The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 391

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Episode 391
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Whirrrrr——.
As the Capsule hissed open, Yoo Sung-hyun stepped out.
Lee Geon-dong acknowledged him with a knowing look.
“All done?”
“Yeah. Were you watching?”
“Yep, hahahaha. Today was entertaining too.”
“Michael really does have great broadcast presence.”
“Yeah, definitely.”
Geon-dong couldn’t help but nod in agreement with Yoo Sung-hyun’s words.
There weren’t many with that level of talent.
Without it, he wouldn’t have even reached a thousand viewers, let alone ten thousand average.
Plenty of people were hitting ten thousand viewers these days, but it was still impressive nonetheless.
Especially at this level range—Michael’s broadcast skills were genuinely deserving of being called talent.
Geon-dong had no choice but to acknowledge it.
Keeping up with Yoo Sung-hyun’s live streams was just an extension of work.
Perhaps it was only natural.
But.
“Hey, if you’d gone in alone, how long do you think Floor 75 would’ve taken?”
“Just me?”
“Yeah, you and your Minions.”
“Hmm.”
I paused briefly at Geon-dong’s question.
We’d spent nearly the entire day clearing Floor 75 with the Michael Party.
To be honest, it wasn’t exactly easy for me either.
The maze was certainly complex, and the fact that we couldn’t destroy the maze walls was quite troublesome.
When asked how long it would take me alone, I answered honestly.
“I don’t think it would’ve taken more than an hour?”
“As expected….”
Geon-dong couldn’t help but nod at my answer.
While the Michael Party had skill, it was clear they couldn’t match me working solo.
Knowing that I was the Demon King, Geon-dong could definitely see the signs.
The signs that I was holding back my power.
As I thought about this, I spoke up.
“Hmm, so we’ll mention it later?”
“Probably? I’m thinking we reveal it around when the Backup Team has mostly caught up, and a competitive content angle could be fun too.”
“That would definitely be entertaining.”
Geon-dong seemed to have surprisingly solid content planning skills in this regard, so I asked back.
“Haven’t you told Michael yet?”
“No, not yet.”
“Hmm, I suppose we should tell him soon.”
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded at Geon-dong’s words.
It was something I’d been worried about anyway.
I was concerned it might be a burden to the Michael Party.
Of course, from the Michael Party’s perspective, the fact that I was the Demon King was something worth celebrating with open arms.
After all, it was as good as seizing an opportunity for the broadcast to skyrocket in popularity.
But that didn’t change the fact that I’d been deceiving them.
So I was being a bit cautious about it.
“Well, if we tell him and he gets angry, we just apologize. And if he wants a bigger reward, that’s where it ends.”
“I don’t think he’d be like that though.”
“Exactly, so worrying before we even tell him is just a waste of time.”
“That’s true.”
I let out a small laugh seeing Geon-dong actually give useful advice for once.
Geon-dong spoke as if that settled it.
“Well, anyway, let’s talk about that later.”
“Right, we need to pack.”
“Tomorrow’s supposed to be a survey, but really it’s just us going out to have some fun for a bit.”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
“Hehe, I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
At Geon-dong’s words, I chuckled and started packing the swimsuits I’d bought beforehand and various other belongings separately.
Since we’d only be gone for one night and two days, there wasn’t much luggage.
As I packed, the thought of going on a trip made me slightly excited—and I wasn’t the only one; Geon-dong felt it too.
After all, this was my first time going on a summer vacation with friends like this.
I was packing with eyes full of anticipation.
1.
A similar scene was unfolding at An Yoo-jin’s home as well.
After Luna—or rather, An Yu-bin—finished her gaming session and came out, she didn’t even have time to stretch or rest before she was hurriedly packing in her room.
She held up this outfit and that outfit, deliberating quite seriously over which clothes to bring.
And among all her concerns, the most pressing was none other than the swimsuit.
She’d bought several just in case, but standing before the mirror with a perplexed expression, she still didn’t know which one to wear.
‘What should I do?’
Since it was a Pool Villa with a large swimming pool and they’d be swimming, she needed to pack a swimsuit, but she was quite torn over what style to bring.
There were swimsuits that covered her body as much as possible, and there were also quite daring swimsuits that accentuated her figure, so she stood before the mirror, swallowing hard, deliberating.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh, Unni!?”
Yoo Mi-na was tilting her head at An Yu-bin’s doorway asking what she was up to.
Then, seeing An Yu-bin choosing a swimsuit, she grinned.
“Oho?”
“I, I was just picking out a swimsuit.”
Yoo Mi-na watched An Yu-bin trail off her words and smiled with an enigmatic expression.
“Hmm, but you wear that much exposure even in games, so wouldn’t that bikini be fine?”
“Th, this one?!?”
“Yeah, that one.”
Where Yoo Mi-na pointed, there was a swimsuit with quite a narrow coverage area.
By general standards, it could be called quite a daring swimsuit, but for An Yu-bin, it was extraordinarily bold—so much so that she swallowed hard.
Yoo Mi-na watched her reaction and smiled mysteriously.
“I think that one looks the prettiest~”
“R, really…?”
Looking at the swimsuit that An Yu-bin was seriously deliberating over at Yoo Mi-na’s words.
It was certainly beautiful.
It had fabric that covered the lower half reasonably well, making it look quite elegant while still accentuating her figure—that kind of swimsuit.
An Yu-bin was in the midst of that moment of hesitation.
Yoo Jin, who had been listening to Yoo Mi-na talk, appeared asking what they were doing.
“Picking out swimsuits? Oh?!”
Then she looked at the swimsuit An Yu-bin was holding and spoke.
“Yeah, that’s pretty.”
“Right?”
“Y, yes, it is pretty.”
With both her older sisters saying it was pretty, An Yu-bin’s thoughts couldn’t help but shift.
Yoo Mi-na and Yoo Jin laughed at her reaction and spoke.
“Well, it’s just us anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Try it on, and if it’s uncomfortable, we’ll grab other swimsuits too.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Huh, older sisters?!?”
Yoo Jin and Yoo Mi-na teamed up and started picking out several outfits for her, and An Yu-bin ended up packing an enormous amount of luggage.
Well, as is typical with women, Yoo Jin and Yoo Mi-na’s luggage was considerable too.
But compared to Lee Geon-dong and Yoo Sung-hyun’s bags, it had grown to nearly moving-day proportions.
When the trip was only a one-night, two-day itinerary.
The luggage looked like enough for a month, so Yoo Mi-na muttered, thinking it was a bit excessive.
“Sigh, isn’t this a lot?”
“It is a lot.”
“Yeah, it really is….”
Then Yoo Mi-na sensed something odd and looked at the sisters Yoo Jin and An Yu-bin.
And she recalled something she had overlooked.
“Wait?”
“What?”
“What’s wrong?”
“You two are going with your crushes, but I don’t have a partner!?!”
“Cough, cough.”
“Y-yes!?”
At Yoo Mi-na’s words, both An Yoo-jin and An Yu-bin were startled and choked simultaneously, while Yoo Mi-na looked at them with a somewhat aggrieved expression.
It was as if Yoo Mi-na had become a necessary sacrifice for traveling with her crush.
Yoo Mi-na’s gaze narrowed as she looked at them both.
An Yu-bin struck first.
“…But you said we should go first, didn’t you?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“Phew, I almost stopped you.”
Yoo Mi-na glared at An Yoo-jin, who was breathing a sigh of relief.
As if to say it wasn’t over yet.
“Hmm.”
“Fine, fine. You just need to set me up on a blind date too.”
Eventually An Yoo-jin surrendered, raising both hands, and Yoo Mi-na finally smiled with satisfaction.
An Yu-bin also let out a relieved sigh watching her two older sisters.
The Pool Villa they were visiting tomorrow had a beach nearby, so they were packing swimsuits to explore that area as well.
It made sense to consider the distance to the beach and the means of transportation.
They needed to conduct some research to scout the routes and logistics.
But An Yu-bin’s thoughts drifted instead to traveling with Yoo Sung-hyun, and her cheeks flushed slightly.
Though it wasn’t just the two of them going, she found herself anticipating what promised to be quite an enjoyable trip.
2.
The anticipated morning arrived.
Since the charm of a trip lay in everyone going together, they decided not to split vehicles and go in one car, so Lee Geon-dong and Yoo Sung-hyun were waiting in front of the house.
As they waited, a black vehicle pulled up to the front of the house with a quieter exhaust sound compared to the other cars of Yoo Sung-hyun and Yoo Mi-na.
When BMW’s X7—the car that fathers aspire to own—arrived, Yoo Sung-hyun, who had recently taken an interest in cars, couldn’t help but light up.
Rather than the image of a typical van, it appeared to be a quite sleek SUV, so both Yoo Sung-hyun and Lee Geon-dong thought it looked rather impressive.
As the window rolled down, Yoo Mi-na, grinning from the passenger seat, spoke to Yoo Sung-hyun and Lee Geon-dong.
“Hey, get in.”
“…When did that become trendy?”
“And you, Yoo Sung-hyun, understanding that….”
“Hahahaha!”
“Excuse us.”
As they chatted cheerfully, Lee Geon-dong and Yoo Sung-hyun moved to get in the vehicle. First they loaded the luggage into the trunk, then Lee Geon-dong glanced at An Yu-bin sitting in the second row, and without a word, went to the third row and sat down quietly.
Thus Yoo Sung-hyun naturally ended up sitting in the second row next to An Yu-bin.
Yoo Sung-hyun didn’t pay much attention, but An Yu-bin smiled slightly, lowered her head, and greeted him.
“Hello.”
“Hello.”
After they exchanged greetings, An Yu-bin noticed Yoo Sung-hyun sweating slightly and asked.
“Did you wait long?”
“No, I didn’t wait long, but it’s hot since it’s summer.”
Watching the two of them chat through the rearview mirror, An Yoo-jin turned the steering wheel and spoke.
“Alright, let’s get going. Everyone, fasten your seatbelts.”
“Yes!”
Everyone responded to An Yoo-jin’s words, and she chuckled softly before starting the engine.
Since the vehicle was designed with family travel in mind, the ride was exceptionally smooth, and as the car pulled out into the crisp breeze, the journey began.
Yoo Sung-hyun and everyone else set out with contented smiles on their faces.
Their destination was none other than Sokcho in Gangwon Province.
Though they were conducting a preliminary survey, it wasn’t purely a leisure trip.
Yet not a single person among them was dwelling on such concerns or obligations.
Thinking of it simply as a brief outing, they all reveled together in the music flowing from the speakers and the lively conversations that blossomed throughout the drive.
Yoo Sung-hyun too was grinning at the cheerful atmosphere, and before long.
“We’re getting close to a rest stop. Does anyone want to stop?”
At An Yoo-jin’s question, everyone raised their hands in agreement.
Of course—a rest stop was an essential part of any road trip like this.

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