The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 392

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Episode 392
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The Gapyeong Rest Area on the route heading toward Sokcho was bustling with vehicles and people, likely due to its considerable size.
Being a rest stop that travelers encountered on their way to Gangwon Province, it seemed even more crowded than usual.
Yoo Sung-hyun let out a quiet chuckle as he watched the car pull into the Gapyeong Rest Area.
Now that I thought about it, even rest stops felt like it had been ages.
It was summer, and the weather was already humid, but the residual heat from the parked cars made it feel even more stifling.
Heat shimmer was even visible in the parking lot.
The warmth pressed down on us without needing to be mentioned.
As Yoo Sung-hyun stepped out of the car and slightly frowned at the heat.
Yoo Mi-na shook her head and spoke.
“Ugh, it’s so hot, so hot.”
“Tell me about it.”
Yoo Sung-hyun agreed with her.
An Yoo-jin, who had been driving, An Yu-bin, who had been sitting behind her, and Lee Geon-dong, who had been sitting quietly in the third row, all exited the car and were fanning themselves with their hands, feeling the heat.
Of course, the air conditioning in the car had been running at full blast.
It made sense that it felt even hotter outside.
Unable to bear the intense heat, Yoo Mi-na spoke urgently.
“Ugh, let’s go inside quickly.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Sounds good.”
“Let’s go.”
“Let’s head in.”
Everyone agreed with Yoo Mi-na’s suggestion and headed toward the rest stop building.
Snacks and everything else could wait—we needed to get inside where the air conditioning was.
We could see various food vendors selling their wares.
It wasn’t even 11 o’clock yet.
It was a bit early to call it lunchtime.
“Should we grab something light?”
Perhaps because no one had eaten breakfast before leaving.
Yoo Mi-na’s suggestion felt incredibly appealing.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Yoo Mi-na spoke.
“Then let’s each pick what we want and sit at a table. Sung-hyun, I’ll have jjajangmyeon!”
“…Are you asking me to order it?”
“Hehe.”
“Sigh, fine.”
Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head helplessly and agreed.
And naturally.
“Yu-bin, I’ll have udon.”
“Understood.”
An Yoo-jin also placed her order with An Yu-bin.
Since the older sisters were ordering, the younger ones figured they might as well go to the kiosk and place their orders too.
Yoo Sung-hyun and An Yu-bin ordered the same dishes their older sisters had chosen, and added a few extra items here and there.
They ordered a modest portion of sweet and sour pork and some side dishes as well, and Lee Geon-dong, who had been gauging the mood, also ordered udon to join them.
Once they were all seated at the table,
it wasn’t long before the food arrived—perhaps because this place had such high turnover?
The dishes came out quickly.
Yoo Sung-hyun and Yoo Mi-na had black bean noodles and sweet and sour pork, plus fried dumplings, while An Yu-bin had tofu udon, and An Yoo-jin and Lee Geon-dong had udon with skewered fish cakes.
Sharing the sweet and sour pork and fried dumplings among all five of them made everything taste even better.
Slurp, slurp.
“Wow, they really say black bean noodles are the way to go at rest stops, right?”
“It’s udon.”
“Both are delicious though.”
“That’s true.”
“It’s excellent.”
They could have bickered back and forth,
but instead they acknowledged each other’s choices and all five of them enjoyed a thoroughly satisfying meal.
Besides, everything tastes good at a rest stop anyway.
There was no real reason to argue.
As Yoo Sung-hyun ate, something piqued his curiosity, and he looked up.
An Yoo-jin noticed his gaze and asked what was on his mind.
“What is it?”
“Well, it feels a bit off to talk about work out here, so I’ll tell you later.”
Still, it did feel like a vacation.
Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head, saying it was nothing.
An Yoo-jin said it was fine.
“Don’t be like that. It’s okay, speak freely. Actually, one advantage of our line of work is that we can discuss it so casually.”
“That’s right.”
“So what is it?”
“Oh, that?”
When An Yoo-jin asked, Yoo Mi-na nodded in agreement, while An Yu-bin tilted her head curiously.
Lee Geon-dong, of course, acted as though he already knew.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded, thinking that made sense.
It wasn’t really that serious of a matter anyway.
He figured it would be fine to bring it up casually.
“It’s nothing major, but I mentioned it to my older sister and Yu-bin before—I’m temporarily part of a party challenging the Deep Area in Belhadam of Muganseong.”
“Ah, a Mugan Deep Area challenge party?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“So I heard three parties are competing, and you’re talking about them forming standard six-person full parties and progressing down, right?”
As expected of a Guild Master.
Her information was sharp.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded while observing An Yoo-jin.
“That’s where Michael Party is currently active.”
“Is Michael the guy who was originally in the Eclipse Order’s second division?”
“Oh! I think I know who you mean.”
“Yeah, I heard he left, and from what I understand, he’s got good potential and talent. So he ended up going there?”
An Yoo-jin and Yoo Mi-na chattered away while recalling Michael, and Yoo Sung-hyun nodded.
And An Yu-bin also focused on what Yoo Sung-hyun was saying.
After all, wasn’t this the backup party that had just entered Belhadam yesterday?
So while they were listening intently, saying it was quite important.
Yoo Sung-hyun spoke.
“The thing I’m struggling with here is that everyone seems like good people, so I’m currently hiding my identity, and I’m wondering what I should do about it.”
“Hmm, you haven’t told them you’re the Demon King?”
“Then how are you going live?”
“I’m just going around with my face revealed.”
“What? Didn’t you originally only show your mouth?”
“Yeah, that’s how it was.”
When I was the Demon King, I either showed only my mouth or covered everything, so only a hint of my expression showed.
But now I was revealing my entire face.
So An Yoo-jin could easily understand what the concern was about.
“So you’re wondering if revealing yourself would cause damage to Rapid?”
“Yes, if it was just me getting caught, honestly I wouldn’t have worried much about it.”
“That’s just how Yoo Sung-hyun’s personality is.”
“Ah, yeah.”
“Yoo Sung-hyun does have that kind of personality.”
Yoo Mi-na and Lee Geon-dong, who knew Yoo Sung-hyun, agreed, and Yoo Sung-hyun deliberately ignored them.
It sounded like praise, so I felt a bit embarrassed.
Anyway, when Yoo Sung-hyun asked for opinions like that.
An Yoo-jin asked as if there was nothing to worry about.
“Why would revealing your face be a burden to Rapid?”
“Well, it’s probably because you revealed your face on a different channel first, not on the Rapid channel?”
“Actually, it looks more like a surprise or a special event, so it’s fine. Plus, the Michael Party would probably be thrilled about it too.”
“Hmm, that does seem likely.”
Everyone nodded at An Yoo-jin’s sharp judgment.
Yoo Sung-hyun also nodded at that opinion and thought for a moment.
“Then wouldn’t it be better to do a live broadcast together with their broadcast? It would create synergy and increase traffic to the Michael Party too, right?”
“With the Rapid Guild live?”
At An Yu-bin’s words, Yoo Sung-hyun looked at An Yu-bin as if a bit surprised.
At the same time, I sneaked a glance at An Yoo-jin.
A shared broadcast meant that when two channels were streaming simultaneously, they would display the same broadcast on both channels.
Since the viewership would be unified and the combined total from both channels would be credited to each individual channel.
This meant traffic would flow into the Michael Party channel as well.
From a certain perspective, it could be seen as a loss for the Rapid Guild.
That’s why Yoo Sung-hyun had looked at An Yoo-jin.
But surprisingly.
“That actually sounds like a good idea? Michael doesn’t come across as unlikeable—he’s quite articulate and has great broadcast presence, so it would give existing Rapid viewers a fresh shock and create synergy?”
“I think so too.”
“Hmm, I haven’t watched Michael’s broadcasts, but it seems like it could work?”
“Since Rapid’s broadcasts have been following a similar pattern lately, if we give it that fresh shock like Yoo-jin said, and Michael is good at broadcasting, I think we’ll definitely see synergy.”
With An Yoo-jin, An Yu-bin, Yoo Mi-na, and even Lee Geon-dong all saying the same thing, Yoo Sung-hyun blinked in surprise.
I hadn’t expected Lee Geon-dong to step forward and speak so proactively, so I looked at him with a surprised expression before letting out a quiet laugh.
Thinking it would be beneficial to go ahead with it, Yoo Sung-hyun nodded in agreement.
An Yoo-jin spoke up.
“Then once we decide, I’ll tell Geon-dong right away and he can handle it immediately.”
“Yeah, since we’re in the same place anyway, I can connect the broadcast right away through messenger.”
“Okay.”
Yoo Sung-hyun answered that way and felt a bit sorry for bringing up work matters after coming all this way, but he felt grateful that everyone had discussed it so enthusiastically.
After eating an early lunch at the rest stop, snacking on plenty of treats, and everyone visiting the restroom, we were able to set off again.
There were entertainment options at the rest stop, and we briefly considered enjoying them, but since we still had a long way to go, everyone decided to depart instead.
Though it was a weekday, perhaps because it was Thursday close to the weekend, there were more cars than expected, so we were concerned about traffic building up soon.
As we all moved in the car with an upbeat song playing, An Yoo-jin and Yoo Mi-na, who were driving up front, were having a conversation.
“So they’re plotting something again this time?”
“Rachel???”
“Yeah, looks like she’s bringing all the rankers under her.”
“Hmm, that’s a bit problematic.”
“So what, let them come at us.”
At An Yoo-jin’s words, Yoo Mi-na said it was fine, but An Yoo-jin looked at Yoo Mi-na with slightly worried eyes.
I had thought there would definitely be conflicts ahead.
But they’re already gathering.
Hearing Yoo Mi-na’s story from behind, Yoo Sung-hyun tilted his head.
“They’re still coming at us?”
“They haven’t come at us yet, but it seems like it’ll happen soon.”
“Hmm, how soon?”
At Yoo Sung-hyun’s question, Yoo Mi-na thought for a moment before answering.
“Probably around a month?”
A month was still considerable time remaining in the game, so when Yoo Sung-hyun heard this, he tilted his head in thought.
After all, for a single ranker, it supposedly takes several days just to level up once.
So that made sense.
And then.
“Hmm, well then, once this Belhadam business is wrapped up, I’ll head there myself.”
“Huh? Really? Will that work?”
Yoo Mi-na initially reacted with confusion, but then recalled Yoo Sung-hyun’s power during their time in the Silverrain Territory and nodded in agreement.
His strength had been absolutely overwhelming back then, and if he returned from Belhadam this time?
He might very well surpass even a Single Ranker’s power.
At Yoo Mi-na’s response, An Yu-bin pondered for a moment before nodding.
“I think we’ll be getting our transit passes soon too. Everyone’s learned their secret techniques now.”
“Already?”
“I heard the lowest-ranked team member just got promoted to Legendary grade, and you’re saying they’re already at that level?”
“I noticed it while editing the footage, and it checks out.”
“Oh?”
At An Yu-bin’s words, even An Yoo-jin, who was driving, reacted with surprise and asked again, while Yoo Mi-na and Lee Geon-dong responded as well.
Naturally, Yoo Sung-hyun also listened with interest to the story.
In any case, once they obtained their transit passes soon enough.
“Should we start hunting Single Rankers?”
“That sounds fun.”
“Right?”
As Yoo Mi-na spoke.
Yoo Sung-hyun and An Yu-bin responded with satisfied smiles.
There were the three of them, satisfied at the prospect of new content arriving immediately, and then An Yoo-jin and Lee Geon-dong, who watched them and anticipated the channel and guild growing larger, pleased with the outlook.
As everyone continued their conversation like this.
They arrived in Sokcho before they knew it.

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