The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 259

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Episode 259
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4.
After filling my belly with premium beef the night before, I woke at dawn and jogged lightly around the neighborhood.
I maintained an impressive pace of under three minutes per kilometer.
Yet it didn’t feel particularly strenuous.
“Hah.”
Drawing in a deep breath and exhaling.
The still-cold air of dawn filled my lungs completely.
The crisp air, so cold it created the illusion of my muscles freezing, left me feeling refreshed as I finished my run and headed home.
I hadn’t sweated profusely.
But I had perspired nonetheless.
After showering, I finished breakfast with my family.
Then I immediately entered the Capsule and logged in.
I’d already decided where to go after hearing from my older sister Yoo Mi-na.
Lumencia.
The City of Seven Lights, as they called it.
A city with many priests.
Let’s head there right away.
[Welcome to Eternal World, another world and an eternal one.]
[May fortune favor you, Player Yoo Sung-hyun.]
I dismissed the familiar welcome message casually.
As I logged in.
I appeared at the platform where I’d logged out yesterday.
The moment I appeared, the platform attendants moved busily as if they’d prepared in advance, guiding me toward a carriage.
“Please board here.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“Not at all. Everything is for the Successor.”
They’re definitely from Overpalace, as expected.
In any case, as I climbed onto the carriage.
Before closing the door, the attendant asked me.
“Where would you like to go?”
“Lumencia, please.”
“Understood. I shall ensure your comfort.”
Previously, I’d sometimes taken portals for direct travel.
But I actually preferred traveling by carriage even if it took longer.
I could see the surrounding scenery.
And there was a real sense of actually traveling.
Portal travel seemed better suited for moving between cities of the same tier.
In any case, as I boarded the carriage.
The carriage moved slowly, advancing steadily.
I gazed at the surrounding landscape.
From inside the carriage heading toward the next region, the scenery unfolded before me.
Vast expanses of the Battlefield and the carriage traversing it swiftly.
Since Overpalace had prepared this,
it was certainly a high-class carriage.
‘Not even a tremor, like some luxury vehicle.’
I waited for a while, gazing at the scenery.
Then I suddenly pulled a book from my inventory.
It was pleasant enough to enjoy the view with a relaxed mind.
But waiting like this was difficult.
It was none other than the Lord’s Tome.
Hadn’t I been anticipating which lord-class skill I would obtain since yesterday?
I even thought I should have just chosen yesterday instead.
‘It does look impressive.’
Perhaps because the book’s cover was elegant and ranked among the highest tier even among Almighty-class items?
A mysterious light emanated from the pages.
I opened the book with great anticipation.
I quickly skipped past the meaningless confirmation text asking if I truly wanted to use the Lord’s Tome.
Of course I intended to use it.
As I opened the book,
a list of new lord-class skills appeared.
[You use 『Lord’s Tome』.]
[You can now select a lord currently inherent within 『Overload』.]
[Displaying the list.]
『Lord of Silence』
『Inferno Lord』
『Lord of Masks』
Three lord-class skills.
However.
‘Huh?’
One of them had a different color.
The text was inscribed with the same mystical luminescence that flowed from the book.
Only Inferno Lord displayed it that way.
Unlike Lord of Silence and Lord of Masks, Inferno Lord was written in English.
It didn’t seem to be just because it alone was written as “Lord”.
‘Why is it different?’
It must mean that one is superior.
But why?
‘Lord of Silence must be a skill from the same lineage as the Lord’s Silence Command.’
It seemed like a Lord-tier skill that seals or blocks other skills.
That one looked appealing too.
And.
‘What about the Lord of Masks?’
The Lord of Masks was utterly incomprehensible to me.
Was it because they wore a mask?
Did that really grant Lord-tier skills?
Such thoughts crossed my mind.
But the choice was already made.
I couldn’t possibly ignore something radiating such brilliant, dazzling light.
Inferno Lord.
A skill that likely appeared on the list due to the influence of hellfire.
And.
‘Does this mean I’ve satisfied the conditions?’
Yoo Sung-hyun thought as much and immediately selected Inferno Lord without hesitation.
Then.
[『Tome of the Lord』 disappears.]
[『Inferno Lord』 inherent within 『Overload』 is now unlocked!]
[You acquire the Almighty-grade skill, 『Inferno Lord』!]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Inferno Lord』 examines the current flame-attribute skills of user 『Yoo Sung-hyun』.]
[Conditions are forcibly satisfied.]
[『Overload』 Third Advancement (Complete)]
[Skill, 『Hellfire』 acquired (Complete)]
[『Forgotten Mythology』 acquired (Complete)]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Inferno Lord』 awakens its true power.]
[Flame-attribute skills are integrated into 『Inferno Lord』.]
[Integrated skills can be used as their original forms and can also be manifested through the 『Inferno Lord』 skill.]
‘Wow.’
Inferno Lord, awakening its true power the moment it was unlocked.
The Lord of Blood, which I’d obtained first, might feel a bit slighted.
But what could I do about it opening immediately upon acquisition?
Yoo Sung-hyun opened the description window for Inferno Lord.
『Inferno Lord』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 1][Growth-type]
[Composite]
One who harbors the torrent of hellfire—their footsteps become ash and screams.
→Exclusive skill for Overload.
→A skill created by integrating all previously used skills into one.
→All previously integrated skills can be used individually, and additionally can also be manifested through Inferno Lord.
→You can freely imagine and use the aura of hellfire as you wish.
→However, mana is consumed in proportion to how freely you use it.
→The power is also determined by damage proportional to the mana consumed.
‘Wow.’
It had the same effect as the Lord of Darkness, rather than the Blood Lord or the Lord of Abyssal Terror.
There were no additional effects, and like the Lord of Darkness, I could freely manipulate the aura of hellfire.
The Terror Lord had similarly changed as well.
Other than changing to slightly ambiguous expressions like stimulating fear, materializing fear, and absorbing fear, I didn’t feel like anything particularly different had changed.
Anyway, as Yoo Sung-hyun examined the effects of Inferno Lord and raised his index finger.
With a crackling sound, flames erupted.
Mysterious and ominous violet flames.
Yoo Sung-hyun marveled at those purple flames.
‘The hellfire skill was dark red, so this is interesting.’
Did the color change because it was the Inferno Lord with its true power awakened?
Or could deeper hellfire look like this?
Yoo Sung-hyun decided to ask Baltar about it later, and looking out the carriage window, he wanted to test the Inferno Lord quickly.
Not long after that.
In the distance, a beautiful city wrapped in seven lights appeared.
As the city gradually came into view.
The coachman spoke to Yoo Sung-hyun.
“We will arrive at Lumencia shortly.”
The beautiful scenery of the city.
However, Yoo Sung-hyun was only preparing to head to the Hunting Ground quickly.
5.
Lumencia, the city of the Seventh Region and also known by the epithet “City of Seven Lights.”
If you learned the deepening of your profession in the Sixth Region.
Then in the Seventh Region, it could be said to be a place that valued relationships with NPCs.
To be precise, it was one of the places where the worldview gradually expanded?
Until now, lords and nobles had existed.
But from now on, it could be said to be a region where those characteristics stood out more.
Until now, the focus had been on the game or the user themselves.
Now it was a turning point where the focus shifted to NPCs—to this world itself.
So from the seventh city onward, each city had specific scenarios.
Lumencia was no exception.
Usually, when arriving at the Seventh Region, players first examined those characteristics.
Or they came knowing beforehand and showed signs of joining that scenario.
Unaware of this, Yoo Sung-hyun headed straight to the Hunting Ground.
Just like in other regions.
In the Hunting Ground that appeared, countless undead were scattered about.
‘A city of light, yet so many undead?’
I had that thought for a moment.
But it didn’t matter.
Yoo Sung-hyun paid no mind and summoned flames to test the Inferno Road.
Vast amounts of mana transformed into violet fire, spreading outward with the intent to incinerate the world itself.
Whoooosh——.
Roooaaarrr——!!
In an instant, the inferno consumed the entire vicinity, blazing with the fury to burn everything to ash.
Flames that engulfed the surrounding space.
Yoo Sung-hyun let out a brief exclamation of admiration.
The darkness itself that I had manifested as the Lord of Darkness honestly lacked real destructive power.
Darkness meant for obstruction or obscuring vision, or darkness capable of exerting physical force—nothing more.
But fire was different.
The moment it touched anything, it incinerated all undead and reduced them to ash, while the surrounding earth turned gray with cinders.
A flame that needed only to emanate its aura and make contact to deal damage.
‘It’s on a completely different level from the Lord of Darkness.’
Even the sense of danger it inspired left me momentarily astonished.
Of course, it consumed far more mana than when using the Lord of Darkness, but it was worth it.
With this level of power, it was more than justified.
I manipulated the flames freely,
shaping them into the form of a dragon that soared through the air.
‘Wow.’
Honestly, the appearance and visual spectacle alone were truly overwhelming.
As the Lord-tier skills accumulated, I wouldn’t need to memorize each one individually.
Of course, the most powerful skills were far more effective when used directly rather than through Lord-tier abilities.
But the freedom they offered was considerable.
The undead scattered in panic, attempting to flee at the sight of me.
In that moment.
‘What is this?’
The undead trying to escape.
That part didn’t make sense to me.
Undead were beings without fear.
So trembling in terror and fleeing like this shouldn’t have been possible.
The Obsidian Twilight Crown had strengthened my control over the undead, true.
But I hadn’t intended this.
In that moment, I perceived an abyssal light emanating from the undead and understood.
‘Is this the power of the Lord of Fear?’
I wielded the power I felt from the Lord of Fear, wrapping them in terror.
The undead, seized by fear yet unable to flee, trembled violently in place.
Simultaneously, the violet dragon-shaped flame opened its maw and consumed them, reducing them to ash as well.
‘Wow.’
At first, I thought the Lord of Terror was nothing special.
But if things go like this, the story changes entirely, doesn’t it?
While Yoo Sung-hyun entertained himself with more flames, lost in such thoughts.
Users suddenly appeared, approaching after witnessing it.
What’s this?
‘Is this a Hunting Ground with available spots?’
No, that couldn’t be it.
Undead were scattered everywhere, so it wouldn’t be strange to hunt anywhere.
Then, seeing users rapidly approaching him, Yoo Sung-hyun erected a wall of violet flames toward the undead and turned to face the users.
Soon after, one of the users who had approached Yoo Sung-hyun looked at him with hopeful eyes and asked.
“Would you perhaps join us in hunting the Demon King?”
“Pardon?”
At those words, Yoo Sung-hyun was taken aback and thought.
‘Are they asking me to be hunted?’
Of course, that wasn’t what they meant.

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