The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 342

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Episode 342
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A skill I had forgotten about—one Helena told me to put off for later.
It was the Demon Knight Summoning skill.
Since I hadn’t used it, even I had forgotten about it.
But suddenly?
Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head in confusion.
Helena smiled brightly and spoke.
“Yeah, if you use it now, it’ll be a bit different, you know?”
“…?”
Could a skill really change all of a sudden?
That thought crossed my mind.
But if Helena said so, there must be a reason.
Besides, a new Overlord had just awakened.
Perhaps that was the reason.
Yoo Sung-hyun decided to check the Demon Knight Summoning skill.
It had definitely changed.
『Demon Knight/Demon Mage Summoning』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv Max][Complete Form]
[Instant Effect][Active]
[Current Summoning Capacity: 1]
The Demon Knight who walks forth from Hell at the Overlord’s command shall be the instrument of judgment that realizes the Overlord’s will.
The Demon Mage who walks forth from Hell at the Overlord’s command shall be the pioneer who realizes and judges the Overlord’s law.
→Overlord-exclusive skill.
→Summons a Demon Knight or Demon Mage from Hell.
→The loyal servant and sword—the Demon Knight—or the magical pioneer Demon Mage equals the master’s level.
→One additional Demon Knight or Demon Mage can be summoned per 100 levels.
*Demon Knights or Demon Mages can also enter the Underworld.
*The skill has evolved as you have reached 4 or more Overlord-series awakening skills.
“Huh?”
“Right? It changed, didn’t it?”
A Demon Mage.
Yoo Sung-hyun gazed at it with interest.
So that’s why he told me to save it.
I already had two Demon Knights, but not a single Demon Mage.
Now that I think about it.
‘My minions are heavily skewed toward melee combat.’
Except for Fiora, who could be called an all-rounder, I had quite a lot of close-range fighters.
The more ranged units I had, the more useful it would be.
Currently, those who could be considered long-range fighters were precisely four: Helena, Serpina, Anemor, and Kalisha.
Nocturnium was also a long-range type, but since he was more of a support role than a combat specialist, if I excluded him, that left exactly four.
Because of this, there was certainly a need to recruit a mage.
‘I was also lacking mages capable of leading the Death Legion.’
It fit the situation perfectly.
If I had used one without listening to Helena’s advice beforehand, even after becoming a mage, I could have used it at level 300.
Thinking that far made me feel a bit dizzy.
So what about a demon mage?
That’s what Yoo Sung-hyun thought.
Helena explained it to me.
“Hmm, demon mages are similar to demon knights—there’s not much difference from regular knights, but they use hellish magic in specialized ways. Both Dracanoss and Baltar are similar in that they’re knights, but they use infernal swordsmanship. That’s the difference, really.”
“I see.”
Now that I heard it explained, it made sense.
After all, both Dracanoss and Baltar’s swordsmanship differed slightly from each other.
Unlike Silvanor or Leonik’s swordsmanship, it was darker and more befitting of hell itself.
Everything else was mostly similar.
It seemed I could think of it as a skilled mage who uses hellish magic.
I was about to summon one immediately.
But Yoo Sung-hyun shook my head.
For some reason.
‘I have a feeling I’ll get exhausted.’
When I summoned Dracanoss or Baltar, there were quite a few exhausting situations, weren’t there?
Especially after becoming completely drained from the battle with Arba.
If more exhausting things happened here, it seemed I wouldn’t be able to handle it, so it seemed best to rest for now.
“I should take it easy today.”
“Yeah~ that’s a good idea~ you worked hard~”
Helena said with a benevolent smile.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded as well.
After that, the other minions also greeted me, and I logged out with the familiar farewell phrase.
There had been so many things happening.
It was only natural to be exhausted.
After logging out and leaving the capsule, I collapsed onto the bed, and a strange thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘Come to think of it, this situation also seems like something the Sword Saint caused, and it’s quite infuriating.’
It was a coincidence, but I had dealt with what the Sword Saint had caused.
Moreover.
‘There’s still more to uncover.’
The Badia Intelligence Knights.
I needed to investigate them.
With such thoughts, I closed my eyes, overwhelmed by fatigue.
I fell asleep almost instantly.
4.
News of the sudden large-scale war between Badia and Wiron spread with remarkable speed.
The information circulated rapidly throughout the Riescan Kingdom and the Valian Empire, eventually reaching even the Sword Saint’s ears.
Yet what he heard was not the news he had hoped for, but something entirely unexpected.
“…What did you say.”
“…The Marod Knight Order was annihilated, and the war ended in utter defeat, my lord.”
“…Ha.”
The absurdity of it drew laughter from the Sword Saint’s lips.
Defeated with such overwhelming force?
How?
In that moment of bewilderment, the knight delivering the report trembled violently as he spoke.
“…It is said that among the foreigners, one called the Demon King fought on Wiron’s side….”
But the knight never finished his sentence. His head was severed where he stood, and the moment it was cut, it ignited and turned to ash.
The Sword Saint’s blade moved so swiftly that the draw itself was invisible—not content with merely beheading the man, he incinerated the head entirely with his sword aura.
Yet even after cutting down the knight, the Sword Saint found no satisfaction. His face flushed crimson and violet, cycling like the sun itself.
Again. The Overlord again.
That creature had interfered once more.
Rage burned through him, but with each surge of fury, the Sword Saint felt a spiritual wound open, and groans escaped his lips.
“Ugh.”
Yet his anger did not subside—it only grew fiercer.
It mattered not why the Overlord was in Wiron.
The problem was that the creature had annihilated the Marod Knight Order in battle and rendered his plans to nothing.
Very well, so his soldiers were dead—he could accept that.
But had the blood and corpses he sought been collected?
That was what mattered most.
A Demon brought word to the Sword Saint in secret.
-The blood and corpses appear to have been seized by the Overlord as well.
“…That creature deserves to be ground to dust….”
The Sword Saint gnashed his teeth, seething with rage.
But for now, there was nothing he could do.
He himself was in no position to move against that creature.
Even Arba, who had risen to the rank of Baron, had fallen to it.
That meant only one thing.
‘At minimum, I must send a Countess. To ensure certain victory, a Count is necessary.’
If a Count were sent, the matter could be handled decisively.
But sending a Demon of Count rank to that region was extraordinarily difficult.
In fact, even a Countess would be hard to spare.
That was precisely why he had sent Arba, a seasoned Baron.
Not even a Countess, let alone a Count, would be easy to send.
That’s why they sent Arba, the seasoned Baron.
The Sword Saint had no choice but to grit his teeth.
If I waited for that wretch to ascend further, he would grow stronger as well.
‘I must find a way.’
If things continued as they were, all my plans would surely crumble to dust.
I needed to devise a clever stratagem.
It was while the Sword Saint was turning these thoughts over in his mind.
A knight suddenly entered the office where the Sword Saint was stationed.
“What is it?”
The Sword Saint asked in an irritable tone.
The knight trembled at the sight of him.
He knew all too well that a single misstep here could cost him his life.
Yet despite this, the matter was urgent enough that the knight had no choice but to swallow hard, bow his head, and speak.
“We… we found it, sir.”
“Found what?”
“…We found traces of the Galaxy Sword Technique, sir.”
The Sword Saint shot to his feet!
His eyes gleamed with sudden interest as he questioned the knight.
“Are you certain it’s the Galaxy Sword Technique?”
“Yes, sir. We are certain.”
“Where was it discovered?”
“That is… well…”
Seeing the knight hesitate, the Sword Saint drew upon his aura menacingly.
The knight swallowed hard and answered.
“In… in the Nocturne region, sir.”
“…Nocturne?”
The Sword Saint’s expression darkened at the mention of that name.
Nocturne.
For outsiders, it was the eighth region, and it was a territory managed by Overpalace.
The Sword Saint gritted his teeth and bit his lip.
Yet the Sword Saint wore a peculiar expression and muttered to himself.
“Nocturne, then.”
A location far removed from Heptarion, the region I had discovered.
It was a distance one could traverse by portal.
But seeing the traces suddenly appear in such an unexpected region, I turned the matter over in my mind.
A city under the dominion of Overpalace.
It was no easy task for Riescan knights to infiltrate such a place.
Thus, the Sword Saint pondered and spoke.
“Summon the Badia Intelligence Knights and select those to send to Nocturne.”
“…Yes, understood, sir.”
“And after summoning the intelligence knights, devise an operation with utmost caution and have them infiltrate. Take as much time as needed—above all, they must not be discovered.”
“Yes, sir!”
The knight who answered thus quickly fled that place, fearing his own neck might follow, and the Sword Saint paid no mind to the departing knight.
‘Could the Overpalace have obtained the Galaxy Sword Dance?’
The moment that thought crossed his mind.
He was convinced he hadn’t been wrong.
‘If they’re trying to obtain the Galaxy Sword Dance, which is their weakness, then the Overlord’s weakness must be the Galaxy Sword Dance.’
With that conviction, the Sword Saint smiled.
The Overlord’s weakness.
It must be reclaimed at all costs.
Convinced and without doubt, the Sword Saint proceeded to handle the next task.
Then, suddenly.
‘Was it said that the Overlord is still in Wiron?’
For some reason, the Badia Intelligence Knights weighed on his mind.
Though they might know of the war, the intelligence knights only knew of key figures like the Sword Saint.
There was no way the Overlord could know.
The Sword Saint believed this and refocused on his duties.
5.
After Yoo Sung-hyun logged out.
Lee Won-sang moved about busily here and there.
After entrusting the management of other users to Oh Jin-hyuk, he moved between different departments, preparing something.
“Has the pass issuance been completed this time?”
“Ah, you mean the pass for user Yoo Sung-hyun?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Since it was a matter he had suggested quite some time ago.
The other department answered as if they already knew.
And Lee Won-sang, having received the pass data, scratched his head with a peculiar expression and muttered.
‘I’m not sure if it’s right to give it while the Sword Saint is watching so intently.’
Well, Yoo Sung-hyun surely knew that the Sword Saint was watching intently too.
For now, I should issue it and tell him to use it freely.
This too is the user’s choice.
Since there was an instruction from Chairman Park Won to respect it.
Lee Won-sang moved about collecting various data like this.
Then began the process of granting the pass to Yoo Sung-hyun’s logged-out character.
‘He’ll handle it on his own anyway.’
Thinking that Yoo Sung-hyun would surely do well.

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