The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 255

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Episode 255
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As the luminous blade, stretched long like taffy, plunged toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yoo Sung-hyun moved swiftly.
Shadow Drift propelled him away from the spot with the grace of a guiding hand, and the luminous blade struck the ground, radiating brilliant light.
The spherical radiance burst forth like a wave from where the blade struck, sweeping outward in expanding ripples.
Kwaaaaaaaa——!!!
Formidable power, yet the light that had dispersed in a spherical form suddenly condensed into a single point, streaking toward Yoo Sung-hyun like a flash.
Witnessing this, Yoo Sung-hyun moved his feet with nimble precision, clicking his tongue.
It wasn’t merely overwhelming in raw power.
Not only did it employ skills masterfully, but it also utilized their synergies and combinations.
Thus, Yoo Sung-hyun evaded the incoming flash.
This time, the other hand hurled the second blade, and the flashes bearing down on Yoo Sung-hyun doubled in number.
‘This is troublesome.’
As he heightened his speed using Shadow Drift, his form multiplied into afterimages.
The twin flashes wove through the countless afterimages with precision, piercing the space between them and sweeping them away.
Gradually, the intervals between the afterimages shortened.
When the flashes reached the end of the afterimages.
Yoo Sung-hyun employed Self in Darkness, activating two skills simultaneously.
With his left hand, he twisted teal-colored light into a spear and hurled it, while with the other hand, he drew a line through the air, launching crimson blood to form a scarlet crescent that he sent forth.
Kwaddddduck——!!!
Shiiiiing——!!!
The teal spear collided with the flashes, each attempting to pierce the other, while the scarlet crescent’s blade sought to sever the flashes, revealing its crimson aura.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun, as if doubting his own attacks, quickly withdrew from the spot, and just as he anticipated, the spear and blade failed to pierce or sever the flashes, instead being pierced through themselves, penetrating the space where Yoo Sung-hyun had stood.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The eerie sound of penetration.
Yoo Sung-hyun furrowed his brow, gazing at the spot.
The flashes that had pierced the ground returned to the Fallen Fragment of Asu as if heading home.
The flashes circled the Fallen Fragment of Asu, whose form resembled a lizardman or serpentine humanoid, before becoming two blades that orbited around it.
Seeing the dual-blade configuration, I thought it would engage in close combat.
It was completely different.
‘Hmm.’
I had assumed it was merely a healer given its exceptional healing abilities.
Yet its combat prowess itself was far from negligible.
I had planned to capture it, infuse its body with a soul, and keep it as a small serpent bracelet to handle recovery.
But it seemed I would be defeated before even capturing it.
Such idle thoughts crossed my mind.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun’s expression remained gravely serious.
‘This is not easy.’
Had I possessed other minions, things would have been different.
What can I do about something that doesn’t exist?
The moment I thought this, the Fallen Fragment of Asu began to move.
Rising into the air, I grasped the streaks of light wings behind my back with both hands and tore them out.
Those two wings transformed into a pair of twin blades in the Fallen Fragment of Asu’s hands.
A suspicion flashed through Yoo Sung-hyun’s mind.
The moment the Fallen Fragment of Asu released its hands, the four blades that had now formed simultaneously became light swords and flew toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Whoooosh——!!!
Whoooosh——!!!
Whoooosh——!!!
Whoooosh——!!!
Four light swords with long tails like comets drew lines through the air as they descended.
The four light swords, which embroidered light across the void with their long tails, resembled comets, yet their speed surpassed even meteors.
Most of all, the four blades descended in the shape of a crane, surrounding Yoo Sung-hyun from different angles.
The shadows within darkness were still unavailable to use.
Even if they were, at that speed, it would be too late.
The only option was counterattack.
Watching the incoming light swords, Yoo Sung-hyun quickly extended his left hand and grasped something.
What appeared in the void was none other than a grimoire.
The Grimoire of Ruin, inscribed with forbidden magic of the Mortal Realm, materialized and scattered light in all directions, which then converged into a single form.
Various geometric shapes and patterns bloomed in the air, gathering into one.
A magic circle unfurled before Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes.
From within the Grimoire of Ruin emerged the torrential waters that once nearly annihilated humanity—Noah’s Great Flood—manifesting anew in the Mortal Realm.
From the magic circle spread around Yoo Sung-hyun, as if all the air in this region had been replaced with water, the surroundings instantly transformed into water, creating violent waves that swept away the four light swords.
Crash——————!!!
No matter how meteorically the four light swords descended, they could not cut through Noah’s Great Flood, and as they were all buried, the Fallen Fragment of Asu flinched slightly.
The ground beneath its feet had been empty just moments before.
In the instant it tried to rise higher, bewildered by the fierce flood reaching up to its feet.
A shadow emerged from the flood directly beneath where the Fallen Fragment of Asu stood.
The Fallen Fragment of Asu reacted immediately upon seeing it, drawing another light sword from its wings and firing it, but.
That shadow was not Yoo Sung-hyun.
Literally a shadow created as the Lord of Darkness.
The moment it confirmed this was a clone, the Fallen Fragment of Asu looked around.
Nearby, it could make eye contact with Yoo Sung-hyun casting a skill toward the Fallen Fragment of Asu.
It was a trap.
Upon realizing this, in the moment it tried to draw another light sword from its wings.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s skill manifested first.
The form of darkness creeping up slowly.
The surroundings felt as though they had become silent in an instant, yet only behind its back did it sense a presence.
Feeling as though someone’s gaze was directed from behind, the Fallen Fragment of Asu slowly turned its head.
There it was.
The Giant Witch, laughing with a torn expression, held needles and thread that glowed teal.
Kee—kee—kee—kee—
In that instant, teal thread was already sewn through the Fallen Fragment of Asu’s mouth, and the two luminous blades that had been in its hands just moments before had vanished.
The Fallen Fragment of Asu tore the thread apart with its purification power.
Crack-crack-crack!!!
A pain as if flesh were being ripped away surged through it.
But it didn’t matter.
It could regenerate anyway.
However, in the brief moment the Fallen Fragment of Asu was lifting the lord’s silence curse.
Yoo Sung-hyun unleashed the Grasp of the Abyss.
The Fallen Fragment of Asu, seized by the grasp extending from the abyss that purification could never block, widened its eyes, and Yoo Sung-hyun swiftly appeared before it, grasped Hindel’s blade, and triggered Blade Torrent.
Dozens of rapid strikes fired in succession, each one stacking, and countless Death Grasps manifested as the blade darkened and the Dirge of Ghosts rang out.
With the cry of the black blade, the Grim Reaper appeared and severed the Fallen Fragment of Asu’s neck with its scythe.
Keeeeeeee———!!!
Shhhhhhng———!!!
The Grim Reaper’s scythe clearly cut through the Fallen Fragment of Asu’s neck, and the black blade’s cry spread the wounds outward.
Yet the Fallen Fragment of Asu remained unscathed.
And the moment the Grasp of the Abyss ended, six luminous blades materialized and flew toward Yoo Sung-hyun, but he didn’t stop there and activated the Eye of the Deep.
Flash———!
Upon meeting the Eye of the Deep that suddenly appeared in the void.
For an instant, the Fallen Fragment of Asu was seized by terror, sensing something manifest before it.
It was none other than its companion—the calamitous serpent that would devour the world.
Apophis, god of the black serpents, appeared before it, swallowing it whole once more.
Just before purification activated and that terrifying illusion vanished.
Yoo Sung-hyun summoned the Phantom of Dread using his self within darkness.
The Phantom of Dread, which he believed would hold out for a moment despite the unfavorable matchup, materialized.
And Apophis, the terror of the Fallen Fragment of Asu, became vividly real and lunged forward.
Then the small white serpent that had been sitting docilely atop the Fallen Fragment of Asu’s head trembled violently in shock.
-Ssssshhh!?
It too was terrified of Apophis’s appearance.
It was unfortunate, but unavoidable.
The Phantom of Dread manifested as a black serpent like Apophis and lunged forward, causing the Fallen Fragment of Asu to lose all reason and fire all its luminous blades not at Yoo Sung-hyun but at the Phantom of Dread.
With a reliable tank taking the hits.
Yoo Sung-hyun could finally catch his breath, and watching various skills rain down on the Phantom of Dread, he shook his head as if tired.
‘This is insane.’
How is it even surviving that?
Such thoughts crossed his mind, but he too had a plan.
As if gripped by overwhelming terror.
Or thrashing to shake off trauma, the Fallen Fragment of Asu faced Yoo Sung-hyun, who activated yet another skill.
The Dread Lord of the Abyss.
I could feel all my ability stats rising along with the effect of absorbing health and mana from the enemies paralyzed by fear.
This would be enough.
Yoo Sung-hyun used that recovered mana and elevated stats to summon the Book of Ruin.
But it was different from before.
If the Book of Ruin from earlier was real.
This Book of Ruin appeared far too thin and shabby compared to before.
Since it was the Record of Ruin that could summon recorded skills from the Book of Ruin, I drew out the recorded ruin from my grasp.
Then, a brilliantly white lightning bolt gleamed sharply in Yoo Sung-hyun’s hand.
As Yoo Sung-hyun hurled the blindingly white lightning bolt, it shot forth toward the Fallen Fragment of Asu, which was struggling desperately to shake off the phantom of fear.
The lightning bolt shot forth, bleaching the entire world in brilliant white.
The moment the Fallen Fragment of Asu saw that lightning bolt hurtling toward it, it sensed something amiss.
The fact that its power had been considerably depleted.
Where had its strength been leaking away?
As that realization struck, the abyss beneath the Fallen Fragment of Asu writhed and grinned greedily.
Watching the abyss smile as if satisfied with its meal, the Fallen Fragment of Asu gradually became dyed by the light like paper, and soon its very form was consumed by the radiance.
Kwaaaaarrrrng———!!!
Thunder roared belatedly.
And the brilliantly white body that the Fallen Fragment of Asu had boasted of was nowhere to be found—it crumbled into ash.
Yet even as it did, it began regenerating, attempting to restore its form once more.
[The 『Corrupted Heart』 has been destroyed.]
[The healing power of the 『Fallen Savior Snake, Fallen Fragment of Asu』 is greatly weakened.]
The message appeared, and after that message, the regenerative power of the creature attempting to reform its shape dropped dramatically.
Unable to maintain its form, it crumbled into ash and could no longer sustain its serpentine humanoid appearance.
Gradually it reverted to its original state, transforming back into the pristine white serpent it had been at first.
The creature that had flaunted its brilliant white flesh.
Could no longer withstand the force and collapsed forward.
Kuuuuung——!
Its massive body crashed down.
And as it fell.
Something glimmered and descended through the empty air.
It was a crown crafted from black crystal, shining with a radiant light that seemed utterly out of place in this realm, and it slowly descended toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
As Yoo Sung-hyun caught it, his eyes widened in astonishment.
‘What…?’

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