The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 326

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Episode 326
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I had been certain it was honey, but it turned out to be something else entirely.
More importantly, over a hundred thousand soldiers suddenly appeared?
In that moment, Kalgmir wondered if the neighboring territory had launched an invasion.
But that couldn’t be it either.
The lords nearby didn’t even command undead, and their soldier counts barely exceeded ten thousand—far short of a hundred thousand.
Even if all the soldiers from nearby baronies gathered together, they were all baronies surrounding Kalgmir’s territory.
It made no sense.
The Demon Race under the nobility here, at this remote frontier, amounted to nothing but scraps.
And yet.
‘Could over a hundred thousand cross through that hole?’
Impossible.
If someone crossed, hours had to pass before another could cross again.
And the number crossing at once was severely limited.
So it was a strategy that even the Grand Duke could be said to have executed brilliantly.
But Kalgmir couldn’t fathom the circumstances, so he could only be bewildered.
No matter how hard he racked his small brain, he couldn’t understand it anyway.
Perhaps he realized this.
Or perhaps he decided he had to handle it somehow.
Since it had already happened.
He stepped outside to deal with it.
“Huh.”
A short exclamation escaped him.
Though he had risen to the rank of baron, he wondered if he could even possess such an enormous quantity of undead.
And those creatures swarmed together, clinging to the City Wall.
Watching this, Kalgmir’s brow furrowed.
Each undead appeared quite formidable.
A line of those undead could match a single lower-tier Demon in combat.
But the number of lower-tier Demons here was merely around two thousand.
So it was natural that lower-tier Demons alone couldn’t hold them back.
Thus upper-tier Demons were summoned, and two emerged,
Along with roughly two hundred mid-tier Demons.
The moment he revealed nearly his entire force to somehow stop those undead.
Kalgmir sensed something strange.
“…A feint?”
He wondered if this was a feint, attacking here while targeting elsewhere—but could that be?
Where in the world would anyone use a hundred thousand undead as a feint?
Anyone would think a hundred thousand undead was the main force.
Convinced that he didn’t need to step forward now that upper-tier Demons had emerged, Kalgmir turned to leave his position.
Kalgmir felt a disturbingly eerie aura and turned his body to confirm it.
An undead legion numbering one hundred thousand strong.
From the undead clinging to the city wall, a thick green mist rose upward, and simultaneously, sparks spread outward through the surrounding area, igniting everything in their path.
“Ah, no….”
The moment Kalgmir tried to shout something.
A devastating barrage swept down upon them.
Tuooooooooaaaaaaaa———!
The heavens and earth trembled as an intense heat and explosive force bleached the world white.
Though Kalgmir, standing at a distance, was spared.
More than half of the lower-tier Demons and all of the mid-tier Demons near the city wall were caught in the blast.
And most of all.
The places crackling and burning from the intense heat.
And where the city wall that had been obscured from view until moments ago should have stood—that space now gaped wide open, cleanly blown through.
“Ah, noooooooooo!!!”
A castle bestowed upon me by the Grand Duke!!!
To be breached so pathetically!!!
More than half of the lower-tier Demons were caught in the blast and perished, and all of the mid-tier Demons were consumed by the explosion and died.
But Kalgmir wailed as he stared at his city wall.
Had even a shred of reason remained in this state, he would have thought of Sermagra and rushed to protect him against any contingency.
But consumed by the greed befitting a Demon, he spread his wings right there and soared into the sky.
And he searched for where the culprit of this destruction might be.
He sought out the master of the undead and finally found him.
“Upper-tier Demons!!! Come to me!!! I’ll tear apart these wretches until my rage is satisfied!!!”
“Yes!”
“We obey!!!”
Crying out thus, the upper-tier Demons followed Kalgmir toward that location, rushing like arrows at the figure not far from the castle.
As Kalgmir and the two upper-tier Demons abandoned the castle.
Kalgmir, charging forward, could see Yoo Sung-hyun smiling as he watched him approach, and upon seeing this, his mind raced with sudden clarity.
Then he reached out his hand toward the upper-tier Demons.
The two upper-tier Demons were instantly knocked backward.
Kalgmir appeared to be attacking suddenly.
The moment they were knocked back.
A gray barrier spread out around the area, and had Kalgmir not pushed the upper-tier Demons away, they too would certainly have been trapped, but thanks to Kalgmir, they managed to avoid touching that barrier.
And seeing this, Yoo Sung-hyun smacked his lips with slight regret.
“Tsk, unfortunate.”
Still, I’ve done my part.
Two upper-tier Demons—surely I can manage that somehow?
Thinking thus, Yoo Sung-hyun gazed at Kalgmir still hovering in the air.
And Kalgmir, as if he wanted to tear Yoo Sung-hyun to pieces, spoke with bulging veins pulsing visibly.
“I’ll tear you apart.”
“Phew, that’s terrifying.”
I said with a wry smile.
Kalgmir furrowed his brow and was about to command the high-ranking Demons outside the barrier.
But the high-ranking Demons had already vanished, apparently judging that breaking the barrier in such a short time would be impossible.
I felt a twinge of regret watching those two high-ranking Demons disappear.
But there was nothing to be done.
No operation could be perfect.
After that, I
“Shall we have some fun?”
I said, drawing my sword.
Seeing me, Kalgmir spoke with indignation.
“You’d better drop the games.”
When Kalgmir’s form vanished with a fierce shout and reached me in an instant,
the ground was instantly destroyed by the terrifying speed and the violent impact it created, laying waste to the surroundings.
And at the end of that impact, my sword trembled as it received the blow.
I tilted my head and muttered.
“…This….”
Helena appeared beside me and smiled, saying,
“Seems more doable than you’d think, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah, thinking about Sermagra, there’s not really that much difference….”
Watching us two taunt him, Kalgmir detonated his demonic energy and roared.
“I’ll tear you to shreds!!!”
“Try it, if you can.”
“Though you won’t.”
Helena and I shouted provocatively.
Kalgmir’s demonic energy erupted, rapidly engulfing the surroundings.
5.
A rather massive castle.
But one section of the City Wall had collapsed, making it look considerably shabby.
The remaining Undead were still invading, and the remaining low-ranking Demons were busy defending against them.
“Hold the line!!!”
“Damn it!!!”
“These Undead are too strong!!!”
“W-what the hell, how are they this powerful!!!”
Some of the Undead displayed remarkable prowess by using techniques in ways uncharacteristic of Undead.
The low-ranking Demons had no way to contend with them.
They were overwhelmed in numbers and outmaneuvered in strategy.
And four shadows infiltrated that chaotic place.
The shadows leaped onto the opposite City Wall from the collapsed one and infiltrated the castle.
As they did, they whispered among themselves.
“Phew, he really is chasing after us.”
“Thank goodness the Baron is such a fool.”
“He doesn’t appear to be particularly intelligent.”
“That’s a relief, at least.”
All the Demons who had been inside the castle had already left.
Even as they chattered among themselves, no one responded.
As the group continued forward while conversing among themselves.
“Then we should move quickly, handle this, and regroup.”
At Barbaros’s final words, everyone nodded in agreement.
Yoo Sung-hyun had agreed to be the sacrifice.
But regardless, destroying the core was the mission.
So they infiltrated.
After that, things became incredibly smooth.
The two hundred intermediate-rank Demons I had been worried about had just been caught in the bombardment and perished.
Who would have thought that the high-rank Demons would also accompany him to Yoo Sung-hyun?
Of course I was somewhat concerned about Yoo Sung-hyun, but if everyone prepared quickly, it should still be manageable.
The plan was to destroy the core through this diversion, and then Yoo Sung-hyun would escape from the Baron and the two high-rank Demons.
He had said he was confident in his escape.
So I had to destroy the core as quickly as possible.
As I moved rapidly and was digging into the center where the core would likely be.
I felt something flying from far away, and sensing something amiss, I tried to infiltrate the center quickly.
Then something burst through the wall and appeared.
“…So it was real.”
“Hmph. You underestimated us too much.”
A massive Demon that suddenly appeared, and another Demon with a sinister feminine form.
And the group, sensing the aura of those two, muttered.
“…I knew it was too easy.”
“…Indeed.”
“Two of them…”
“Hmm.”
Brisia and Stoneheart frowned in difficulty, as did Will and Barbaros.
Judging by their auras, they were formidable high-rank Demons.
So I wondered if this was already a failure.
Splitting into two to face the high-ranks meant they were far from easy opponents.
Above all, the tight time constraint was the biggest problem.
If we dragged this out, Yoo Sung-hyun could die first.
I had to finish this as quickly as possible.
That’s when Will stepped forward.
“I’ll tie one of them down. Please handle the other quickly and help me.”
He said so, and just as Brisia and Stoneheart tried to stop him.
Thousands upon thousands of spirits erupted from Will’s core, spreading across the battlefield.
When several of these spirits merged together and unleashed an extraordinary aura, the party members watching couldn’t help but think that this might actually work.
Will spoke to his companions.
“…I cannot summon an army of a hundred thousand like Yoo Sung-hyun, but this much is within my capabilities….”
As he spoke, thousands of spirits coalesced into three distinct forms, each radiating an uncommon power.
The high-ranking Demons also furrowed their brows at the sight.
They attempted to respond swiftly.
But the three spirits, formed from thousands merged together, moved faster toward the massive high-ranking Demon.
They descended upon the colossal high-ranking Demon, and as the spirits’ razor-sharp claws slashed viciously through the air, battle erupted.
The lean high-ranking Demon quickly drew its blade, and before it could advance, Stoneheart the Barbarian blocked its path with a massive shield forged from stone.
Seeing this, the high-ranking Demon sneered and drew its sword, attempting to cleave the shield in two.
Clang——————!!!!
“…!!!”
The shield was far too durable to be cut.
Instead, the rebound sent a numbing sensation through the creature’s hand.
The high-ranking Demon facing the three spirits harbored similar thoughts.
This is far more difficult than I anticipated.
While contemplating this.
Barbaros’s eyes gleamed as he began his incantation.

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