The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 368

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Episode 368
368
For every conscious being, solitude was a poison as lethal as any venom.
No existence was complete, so none could live alone; yet those who lived in isolation could not escape the sting of loneliness.
Even the formidable Helena felt its weight.
One could measure just how fatal it truly was.
When solitude descended upon those left behind, it became a blade that carved through the soul, raking across the world itself.
Belzarak, bound to command the dragon soldiers and unable to move, was lacerated by that soul-severing loneliness—his flesh torn asunder.
Craaaaaack———!!!
With a ghastly sound, Belzarak’s body was shredded as though his very soul had been torn to pieces.
He writhed in that exquisite, piercing agony, his maw gaping wide as anguished cries spilled forth.
A secret technique perfected without pouring forth vast mana—the True Void Blade.
The Galaxy Blade, the secret technique of Galaxy Sword Dance, demanded a price so steep it could cost one’s life, but the True Void Blade did not exact such a toll.
Of course, its power could not compare to the Galaxy Blade, but for Belzarak, a World Raid Boss who would require a war of attrition, the Void Blade seemed the better choice than the Galaxy Blade.
And that judgment proved correct.
As Sung-hyun severed one of Belzarak’s wings with the True Void Blade, the massive appendage plummeted toward the earth.
Boooooom——!
The wing, nearly as vast as a mountain itself, sent tremendous tremors rippling outward as it crashed down.
Sung-hyun watched, breathing heavily, and broke into a grin.
“Got it.”
At Sung-hyun’s pure delight, Helena beside him answered with genuine sincerity.
“Impressive.”
How long had it been since he comprehended the secret technique of the Void Blade, and already he wielded the True Void Blade with such mastery?
Of course, I had thought it a matter of time after obtaining the Demonic Lord.
But even I never dreamed he would master it this quickly.
Watching Sung-hyun, Helena smiled, convinced once more that his talent was genuine.
Then she said:
“Leave the rest to us. Belzarak won’t move for a while.”
At Helena’s words, the weary Sung-hyun nodded in agreement.
Helena, along with Fiora and Nocturnium, stepped forward into battle.
First, Nocturnium absorbed the fallen wing of Belzarak, moving the mountain to drive it into the earth, then treated Belzarak’s bones as minerals, decomposing the wing bones piece by piece to forge them into a colossal hand.
With that massive hand, it reached toward Belzarak and struck, while Fiora transformed into the largest living form she could achieve.
A true dragon with flesh and blood—unlike Belzarak, who was now little more than bone.
Fiora, having grown stronger, transformed not into a small dragon but one the size of a young man, then unleashed a breath so powerful it could be called a divine authority upon Belzarak.
Roooooaaaaaahhhhh————!!!
Behind Fiora’s devastating breath, Helena opened her eyes and murmured softly.
“All that remains is but a fraction of his power… but I must give my all.”
With that murmur, Helena wielded both celestial and abyssal power simultaneously, unfurling angelic wings on one side and demonic wings on the other, then soared skyward and released her might.
Ashen abyss and radiant celestial light intertwined as the Lord of Heaven and Abyss, Helena, opened her eyes.
Her left eye held the ashen abyss, her right eye blazed with celestial brilliance.
Two opposing forces.
Yet those two forces converged into one under Helena’s guidance, gradually intertwining until they became something beyond comprehension—neither ashen nor radiant light—a power that pierced through the dark clouds and descended.
It was light and abyss simultaneously, a single spear that both submerged all things and illuminated all things, falling from above.
As it struck the ground.
A massive chasm opened beneath Belzarak as if he were being pulled into an abyss, and he was drawn into it while the spear pierced through his spine—a ridge as vast as a mountain range.
Craaaaaack———!!!
A horrifying sound echoed across the battlefield as every vertebra in Belzarak’s spine fractured.
A display of power almost impossible to describe.
Yet no one watching felt surprise.
Because this was Helena.
The way she effortlessly wove two opposing forces into one and wielded them with control transcending comprehension—even I, watching from the sidelines, could only learn from it.
‘That’s incredible.’
I marveled at the sight while rapidly recovering my own strength.
Helena and several of my retinue were attacking Belzarak, but most of my forces were holding back the dragon knights.
Even as I swiftly recovered my power, I attacked Belzarak using darkness, hellfire, terror, blood, death magic, and Mirror Blade Arts.
2.
The True Void Sword I wielded when attacking Belzarak.
The viewers watching fell silent in an instant.
They had witnessed an overwhelming display of power coupled with a technique beyond description.
-What is that????
-Looks like a secret art used by single-rank rankers…???
-Wait, you can already use secret arts????
-I thought only single-rank rankers could normally use secret arts, and even double-rank rankers rarely have them….
-A Demon King still playing around in the 250s zone, not even a ranker yet, using a secret art???
The fact that I was using a secret art was genuinely shocking.
In Eternal World, secret arts possessed power beyond mere finishing moves.
That’s why everyone had to be astonished.
I hadn’t even reached Triple Ranker, the very end of the ranker tier, yet I was using a secret art….
But that wasn’t the end.
Beyond me, Helena herself unleashed magic that appeared to be a secret art—a fusion of heaven and abyss.
The viewers watching couldn’t even think of what to say.
-???????????????
-What is that??????
-Servants can use secret arts too????
-Wait, hold on, those demon knights, demon mages, and other servants are also using things that look like secret arts???
-????Transforming into a dragon and breathing fire is basically a secret art too, right???
-The scale is similar…???
-What is this even????
-There are over ten servants and they’re all using secret arts???
-Is this actually going to be a win????
It was only natural that the viewers were confused.
It was shocking enough that Sung-hyun had used Secret Techniques, but now his Retinue was using them as well.
There was no way they couldn’t be astonished.
-The power from the Retinue’s techniques seems a bit weaker compared to Secret Techniques though…
-But that still means they have that level of power, right???
-Secret Techniques can only be blocked by Secret Techniques;;;
-You can’t block them with other skills???
-ㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇ.
Given the prestige that Secret Techniques held, the mere act of using them made no sense.
Everyone could only be bewildered.
Regardless, Sung-hyun and his Retinue were engaged in fierce combat.
This could truly be called their first opponent against which they unleashed their full power.
How much longer did they attack?
After 10 minutes passed—the time for the Authority to manifest again—
The Dragon Fang Soldiers that had been blocked by the Death Legion and the Retinue began to melt away, and were swiftly absorbed into Belzarak Draxion.
[The World Raid Boss, 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarak Draxion』 uses an Authority.]
[The Authority, 『Form of Death』 begins.]
At those words, Sung-hyun issued a command.
“Everyone, fall back.”
At Sung-hyun’s command, all forces withdrew in perfect unison, and Helena along with Sung-hyun’s close associates also fell back.
After that, the melted Dragon Fang Soldiers flowed and one by one covered Belzarak Draxion, and I couldn’t help but let out a dry laugh at the sight.
Belzarak Draxion’s body, having absorbed the melted Dragon Fang Soldiers, was becoming smaller than before, and the pure white skeleton, absorbing not only the surrounding Dragon Fang Soldiers but also the death vapor itself, turned black into a dark skeleton, becoming the Form of Death.
The previously scattered massive size had shrunk to merely several hundred meters—less than half its original proportions—and the density had hardened proportionally to that reduction, its two eyes gleaming ominously.
[The World Raid Boss, 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarak Draxion』 has used 『Form of Death』.]
[Phase 2 begins.]
[**Warning**]
[Phase 2 of the World Raid Boss is more dangerous than anything else.]
[The World Raid Boss, 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarak Draxion』 has 10 minutes until the next Authority.]
Seeing those words, Sung-hyun’s expression became cautious, and the viewers couldn’t hide their shock.
In just 10 minutes, they had driven the World Raid Boss to Phase 2.
It was an achievement that could hardly be called the accomplishment of a single user alone.
However, Sung-hyun had also sustained considerable casualties.
-The Demon King’s legion has been nearly halved too.
It looks like only about a third is left compared to the beginning???
They’re scattered so they look fewer, but it’s definitely more than half worn down.
-But since it’s Phase 2, wouldn’t that put him at a disadvantage?
While some thought Sung-hyun would still achieve victory, looking at the state of the battle, his consumption rate was significant, so everyone chattered about it.
It was shocking that Sung-hyun and his Retinue were using Secret Techniques one after another.
Yet the World Boss remained a considerably threatening existence.
Rather, having reduced its size, it had become even more agile than before.
I wondered if facing him would only become more difficult.
In reality, the legion I had summoned, which once numbered a hundred thousand, had dwindled to merely forty thousand.
It was a force I had painstakingly gathered together with the souls over time, and while it pained me to see it reduced so drastically, there was nothing to be done about it.
I could have resurrected them, but many had already been killed with their bodies shattered beyond recognition, making resurrection horrifically inefficient.
And the viewers, as if they understood this, chattered about it endlessly.
-Even if she’s the Demon King, resurrecting those already beaten to a pulp would be inefficient lol.
-Wouldn’t it be better for the Demon King to use a technique directly?
-Definitely. Using one more secret art would be way more efficient.
While everyone was discussing this.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight.
The remaining forty thousand soldiers had gathered the corpses of their fallen comrades in one place—directly beneath Belzarak’s body.
And then.
Someone noticed this peculiar arrangement and muttered aloud.
-???They’re piling corpses under his body???
-Wait, is that green smoke coming from there too?
-Could it be?
The moment that thought crossed their minds.
A massive explosion erupted beneath Belzarak’s body, accompanied by emerald smoke.
The green light spread outward, expanding to match Belzarak’s original size, then detonated again with such force that it swallowed several mountains whole. The shockwave was immense and devastating enough to consume the world.
KWAAAAAAAANG————!!!
The earth flipped upward like a tidal wave, scattering in all directions, and in that instant, an explosion swept across a range as vast as a territory, carving out an enormous crater.
The force was so tremendous that magma erupted from the ground, and the subterranean lava burst forth, scorching the surrounding area with intense heat.
Yet from within that blazing magma, a dragon composed of black bone rose up, growling low as it fixed its gaze upon me.
-Grrrrr.
Watching Belzarak like this, I muttered with a hint of regret.
“It seems the days of coasting through this are truly over.”

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