance』has been broken.]
And appearing where the Demon Sword was about to vanish, a captivating woman with lustrous crimson hair caught the blade delicately between her index and thumb.
Helena smiled at Yoo Sung-hyun.
“I’m not too late, am I?”

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