The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 415

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Episode 415
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Yoo Sung-hyun’s declaration to clear up to the 100th Floor today was like rain in a drought for the viewers.
Honestly, he was the type to take it easy and stream casually.
Everyone had felt a bit disappointed.
But now that he said he’d clear up to the 100th Floor.
Everyone couldn’t help but anticipate it.
-Wow, the 100th Floor!!!
Seriously lol I’ve been hoping for this, and finally!!!
-Kkkkkkkkkkk Good job taking annual leave today kkkkkkkkkkk.
-This is insane profit!!!
-Let’s go until evening!!!!
-This is crazy, absolutely crazy!!!
Gaehyeja’s broadcast lol
With other streamers, saying they’d do more would be obvious, but it was somewhat ironic that everyone was so delighted with the Demon King’s broadcast.
Well, good is good, isn’t it?
As Yoo Sung-hyun descended toward Floor 98 while enjoying the sight of it all.
I felt a strange aura.
Until just moments ago, the aura had been filled with despair.
As I tilted my head, noticing that this time it had changed to a different aura.
Michael noticed and asked.
“Huh? Demon King, is something strange?”
At Michael’s words, I nodded.
Normally I wouldn’t have said anything.
But since it was a broadcast and content we’d decided to compete on.
I spoke.
“I don’t think there’s a Despair Lord down there?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Oh, you’re right.”
“The aura has changed.”
“It’s definitely different.”
At my words, the team leaders like Luna, Kyou, and Embris were able to sense it belatedly.
Not the aura of despair that had been felt until moments ago.
But something similar to what we’d felt in the Floor 80s.
“I’m sensing an aura of ruin.”
“Huh? Ruin? Right when the broadcast is getting exciting?”
“Haha.”
At Michael’s ad-lib, I couldn’t help but laugh.
The viewers were the same.
Haha, Hael Ham is especially sensitive when it comes to the bottom/downfall.
-Hahahaha, it’s starting to pick up now, but at least we’re not hitting rock bottom hahahaha
-???:Yes, rock bottom? Am I getting fired?
-Hahahaha look at that terrified expression hahahaha
-The way he looks like he doesn’t know what he did wrong is hilarious hahahaha
As the viewers erupted in laughter, I wiped my forehead with my palm as if to brush away sweat, signaling that we’d cleared one hurdle.
The viewers responded with delight.
-Hahahaha phew, I’m not getting fired
-Hahahaha that “one problem solved” expression is killing me hahahaha
-Ah haha the boss made us laugh~
-Hahahaha he’s in a great mood hahahaha
-Ah Michael, why are you so funny hahahaha
I laughed along at first, then signaled to the Backup Team with a glance.
As if to say: prepare for Despair Lord.
All three team leaders of the Backup Team nodded at my signal.
This much they could understand without explicit instruction.
It happened while Michael was casually bantering with the viewers like this.
Since we’d been hunting Despair Lord all this time, I understood its aura’s characteristics and power well.
But suddenly.
Mixed with Despair Lord’s aura, the power of despair began to manifest.
What kind of bizarre phenomenon was this?
My eyes narrowed.
This time, all three team leaders could sense it without me having to speak first.
So we descended more cautiously than before.
When we arrived at Floor 98, a message greeted us.
[A portion of the Despair Lord’s consciousness awakens.]
[A portion of the Despair Lord’s consciousness awakens.]
[On Floor 98, the Despair Lord’s left arm and the Despair Lord’s right arm manifest.]
Exactly as the message described, what greeted us before our eyes was a pitch-black right arm identical to Despair Lord and an ashen-grey left arm stained with despair, both born from empty air.
The two arms floated in empty space as if attached to a single body, yet moved freely like separate entities, welcoming us.
A collaboration between Despair Lord and despair, you might say?
This theme certainly looked interesting, but since I’d already made a comment about it.
I couldn’t hide my disappointment as I spoke.
“Begin.”
The moment I spoke, all members of the Backup Team shot forward like arrows.
But as the Despair Lord’s extended right arm turned toward them.
Kuuuuuuuu———!!!
Similar to the Despair Lords we’d faced before, a crushing pressure as if we were falling into the abyss itself was unleashed upon us.
But since we’d already seen the direction of the attack and were on guard.
All Backup Team members saw the gesture and evaded completely, and this time it was the Despair Lord’s left arm.
The Despair Lord’s left arm didn’t merely extend its hand—it clenched empty air as if grasping something, and flames of despair began to surge through the gaps between its fingers.
Whoooosh——!!!
Ashen flames erupted ominously, spreading despair across the surroundings, and the negating energy of despair began summoning those who had once fallen into its grasp.
A knight who once wielded a blade before despair claimed him, a comrade who became Tower Master only to cast himself into an abyss of despair, a priest who waited for divine salvation yet ultimately lost his family to the mire of hopelessness—all three materialized before us.
Merely three in number.
Yet each one radiated an extraordinary aura.
As the knight, marinated in despair and become despair itself, charged forward, Luna, gripping the primordial strength of creation, drove her fist toward the knight’s blade, and the knight swung despair itself.
When despair and primordial strength collided.
Kiiiiiieeeeee———!!!
A wail of despair, like a dirge of the damned, pierced the air, and Luna’s body flinched momentarily at the sound.
Yet the invisible darkness that followed released her from that paralysis, and both the knight and Luna, pushed back by equal force, retreated simultaneously.
Screeeech——.
Whoooosh——.
Both were driven back several meters, the distance identical for each.
It was evidence that Luna’s power—the primordial strength of creation—and the blade of despair possessed equal might.
Surprised that the summoned creatures could be this formidable, Luna’s expression showed genuine shock, and Kyou and Embris, clashing simultaneously with the mage of despair and the priest of despair respectively, narrowed their eyes in considerable astonishment at their comparable power.
“Ah! Everyone collided in nearly equal force!!! The summoned knight and Luna appear to match in raw strength, the mage-type summoned creature matches Kyou’s magical power, and the priest-type summoned creature’s power cancels out Embris’s sorcery and blood magic!!!”
Despite the nearly equal power, the Backup Team showed neither particular distress nor heightened tension.
They hadn’t unleashed their full strength, and they were also conserving power for the next floor.
Still, they hadn’t imagined the summoned creatures possessed hidden raid boss-tier power, so they gradually began drawing upon deeper reserves.
Michael continued his commentary as the battle unfolded.
While the three team leaders engaged the summoned creatures, the right arm of the Despair Lord extended its hand, spreading despair’s power to apply directional pressure and destabilize their balance, yet before I could intervene, my teammates were already protecting their respective leaders and supporting one another.
‘Interesting.’
The moment I let out a brief exclamation of admiration.
Michael, as if sensing it, cried out.
“Ahhh!!! Did you already experience so much on the previous floor??? Looking at how the Demon King’s contribution rate isn’t skyrocketing like before, it seems she’s providing minimal support!!! The Backup Team has grown!!!”
The viewers, too, were equally fired up by Michael’s passionate commentary.
There was a certain disappointment in watching through video rather than being on-site where one could grasp the full situation.
Yet Michael’s commentary added even greater intensity.
Everyone watched the footage with bated breath.
-Wow, they’re definitely moving way better than the previous floor????
Haha, that’s seriously insane.
-Even if you compiled mad movies from decent rankers, I don’t think it’d be this incredible???
-The live editing is flawless too;;;
-Who’s holding the camera??? It’s seriously crazy.
-Wait, the Backup Team fights really well????
-Even while competing over contribution, they cooperate perfectly after what the Demon King said;;;;
-This is the Backup Team???
-What’s our Backup Team doing???
It was nothing but a continuous stream of admiration.
In reality, the Backup Team was simultaneously checking the right arm of the Despair Lord while gradually pressuring the summoned creatures and attacking, and had the left arm of the Despair Lord created additional interference, things might have become more hectic, but that hadn’t happened yet.
The Despair Lord’s left arm was fully occupied merely channeling power to his summoned creatures and controlling them, and Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t help but smirk at the sight.
The contribution rate had been quite substantial on the previous floor.
Yoo Sung-hyun still held first place now, but the gap wasn’t nearly as pronounced this time.
‘They’ve certainly grown considerably since they now understand how to fight him.’
Seeing everyone’s progress,
Yoo Sung-hyun wore a satisfied smile as well.
In that moment, Yoo Sung-hyun noticed something peculiar while the Backup Team was hunting.
He observed Luna, Kyou, and Embris—the three of them attacking the Despair Lord’s left arm and the right arm of the Abyss Lord whenever gaps appeared, along with those two creatures.
Until the previous floor, it had been closer to fighting together, so I hadn’t noticed it.
‘The energy is flowing downward?’
As much energy as was consumed by their attacks, energy from the Abyss Lord’s right arm and the Despair Lord’s left arm was flowing downward.
Watching the Abyss’s energy combine the two energies and send them downward,
Yoo Sung-hyun recalled his previous deduction and nodded, realizing it seemed to match.
Confirming it with his own eyes brought relief, and he smirked while providing cover.
If they descended further below, wouldn’t they be able to see all that energy accumulated from being sent down like this so far?
Whether the pattern grows progressively stronger,
or if there’s something else entirely, I still don’t know yet.
‘I hope something as formidable as my expectations emerges.’
With that thought, Yoo Sung-hyun continued assisting the Backup Team, and the battle was gradually reaching its conclusion.
Yoo Sung-hyun smiled, anticipating what the next floor would bring.

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