The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 398

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Episode 398
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5.
[Current Viewers: 10,281,934●]
A broadcast room with a staggering ten million viewers.
Among the Backup Team parties, the one recording the highest viewership was none other than Luna Party—the original, Sung-hyun’s Backup Team.
Luna Party, their expressions hardened with focus, tore through the Labyrinth sprawling across Mugan.
The viewers couldn’t help but cheer as they watched the party instantly eliminate every commander that appeared.
-Insane!!!
-Luna Party really is strong, no doubt about it.
-Hwawol, you’re amazing!!!! Kill them all!!!
-Hwawol could actually kill me;;;;
-Wow, but they’re moving so fast here????
-That’s why Luna Party is really fast.
Though the party could have responded to the viewers’ chat, Luna Party pressed forward with their strategy in silence.
Each floor of Mugan presented different tricks and labyrinths, and many proved far more challenging than expected.
The mission that appeared on the 79th Floor was a vast Labyrinth, so most of the 70s range were identified as such, and Luna Party began moving swiftly.
Hwawol’s role was invaluable, possessing both tracking and detection abilities.
“Left, right, left.”
As Hwawol identified the zigzagging paths at a glance and called out directions, no one in Luna Party objected.
Without Hwawol’s guidance thus far, they would have gotten lost quite a bit.
The viewers couldn’t help but be amazed as Luna Party advanced so rapidly.
While not a party that displayed exceptional raw power,
they moved through with remarkable systematicity and solid fundamentals.
-Wow, the fundamentals are seriously solid, no joke.
-They all got promoted to Legendary rank, so their skills have improved;;;;
-I thought they gave up after going to the Backup Team, but that wasn’t it;;;;;
-Right, Luna isn’t someone who’d be under just anyone anyway.
-They’re really fast.
-Wow, who’ll clear the 79th Floor first????
Even as the viewers watched with such thoughts, they couldn’t help but swallow hard at the sight of Luna rushing ahead.
The reason so many viewers were here was largely due to Luna’s appearance.
Luna’s movements wielding the massive twin blades made her all the more beautiful.
Previously, she had worn quite revealing attire, but this time, though her arms and legs were exposed, her equipment wasn’t particularly revealing.
Yet people still couldn’t help but come here to see Luna’s appearance.
Luna’s blade strikes, elegant and remarkably beautiful, were content in themselves.
Thus, as Luna Party rapidly found their way forward, they cleared the 79th Floor swiftly.
6.
[Current Viewers: 8,817,143●]
The Backup Team with the second-highest viewership after Luna Party was none other than Kyou Party.
Of course, given that Kyou could be called a troublemaker, there were far more than one or two who had suffered at his hands. So when we finally saw how skilled he truly was.
Everyone could only fall silent.
Especially since this team had been joined by Merlin and Kurosawa Ren, who had previously been called rising stars, so we were curious what kind of synergy they would display.
Kim Che-gun and Kyou were snarling at each other with bared teeth, bickering constantly.
“Listen here, you brat. Just follow where this master leads.”
“I’m the team leader. This woman is.”
“What?! You dare insult a swordmaster!”
They were actually drawing blades and attacking each other while quarreling.
Kyou wielded lightning, scattering bolts toward Kim Che-gun, while Kim Che-gun nimbly dodged and swung his sword in return.
Kyou blocked the blade easily with a lightning barrier and charged forward, attacking each other while simultaneously sweeping away all the Specters.
Merlin and Kurosawa Ren, watching the two of them, made no move to stop them—instead, as if accustomed to it, they quietly followed behind the pair.
Rather.
“Ahahaha!!! Kyou and Kim Che-gun are in great spirits today!”
“…They’re always like this, so it’s quite something.”
The two of them murmured to each other like that, responding cheerfully.
The viewers could only mark their screens with question marks at the sight.
-??????????
-Why are they competing with each other?????
Haha, if you look closely, aren’t they all hitting each other’s vital points?
-Aren’t they just extreme tsunderes????
Haha, X is so funny.
Hahaha, Kyou was supposed to be the supporting character, but seeing this is hilarious.
Haha, that’s why
Everyone was laughing as they watched Kyou and Kim Che-gun’s bickering.
And the more surprising thing here was
-Why are they progressing so fast????
Hahaha, so it’s super fast though????
-Is this right????
-They’re so fast even while fighting each other???
Kyou, wreathed in lightning as he ran, and Kim Che-gun, who summoned a horse while sweeping wind around him, both possessed considerable speed.
Following behind them was Merlin, flying on a spear that scattered radiant light, and Kurosawa Ren, moving like the wind itself as he rode the shadows.
The entire party seemed focused on speed.
Kyou and Kim Che-gun, running ahead and bickering, left behind any Specters they missed, which Merlin and Kurosawa Ren caught instead.
They were so fast that traps only activated after they had already passed through.
The viewers could only marvel at such skill.
-The speed is seriously insane??????
-They’re not even strategizing, just running through the entire Labyrinth????
-If you look carefully, they are using left-hand techniques…
Hahahahaha but Luna Team’s speed is pretty similar though????
-They’re really fast.
Specialized in speed as they were, they were literally rushing forward like lightning, and their conquest was proceeding smoothly.
Well.
“Don’t insult me, the proud greatest swordsman of Joseon!!!”
“Yeah, for a German.”
“What!?!?”
The bickering between Kim Che-gun and Kyou was quite entertaining to watch.
7.
[Current Viewers – 7,932,178●]
It was the least popular livestream among the Backup Team.
Yet the Embris Party, commanding nearly eight million viewers, was delivering a fresh shock to everyone.
While displaying considerable teamwork comparable to the Luna Party, who had been coordinating for a long time, their distinctly unusual method of escaping the Labyrinth could only deliver quite a fresh shock to the viewers.
Unlike the others who were running, the Embris Party began at the starting point, extending their hands and spurting viscous blood.
Rather than being wounded or injured, they were using blood to create sticky threads through their technique, then rapidly shooting those threads in all directions to find their way.
-What the hell??????????
-What is this?????????
-I’ve never seen a Vampire-type Almighty job before.
-Are they finding the path with blood????
-Wow, this is insanely fast too????
-?????But even so, they still just find the path and have to run, so isn’t it actually slower???
One of them expressed such a doubt.
But before another chat could explain, Embris read that comment first and spoke.
“Our job types have a skill that allows us to move through this blood. Since all four of us are Vampire-types, we can move immediately once we find the path.”
Everyone couldn’t help but be amazed at Embris’s kind response.
The Luna Party and the Kyou Party didn’t particularly care about viewers, but the Embris Party was different.
When they responded that way.
-Wow, they even communicate directly here???
-She’s a goddess…
-Ugh, I’m burying my bones here.
-Wow, but if they have a movement skill like that, it’d be totally broken in Labyrinth-type dungeons;;;;
-Luna and Kyou Party are really insanely fast, but now I’m not sure about this either.
As the viewers felt grateful for the communication.
Embris smiled brightly and spoke.
“Thank you.”
Though her appearance was close to that of a handsome beautiful boy, it was clearly evident that she was a woman—perhaps because of that? The viewers began falling for Embris one by one, drawn to her charming presence.
Thus, as Embris was converting viewers into loyal followers, she could sense something internally.
“Hmm, we probably won’t be in first place though.”
Embris was sensing the blood spurting out rapidly at a speed comparable to the other Backup Teams.
But unlike the other Backup Teams, as she was part of Sung-hyun’s Retinue, Embris could sense it.
“Sung-hyun has already arrived? How is he so fast????”
The viewers who heard that remark were bewildered.
-How did you even know that????
-How does Embris even know that????
-Wait? Did the Demon King’s team really clear the 79th Floor!?
-???????? For real????
-Wow, seriously????
-But how did you find out about that????
Everyone expressed their amazement and asked Embris.
Embris winked and spoke.
“It’s a secret~”
After saying that, Embris thought to herself.
‘I need to pick up the pace.’
No matter if they were just the Backup Team.
And even though Sung-hyun was technically her master by the rules.
The desire to win somehow drove her to push harder, blood spraying forth with renewed vigor.
8.
Before the Embris Party could even sense that Sung-hyun’s Party had arrived.
In other words, it was still before they had even departed.
[Current Viewers – 34,125,860●]
Michael, or rather Sung-hyun’s Party, who was handling over 34 million viewers, displayed an unusually stiff demeanor compared to their usual broadcasts.
Though Michael had shown considerable talent for broadcasting, he had never dealt with a scale this massive, so he couldn’t help but feel nervous.
One could argue that since it was a game broadcast, viewers weren’t physically present, so it shouldn’t matter.
But consider this: the moment you realize you’re suddenly broadcasting to over 30 million people simultaneously—a 3,000-fold increase from your usual 10,000-viewer streams—your body naturally stiffens.
And so, just as the broadcast began to feel a bit rigid.
Sung-hyun stepped forward and spoke.
“Michael, you seem really nervous?”
“What?!? Yeah, honestly you’re right. I’m pretty nervous, haha.”
Watching Michael readily admit it at Sung-hyun’s words, the viewers couldn’t help but laugh.
That was one of Michael’s charms.
Hahaha, that’s hilarious! Hahahaha
Haha, are you getting nervous because there are more viewers now???
She’s kind of cute lol
-Take that back. The Demon King is way cuter and more handsome.
-That’s true;;;;
As the chat started buzzing one by one.
Michael’s nervousness was definitely easing up.
“Come on guys!!! Think about it—standing next to such a handsome man, of course I’d get nervous thinking about the backlash I’d get!?!?”
Everyone laughed at Michael’s wit and typed in the chat.
Haha, I’m nervous though.
Ugh, I’m scared I might end up going to squid too, haha.
Haha, it is kind of ambiguous though.
-Admit it, you’re nervous lol
-lololololololol
Everyone laughed as they typed their responses, and as the atmosphere lightened a bit.
Yoo Sung-hyun spoke.
“Well then, let me put in a bit of effort today.”
“Ooh?”
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun said that, he stepped forward, and the viewers began to anticipate what would happen.
And as Yoo Sung-hyun, who was emanating a thick darkness from his hands, smirked and spoke.
“The Labyrinth’s characteristics and I seem to work together better than expected.”

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