The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 238

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Episode 238
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A backup team?
Yoo Sung-hyun and Yoo Mi-na tilted their heads in identical confusion.
Though the meaning behind their reactions differed slightly.
“A backup team?”
“Those guys?”
Yoo Sung-hyun’s reaction suggested he didn’t even know such a thing existed.
Yoo Mi-na’s reaction implied skepticism about how they could possibly contribute.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s ignorance was understandable enough.
But seeing Yoo Mi-na’s response, An Yoo-jin’s eyes sharpened as she fixed her with a piercing stare.
Leaving the flinching Yoo Mi-na behind.
An Yoo-jin explained to Yoo Sung-hyun.
“Yeah, remember Luna Team that we met last time? They’re one of your backup teams.”
“One of them?”
That implied there were multiple teams, didn’t it?
Yoo Sung-hyun scratched his cheek awkwardly at the revelation.
Until now, there had never been a situation where I actually needed backup team support.
So I hadn’t truly felt their necessity.
A team was necessary?
I could summon the Death Legion and be done with it—did I really need to form a team?
I myself was already a legion unto myself.
Perhaps An Yoo-jin saw through what I was thinking.
She spoke to me with a measured tone.
“Regardless, a backup team is necessary. Even if you solo raids, hunting is better done in parties, and party dungeons require proper teamwork.”
“I see.”
I had my minions, but they didn’t count as official party members.
In those situations, a proper team would certainly be useful.
And.
“A backup team helps in events like this too.”
“Hmm.”
“They can block other users from interfering. That way, you can focus entirely on giving your all, right?”
“Ah, that makes sense.”
“A backup team would definitely be helpful.”
As An Yoo-jin explained, I nodded in understanding.
However.
Yoo Mi-na, who had continued harboring doubts, spoke up.
“That’s only if they can keep up with the leveling.”
“Right.”
At that remark, I nodded in agreement as well.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s leveling pace was certainly abnormal.
He was pushing forward with an overwhelming army, harvesting experience points at a rapid rate.
Keeping up with him could prove far more difficult than expected.
However.
An Yoo-jin chuckled at Yoo Mi-na’s reaction and spoke.
“Our backup team is incredible. We’re already entering the sixth village.”
“…?”
“…Sigh.”
Yoo Sung-hyun looked at An Yoo-jin with a puzzled expression.
And Yoo Mi-na exhaled a sigh as she watched An Yoo-jin’s reaction.
“What, what’s with you two?”
An Yoo-jin questioned them back at their unusual responses.
Yoo Mi-na shook her head and answered.
“Sung-hyun, what level are you aiming for by the event?”
“I need to hit 200, so I’m pushing toward that.”
“…What, what!? What’s your current level…?”
“188.”
….
Watching An Yoo-jin stiffen upon hearing Yoo Sung-hyun’s level.
Yoo Mi-na smiled and spoke.
“Based on the information Sung-hyun brought, it looks like it’ll be grouped in 50-level increments. He said Apophis would appear within a week to ten days, right? So can they reach level 200 by then?”
An Yoo-jin swallowed hard at Yoo Mi-na’s words and spoke.
“…I, I’ll give it a try.”
Somehow, I could almost hear the screams of the backup team.
5.
After meeting An Yoo-jin.
Two days had passed.
I hunted alone while the Overpallace Hexia Branch said preparations weren’t quite ready yet.
The pace wasn’t particularly fast.
But I was able to raise my level by clearing several quests at Hexia.
[Level Up!]×2
[You have reached Level 190.]
[Achieving a 10-level milestone, the Almighty-grade item, 『Overload’s Grimoire』 is activated.]
[Achieving a 10-level milestone, the Almighty-grade item, 『Tome of Blood』 is activated.]
[Upon reaching Level 190, a new skill from 『Overload』 is unlocked.]
[You acquire the Legendary-grade skill, 『Hellfire』.]
It took quite a while.
Despite completing quests, I’d only gained two levels.
Though if it wasn’t a major quest like Ragna Ecrion’s, this was normal.
I accepted it, though it was disappointing.
Still, I wondered if I could actually push through to 200 at this rate.
‘They’ll figure out a way, right?’
Overpalace had said they would handle it no matter what.
I wasn’t particularly worried.
They were the type to make anything happen once they committed to it.
So there was no real need to fret.
However.
‘I wonder how the backup team is doing?’
They said they’d help, so I would receive their support.
But reaching 200 still seemed difficult, didn’t it?
Yoo Sung-hyun dismissed such thoughts with a wave of his hand.
Worrying about it wouldn’t improve anything anyway.
For now, I simply.
Examined the newly acquired skill.
『Hellfire』
→《Legendary》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Passive Effect][Active]
[Cooldown 10 minutes]
[Duration 5 minutes]
Flames that burn within eternal darkness consume the Battlefield itself. There is nowhere left to flee.
→Overload exclusive skill.
→Summons Hellfire.
→Hellfire slowly spreads outward and never extinguishes.
‘Interesting.’
A flame-type skill.
At first, I thought Hellfire would be darkness-type given its name.
After all, Evil Thunder was classified as darkness-type despite being a lightning skill, and they were integrated together.
I expected the same this time, but it wasn’t.
Still, the skill felt somewhat lacking.
It only summoned fire and spread it around.
It was merely a simple damage-over-time skill.
Using only this felt rather dull.
‘Hmm.’
No matter how I looked at it, this wasn’t a skill designed to be used alone.
It was a skill that truly bloomed when paired with other build-oriented abilities.
Wasn’t Blood Poison the same type of skill?
It showed far greater power when combined with other blood-type skills.
Hellfire was no different.
And conveniently, I still had quite a pile of remaining skills.
I could select appropriate skills through the Overload’s grimoire.
Above all.
‘I should prepare myself as well.’
For now, I had Lord of Darkness and many other skills, so there might not be a problem.
But one could never be too careful.
There was no guarantee that there wouldn’t be powerful beings on my level.
My combat tier ranged from level 200 to 249.
I would be the strongest at the 200 level range.
But what about opponents nearly 50 levels higher?
Having my minions with me.
That might be a saving grace.
But acquiring build-oriented skills was far more useful than carrying skills I couldn’t utilize.
‘Let me choose after all this time.’
The number of skill selections I’d saved through the Overload’s grimoire was seven, including this one.
And I could obtain skills of this type as well.
It seemed wise to conserve some.
In any case, having already decided to use it.
No one could stop me.
Not that they would try anyway.
Thus I activated the Overload’s grimoire.
[You can acquire a build-oriented flame-type dark magic.]
[Searching for skills that best complement your current arsenal.]
[Found matching Unique-grade skills.]
[Displaying the list.]
『Judgment of the Abyss』
『Blazing Yearning』
『Alkaseus’s Ray』
『Spreading Black Flame Stream』
『Flame Demon Summoning』
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(Continued below)
[Will you select?]
‘Hmm.’
I carefully examined those skills.
Then I chose three of them.
They were skills that would allow for excellent synergy right now.
『Alkaseus’s Ray』
→《Unique》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Instant Effect][Active]
[Cooldown: 5 minutes]
→Dark magic class exclusive skill.
→Absorbs the properties of a designated target and gathers the energy of that property to fire a beam.
→The beam ignores defense and pierces through everything in a straight line.
『Spreading Black Flame』
→《Unique》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Instant Effect][Active]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes]
→Dark magic class exclusive skill.
→Can be used by designating flames as the target.
→Upon use, the designated flames become your own, transforming into black flames that spread as is.
→The spreading flames gain the properties of black flames in addition to the original flames’ properties.
『Flame Demon Summoning』
→《Unique》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Persistent Effect][Active]
[Cooldown: 1 hour]
[Summoning Duration: 5 minutes]
→Dark magic class exclusive skill.
→Gathers all scattered flames nearby and summons a powerful Flame Demon proportional to the firepower and range of the flames.
→The summoned demon is treated as a monster, not a summoned creature under the summoner’s command.
→The summoned Flame Demon is more powerful than ordinary demons.
The methods of chaining weren’t particularly diverse.
But this was satisfactory enough.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled faintly and surveyed his surroundings.
Fortunately, I was at a Hunting Ground.
I wanted to see how practical these skills would be.
In the distance across the field, I spotted quite a few monsters gathered.
Seeing the undead congregated there, I took it as a stroke of luck and activated flight toward them.
As I drew closer.
I summoned hellfire with my hand extended.
The hellfire floating in the air blazed with a crimson glow, radiating intense heat as if it were a miniature sun suspended in the void.
In that instant, I extended my index finger and unleashed Alkathus’s beam toward the crimson hellfire.
Piiiiiii———!!!
A high-speed metallic whirring echoed sharply.
It spread keenly outward in all directions.
Simultaneously, the energy of the crimson hellfire was absorbed, drawn into the tip of my index finger.
As the energy condensed in a fierce rotation, a sphere of crimson energy materialized before my fingertip.
An ominous crimson beam descended upon the undead.
Fwoooosh———!!!
Kwaaaaaaaaa———!!!
The beam, possessing devastating piercing power, unleashed a ferocity that surpassed any heat as it crashed toward the center of the undead horde.
Then.
Kwaaaaaaaang——!!!
The instant the crimson beam touched the ground.
I deployed my expanding black flame technique.
What should have been a simple piercing attack instead erupted into a colossal explosion, transforming into a hemispherical wave of crimson energy that radiated outward.
The surrounding area became nothing short of hellish.
Crimson inferno engulfed everything, and the undead writhed in agony, melting away as the flames consumed them.
Watching the undead thrash about in torment.
It truly seemed as though this place had become hell itself.
Yet I did not stop there—I unleashed my final skill.
First, I summoned hellfire, absorbed it with Alkathus’s beam, attacked with the beam, then deployed my black flame technique to spread the clinging inferno across a vast area.
And for the finale.
Whoooosh——!!!
The hellfire suddenly converged toward the center, drawing everything inward.
The undead caught in the vortex crumbled to ash, their essence utterly consumed, while those watching from the periphery began to tremble violently.
As if they somehow knew something was about to emerge.
The undead trembled and stood frozen, gazing at the center as though in reverence.
In that moment, the crimson hellfire converged and took form.
The inferno rippled as if awakening to life, coalescing into a towering figure roughly three meters tall.
Muscular and imposing, commanding the hellfire as though it were its own—the Flame Demon.
-Where is the foolish wretch who dared summon me?
The creature, bursting forth as if from the gates of hell itself, blazed with fury as it gazed upward into the sky.
And there, I met its gaze.
Observing the demon, I muttered inwardly.
‘Is this raid boss-tier?’
As I smiled at this intriguing spectacle.
In that instant, the Flame Demon erupted into a booming laugh.
-Kahahaha!!! In this brief window of time, I shall incinerate this entire place!!!
So spoke the Flame Demon.
And I thought to myself as I watched.
‘If it’s raid boss-tier, will it grant experience points?’
I regarded the demon with anticipatory eyes.
In that moment, the demon felt a chill run down its spine and swallowed hard.
-‘Something feels… wrong?’
But by the time it sensed that wrongness, it was already too late.

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