The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 405

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Episode 405
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0.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s eyes opened naturally in the morning, and when he checked the clock, it was around 6 AM.
Waking up early had become such a routine for him that he went through his usual quick wash and stepped out.
A groan greeted him.
“Ughhhh.”
“Oh? You’re already up?”
“Since you’ve been coming here, I hear noises every dawn, so I woke up.”
None other than Geon-dong had woken up unusually early.
When Yoo Sung-hyun saw him like that, he asked cheerfully.
“Since you’re up anyway, want to hit the gym together?”
“…You’re something else.”
“You don’t want to?”
“No, let’s go.”
“Alright.”
After seeing Yoo Sung-hyun’s physique during their recent trip to Sokcho, Geon-dong had apparently been thinking a lot, and he got up diligently.
However, unlike Yoo Sung-hyun, he didn’t even wash his face—he just grabbed some clothes and followed along.
Yoo Sung-hyun looked at Geon-dong as if asking why he wasn’t washing up.
Instead, Geon-dong looked at him as if he were the strange one.
“…? I’m going to sweat anyway, so why wash beforehand?”
“…Right, never mind.”
Thinking that different living habits could account for it, Yoo Sung-hyun chuckled and nodded.
Well, it could be that way.
Not wanting to meddle in his friend’s lifestyle, he headed to the gym with him as is.
Though he had no intention of doing excessive weight training this early in the morning, he and Geon-dong started with some cardio just to loosen up their bodies a bit.
Though it was early dawn, there were surprisingly many people—perhaps because diligent types were out—but there were still treadmills available for the two of them to use side by side.
As time passed, unlike Yoo Sung-hyun who was accustomed to morning workouts, Geon-dong was soon exhausted.
Of course.
“Just walk slowly instead.”
“Yeah, I should do that.”
Following Yoo Sung-hyun’s advice, Geon-dong slowed his pace and began walking, while Yoo Sung-hyun continued running at a speed that kept his breathing steady.
Of course, even at that pace, it was a speed Geon-dong couldn’t manage.
“This is brutal.”
“You’ll get used to it with practice.”
As Yoo Sung-hyun spoke with a slight chuckle, Geon-dong shook his head, then noticed some murmuring within the gym and glanced around.
Yoo Sung-hyun wasn’t paying attention, but Geon-dong could sense it.
The murmuring around them was directed at Yoo Sung-hyun.
Normally, he would have thought it was because Yoo Sung-hyun was handsome.
‘But seeing even the men surprised when they look at Yoo Sung-hyun….’
It seemed they had recognized me.
Though for now, they weren’t approaching in a way that would interfere.
Watching them recognize me, Geon-dong thought that Yoo Sung-hyun had truly risen to stardom.
As he pondered this, suddenly—
Geon-dong asked Yoo Sung-hyun a question.
“Hey, Yoo Sung-hyun. Now that I think about it, is Michael’s Party doing okay?”
“Huh? Why Michael?”
“Well, if you did a live broadcast together, wouldn’t his recognition have risen like yours? Though if he changed his appearance a bit, it might be fine….”
“Oh, right.”
Yoo Sung-hyun scratched his cheek while running, as if he hadn’t thought that far ahead.
After all, he hadn’t expected to become this famous either.
He knew the Rapid Guild’s live broadcast had enormous viewership, but who could have predicted it would have this much impact?
Yoo Sung-hyun muttered somewhat awkwardly about it.
“This might be causing trouble. They did agree to the broadcast, but I feel bad. I should ask them about it.”
“Yeah, let’s tell Rapid about any inconveniences. Yoo Jin said she’s looking into countermeasures.”
“Okay, let’s do that.”
While talking with Geon-dong, Yoo Sung-hyun sent a message to Michael’s Party members, hoping they weren’t experiencing major inconveniences.
Asking if there was anything uncomfortable.
1.
Just as Geon-dong and Yoo Sung-hyun had worried, Michael’s Party experienced something similar to what Yoo Sung-hyun and An Yu-bin had gone through yesterday.
Well, it was only natural when you thought about it.
It was a massive live broadcast watched by nearly tens of millions of viewers.
Half of them had watched Michael’s Party specifically to see Yoo Sung-hyun.
They couldn’t help but recognize them.
So when Michael went out for drinks with friends yesterday evening, everyone recognized him, and the same went for Rowell and Noar.
Since they had been fairly prominent content creators before, they occasionally experienced being recognized.
But this was the first time people recognized them like celebrities, one after another, so they were taken aback.
For those experiencing this for the first time, it was only natural.
Though all three had nearly identical appearances, which contributed to the situation, as recognition became more frequent, all three members of Michael’s Party were bewildered yet quite delighted.
Even the seemingly timid Noar couldn’t help but appear quite pleased.
After all, if they had disliked this kind of attention, they wouldn’t have become content creators.
So when Yoo Sung-hyun’s message arrived, they all responded happily.
[Yoo Sung-hyun – Is everyone doing okay? Your recognition suddenly increased, so please let me know if there’s any inconvenience.]
[Michael – Wow, everyone recognized me and I was startled, but there’s no inconvenience!]
[Rowell – Me too! I was actually excited lol]
[Noar – There was some inconvenience, but it’s fine. I was prepared for this level, and I was glad everyone seemed to view us positively.]
All three sent messages to Yoo Sung-hyun, and seeing them, he scratched his head.
Well, at least it didn’t seem like he’d caused trouble, so that was fortunate.
In any case, they communicated through messages and set a time to meet, and from the morning, Yoo Sung-hyun and all three members of Michael’s Party gathered at Michael’s hideout.
The reason they gathered was obvious.
There had been a broadcast today as well.
A meeting was inevitable.
The current rankings were.
[Mugan Rankings]
[1st Place – Michael Party: Floor 89]
[2nd Place – Demon King Backup Team 1 Luna Party: Floor 87]
[Tied 3rd Place – Demon King Backup Team 2 Kyou Party: Floor 86]
[Tied 3rd Place – Demon King Backup Team 3 Embris Party: Floor 86]
Roughly like that.
The Kyou Party and Embris Party were falling behind somewhat, but not by a significant margin.
In essence, it was fair to say they were nearly on par.
Of course, Yoo Sung-hyun and the Michael Party in first place had a two-floor lead over the Luna Team hot on their heels, so they were in a comfortable position.
But that didn’t mean we could skip the meeting.
There was talk about whether we should pick up the pace a bit more.
“Hmm, but even if we try to speed up right now, the Demon King is handling most of it anyway…”
“That’s true too…”
“Indeed.”
Michael and Noar agreed with Rowell’s words.
Though we wanted to help more, the Michael Party was already giving their all.
It was difficult to increase our pace.
If we were to pick up speed, it meant asking Yoo Sung-hyun to exert more power, but since we couldn’t ask that much of him, we were about to discuss a different strategy when.
“Well, I can try to pick up the pace a bit.”
“Y-you can manage that?”
“Y-you’re already going quite fast though!?”
“R-right?”
All three of them were startled and questioned Yoo Sung-hyun.
But Yoo Sung-hyun smiled and nodded.
“Since we don’t know what might come next, I do need to conserve some strength, but I can go a bit faster.”
Yoo Sung-hyun hadn’t been going all out yet.
When Yoo Sung-hyun said that, the Michael Party nodded at each other, saying let’s give it our all.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled at the Michael Party and spoke about the schedule.
“Since today is Sunday, I thought about doing a morning broadcast like yesterday, but we decided to start from 2 PM, so let’s give it our all from then.”
“Understood!”
“Let’s do this!”
“L-let’s go!”
They all shouted like that, pumping themselves up.
2.
As soon as 2 PM arrived, the Rapid Guild channel and Michael channel went live simultaneously as announced in the morning.
And as relay broadcasts appeared, the same structure as yesterday formed.
Before entering Mugan.
Everyone steeled their resolve and restarted the race. Shortly after the broadcast began, Yoo Sung-hyun defeated the boss on Floor 89 and advanced to Floor 90.
-Whoa whoa whoa?
-Wow, he’s already adapted and cleared it right away lol
-That’s insanely fast???
-But seriously, the backup teams seem really strong too… What about the Demon King?
-Didn’t he basically solo it?
-The other party members barely did anything…
“Ahem, I concede the point.”
“Y-yes, we concede.”
“W-we’re trying our best though….”
“We feel like we’d just get in the way if we stepped in.”
Michael drew aggro and did his best to engage the boss, Rowell attacked with arrows, and Noar struck from the shadows.
But Yoo Sung-hyun’s attacks were far more devastating and powerful than all of that combined.
They couldn’t help but acknowledge it.
The viewers felt the same way, and couldn’t help but laugh at their self-deprecating humor.
-Hahahaha
-It’s nice to see them acknowledge it haha
-Riding the Demon King’s bus is pure acknowledgment haha
-I want to ride the devil bus too ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-For real, they’re gonna level up fast right?
“Wow, it’s no joke. We were just lucky, haha.”
“Hehe, it’s all thanks to me for warning you ahead of time!”
“That’s true.”
They all chatted casually as the broadcast continued, cleared Floor 89, and prepared to descend to the next level.
Yoo Sung-hyun smirked at their broadcast and took the lead going down.
A few viewers raised a question.
-The Demon King is a magic user, so why is he in front???
-Right? Shouldn’t Michael be leading?
-Seriously;;;
As several viewers sent such messages.
Michael spoke as if asking for understanding.
“No, you see, he seems about ten times stronger than me… If I took the lead, wouldn’t I just end up dead?”
The viewers couldn’t help but agree with Michael’s frank acknowledgment.
-Hahahahahahahaha
-That’s right.
-Hahahaha it makes sense for the stronger person to lead.
-Hahahaha
-Michael’s hilarious lol
-Gotta subscribe lol
By then, the atmosphere had become warm and cheerful.
As Yoo Sung-hyun descended, he noticed something peculiar and examined it more carefully.
Then.
‘A different aura.’
Until now, the bosses had carried the aura of the Abyss.
But this felt distinctly different in nature.
The Abyss was an aura that seized, pulled, and forcibly dragged—a suffocating sensation. This aura, however, was tyrannical and felt like it would shatter everything to pieces.
One could sense it from the very feeling alone.
‘Destruction?’
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun continued his descent.
As expected, standing before him was not a towering giant like before, but a shadowy humanoid figure no more than two meters tall.
And Yoo Sung-hyun smirked upon seeing it.
Thinking this might finally be worth his effort, he drew his blade, and the creature responded with confident arrogance, clenching its fist and aiming it toward him.
“This battle will be different from the others, I think.”
With those words, Yoo Sung-hyun and the shadowy humanoid vanished from their positions, colliding with each other in the center of the chamber.

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