The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 361

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Episode 361
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6.
Yoo Sung-hyun began his day as he always did, following his morning routine.
He went for a run, showered, and enjoyed a hearty breakfast.
During breakfast, his sister Yoo Mi-na urged him once again to move to the Tenth Region soon, but he brushed it off with a promise to think about it, and as always, he logged into the Eternal World.
The moment he logged in and summoned his minions.
Yoo Sung-hyun immediately sensed that something was amiss.
All of his summoned minions bore expressions of evident anger, and he tilted his head in confusion at the sight of them.
‘What’s this? Did they fight in the Underworld?’
But how could that be?
Helena was there with the other minions in the Underworld—how could they have fought?
Since a conflict shouldn’t have been possible under those circumstances, when Yoo Sung-hyun saw their expressions, Helena approached him with a distinctly irritated look and spoke.
“There are some infuriating creatures, I tell you.”
“Infuriating creatures?”
What on earth was she talking about?
As Yoo Sung-hyun questioned her with that thought in mind.
Helena, seeing his confusion, gestured instead of answering, and Belladrina stepped forward to speak.
-Might I be permitted to make a report, Your Majesty?
By now, Yoo Sung-hyun had grown somewhat accustomed to Belladrina’s excessively formal manner of speech, so he simply nodded without further comment.
Then Belladrina continued.
-The matter is this: a familiar we had placed near the Masked Lord’s Tomb as a precaution has been activated. Those pursuing us have discovered our location.
“Hmm.”
He didn’t bother asking who they were.
It was obvious.
It had to be the Riescan Kingdom.
Even without deep thought, Yoo Sung-hyun could deduce who was behind this.
But curious about who exactly they were, he looked toward Belladrina.
She immediately provided an explanation.
-The entire Knights Order has mobilized. Mixed among them are several intelligence operatives capable of processing information. I have temporarily blocked their pursuit as dawn broke, so they are currently wandering about in confusion.
“The entire Knights Order, then.”
As Yoo Sung-hyun repeated this, a slight smile crossed his face.
Though he didn’t know which Knights Order it was, he had been learning unique sword techniques from every order he encountered recently, so there was considerable anticipation building within him.
Specifically because of the power of the Multifaceted Lord he had recently acquired.
It was a power awakened from the true strength of the Masked Lord, though it bore similarities to the Masked Lord’s previous abilities.
First, the ability to seal a target’s power within a mask and allow others to use that power remained the same.
However, its potency had changed.
‘The Masked Lord could absorb around 60% of the original power, while the Multifaceted Lord could copy up to 80% of the power, right?’
Simply embedding power into a mask didn’t cause the target’s power to disappear.
But there was an ability the Multifaceted Lord possessed that the Masked Lord did not.
‘When the absorbed target dies, it manifests with 100% of its complete power.’
Unfortunately, this condition didn’t apply to users, but it was remarkably effective against NPCs.
There was considerable potential in this ability.
If someone possessed a lord-tier skill, the moment they granted the lord’s power to another, that same ability would manifest in them.
Moreover, if they died, the recipient would essentially become their successor.
This was precisely why Yoo Sung-hyun nodded with keen interest at the Knights Order that had come seeking him.
He was genuinely curious about what abilities this particular order might possess.
As Yoo Sung-hyun waited in anticipation,
Belladrina offered words that seemed perfectly suited to satisfy his expectations.
-The Captain is estimated to be a lord-tier knight. His level is confirmed to exceed 300.
He represents a considerably formidable opponent for the Eighth Region.
This was precisely why Yoo Sung-hyun nodded with satisfaction.
He had been planning to level up or warm up before facing Deathbone Dragon and Belzarak Draxion anyway.
To think they would come directly to him like this.
Yoo Sung-hyun mused that this would prove to be quite an entertaining battle as he spoke.
“So where are they right now?”
At Yoo Sung-hyun’s casual question, Belladrina bowed her head joyfully and responded.
-I shall lure them to this location.
As if hearing a most satisfactory answer, Yoo Sung-hyun nodded, and Helena likewise spoke as though this was a welcome turn of events.
“We should teach them a proper lesson.”
At Helena’s words, all of Yoo Sung-hyun’s summoned servants nodded in agreement, and he too decided to await their arrival with eager anticipation.
7.
Rindel Silverrain had been called a naturally gifted knight from childhood, and there was no dispute that he was among the greatest prodigies.
He ascended without opposition from anyone in the Silverrain household while inheriting the Mirror Blade Arts, a technique passed down through generations of his family.
Thanks to this, he had risen to the position of Captain before even reaching his mid-twenties.
Who could possibly stand against someone with superior skill and refined beauty both?
Yet Rindel Silverrain harbored great ambitions.
Though he had entered under the Sword Saint whom he deeply respected, he truly desired to belong to the Sun Knight Order—the organization the Sword Saint genuinely acknowledged.
Only the mightiest blades of the Sword Saint—those of lord-tier or lord-tier knights—could join that order.
This was why Rindel approached this mission with greater sincerity than anyone else.
It was a direct command from the Sword Saint himself, after all.
This mission had to be flawless above all else.
And now, of all people, the one who had taken the Masked Lord’s Tomb was none other than that troublesome Overlord.
Could there be a better opportunity than this—a once-in-a-lifetime chance!
‘I will capture him.’
He already knew from reports how strong the Overlord’s servants were.
The Overlord himself was said to be quite formidable as well?
But even so, they would not reach his level.
If his knights held back the servants, even if the entire order fell, he alone would be capable of capturing the Overlord.
With this plan in mind, he had set out to track down their location.
Fury surged through me.
‘There’s no trace of them.’
Rather than relying solely on informants, I attempted to track them myself, yet no traces appeared.
I wondered if I should chase them only when I heard the sounds of battle, as the Exploration Team members had testified.
Thud, thud, thud.
A faint tremor transmitted through the earth.
Vibrations traveling from a distant location to here.
Feeling it, Rindel Silverrain smiled.
It seemed those creatures had begun moving again.
Rindel smiled at the thought and shouted to the other knights.
“Everyone, move north-northeast.”
His voice was quiet, seemingly devoid of strength.
Yet the entire Knights Order began moving like lightning the moment they heard his command.
The knights at the vanguard rapidly carved a path forward, and Rindel Silverrain galloped after them on horseback.
One might call it an overly hasty approach, but it mattered little.
There existed a vast difference in caliber between the Overlord and themselves.
‘We know of their existence, yet they remain unaware of ours.’
Wasn’t this the perfect moment for an ambush?
With such thoughts, Rindel Silverrain laughed as though he had already seized the advantageous high ground in battle, charging forward.
How long had we been riding?
The vibrations that had felt distant moments ago now resonated powerfully.
BOOM—!!!
RUMBLE——!!!
A deafening explosion accompanied by rising black clouds.
Around those black clouds, tremendous waves of force transmitted through the earth, spreading outward.
The impact shattered the monster’s head completely, and as its massive form collapsed.
Rindel Silverrain could see Yoo Sung-hyun and his Minions—our intended targets.
The knights spotted them as well.
The knights immediately charged forward with shields and lances, disrupting their formation to separate the Minions from Yoo Sung-hyun.
The Minions evaded the assault and retreated from Yoo Sung-hyun, and as the knights paired off to contain them, Rindel Silverrain drew his sword and rushed toward the now-isolated Yoo Sung-hyun.
THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER——!!!
The war horse’s charge shook the earth, and Rindel Silverrain’s speed as he charged forward, raising clouds of dust, was formidable.
Mounted combat—the moment when a knight reaches their greatest strength.
Yoo Sung-hyun appeared to move in response.
Yet Rindel Silverrain muttered with a scornful smile.
‘It’s already too late.’
I harbored no arrogant notion of capturing the Overlord with merely this single strike.
However, believing this strike would grant me considerable advantage, as Rindel Silverrain swung his blade, Mirror Blade Arts unfolded completely.
Light began to frost upon his sword as if reflecting all luminescence, refracting light into multiple prismatic forms, and as the mysteriously gleaming blade swung toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yoo Sung-hyun gazed upon it and muttered with a smile of deep satisfaction rather than bewilderment.
“You’re the one with reflection.”
Rindel was momentarily puzzled by the cryptic words, but he didn’t bother responding.
There was no point—he couldn’t block my blade anyway.
With the reflection sword technique I now possessed, my blade negated even defensive skills through reflection, and any attack thrown at me would be reflected back, rendering it useless.
The blade swung as if the world itself had inverted, but in that instant, a mirror-like sword strike materialized in Yoo Sung-hyun’s grip—one that contained a mysterious and peculiar world—and Rindel’s eyes snapped wide open.
And before long, Yoo Sung-hyun, now wearing the mask of reflection, murmured.
“Is this how you do it?”
The torrents of power reflected and returned to one another.
Light shattered and refracted, and the worlds mirrored each other before vanishing in mutual annihilation.
Simultaneously, both Yoo Sung-hyun and Rindel felt the tremendous force and were pushed back. Rindel, who had been mounted, realized his war horse would die if he stayed, so he dismissed the summon and landed directly on the ground, carving a long furrow behind him as he was driven backward.
Screeeeeech———!!!
Whoooooosh———!!!
And it wasn’t just Rindel who was pushed back—Yoo Sung-hyun was as well.
In fact, watching Yoo Sung-hyun carve two even deeper and longer furrows into the earth with his legs planted firmly, I couldn’t help but smirk.
So it was true—80% replication.
“A lord-tier really is something else, isn’t it?”
I muttered to myself.
Rindel’s eyebrows shot up as he looked at me.
Was this what it meant to be an Overlord?
Amazed at how skillfully I wielded a power I’d only recently acquired, Rindel felt it was time to get serious and tightened his grip on his sword.
Then he spoke, looking at me.
“I’ll kill you and claim the power of at least three more lords.”
And hearing those words, I responded without bothering to show respect.
“It won’t be easy.”
As I grinned and gripped my sword again, Rindel moved first.

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