The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 338

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Episode 338
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4.
The dinner gathering stretched on quite late into the evening.
When Yoo Sung-hyun and Yoo Mi-na arrived home, it was well past eleven—a late night indeed.
Despite the hour, Mother Lee Na-kyung, who had remained awake waiting in the living room, spoke as the two entered.
“You’re finally home~?”
“Mom, you should be sleeping.”
“That’s what I said. You should have been resting.”
“No~ the drama was just so interesting~”
To their words, Mother Lee Na-kyung playfully made excuses.
Though she spoke thus, the two of them could not fail to recognize that she had been waiting for them.
Having played late into the evening,
both were thoroughly exhausted, and the moment they finished washing, they headed straight for bed.
Ordinarily, Yoo Sung-hyun would have dried his hair before lying down.
But lacking the energy for such things,
he collapsed directly onto the bed, surrendering to his fatigue.
“Sigh.”
Tired as he was,
the evening had been quite enjoyable nonetheless.
Even during university, gatherings with so many people were not a common occurrence.
He could only feel grateful toward the employees who had worked late and the manager.
As Yoo Sung-hyun lay there thinking such thoughts and attempting to drift off,
he suddenly recalled something An Yu-bin had said near the end of the night.
“Could we play together again next time?”
Of course, An Yu-bin had stammered afterward, saying the team should hang out together,
but at twenty-two years old, he could hardly miss the implication.
Setting aside the rumors about seeing ghosts, her appearance had been striking since childhood,
and Yoo Sung-hyun was no stranger to receiving such gestures of interest.
With such a direct approach, there was no way he could misunderstand.
Though they hadn’t decided when or what they’d do together,
‘I’ll set a date soon enough.’
For now, he shouldn’t worry too much about it.
If he dwelled on it, he’d be unable to focus on other matters.
After all, there was much to do after waking early tomorrow.
There were new developments in Badia as well.
Thus, Yoo Sung-hyun drifted toward sleep with a peculiar flutter in his chest.
Though he tossed and turned for a while,
given how exhausted he was,
he soon fell into a deep, peaceful slumber.
And so the next morning arrived.
I woke up as I had the day before, feeling refreshed, and continued my morning routine as always.
A day unremarkable in every way.
And the moment I entered the Eternal World.
As soon as I logged in, I could see a memo written in urgent letters on the message board.
“Come to the plaza.
-Wizzle-”
“…?”
What could have happened?
The moment I saw it, I headed toward the plaza.
0.
Not long after a colossal handprint appeared on the Plains between the city of Badia and Wiron Territory.
The news reached all the way to the Capital of Rieschan Kingdom.
It was a time when the war, which had remained unchanged until now, showed signs of transformation.
Naturally, it was a grave matter.
Yet the weight of it was being pursued with a profoundly different intensity.
Even the Sword Saint, who should not have participated, declared his involvement and appeared once more at the state council chamber late into the night.
The state council chamber was, as expected, in disarray.
It could be no other way.
“Has our operation been discovered?”
“Can we really proceed with the operation as planned tomorrow!??”
“If the operation is compromised, the casualties will be catastrophic.”
Watching these people clamor so loudly, the Sword Saint felt his irritation surge.
He had meticulously concealed his forces near Badia to carry out a full-scale war.
Yet that handprint appeared two days before.
And so this state council was now convened.
The Sword Saint’s irritation was well-founded.
A calamitous handprint that appeared as if from within a palm itself.
It had indeed caused tremendous casualties.
Yet that was not the reason for the Sword Saint’s irritation.
‘All the corpses and blood have vanished….’
That was the fact reported only to him.
A powerful being appeared and laid waste to the battlefield?
It mattered not.
If only he could obtain the flesh and blood.
Nothing else would matter.
Yet even that he could not obtain.
His irritation could only intensify.
Where could all those corpses and blood have disappeared to?
Some fools claimed they had been crushed and scattered, but that was not the issue.
The Sword Saint harbored a somewhat anxious thought because of this.
‘If all the corpses vanish in tomorrow’s war as well….’
It would truly be a devastating loss.
He worried with a troubled expression.
But then he shook his head side to side.
I didn’t know who the culprit was.
But it was fine.
“I will deploy the Marod Knight Order.”
The Marod Knight Order.
Among the knight orders I directly commanded,
it was one of the considerably strongest.
However, because their temperaments were brutal and rough,
they were not deployed unless it was a special mission.
As such, they were perfectly suited for this kind of war.
But those who heard this could not help but be startled.
“The Marod Knight Order!??!”
“What!? If you go to that extent, then we cannot avoid a full-scale war, can we!?”
“The Valian Empire won’t just sit idle….”
“Even the Mana Saint might rise up….”
All spoke with concern.
But it never reached the Sword Saint’s ears.
He scoffed at them all as cowards and spoke.
“If the Mana Saint steps forward, then I will simply step forward as well.”
Watching the arrogant Sword Saint speak, those gathered here felt their heads ache.
War is not simply a matter of the strong winning.
Starting with supplies, all manner of economic problems inevitably arise.
He was saying he would handle the fighting himself, so they should clean up the mess.
It was natural for resistance to emerge.
But everyone reluctantly followed the Sword Saint.
‘There’s no choice.’
‘If the Sword Saint has drawn his blade like that….’
‘We must settle this long-standing war.’
‘The losses are already looming.’
They exchanged such conversations through glances with one another.
But there was no choice.
They could not dissuade the Sword Saint once he had decided.
They would have to find some way to prevent it themselves.
While they were thus lost in contemplation,
the Sword Saint wore a faint smile and murmured to himself.
‘If I send the Marod Knight Order, composed of Demons, then I won’t have to worry about the corpses and blood disappearing immediately.’
I could send them directly to the Demon Realm.
There should be no major issues in crafting magical artifacts imbued with demonic energy.
Having thought that far, the Sword Saint eagerly awaited the next day’s arrival.
The full-scale war.
And contemplating the devastation that unprepared Wiron would suffer.
“Understood. We’ll proceed with the operation as planned.”
As the Sword Saint departed with those words, one of them furrowed their brow and sent a message somewhere, but since there was no mage present, no one detected it.
The message subsequently flew onward toward the Serul Spire Tower of Septem Arcana.
At the very top of that spire, Wizzle, who had recently received a new name, suddenly creased their brow.
A date and time written in cipher, abbreviated.
“The Sword Saint has completely lost his mind. I need to inform them immediately.”
Wizzle muttered thus and hastily left a memo on the bulletin board located in Wiron Territory.
1.
The Wiron Territory of the Valian Empire had been quite lively these past few days.
And for good reason—they had achieved an overwhelming victory in the war that occurred four days prior.
“Hahahaha! This ale tastes magnificent!”
“Of course it does! Ale tastes better after victory! Hahahaha!”
“Indeed it does!!!”
Even the NPCs merrily enjoyed drinks from early in the day.
The players were much the same.
“Wait, is that really the palm print?”
“Insane, you can’t even see the whole thing from the city wall….”
“The depth is no joke either….”
“Getting hit there would mean instant death.”
The palm print had become something of a tourist attraction, and players were thoroughly enjoying it.
Naturally, just as players had flocked to Wiron in such numbers, people could have gathered in Badia as well.
But why was that not the case?
Several players were discussing Badia.
“I heard that when players started entering Badia, the soldiers started refusing to hire mercenaries?”
“Suddenly? Wasn’t the atmosphere always welcoming before, with everyone eager to join?”
“Exactly. Apparently it started right after they lost that war?”
“Will there be no war this week?”
“Hmm, maybe not?”
“Ah, that’s disappointing. I came to watch the war. Guess I’ll just join as a mercenary for Wiron’s side.”
“That works too. Haha.”
The news was that Badia had stopped accepting mercenaries after their war defeat.
While players found it regrettable, they could simply join Wiron’s side instead.
So they weren’t too disappointed.
Moreover, with news of a major event coming soon, players had flocked in enormous numbers.
The entire city of Wiron had become bustling and lively.
Since they had accommodated quite a large number of people.
Various rumors were spreading far and wide.
The news eventually reached even the NPC soldiers of Wiron.
However, the NPC soldiers tilted their heads in confusion at the news.
They thought it impossible for the aggressive soldiers of Badia to do such a thing.
“Badia’s refusing to accept mercenaries?”
“What’s their game?”
“But those guys prefer direct confrontation over schemes, so it is strange.”
“They’re not accepting mercenaries.”
The report naturally reached the higher-ups.
But they couldn’t obtain any concrete information.
Of course, the higher-ups sensed something odd and could have urgently ordered an investigation.
But they didn’t.
Why—wasn’t this just the usual WWE?
So they thought it nothing unusual and carelessly let it pass.
This war had continued for a thousand years, after all.
It would be stranger to think things could change overnight.
While they were thus neglecting the matter.
The soldiers standing atop Wiron’s City Wall could see something strange coming from the direction of Badia in the distance.
Badia’s soldiers pouring out like a flood from within the City Wall.
And knights bursting forth from outside that City Wall.
“Destroy Wiron!!!”
“Destroy Wiron!!!”
“For the Rieschan Kingdom!!!”
“Aaahhh!!! Slaughter them all!!!”
The knights charged forward on horseback, shouting thus.
Wiron’s soldiers urgently saw this and rang the alarm bells.
Clang——! Claaang———!
“Ambush!!!”
“Badia is attacking!!!”
Even as they shouted this, some soldiers examined the faces of the enemies and cried out in ashen terror.
“The Marod Knight Order!?”
“Those madmen have come!?”
“D-damn it, stop them!!!”
“Hold the City Wall!!! If they get inside, we’re finished!!!”
Everyone’s faces went pale as they shouted thus.
The Marod Knight Order was infamous even in the neighboring Valian Empire.
They were hideously brutal, and there were tales that they were dirtier than thieves rather than true knights.
They tried desperately to stop them.
But those hastily assembled forces could not withstand their charge.
In desperation.
“P-Please, foreigners, help us!!!”
“J-Join us as mercenaries!!!”
“Please, I beg you!!!”
They called upon the users who had signed up as mercenaries, desperately trying to extinguish the fire of crisis.
The users, spurred by the urgent plea, quickly rushed beyond the City Wall to confront the knights.
Fuwaaaaack——!!!
Shwaaaaaaaa———!!!
Not a soul among them could withstand the charge of the Marod Knight Order at the vanguard.
As if to prove they were anything but knights, the users trembled at the sight before them.
“S-So strong!!!”
“B-Block them!!!”
“Krahahahaha!!! The little ones walk right into our grasp!!!”
“Slaughter them! Slaughter them all!!!”
With those words, the Marod Knight Order swung their blades like madmen, massacring the users.
And then.
Kiiihihihihi———!!!
A bone-chilling wail that inverted the world itself tore through the heavens and materialized there.

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