The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 409

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Episode 409
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6.
When the Lord of Despair’s eye manifested in Mugan.
The ripples of that manifestation spread like waves across a lakeside, reaching deep into the Demon Realm.
The Demon Realm Archduke, seated upon a throne that was not a throne, lifted his head as he felt those ripples.
Though the wounds inflicted by the previous Overlord Helena had not yet fully healed.
At the familiar resonance, the Archduke’s eyes opened halfway.
Simultaneously, as he recalled that shameful past, his expression deepened.
Sensing that aura which once belonged solely to the Demon Realm.
【Despair… how I have longed for this presence.】
One of the six sins that once belonged to the Demon Realm but was stolen away by the hateful and fearsome Helena.
The Archduke could clearly sense the awakening of the Lord bearing that aura.
Now belonging to the Overlord, the Despair that Helena’s disciples had sealed away in the depths through cunning at the time of her death had awakened.
It had manifested in the Mortal Realm.
It would be nothing for that despair to spread across the world.
Soon, when despair covered the entire continent.
【I must return it to the Demon Realm.】
I must absorb the Lord of Despair—or at least the aura of despair itself.
Only then could I stand against Black Star, the strongest being in the Mortal Realm.
The Archduke was about to send word to the Sword Saint in the Mortal Realm when he hastily changed his mind.
The Sword Saint was not of sound mind at present.
Should he absorb despair, his madness would flare, and he might not cooperate even with me.
Rather.
【I must summon my nobleman.】
Count Marmon, whom I had sent up at every opportunity.
Thinking that I must issue him orders, the Archduke lowered his raised head and closed his eyes once more.
For now, recovering from these wounds as quickly as possible was of utmost importance.
Entrusting despair entirely to Marmon.
I returned to focusing on healing.
There was indeed the variable of the Overlord in the Mortal Realm as well.
【’Not even Helena—merely a young Overlord taking its first steps could not possibly absorb despair.’】
It would be impossible unless they possessed talent surpassing Helena.
And talent exceeding that nightmare incarnate, Helena?
Such a thing could not exist.
No, it must not exist.
7.
A single eyeball floating in empty space.
With a diameter of roughly one meter, in the Eternal World where colossal monsters were abundant, it could hardly be called particularly large.
Yet the sheer grotesqueness of a lone eyeball suspended in nothingness was deeply unsettling.
Everyone had their guard raised to the maximum, even if they weren’t openly tense.
They wanted to attack the Lord of Despair’s eye before its manifestation completed.
But it seemed the system treated this as an event scene, making any offensive action itself forbidden.
Everyone had no choice but to silently watch as the eye continued its manifestation.
Yoo Sung-hyun watched as well.
Suddenly, ashen masses began bubbling and blooming around the eye like flesh.
Bubble, bubble, bubble.
As if the flesh itself were boiling, it proliferated and wrapped around the eye. Around the eye, ash-gray flesh began sprouting like tentacles, and countless tiny eyes erupted across the ashen flesh that enveloped it.
Dozens, hundreds, no—perhaps thousands of eyes burst forth.
Most of those watching grimaced at the sight.
-Ugh.
-This boss is seriously the most disgusting one, right?
-How does something like that even exist;;;;;
-Shouldn’t this be censored;;;;;
-This is seriously gross…
The viewers erupted in expressions of revulsion.
Of course, there was no time to worry about such things.
With no way of knowing when the event scene would end, I repeatedly drew forth the darkness around me, and once all of the creature’s tentacles had fully bloomed.
Darkness blossomed around me.
The capable members of the Backup Team began moving one by one from the moment darkness bloomed around me.
But naturally, I was the fastest.
Darkness surged forth, claiming the space around me, and gradually solidified into form.
The darkness that bloomed from my fingertips gleamed like obsidian—a mineral of singular sharpness and hardness that could cut through anything—and shot toward the Lord of Despair’s eye.
Darkness incomparable to even a blade of shadow grew like obsidian as it flew forward, and the Lord of Despair’s eye lashed its tentacles toward the obsidian-like darkness.
Shhhhwooooosh———!!!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Countless tentacles whipped through the air, and the sound echoed across the chamber moments later as obsidian shards scattered in all directions.
At the moment my attack came to nothing.
Luna was the first to dive toward the Lord of Despair’s eye between the darkly gleaming shadows in the void.
As the Savage Lord’s tough fist, imbued with primordial might, flew toward the Lord of Despair’s eye, the countless tiny eyes attached to it fixed their gaze upon Luna.
Zzzziiing——.
In that instant, Luna’s body froze, and a tentacle whipped toward her like a lash.
Just as the tentacle—whose speed made even sound sluggish—was about to split Luna in two, lightning flashed from the ceiling despite being underground, striking faster than the sound-dulling tentacle itself and tearing it apart.
Shhhhwooooosh———!!!
Crackle————Boom!!!
As the lightning’s brilliance spread outward in all directions.
The entire Cavern flickered, obscuring the Lord of Despair’s eye’s vision completely, and Luna’s movement returned. Without hesitation, she swung her fist imbued with primordial might toward the Lord of Despair’s eye.
Boom————Crash————!!!
The fist imbued with primordial might struck the Lord of Despair’s eye directly, and it couldn’t withstand that power, launching like a cannonball and crashing into the wall.
All of this transpired in less than a single second—a fleeting instant.
In that fractional moment, droplets of blood materialized in the void and shot forth like needles toward the Lord of Despair’s eye, embedded in the wall like cannonballs.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh———!!!
Sharp and countless needles tore through the air, and innumerable spikes riddled the wall.
Within that sliver of time, stretched thin like taffy.
As blood needles surged forward like elongated taffy, the obsidian shards that had been scattering seemed to pause mid-air as if time itself had frozen, then flew forward with their razor edges fully exposed toward a single destination.
Shhhhhhhhh———!!!
Sharpness capable of severing all things flew toward the wall, and the surface where the Lord of Despair’s eye had been was torn to shreds, transformed into tatters.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun still did not stop.
The blood magic from Embris Team capable of long-range attacks, the magic fired by Elzahar from Luna Team, the spears of light and shadow winds fired by Merlin and Kurosawa Ren from Kyou Party—all converged, completely demolishing the wall.
As thick dust rose and the wall crumbled entirely, those watching remained tense.
Nearly a combined strike from four wielders of extraordinary Almighty-class jobs.
Yet there was no way the boss of Layer 96, which had demanded cooperation never before required, could have fallen from merely this.
Of course, regardless of what the team members thought, the viewers could only be astonished.
-What the hell did we just see???
-Wait, something just whooshed past?
-Why didn’t they slow it down????
-Lol how are we supposed to see this without slow motion???
-Dude, something happened in less than a second?
-Crazy, I clipped this, gotta watch it in slow-mo.
-Seriously have no idea what happened, how did it end up embedded there???
-Really don’t know.
The viewers could only be bewildered as something unfolded before their eyes that they couldn’t even perceive.
Regardless, everyone’s gaze remained fixed on the wall.
Sure enough, countless somethings burst forth from the thick dust.
Whoosh!
Slash!
Swoosh!
The moment the Lord of Despair’s eye swung its tentacles to pierce through the swirling dust and attack everyone, darkness rising from the ground ensnared all those tentacles as if binding them.
In an instant, all tentacle movements ceased, and as the darkness pulled the Lord of Despair’s eye—which had fired the tentacles from the wall—the eye embedded in the wall was torn free.
Bound and dragged forth, the Lord of Despair’s eye became the target of the party’s coordinated assault.
The melee fighters approached first, unleashing swords, daggers, and arrows, while the ranged attackers provided support with their own strikes.
But in that moment, all the eyes attached to the Lord of Despair’s eye began to shimmer with ashen light.
As the aura of despair rippled through the eyes, everything they gazed upon froze in despair’s embrace—and in that instant, the Lord of Despair’s eye seized the opportunity, severing its tentacles and preparing to attack with newly regenerated ones.
Yet only Yoo Sung-hyun endured the despair completely, smirking.
As if the creature had walked straight into a trap, I gazed at the Lord of Despair’s eye, and it realized its mistake too late, desperately attempting to escape, but it was already too late.
My darkness surged forth and erupted toward the Lord of Despair’s eye, and a colossal spike of darkness pierced through its body from the ground.
Fuuuuuuush!
As the eye was pierced clean through, the creature writhed in agony, and I unleashed my darkness upon it.
The darkness that had penetrated the Lord of Despair’s eye crept forward, enveloping the entire eye and obscuring the thousands of eyeballs arrayed all around it.
With all movements freed, the entire Backup Team moved in unison, concentrating all their attacks upon the Lord of Despair’s eye.
As my attack connected, fragments of darkness shattered and pierced through its eyes. Countless shards of shadow embedded themselves in its gaze, and its body bore numerous wounds.
—Are we winning?
—Did we win?
—Already?
—Seriously, who writes such ridiculous comments???
—Look at that lack of awareness.
A few viewers in the chat began posting premature messages.
And as expected.
Bubbling, churning, roiling.
—Why are you setting up flags like that;;;;​

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