The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 311

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Episode 311
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2.
As the scenario unfolded.
Just as in the previous book, the intervening story flowed into my consciousness.
The events that transpired after Will fled the Village.
Whether Will’s impression of mercenaries had improved after witnessing Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros.
Or perhaps there was simply nothing else to do.
He lived as a mercenary.
At first, when the boy declared his intention to become a mercenary, he was nothing but a laughingstock.
But once he revealed his concealed Dark Magic.
He had no choice but to be treated as a mage.
Though it was Dark Magic, there were quite a few spells that resembled ordinary magic.
It had been written in the book Helena gave him.
“I wish I had learned these spells beforehand….”
Such regrets washed over me as well.
If I had learned such magic first.
Would the story have unfolded differently?
Since I had learned Necromancy first, such circumstances did arise.
But the regret was fleeting.
After all, if the villagers had discovered it was Dark Magic, the outcome would have been the same, and there was no telling how long I could have hidden it anyway.
It was truly unfortunate.
But what could be done?
I had to endure and survive.
Thus Will lived with unwavering resolve.
How much time had passed since then?
By the time the boy had shed his youth and become a young man.
Such news reached Will’s ears as a mercenary.
“I heard there’s a Demon Subjugation?”
“A Demon Subjugation?”
“What? You live without hearing such things?”
“What is it? Tell me quickly!”
So spoke the other mercenaries among themselves.
Will too focused intently on their conversation.
“They say a den of Demons was discovered in a nearby territory? A Subjugation Force has been formed to conduct a large-scale extermination there.”
“Well! A chance to earn coin!”
“But here’s something strange—there are Dark Mages who have stepped forward to eliminate those Demons!”
“What!? Are they traitors to the Demon Race?!”
“I’m not sure about that, but in any case, they’re leading the subjugation effort.”
Upon hearing this, Will’s fists clenched with tension.
Demons!
And Dark Mages leading the charge to subjugate such creatures.
Upon hearing this tale, Will immediately recalled Helena.
His mentor who had taught him that Dark Magic and the Demon Race were fundamentally different.
Because of this, Will approached those mercenaries and asked.
“Where is that territory located?”
“Oh? Are you thinking of heading there yourself?”
“Youth truly is a wonderful thing!”
Even as they spoke, the mercenaries promptly provided the information and demanded a finder’s fee.
Will handed over the fee without hesitation, as if it were the most natural thing.
In the mercenary world, such transactions were commonplace.
Thus, Will set out toward the territory where the subjugation was to take place.
To exact vengeance upon the Demons who had so thoroughly altered the perception of Dark Mages—including himself.
Though vengeance was perhaps too grand a word for it.
“I’m simply going to vent my frustrations.”
With those words, Will headed toward the territory for the subjugation.
The vision ended there, and after witnessing the entire sequence, Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros spoke briefly.
“So the vengeance was about the Demons.”
“Indeed.”
“That’s Will for you. Too kindhearted for his own good.”
Yoo Sung-hyun agreed with that assessment.
Though he didn’t know where the territory with the Subjugation Force was located.
He felt a nagging sense of unease.
“A territory of the Riescan Kingdom, then.”
“Is something bothering you?”
“No.”
Yoo Sung-hyun concealed the truth in response to Barbaros’s question.
In fact, this was the era when Helena still lived in the Riescan Kingdom.
It was possible that it had no connection to the Demons at all.
Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head, deciding to accept it as such.
For now, let’s focus on the subjugation.
Speaking with that resolve.
Barbaros nodded in agreement.
After all, Barbaros had nothing particularly important besides the book.
So he wasn’t especially curious.
If it was meant to appear in the narrative, they would learn of it this time anyway.
Once they made up their minds to proceed.
The surroundings shifted in an instant, and they found themselves gathered in the grand plaza where the Subjugation Force assembled.
“There are more than I expected.”
“Indeed.”
The moment we were transported, both of us felt a bit taken aback upon seeing so many people gathered.
So many members of the Subjugation Force.
Judging by the insignia they held, it seemed everyone here was indeed part of the Subjugation Force.
Then.
Yoo Sung-hyun surveyed the surroundings but didn’t recognize any familiar faces yet.
Whether it was Will or figures from the past.
For now, I simply let it pass.
I could see someone ascending onto what looked like a stage standing before the grand plaza.
“Oh, someone’s coming up.”
“Looks like they’re from the Knights Order of the Riescan Kingdom leading this Subjugation Force.”
“I heard Dark Mages are participating too—what’s going on?”
“Hmm, weren’t they the ones connected to the Demon Race?”
Seeing several people flinch at those words.
They appeared to be Dark Mages, and only Yoo Sung-hyun smirked upon witnessing it.
Unfortunately, Barbaros hadn’t seen those flinching figures.
It seemed there were more people living in hiding in this era than expected.
‘Of course they’d resent the Demon Race so much.’
Since all the rumors had been tied to the Demon Race.
I thought things might improve if word spread that Dark Mages were exterminating the Demon Race.
Thus, the subjugation of the Demon Race could truly be called vengeance.
With such thoughts, Yoo Sung-hyun surveyed the surroundings and gazed upon the knight standing before the grand plaza.
He began to speak as if opening a ceremonial departure.
“I am Cairo, Captain of the Solnaitz of the great Riescan Kingdom!!! I stand before you to take command of this Subjugation Force!!!”
What followed was the usual rhetoric.
Commonplace talk about facing the expedition with courage and relying on one another.
Even Barbaros, who enjoyed stories, found such hackneyed words somewhat tedious.
Yet when the section about the Demon Race that followed came, Barbaros listened with gleaming eyes.
To summarize, there was apparently a mine located a distance requiring about two days of travel from here.
And the Demon Race had established themselves there, or so the report went.
For some reason, the Demon Race had planted their hearts in that mine and were scheming something.
The Dark Mages had provided this information, and they would fight together with them, or so the account continued.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded upon hearing this.
‘So the Dark Mages did report it.’
If one deliberately conceals demonic energy, it’s extraordinarily difficult to detect.
Somehow the Dark Mages had noticed and reported it.
And it seemed they had become part of the Subjugation Force as well.
However, since it was under the Riescan Kingdom’s jurisdiction.
I felt somewhat suspicious.
After all, wasn’t it the Riescan Kingdom that killed Helena using underhanded methods even in this era?
Those petty fools who had colluded with other Magic Towers.
I couldn’t let my guard down.
And so the departure ceremony came to an end.
Everyone prepared themselves for the expedition.
The numbers were staggering—hundreds in total.
The precise count exceeded seven hundred.
“There really are a lot of people.”
It wasn’t quite a thousand, but
one could say that every individual who gathered was an elite.
Because of this, no one harbored any concerns.
Moreover, it would be inefficient for all these people to move as one unit.
So they divided into teams of roughly fifty members each.
Thus split into a total of fifteen teams, Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros were assigned to three teams.
The teams were distributed based on visible combat ability.
So I could tell they’d been placed in surprisingly high-ranking teams.
As we moved about in Team Three like that,
“…Huh?”
A voice came from behind Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros.
And as expected, the moment they heard that voice, Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros turned their heads.
And there was indeed a familiar face.
Will, who had shed almost all traces of youth and could now be called a young man rather than a boy, stood there, and Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros greeted him with smiles.
And just as it had been the last time they met,
they welcomed him with the same response.
“It’s been a while.”
“Have you been well?”
At Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros’s words, Will approached them with a slightly choked expression, embracing them as he spoke.
“Brothers….”
For them, only a few hours had passed.
But for Will, several years had flowed by.
So that emotion was keenly felt.
The two of them patted Will’s back gently and spoke.
“You must have been through a lot.”
“That’s for sure.”
“…No, I’ve been well. It’s all thanks to you both.”
Seeing Will speak like that, Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros smiled warmly, thinking how well he’d grown.
It seemed Will had been assigned to the same team as us.
“Since we’re on the same team, shall we move together?”
“…Is that okay? I….”
At Barbaros’s words, Will spoke hesitantly.
Will still bore wounds and wavered uncertainly.
And seeing Will like that, Yoo Sung-hyun smiled faintly and spread his hand, letting darkness bloom forth.
Will’s eyes widened to the size of a lantern upon witnessing it, and he swallowed hard.
The power Yoo Sung-hyun displayed was none other than dark magic.
Since Yoo Sung-hyun had never directly demonstrated dark magic before.
It was as good as the first time Will had ever seen it.
Watching Will’s startled reaction, Yoo Sung-hyun spoke.
“Do you think it would be alright if we traveled together?”
“…Of course.”
Will answered as if moved by Yoo Sung-hyun’s words, and Yoo Sung-hyun nodded.
Thus I began traveling with Will, and time skipped ahead intermittently.
Watching this, Yoo Sung-hyun and Barbaros smiled with some relief.
“It seems it didn’t last for several days.”
“From what I can see, it looks like at most two days.”
Yoo Sung-hyun answered to Barbaros’s remark.
While it was good that time skipped.
Observing how things flowed normally in between, Yoo Sung-hyun examined his surroundings carefully.
Wondering if there was anything he might have overlooked.
Then, at that moment.
Strange words drifted from somewhere.
“Hey, do you know why all these Demons have gathered in the Mine?”
“Hm? You mean you know the reason?”
Curious about this himself, Yoo Sung-hyun carefully approached, and Will and Barbaros likewise drew near, intrigued.
Since they were resting from their march, they listened from inside a hastily erected tent.
The voices of those speaking outside came through without any barrier.
“Have you ever heard of the Demon King that the Hero Hindel is supposedly chasing?”
“Ah! The Demon King. That red-haired Witch, right?”
“That’s right, I don’t know her name well, but they say she’s the culprit.”
“What?! Is that how the title Demon King came about?”
At those words, Will’s body suddenly trembled.
As if knowing that it was Helena.
But for now, he held back, and Yoo Sung-hyun also listened intently.
“So there was talk that Hindel might have participated in this Subjugation Force.”
“What?! Really? But what about Hindel?”
“A few days ago, the Demon King supposedly tore away an entire Mountain and disappeared. They say Hindel went to pursue her, and while doing so, he’s also meeting with Giordan, the Prince of our Riescan Kingdom and the Sword Saint of this age.”
“Oh! What a blessing for our kingdom.”
At that story, Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head in confusion.
The story about tearing away a Mountain must be about the Canyon of Despair.
And going to the Riescan Kingdom to save the knight—hadn’t he heard that directly from Hindel when experiencing the past?
Yet something felt off.
‘Rumors are spreading here that Helena summoned the Demons?’

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