The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 347

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Episode 347
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A moment of mutual recognition.
The difference was subtle—Yoo Sung-hyun already knew of her existence, or more precisely, that an heir to the Galaxy Sword Technique existed, while she did not know this about him.
He had tried to search for her, but never expected to encounter her by chance like this.
As Yoo Sung-hyun deliberated on what to say,
I detected something peculiar in the atmosphere.
Beneath the expressionless woman’s face,
I sensed not caution, but outright hostility.
The tension hung taut as a drawn string, ready to snap at any moment.
Yoo Sung-hyun realized something was going wrong and tried to speak, but
it was not he who moved first—it was the woman.
Tap—
Her footstep was gentle, barely grazing the ground,
yet it belied an explosive velocity.
The speed at which she cut through the air and closed the distance was not something Yoo Sung-hyun could afford to ignore.
Thus, as she rapidly narrowed the gap, I instantly conjured a wall of blood.
But in that moment,
a faint light flickered like starlight,
and immediately cleaved the blood wall asunder.
A sword strike wrapped in brilliant radiance.
Unmistakably the Galaxy Sword Technique.
Screech——!
Even after bisecting the blood wall, her speed remained explosive, so it did not take long for her to reach me.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Yet even in such a fleeting instant,
Helena could have intervened but chose not to.
After all, one could argue this was a sparring match between fellow disciples.
So she simply watched.
Of course,
‘Yoo Sung-hyun has no chance of losing.’
Her faith in him played a role as well.
And so the battle commenced.
Watching the expressionless woman hurl herself at me, I could only understand her suspicion.
‘If you suddenly encountered someone wielding the Galaxy Sword Technique without knowing who they are, it would certainly seem suspicious.’
And if that someone was a Dark Mage who manipulated blood, it would seem all the more suspicious.
It was only natural.
I nodded inwardly.
‘Let me humor her a little.’
I had no way of knowing her skill level yet.
Yoo Sung-hyun never entertained the thought that he would lose.
Above all else.
‘It’s a good opportunity to gauge just how powerful the Blood Lord is.’
Since he hadn’t yet tested the Blood Lord.
He considered her the perfect opponent.
Yoo Sung-hyun casually drew forth countless droplets of blood into the empty air.
Blood droplets dotting the space around him.
The moment the expressionless woman saw them, she immediately widened the distance between herself and Yoo Sung-hyun.
Any closer, and she would find herself in a disadvantageous position.
Just as expected, Yoo Sung-hyun’s blood droplets shot toward the woman not as individual points but as continuous lines, and she watched the crimson trajectories with gleaming eyes.
Mysterious eyes holding galaxies within them, contrasted against cold, piercing eyes.
Seeing this, Yoo Sung-hyun could discern what technique would come next.
The woman swung her blade.
Starlight erupted from her, swirling and raging around her in a tempestuous vortex.
The way the starlight moved around her resembled the Milky Way itself, and at first glance, it appeared like a raging storm.
The blood droplets shot forth as lines were blocked by the galactic torrent and could extend no further, and the Milky Way that had severed all the lines flowed onward like waves, unleashing itself in a devastating surge.
For a moment, it felt as though the blade had elongated and waves were crashing down in a sweeping assault.
Kwaaaaaaaa———!!!
As the wave of starlight rushed to engulf Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yoo Sung-hyun drew upon the power of the Blood Lord against that wave, summoning a crimson tide of his own.
Kwaaaaaaaa———!!!
The starlit wave and the blood wave collided, devouring each other as they churned in the void.
The impact rippled outward, and a devastating shockwave swept through the surroundings, shattering everything.
In the moment when the ground and trees were torn away, leaving only the spots where the two had stood in safety from the impact.
Helena saw this and swiftly cast magic.
She used the magic of the Abyss to conceal the area, ensuring it remained hidden from the eyes of the Intelligence Knight Order.
The surroundings became filled with the Abyss, transforming into a separate space.
But regardless of whether they knew this or not, both the woman and Yoo Sung-hyun paid it no mind, only watching each other, and it was the woman who moved first.
Gripping her blade once more, the woman charged forward, her movements even faster than before.
Her movements, wrapped in the radiance of galaxies, created a long tail like a comet, and she rushed forward at tremendous speed, but.
Yoo Sung-hyun, unbothered by her movements, forged a crimson blade from the empty air.
A blade made of blood.
Yoo Sung-hyun drew forth one of the concepts inscribed in the blood dwelling within that blade, which boasted a razor-sharp edge.
Uuuung.
He awakened the concept of flesh, one of the meanings blood embodied.
And Yoo Sung-hyun made it so that the crimson blade produced the same effect as his own body.
The razor-sharp crimson blade became as one with Yoo Sung-hyun’s flesh, awakening the swordsmanship dwelling within his body.
The effect that arose caused the woman’s expressionless eyes to waver.
Flash!
The galactic radiance entwined with the crimson blade.
It was truly a woman’s blade.
Because of that, her eyes wavered, and when that wavering ceased, a faint anger flowed across her expression.
Then, as the woman moved and swung her sword,
the crimson blade likewise swung in response.
The identical opening technique of the Galaxy Sword Dance—the Meteor Sword clashed against each other.
——————!!!
A violent wave erupted, and light scattered brilliantly across the surroundings.
Moreover, the crimson blade and the woman’s sword refused to yield, striking against each other while sending sparks flying.
If one strike was insufficient, then more would follow.
With that thought, the woman swung her blade even faster.
One strike.
Two strikes.
Three strikes.
Like countless stars rising in the heavens.
The sword strikes unleashed from her were shot forth as if cradling such stars, and countless rays of starlight poured down, weaving through thrusts, horizontal cuts, and vertical slashes.
However.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s crimson blade, too, met the woman’s strikes and similarly increased its sword strikes to embroider the galaxy, and the galaxies that collided with each other scattered intense light around them as if birthing new stars.
Kwagagagagagaga——!!!
Everything touched by the light shattered—the ground, the air, everything crumbled to pieces.
Yet what remained intact within it was Yoo Sung-hyun’s crimson blade and the woman’s form.
As the crimson blade identically unfolded to block all of her attacks, a faint crack could not help but form on the woman’s expression.
It was not with full power, she said.
Yet he responded with the identical technique as her own, blocking her attacks.
And he did so by summoning a blade forged from blood, not even his true form.
Honestly, she could not help but be astounded.
And Yoo Sung-hyun, observing such a woman, scratched his cheek as if slightly troubled.
‘She’s stronger than I thought.’
I never expected the inheritor of the Galaxy Sword Dance to be weak.
But she was stronger than anticipated.
Well, thanks to that, I could test the Blood Lord more effectively.
Still, there was a sense that things were dragging on a bit too much.
So Yoo Sung-hyun decided to draw out more of the Blood Lord’s power.
The concepts contained within blood are more numerous than one might think.
If darkness is primarily composed of negative concepts like severance and obstruction, blood contains quite a number of both negative and positive concepts.
Just like the concept of flesh from moments ago.
And Yoo Sung-hyun drew out yet another one from among them.
Then, the crimson blade summoned by Yoo Sung-hyun began to surge with vitality.
Hwaaaa——.
What Yoo Sung-hyun wielded was certainly Dark Magic.
The woman understood this well too.
Yet the spectacle unfolding before me could hardly be called Dark Magic.
Vitality and vigor, along with a formidable life force, radiated brilliantly from the crimson blade.
Witnessing this, the woman realized something was transpiring and adjusted her grip on her sword.
And the crimson blade before her began to pulse as though it possessed a heart of its own.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump!
Within that wondrous spectacle of life’s genesis, the nascent life drew forth luminescence—a radiance indistinguishable from starlight itself.
Would this be the sight if blood and heart were granted to starlight?
As the crimson blade, now a star itself, moved.
Starlight embroidered the void, and that luminescence condensed.
The crimson blade now contained an entire galaxy.
The woman’s eyes began to tremble violently at the sight.
“…A Secret Technique?”
As those words tumbled from her lips unbidden, Yoo Sung-hyun moved the crimson blade.
The galaxy inscribed upon the blade whirled with cutting ferocity, and the woman, witnessing this, instinctively unleashed her most formidable defensive technique.
Galaxy Veil.
The most powerful defensive technique save for Secret Techniques themselves.
And yet.
Observing the crimson blade and the starlight swirling in its wake, she could discern that her own galaxy stream paled in comparison.
Yoo Sung-hyun, too, drew forth one of the Secret Techniques obtained through the Galaxy’s mark, and unleashing his blade in response to that fierce stellar current.
Galaxy Sword Dance Secret Technique—『Galaxy Torrent』
The galaxy’s torrent engulfed all, descending with overwhelming force, and though the woman desperately erected a veil infused with galaxies to withstand it.
It was insufficient.
The relentless cascade of colliding starlight shattered the formidable galaxy-wrought veil and surged toward the woman, whose composed expression crumbled entirely.
Her face collapsed into an expression laden with bewilderment and regret as she sensed her impending end, and she quietly closed her eyes.
She had braced herself for her body to be torn asunder by the torrent.
Yet nothing happened.
“…?”
Perplexed, the woman opened her eyes once more.
Yoo Sung-hyun, observing her, let out a soft chuckle and spoke.
“Are you perhaps ready to talk now?”
“…?”
Why wasn’t he attacking?
Her expression conveyed that very question.
Yoo Sung-hyun answered for her.
“Is there truly a need to fight?”
“…What?”
I am the successor to the Galaxy Sword Dance, and she is a Dark Mage who possesses it.
I could not fathom by what means she obtained it, yet I deemed it unjust.
At the sudden turn of events, the woman swallowed hard.
Could she have misunderstood?
With that thought, I looked at Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yoo Sung-hyun pulled out a pendant hidden beneath his clothing and showed it to her.
“I am the one who inherited Hindel’s Galaxy Sword Dance.”
“The Dark Mage inherited from Hindel?”
“Yes.”
He spoke as if questioning the oddity of it.
When Yoo Sung-hyun confirmed it,
she suddenly gasped in surprise and spoke.
“Could you be… the Overlord?”
If she knew this much, the conversation would move quickly.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded to her and answered.
“I’m Yoo Sung-hyun.”
Upon hearing Yoo Sung-hyun’s introduction, the woman’s expression became one of genuine apology.
She bowed her head again and introduced herself as well.
“Nina Rubelin. I am honored to meet the master of Overpalace, to whom I owe a great debt.”
“…?”
At her words, Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head in confusion.
The woman who had introduced herself as Nina opened her mouth.
“I work in the Audit Division of Overpalace, which is currently eliminating the corrupt Dark Mages.”
“…Ah?”
The moment I heard that, the Sword Saint came to mind.
How could the Sword Saint manage to complicate everything like this?

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