The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 292

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Episode 292
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Yoo Sung-hyun hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should mention it or not.
That those granules were not the ancestors’ souls, but rather the ancestors’ souls were standing right behind her.
However, he chose to remain silent and composed.
After all, he should at least attempt a conversation.
As Yoo Sung-hyun stayed quiet,
the Old Woman NPC nodded at him understandingly and spoke.
“It is a humble place, but do sit.”
“…Yes.”
Yoo Sung-hyun answered thus and took a seat across from the Old Woman NPC.
The Old Woman NPC observed Yoo Sung-hyun intently.
Just as Yoo Sung-hyun had been startled by the ancestors’ spirits, the Old Woman NPC was equally astonished upon seeing him.
She had sensed his lordly nature long ago,
but seeing him in person now, she marveled at the mysterious power she felt emanating from him.
There was something about Yoo Sung-hyun that seemed to draw her in—a sensation she could not quite explain.
Of course, as death drew near for the Old Woman NPC, her soul had slightly separated from her body, allowing her to perceive that mysterious power in Yoo Sung-hyun.
But she could not have known this.
‘Truly, a remarkable being.’
Regardless, apart from his lordly power, the Old Woman NPC could not help but acknowledge Yoo Sung-hyun because of that mysterious force she sensed.
Meanwhile, Yoo Sung-hyun
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‘Ah. Indeed, they are descendants of the Grand Shaman lineage.’
I was absorbing the memories and experiences of my ancestors, and through them, I was able to glean considerable information.
About the circumstances they now faced,
the most essential matters,
and everything concerning Demons as well.
As I realized I now understood everything,
the Old Woman NPC spoke to me.
“Tsk tsk tsk, you must have many questions for us.”
She said this, preparing to listen in silence,
when the ancestral spirits behind the Old Woman NPC began chattering away.
-Ugh! I hate seeing that smug look on his face.
-Noble one, just tell him you know everything!
-Ew, having to look at us too makes my eyes hurt.
He was saying it so emphatically.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded in understanding and spoke.
“No, your ancestors’ spirits told me everything.”
“…What???”
At those words, the Old Woman NPC looked at Yoo Sung-hyun with evident bewilderment.
And soon after, her brow furrowed in displeasure.
She wondered if he was just spouting honeyed words like some charlatan shaman.
Yes, the lord radiated a mysterious power.
But ultimately, he was still a foreigner, wasn’t he?
And now he claimed the spirits of her ancestors had told him?
She herself couldn’t even understand what her ancestors’ spirits were saying.
If you’re going to lie, at least be subtle about it.
Why didn’t he understand that this only bred resentment?
‘Hmph, one must hide falsehood within truth.’
The Old Woman NPC regarded him with clear displeasure.
She decided she ought to test him a bit.
She needed to see just how much he actually knew.
With that intention, just as she was about to speak—
“I’ve already heard from Taucan that the Demons stripped the village bare. Even if your ancestors’ spirits told you, there would still be gaps in your knowledge. As for how you came to the Slum District—after the initial attack, the Grand Shaman bound the Demons with the power of nature and barely managed to escape.”
“…???”
How could he possibly know that?
The Old Woman NPC was so flustered she couldn’t form words, her mouth hanging open in shock.
And watching her, Yoo Sung-hyun continued.
“To tell you more, when the previous Grand Shaman inherited the position of Grand Shaman, she cried and said she didn’t want to, that she wanted to get mar——”
“S-stop! I, I believe you!!!”
“Huh?”
“I, I really do believe you now, s-stop before others hear, please.”
Even as she said this, there was still a hint of skepticism in her eyes.
“Would you like me to tell you what the previous Grand Shaman answered?”
“…W-what?”
“With your face, marriage was——”
“S-stop, ah, I understand. I believe you.”
When Yoo Sung-hyun spoke with perfect precision, not a single syllable out of place.
The Old Woman NPC threw up both hands in surrender.
How could this possibly be happening?
At first she was embarrassed and startled.
“Huh… So you can actually hear the stories of ancestral spirits…”
Now she murmured as if she truly couldn’t believe it.
She had always wanted to hear the stories from her ancestors’ spirits somehow, and based on those tales, practice shamanism wisely.
Yet this foreign lord could accomplish what she herself could not.
I felt a twinge of jealousy, yes.
But more than that, I gazed at Yoo Sung-hyun with a mixture of awe and fear at his tremendous power.
Meanwhile, Yoo Sung-hyun himself.
After conversing with the Grand Shaman in that manner.
[Scenario Quest, ‘The Natives’ Settlement’ has been cleared.]
[You obtain the reward.]
[Scenario Quest, ‘The Slum District of Heptarion’ is generated.]
Upon confirming the new Quest, he felt satisfied.
The more Quests that continued, the higher the probability of reaching the Demons.
Now that today would pass, two days would have elapsed.
Though time had grown somewhat tighter, Yoo Sung-hyun maintained an air of composure.
Having found the natives.
The matter was essentially resolved.
As long as the natives hadn’t all disappeared.
The Demons would need the natives to secure their materials.
Which meant.
‘The culprit always reveals themselves eventually.’
The Demons would certainly come to this place.
And that Demon would likely.
‘Be one working within the Magic Tower.’
Then the tail would be caught.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled at this thought.
It seemed he could construct a trap far simpler than expected.
7.
Heptarion in the dead of night.
Knights patrolled the streets and alleys, watching for anything suspicious, and the interior of the city exuded a distinctly tense atmosphere.
And within that darkened city, a single shadow moved swiftly across the rooftops, muttering complaints.
‘If it weren’t for the Sword Saint’s wanted notice, I could move far more easily.’
The existence prowling the rooftops was none other than a Demon that had infiltrated the city.
The others had work to do and were currently very busy.
So it was natural that I, infiltrated in the city, had to handle this task, but it was hardly pleasant.
No matter that they were humans, the knights of the Riescan Kingdom.
Each one possessed considerable skill, so even a Demon had to be cautious and move carefully to avoid being spotted.
The reason the Demon moved about was simple.
‘I heard there are natives wandering about in the city as well.’
The fact that such creatures existed meant.
If I captured them and made them talk, I could learn where the remaining natives were hiding.
That’s why I moved about like a shadow.
However, few humans living in the city knew where the natives gathered and lived.
But I already had a reasonable guess, didn’t I.
‘Mere humans discriminating amongst themselves. They’re bound to live in that garbage heap.’
The indigenous people who faced discrimination.
I was certain they’d be in the Slum District, so I headed there first.
While making my way toward the Slum District.
Sensing something amiss, the Demon turned its head.
“…?”
A sword strike hurtled toward the Demon from that direction.
The blade was filled with stars that seemed to contain the cosmos itself, and the Demon couldn’t help but flinch at that strike.
‘What is this…!?’
My concealment and infiltration had been flawless.
Yet a sword strike came flying at me without warning.
Had I been discovered by a knight?
With that thought, I tried to raise my hand to block it.
But feeling that cosmic energy burning in my hand, I quickly deflected the sword strike.
Shiiiiiing——!!!
The sword strike shot skyward and vanished into the void, and in that instant, someone rushed toward the Demon, who had transformed like a shadow.
A single knight bearing the insignia of the Magic Tower, charging forward.
The Demon recognized that face well.
And seeing that knight, the Demon gnashed its teeth.
‘How did you discover me!?’
If they hadn’t known in advance that I would appear here, it wouldn’t have been easy to find me.
But feeling that compatibility aura radiating from them.
‘They’re a being with perfect counter-compatibility to me.’
A knight with perfect counter-compatibility to demonic energy.
Perhaps that’s how they knew.
And if I remained here, they would certainly rush at me.
What should I do?
Should I flee?
But the Sword Saint arrives in just a few days.
‘I… I need to gather materials.’
Caught in this dilemma, in that very moment, the knight charged forward, extending a long tail like a comet’s wake through the air in an instant.
Seeing that, the Demon gnashed its teeth and thought inwardly.
‘Damn it. I need to deal with that one first.’
They would certainly be the biggest obstacle to gathering materials.
But stopping them here wouldn’t be easy.
Any commotion would bring other knights rushing in, and they would certainly side with this knight whose identity was revealed.
That absolutely couldn’t happen.
With that thought, the Demon quickly wrapped itself in demonic energy and attempted to use transference to vanish from that spot.
I had to retreat for now.
But in that very moment.
A light like starlight that had coalesced into a single blade shot forth.
The Demon’s shoulder was pierced in an instant by that sword.
Whoooosh——!!!
“Krraaaagh!!!”
It shrieked in agony.
But it was fine.
The transfer was complete, and the Demon vanished from that spot in a heartbeat.
And Yoo Sung-hyun, having let the Demon slip away, smiled as he gazed at that place.
Where ashen blood, not crimson, had fallen.
Looking at it, I muttered as if I’d expected this all along.
“I knew you’d come.”
I’d thought the date the Sword Saint had promised to arrive wasn’t just a deadline for me.
And indeed, it wasn’t.
-Now I can be certain.
“Yeah. This just got interesting.”
Around the time Yoo Sung-hyun and Helena were speaking thus on the rooftop.
The Demon who had moved to the Magic Tower ground its teeth while treating the blood-soaked wound in its research chamber.
‘That Guard Knight newcomer….’
Normally, I’d left it alone, worried that a sudden disappearance would seem suspicious.
But I had to kill it somehow.
The Demon ground its teeth as it waited for dawn.
I’ll kill it no matter what.
However.
‘I can’t do it alone.’
I decided I’d have to bring it to where my colleagues are.
8.
The next day.
Like any other day, Yoo Sung-hyun reported to the Magic Tower for work.
Though there was one difference from usual.
“Hey, Yoo Sung, the Captain was looking for you.”
“Yes, understood.”
I was summoned immediately upon arrival.
Though such a thing hadn’t happened in several days, I didn’t make much of it.
Or rather.
‘As expected.’
Wondering how it would unfold, I headed straight to the Captain’s office upon being summoned by the Guard Knight Commander.
Upon arriving at the Captain’s office.
Unexpectedly, there was no one in the office besides the Captain.
Wasn’t that what I’d anticipated?
As I had that thought, I looked at the Captain.
The Captain spoke to Yoo Sung-hyun, who was standing before him.
“Ah, the reason I called you in is that we have an escort mission today as well.”
“Is that so?”
As expected.
I nodded in understanding at the Captain’s words.
Then the Captain spoke to me again.
“Today’s client is quite particular, so you’ll need to be especially attentive.”
“Yes, understood.”
The moment I gave that response.
The door to the Captain’s office opened, and as the visitor entered, the Captain made the introduction.
“This is the mage Edian.”
A man named Edian, emanating a gloomy atmosphere.
And I greeted him in turn.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you.”
Looking at Edian, I thought to myself.
‘Found him.’

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