The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 396

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Episode 396
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2.
Saturday—a golden time slot.
The day after Yoo Sung-hyun returned from his one-night, two-day survey.
There were those who had turned on their broadcasts from this golden morning hour.
None other than the Michael Party.
“Hey everyone! You all know, right? Today is the day Yoo Sung returns to us!”
The viewers responded to Michael’s cheerful greeting with their own salutations.
-Hi Michael~
-Hey hey
Hahaha, Yoo Sung finally makes an appearance!?
-Yuseong, I thought I was getting tired of waiting ㅠㅠㅠ
-Wow, Yoosung ㅠㅠㅠ
Naturally, the chat exploded at the mention of Yoo Sung-hyun’s appearance.
However, there were also viewers reacting to talk of Yoo Sung.
-So is Yoo Sung really the Demon King???
-There’s seriously so much circumstantial evidence???
-If the Demon King has that kind of skill and looks like a single-rank ranker, I honestly have no will to live.
-They brought something annoying again.
-ㅇㄱㅈㅉㅇㅇ?
-Tell us the real identity!!!
-Is he really the Demon King!?
When Michael heard considerable chatter about whether Yoo Sung was Rapid’s Demon King, he looked at the chat with a bewildered expression as if he’d already prepared for this.
Then.
He turned the question back on the viewers.
“…But guys. Why would someone so famous and skilled join our party….”
At first his expression was bewildered, but now he spoke as if somewhat sorrowful.
The viewers couldn’t help but burst into laughter while feeling a bit confused.
Haha, that’s true though.
-Now that I think about it, why would the Demon King join the Michael Party???
Haha, yeah that’s right?
-Then why did the two-day hiatus overlap with the Demon King Backup Party taking two days off?
“Hahaha, I guess it just happened to overlap by coincidence.”
-Now that I think about it, the Backup Team is pushing him, so why would he come to the Michael Party? I seriously don’t get it
Haha, that’s hilarious.
Everyone could only laugh as they discussed it.
They couldn’t help but be taken in by Michael’s naturally comedic disposition.
Yoo Sung smiled faintly and approached the camera, asking.
“By the way, how are we proceeding today?”
“We need to catch up with the Chungwi Party today!”
Michael said this as he revealed himself.
The floor they were challenging this time was Floor 76.
Since the Chungwi Party was currently challenging Floor 77, if they succeeded this time, they would catch up to the Chungwi Party.
The viewers didn’t harbor much doubt about what Yoo Sung and Michael were saying and moved on.
-Oh, so we’re finally surpassing the Chungwi Party today?
-I’m looking forward to it!
-But Floor 76 doesn’t seem easy though.
-That’s true. The difficulty jumps sharply every 5 floors, so it’ll probably be the same this time?
-It’s hard to expect them to clear it on the first day.
-Still, with Yoo Sung here, who knows.
-Yeah, that’s why I’m excited.
The rumors about the Demon King gradually faded away, and I found myself captivated by Michael’s skilled broadcast hosting.
Moreover, the viewer count had exceeded 50,000—more than double the usual amount.
Naturally, a significant portion of the viewers had come to confirm whether Yoo Sung was Yoo Sung-hyun.
Even after I denied it and the viewer count dropped, there were still viewers who continued watching while marveling at Michael’s broadcasting skills, allowing us to maintain a viewer count of 30,000 to 40,000.
Michael, thinking he should perform better while the opportunity was there, conducted the stream with such synergy.
While hunting, he kept talking to entertain the viewers, and when Yoo Sung-hyun laughed heartily at that, there were even viewers flocking in just to see his handsome face.
Of course.
“No! When Yoo Sung just smiles, the viewers react, but I have to do all sorts of ridiculous antics just to keep them here? Isn’t this too much?”
Michael voiced his grievance.
But it fell on deaf ears.
-Well then, Michael hyung should just become handsome too;;
Of course the vibe is different, hahahahaha.
Lol, are you seriously asking because you’re actually curious?
Hahahahaha
-This is actually a fair complaint though.
Just looking at your face makes me smile naturally haha
Wounded further by the viewers’ responses, Michael worked harder with the broadcast and proceeded through Floor 76, but unfortunately, the clear attempt ultimately ended in failure.
Of course, Yoo Sung-hyun didn’t take as active a role, but the difficulty this time was certainly quite high.
There was a time limit, it was maze-like, and the walls couldn’t be destroyed, so the clear inevitably took time.
If Yoo Sung-hyun had revealed the map he possessed, it might have ended quickly.
But without that, we had to proceed while gradually creating the map.
So it took a long time.
By the time the Michael Party barely cleared Floor 76 in 3 days and entered Floor 77, the Chungwi Party had already moved up to Floor 78, and the Demon King Backup Party managed to reach Floor 69.
3.
Yoo Sung-hyun woke up from a somewhat uncomfortable sleeping arrangement and looked around.
Lee Geon-dong’s House—now familiar to me.
Since today was Tuesday.
The construction had started last Monday, and they said it would take a week, so originally I should have been able to return home by now, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
The construction period had been extended by another week, and an apologetic call had come through.
Lee Geon-dong said it was fine, and since his parents and his sister Yoo Mi-na weren’t particularly bothered either, it didn’t become a major issue.
Yoo Sung-hyun was admittedly a bit inconvenienced, but he harbored no serious complaints, so things proceeded smoothly enough.
“Phew.”
After waking, I followed my usual morning routine with a run and took a quick shower.
Lee Geon-dong and I had canceled our Gym membership since we’d be going in the evenings after the game ended.
I went through today’s preparations and loosened up my body lightly.
The day to begin in earnest was drawing near.
Yesterday, Michael Party had entered Floor 77, and Chungwi Party had climbed to Floor 78.
Now it was time for Luna’s backup parties to begin their ascent.
I suspected it would start sometime this week, so as I was having breakfast, Lee Geon-dong woke up.
“Yawn, did you sleep well?”
“Yeah, want some breakfast?”
I said this while showing him the breakfast I had prepared.
Lee Geon-dong swallowed eagerly and nodded.
“Sure, let’s eat together.”
The breakfast menu was simple—miso soup and fried eggs, along with various side dishes.
It was a common Korean breakfast menu.
But for students living alone, it was a rare sight, so Lee Geon-dong swallowed eagerly, scooped some rice, and took a bite.
“Ahhh, this is the perfect hangover cure.”
“??? You didn’t drink yesterday though?”
“It’s just a figure of speech.”
“Well, enjoy your meal.”
I felt secretly satisfied watching Lee Geon-dong eat so deliciously and continued with my own meal.
After finishing one bowl and starting on a second, Lee Geon-dong asked while watching me.
“It’s starting soon, right?”
“Yeah, thanks for the connected broadcast.”
“We continued right after your broadcast ended, so there’s no problem. But Chungwi Party will be catching up soon too.”
“Probably reaching the same floor sometime this week?”
“Oh? Really? Okay.”
Lee Geon-dong said this while eating, and I, having finished first, stood up from my seat and spoke.
“I’ll head in first then.”
“Yeah, go ahead. Fighting today too.”
“There’s not much to fight about though.”
“True, haha.”
Lee Geon-dong laughed at my words.
Well, it couldn’t be helped. After coordinating with Michael Party and deliberately concealing some of my strength, our progress had slowed somewhat.
So there really wasn’t much to fight about.
As I entered the Capsule.
Lee Geon-dong, now eating alone, murmured to himself.
“I should prepare quickly since things are starting soon.”
There wasn’t much to prepare for the linked live itself.
But since it was an event directly organized by the Rapid Guild with various public interest involved.
And this time it was a live without issuing live tickets, so I had to think about additional revenue and was exploring various methods, which made it even more necessary.
In any case, that wouldn’t take too long either.
4.
As more time passed and four more days went by, it eventually became Friday, and during that time the ranking changes had shifted dramatically, like a seismic upheaval.
The Mugan Rankings, the most famous ranking in Belhadam, had undergone changes.
[Mugan Rankings]
[Tied 1st – Chungwi Party: Floor 79]
[Tied 1st – Michael Party: Floor 79]
[Tied 1st – Demon King Backup Team 1 Party: Floor 79]
[Tied 1st – Demon King Backup Team 2 Party: Floor 79]
[Tied 1st – Demon King Backup Team 3 Party: Floor 79]
[2nd – Mansik Party: Floor 76]
The number of tied 1st place parties had grown to five.
And the talk about the Demon King’s backup teams, who had only taken two weeks to climb from Floor 1, was bound to be absolutely explosive.
People couldn’t help but make a fuss about it.
[Title – Wait, is the Demon King really trying to enter the deepest part of Mugan???]
[Author – Keep Dying]
“He suddenly shot up this time, and tying for first place is crazy.”
This is what the Demon King declared – that she’d take the deepest part of Mugan for herself.
Wow, aren’t they going to do this live?
The Rapid Guild channel hasn’t said anything specific about it.』
Alone Escape: Lol, I’m actually looking forward to it. After the territory war at the Rapid Guild, there hasn’t been anything particularly fun, so it’s been boring.
└[Constantly Dying (Author): Real talk lol, I’m kinda looking forward to it]
[No Cool Points: The Michael Party brought in Yoo Sung, a skilled mage, and they’re on par with the Chungwi Party now… but the Demon King’s party is basically a disaster.]
└[Keep Dying (Author): But there’s a rumor that Yoo Sung is the Demon King?]
└[No cool: Yeah, there were rumors like that going around, but people were saying why would the Demon King come to Michael’s party lol and I was like, oh that makes sense]
[Death Keeps Coming (Author): Lol that’s a different story]
People were talking about how the Demon King of Rapid was going to create more fun content this time and were making a fuss about it.
Hadn’t there been no news for a whole two weeks?
For fans of the Demon King who were disappointed by infrequent broadcasts, what better news could there be than this?
The story that had spread through Korean communities spread overseas as well, with endless speculation about when Yoo Sung-hyun would appear.
Probably since the backup teams hit tied 1st place as of yesterday.
Many were saying it would be today.
While Friday wasn’t quite as prime time as Saturday, it was still considered a golden time slot, wasn’t it?
So while everyone was watching the Rapid Guild channel with anticipation.
Sure enough, a notice was posted on the Rapid Guild channel.
[Rapid Guild]
“Hello, I’m Rapid, the Guild Master of Rapid Guild.
Today, I’m posting this announcement to the community to inform you all about the live stream you’ve been waiting for—featuring Yoo Sung-hyun, our Demon King of Rapid.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s live stream will begin at 6 PM Korean time today, so please tune in.
Please note that this live stream will proceed without a live ticket requirement.”
With that brief and concise message, people waited with bated breath for 6 PM.
And when that moment finally arrived, viewers flooded the Rapid Guild channel in explosive numbers.
After all, this was a live stream that didn’t require purchasing a ticket to watch.
The moment it started, people erupted with confusion.
-???????
-????????
-Why is Michael appearing here????
Because Michael was greeting the viewers with a gentle smile.

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