The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 412

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Episode 412
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1.
The waves of despair scattered across the Eternal World strengthened several bosses.
Those bosses, empowered by despair itself, became extraordinarily formidable—despair incarnate.
Common bosses ascended to raid boss caliber, raid bosses evolved into hidden raid boss tier, and what should have been clearable encounters began resulting in total annihilation.
The only silver lining was that ordinary monsters remained unaffected by despair’s influence.
Though it was described as “some,” across the entire Eternal World, a considerable number of bosses had been strengthened.
It was inevitable that players would notice the anomaly.
Bosses that were previously defeatable suddenly became overwhelmingly powerful—it would have been strange not to notice.
[Title: What is this???? Why did the Flame Spear Knight get so strong???]
[Author: ManaPoolUnused]
『Our party used to clear it with power to spare, but now we’re getting wiped;;;;
Did it suddenly get stronger???
The effects and appearance did change though???
What is this???
Is this an event?』
Did it suddenly get stronger???
What, the effects and appearance did change, but…?
What is this???
Is this an event?
[ReturningDeadly: No no, there’s no event announcement???]
└[ManaPoolUnused(Author): Right??? There isn’t???]
└[DungeonTrapped: Isn’t this event foreshadowing???]
└[ManaPoolUnused(Author): Oh, maybe???]
[Title: No seriously what is this??? Why are bosses so strong??]
[Author: NotAMob]
『It’s seriously too powerful;;;;
Attaching video.
I happened to have recorded a video before when I posted a challenge attempt.
Comparing it with the new one, it seems at least twice as strong???
[Previous Boss Video]
[Current Boss Video]』
Video attached.
I happened to have filmed a video before about uploading challenge tasks.
When I compare it to the newly released one, it seems like it’s at least twice as strong???
[Previous Boss Video]
[Current Boss Video]
[KilledByAllies: I came to say you’re just weak, but what is this???]
[StealingHeals: It’s really different?????]
[ChallengeWithoutTank: What is this????]
Initially, discussions circulated about whether this was event foreshadowing.
But naturally, those who watched the Rapid Guild and Demon King’s broadcast recognized the anomaly faster than anyone.
Anyone watching would have immediately identified it upon seeing that aura of despair.
And their numbers were considerable.
Nearly a hundred million viewers had watched the broadcast.
[Title: Isn’t that the Lord of Despair from Mugan?]
[Author: Got6StarFromGacha]
『I saw that boss video someone posted earlier
The aura from the Demon King’s broadcast yesterday is identical to the Lord of Despair’s energy???
If the Lord of Despair’s consciousness awakens, wouldn’t it affect the entire continent?』
[DealDamage: Looks right to me. The despair energy from yesterday’s Demon King broadcast is the same. Attaching photos.(photo attached)]
└[6StarGacha(Author) : Right? I wasn’t seeing things wrong, was I???]
[BuffEnemy : Is it the Demon King again???]
“Skill in One Shot: The Demon King causes large-scale events to happen whenever she does anything lol”
[DrawSword : So how do you even defeat that despair thing???]
It didn’t take long for the fact that it had originated from Yoo Sung-hyun, the Demon King, to spread.
As the information propagated rapidly, various theories circulated.
It became clear that the aura of despair was appearing not only across the East Asia Server continent but also across other continents.
Since it occurred simultaneously across time zones, everyone came together to discuss it.
Even those who had been wiped out by bosses they could normally defeat began to feel anticipation rather than frustration.
[Title-Is this leading to another event?]
[Author-BombPlantFailed]
“Ah, please hurry up and post the official announcement!!!”
But honestly, it’s fine even without an event lol
The boss got stronger than I expected, and it was so boring until suddenly it became fun like playing a new game, so now there’s even a waiting line lol
[DefenseZero : It really is fun though.]
[OutOfRange : My body freezes when I encounter the despair aura, but if I’m careful about that, it’s still doable!]
[PetAttacksBoss : The power increased too, but it’s more fun than I expected.]
[ArmorIsDecoration : But still, I’d like it if there was an event…]
[CloakOnly : Ah, there has to be an event;;;;]
The only minor complaint was the request to open the event sooner.
And finally, the long-awaited event announcement appeared.
『Hello, this is E-World, the company operating Eternal World.
We apologize for the delayed event announcement.
Since Eternal World is a world created together by our users, we apologize that our response was delayed due to the sudden impact across all worlds caused by user gameplay. We sincerely apologize that we should have identified and responded to this in advance, and we plan to combine an experience point event as compensation.
The Lord of Despair’s Manifestation Event will accumulate points the more you defeat bosses imbued with the aura of despair, and rewards will be distributed according to point tiers.
Details will be listed below.
We support your adventures.
E-World Chairman – Park Won – Sincerely』
Once it was recognized as an official event.
The response was explosive.
With the event plus an apology compensation of an experience point event on top of it.
Everyone cheered, and Eternal World’s stock price began to soar even higher.
2.
Yoo Sung-hyun, who had promised to meet around the time lunch ended after the broadcast the previous day, spent the morning leisurely at the gym.
In the morning, he had worked out with Lee Geon-dong, but Lee Geon-dong still had editing work remaining, so he left after a moderate session, while Yoo Sung-hyun stayed and continued exercising at the gym until just before lunch, then returned to Lee Geon-dong’s house.
Then.
Let’s do it.
“Sung-hyun! Did you see this!?”
“Huh? See what?”
He’d just returned from an intense workout session, so exhaustion would have been understandable.
Yet when Lee Geon-dong looked at Yoo Sung-hyun’s face, it bore a refreshingly invigorated expression, making him regard his companion with mild exasperation.
But that wasn’t the point right now.
Lee Geon-dong spoke and thrust his phone toward Yoo Sung-hyun, whose eyes tilted in confusion as he studied the screen.
He wondered what could possibly warrant such a fuss.
As Yoo Sung-hyun looked closer.
A video was playing on the phone Lee Geon-dong had shown him.
It was a fairly common video of a boss raid.
But there was something familiar and peculiar about it.
“The aura of despair?”
“Right?”
“Why is that there?”
“Beats me.”
In response to Yoo Sung-hyun’s question, Lee Geon-dong relayed what was currently circulating online.
The aura of despair had spread throughout the world, and bosses had been strengthened.
And there was even an event.
Yoo Sung-hyun could only nod in acknowledgment.
The Lord of Despair influencing the world—it made sense.
Though it was plausible, he wondered why only the Lord of Despair had such an effect.
There were also the Lord of the Abyss and the Lord of Destruction.
The story suggested only the Lord of Despair’s consciousness had awakened.
That much remained unclear.
Yoo Sung-hyun murmured with some concern.
“Then we can’t participate in this?”
“Since we’re hunting the Lord of Despair’s main body, wouldn’t that count toward points as well?”
“Hmm, maybe so?”
While Yoo Sung-hyun was pondering this.
The messenger group chat where the backup teams gathered suddenly erupted into chaos.
[Kyou – Things are getting interesting, aren’t they?]
[Embris – The situation is bigger than expected.]
[Joseon First Blade Kim Che-gun – Hehehehe, it won’t be long before we become heroes of the continent.]
[Hwawol – Kim Che-gun stock going up?]
[Joseon First Blade Kim Che-gun – Be, be quiet.]
[Usagi – Either way, this is because of us, right?]
[Merlin – It has to be because of us hahahaha!]
[Luna – It’s quite a large scale.]
Some team members said nothing, but their thoughts appeared identical.
Since this had all occurred because of them.
Some thought they had caused trouble.
But overall, I was quite enjoying this situation.
It was undeniable that this was something significant enough to affect the entire World.
Yoo Sung-hyun felt the same way as he rubbed his chin.
Honestly, I hadn’t even anticipated something like this would happen.
But one thing was certain.
‘Despair seems to be a higher-tier concept than I thought.’
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded his head, thinking that perhaps there might be something new to discover.
This is probably…
[Yoo Sung-hyun – We need to handle this quickly. But let’s keep the schedule as planned, and I’ll let Michael know in advance.]
Yoo Sung-hyun said that, and everyone sent back messages saying they understood.
Right away, Yoo Sung-hyun sent a message to Michael.
[Yoo Sung-hyun – Michael, this time Despair escaped because of us, so viewers will probably flock and all sorts of questions will come up. Let’s just proceed with the facts. We didn’t really know either. And I think it’s enough to just say that it happened because of my job-related abilities.]
[Michael – Oh, understood. I’ll make sure to handle the broadcast well.]
After sending that reply to Michael, Yoo Sung-hyun exhaled as if a weight had been lifted.
And just to be safe, I searched for more internet posts.
I was relieved to find that there were actually more opinions thanking me, and I steeled my resolve.
If I had only caused trouble, that would be one thing.
But if this became an event…
‘I have to take first place.’
Of course, thinking that we should naturally take first place, I smirked.
And just as Yoo Sung-hyun was about to think about various things.
An unexpected message came through the messenger.
None other than a message from an NPC.
In Eternal World, when an NPC contacted you while you were away, it would be recorded in the messenger like this. Since this was the first time using this function, Yoo Sung-hyun was a bit surprised.
Curious about what this was, I checked it.
Yoo Sung-hyun was looking at that message with an intrigued expression.
‘Hmm.’
If things are like this, I definitely need to make a move.
And…
‘I didn’t know such a story was connected to the Lord of Despair.’

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