The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 374

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Episode 374
374
Kuooooaaaaaagh———!!!
Kurrrrrrr————!!!
Explosions bloomed, and heat and shockwaves engulfed the entire Territory.
The violent impact obliterated everything in the Territory, and the inferno reduced every shattered fragment to ash, leaving not even dust behind.
A black mushroom cloud rose into the sky. The Silverrain Territory—no longer a battlefield, but rather the ruins of a defeated land.
The viewers could not contain their shock.
Not even a full assault from the Rapid Guild, yet with just the combined attack of Yoo Sung-hyun and Yoo-na alone, the entire Silverrain Territory seemed to have vanished.
The Territory’s very foundation bore a massive depression, a crater that bore witness to the devastating attack.
-What??????
-The Demon King’s magic and Yoo-na’s sword strike alone did THIS???
-I lost it seeing Yoo-na’s sword technique, but watching the Demon King’s attack… I’m speechless….
-…Wow.
-Still, area-of-effect skills are a mage’s specialty, but….
-This is overkill;;;
-The Japanese are going crazy;;;;
Hahaha, I guess I triggered your PTSD.
That would give me PTSD too lolololol
The explosive combination Yoo Sung-hyun displayed was worth every bit of the devastation.
Overwhelming firepower that literally erased an entire Territory.
A region where players in the level 300-350 range could operate—annihilated in a single moment.
The viewers’ frenzy was no exaggeration.
Yet this was, after all, a Territory where at least top-ranked players could operate.
Despite the bombardment and inferno, knights clawed their way up from the earth, drawing weapons one by one.
Not in great numbers, but roughly a hundred or so remained standing.
-How did they survive???
“They’re actually buying this lol”
-Wait, isn’t that the opposite? Out of a place where top-ranked NPCs gather, only 100 survived the annihilation?????
-Plus they’re not even intact—no armor, and most of their upper bodies are drenched in blood.
-They definitely took serious damage.
The viewers marveled at the knights of Silverrain Territory, who displayed such formidable resilience.
Given the sheer power Yoo Sung-hyun unleashed, surviving it at all was remarkable.
Such respect was, in a way, inevitable.
Among them, some bore only minor injuries, unlike the common knights.
And among them, a single figure who appeared to have sustained almost no damage.
None other than Ricardo Silverlaine, the master of Silverrain Territory and its Count, surveyed his surroundings with a face flushed crimson.
The prosperous, fertile Territory he once ruled had vanished without a trace, and even the Castle was gone.
It was a situation where fury would be justified.
Yet Ricardo Silverlaine thought coldly, even as his rage burned hot.
‘An ambush.’
I hadn’t anticipated an assault like this.
I had dismissed them as outsiders, yet their strength was considerable.
All the more reason to remain composed.
“That creature is a Dark Mage. He must have utilized the corpses that existed here. He won’t be able to produce firepower like that again.”
“Indeed, sir.”
“The lord’s judgment is sound.”
His retinue nodded in agreement and accepted his assessment.
Now there was only one entity they needed to concern themselves with.
“We’ll think about the vanished Territory after we crush these outsider rabble.”
For now, there was only blood vengeance.
Ricardo spoke thus to his retinue, and they prepared for battle.
The Demon King couldn’t muster firepower like that again.
So it would be sufficient to simply contain the Rapid Guild members.
On the surface, it wasn’t a flawed judgment, and it was the sensible course of action.
But Sung-hyun was a Dark Mage who operated by entirely different principles than the conventional ones they understood.
“Hmm.”
I was contemplating whether to use the Explosive Combo once more.
If I wanted to, I could use it again.
There were many ways to recover mana, and corpses?
I hadn’t secured over a hundred thousand corpses like before, but on the way here, I had stored enough—well over fifty thousand—in the Underworld, so it wasn’t impossible to use it again.
However.
-For Silverrain———————!!!
-Show the might of Rapid Guild———————!!!
-Those who lose face supplementary training from Yoo-na———————!!!
-Ugh, anything but that———————!!!
The Silverrain Knights Order and Rapid Guild were already clashing, their forces so entangled that from above, one couldn’t distinguish ally from enemy.
If I used the Explosive Combo now, the Rapid Guild members would be swept up as well, creating an unfavorable situation.
Moreover.
‘I already used it once and didn’t gain much from it.’
Even before the Explosive Combo, Belzarak’s breath had already devastated most of the Territory, and I had used the explosion on top of that.
While I had slaughtered the mediocre ones, I hadn’t dealt significant damage to the genuinely skilled knights, so using it again would be foolish.
It would be far more beneficial to conserve mana for other purposes.
Having made this judgment, I surveyed the battlefield first.
‘This won’t be easy.’
From above, looking down upon them, I observed my retinue atop Belzarak.
Atop Belzarak, where my retinue and powerful undead were arrayed.
Like a flying aircraft carrier, I assessed the military strength of Rapid Guild and Silverrain Territory with a grave expression.
And the conclusion I reached was.
And the result was.
“Are we falling behind a bit?”
It seemed the Rapid Guild was indeed being pushed back.
Was it because this was a territory where rankers were active?
Their underlying strength was formidable.
Of course.
“Then we should lend a hand.”
-We shall take action, my lord.
“Leave it to us.”
-I, I’ll do my b-best too!
Sung-hyun’s retinue stepped forward to declare their intent, and Sung-hyun nodded as though it were only natural.
Thus, from atop Belzarak hovering in the sky, the retinue members leaped down one by one and were deployed onto the battlefield, and the war began.
The Silverrain Knights who had taken a massive blow from Sung-hyun and Yoo-na, the Rapid Guild members, and Sung-hyun’s retinue descending from the heavens above.
Their war unfolded in such a manner.
2.
Within the tangled battlefield.
Though I had judged the Rapid Guild to be somewhat pressed, the reality of facing this battlefield was so fierce that such thoughts barely crossed my mind.
The damage the knights had sustained from me was far greater than anticipated, and this created ample openings for the Rapid Guild members to exploit.
Kim Jin-woo was among them, and the Double Rankers including Kim Jin-woo were performing admirably, slaughtering the knights as much as possible.
Grond the Crusher was no different.
Shing—crack!
“Phew, this isn’t easy.”
“Tell me about it.”
Even for the Double Rankers, the battlefield was grueling.
Though they were an elite force, the knights gathered here were equally formidable, so most Rapid Guild members struggled to face even a single knight alone.
Since it had been arranged beforehand, they were confronting the knights in teams of at least three.
Only the Double Rankers of teams two and three, like Grond and Kim Jin-woo, faced the knights solo.
Grond and Kim Jin-woo had managed to exchange a few words during a brief lull.
But there was no time for prolonged conversation, and as fresh knights charged forward, they each drew their weapons again to engage.
Kim Jin-woo let out a soft chuckle as he watched this, swinging his blade.
The knight’s swordsmanship was elegant, befitting his station, and every attack carried the profound depth of noble technique that ordinary users could never replicate.
I never imagined I’d be waging war against high-ranking NPCs like this.
Kim Jin-woo wore a satisfied smile.
‘He’s truly remarkable.’
It had only been two months since I first encountered Sung-hyun.
Yet now he had reached a level where I could scarcely dare to face him.
Frankly, if my entire team faced him, it would still be difficult, but the fact that Sung-hyun could accomplish it alone was utterly absurd and extraordinary.
I could only marvel at it.
Still, until now I had thought we might actually win, but seeing Sung-hyun’s retinue and Sung-hyun himself facing off against Silverrain’s vassals.
I couldn’t help but think this way.
‘Are we… losing?’
Kim Jin-woo let out a brief chuckle at the frivolous thought, then shook his head.
Now I need to focus and face this properly.
If Yoo Sung-hyun and his retinue hadn’t been holding back the vassals, the tide of battle could have shifted at any moment.
As he thought this, Kim Jin-woo clicked his tongue and looked to one side.
The air shimmered like heat haze, and the very collision of their auras distorted his vision as if creating convection currents.
There stood Ricardo Silverlaine, the lord and count of Silverrain Territory, facing off against Yoo-na, who met him with unwavering composure and gazed down at him with an icy expression.
Without even drawing their blades, sharp killing intent radiated in all directions, slicing through everything around them, and the moment their eyes met in silent understanding.
Without hesitation, they simultaneously drew their swords.
And then.
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A shockwave that tore through sound itself, leaving nothing but silence, rippled outward and severed everything it touched.
Yoo-na and Ricardo exchanged sword strikes, briefly retreated, then charged at each other again, and Kim Jin-woo shook his head as he watched.
‘I need to make sure I don’t get caught up in that.’
This was no joke.
If he actually got caught in that clash, he’d probably die on the spot.
And he wasn’t the only one thinking this.
Grund also fled from the area where Yoo-na and Ricardo were colliding and shouted to Kim Jin-woo.
“Try not to go anywhere near that if you can help it.”
“I have eyes, you know.”
They exchanged these words and separated, while the viewers watching couldn’t decide who to focus on and muttered in confusion.
Thanks to the Rapid Guild’s video team editing the footage in real-time with multiple split screens, the viewers were overwhelmed trying to figure out where to concentrate.
-Damn, Yoo-na’s swordsmanship is insane??????
-Her technique grew even stronger;;;;
-What kind of swordsmanship grows like bamboo shoots;;;;
-But look at the Demon King’s side, it’s crazy?
-This is textbook mage-vs-knight combat;;;;
-If you’re a mage, you gotta watch this video? The distance management is insane;;;
-No, what should I look at? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Yoo Sung-hyun’s battle was equally formidable.
Yoo Sung-hyun fighting against two vassals simultaneously, and the battle between Ricardo, the count and strongest of Silverrain Territory, and Yoo-na, the undisputed strongest of the Rapid Guild.
Both were worth watching, but the level was too high to see everything.
A battle so high-level that missing even a single moment felt impossible.
The viewers swallowed hard and muttered.
-I’m a ranged dealer, so I gotta watch the Demon King.
-I’m a knight, so I gotta watch Yoo-na….
-Wow, Rapid Guild will edit it and upload it, right? Please ㅠㅠㅠ
While the viewers were lamenting this.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s battle was beginning.
One vassal wielding a blade that commanded crimson flames, and another wielding a blade that commanded storms.
The two stood before Yoo Sung-hyun, and he gazed at them with amusement as he unleashed his lord-class abilities.

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