The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 416

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Episode 416
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4.
The high-ranking Demon nobility of the Demon Realm remembered those distant days when their realm had flourished in splendor.
Those times when the six great evils that the hateful and fearsome Helena had plundered ravaged the Demon Realm.
And Marmon Penelirop, the Demon noble who had descended into the Mortal Realm, felt the aura of despair that stirred such nostalgia from those days, lost in reverie.
The concentration was still impossibly faint.
Yet there was no doubt—it was the aura of despair from that era.
“The manifestation is incomplete.”
Not all the seals binding the Despair Lord in Mugan had been broken.
A situation where the manifestation was faint and the seals were only weakly undone.
I could dimly sense that the foolish current Overlord had reached near the depths of Mugan, which is why the seals had loosened.
Only the Overlord’s intervention could release the Despair Lord’s power.
For Black Star had sealed the Despair Lord in Mugan thus.
So Marmon, realizing this, absorbed and condensed the aura of despair faintly spreading through the void. Even scraping together all the despair around him yielded something impossibly weak.
But.
“When the foolish Overlord fully shatters the seals, when the Despair Lord emerges from Mugan and manifests in the Mortal Realm, the Demon Realm will finally reclaim the great evils it has yearned for.”
Marmon spoke thus, a subtle smile crossing his face.
By my estimation, until that time.
It should not take long.
This foreign Overlord.
No matter how strong he might be, his talents were nothing but feeble compared to Helena of old.
I harbored no doubts whatsoever.
I merely waited for despair to break free.
But then.
“Lord Marmon… the Sword Saint is actively gathering military forces. In particular, he has mobilized all powers related to our Demon Race and sent an expedition to the Celestial Ruins, or so I have heard.”
“…The Celestial Race.”
Troublesome creatures, certainly.
Yet they too had suffered deep wounds from Helena.
I knew well that they had agreed to cooperate with us temporarily.
However, unlike the Demon Realm, the Celestial Realm had no breach, so they currently lacked the means to traverse between realms—making the creation of such means their highest priority.
Everyone coveted Overpalace, that palace destined to fall to Black Star and the Overlord.
It must be destroyed by any means necessary.
An immortal Overlord was not even a concern at present.
Marmon made this judgment and spoke to his retainer.
“I hear he has become mad, yet his judgment remains sound. Ascertain whether the connection with the Heavenly Realm is fully established.”
“Your will be done!”
Watching his retainer vanish immediately upon hearing his command, Marmon continued to gather despair.
Waiting for the Mortal Realm to become a hell of despair.
5.
The right arm of the Lord of Abyss and the left arm of the Despair Lord.
They were opponents that could be called quite troublesome, but since we had painstakingly mastered their attack patterns, we were able to dispatch them more easily than expected.
We finally brought down Floor 98.
After clearing the second floor, it was time to settle the contribution scores.
Naturally, Michael was providing commentary while making quite a fuss about it.
“Ahhh!!! Floor 98 cleared!!! Now for the contribution results!!! This time the Demon King’s involvement was minimal, but still—the Demon King takes first place in contributions solo! And hot on the heels of the Demon King’s score is…!!!”
Michael paused for effect.
The viewers began chanting the names of their respective team leaders.
-Luna! Luna! Luna! Luna!
-It has to be Luna!
-No, Embris!!!
-Embris! Embris! Embris!
-Kyou! Kyou! Kyou! Kyou!
-Please, Kyou!
-Lunaaaa!!!
Though the viewers were divided in which team they supported.
They all cheered with unified passion.
Michael, watching the chat flood in, thought that if he dragged this out any longer, he might actually descend into the Abyss himself, so he shouted.
“First place in contributions goes to the Backup Team—Luna Team!!! Second place goes to Kyou Party by an extremely narrow margin! Third place is Embris Party!”
When he announced Embris Party in third place, his tone carried a note of regret that certainly heightened the tension.
Michael was displaying the bearing of a true MC rather than a mere gamer.
It was hardly a secret that Rapid, watching the broadcast, thought they’d made an excellent choice in recruiting him.
In any case, Embris Party, having landed in third place, was looking quite dejected.
Michael spoke up.
“Oh, this means Embris Party takes third place for the second consecutive interim tally, doesn’t it? But that’s alright.”
“There are still plenty of opportunities. In terms of contribution percentage, it’s only a 0.2% difference.”
“That’s honestly a gap that could be made up with just one more solid hit, right?”
“Ah, that’s right.”
With commentary from Rowell, Michael encouraged Embris Party onward.
Embris Party’s morale certainly lifted at that.
In any case, Yoo Sung-hyun also thought they’d made the right call entrusting things to Michael and continued forward through the floors.
Floor 99 also unfolded as expected, with the aura of despair and the subsequent aura of destruction swirling about—this time it was the right arm of Despair and the left foot of Destruction rather than two arms.
Last time, the right arm of the Lord of Abyss had launched the main assault while the left arm of Despair provided support, but this time it was reversed.
The left foot of Destruction provided support while the right arm of Despair delivered the main attack.
Destruction shattered the ground itself, throwing off our balance, and in that moment of instability, waves of despair surged forth in attack.
Despair boasted truly despairing offensive power, but most of us managed to evade the attacks even when our balance was disrupted, and above all, Yoo Sung-hyun’s support was exceptional, allowing us to endure.
Floor 99 was cleared with movements so perfectly synchronized they could be called nearly flawless, and we were able to dispatch it swiftly.
The moment Floor 99 was cleared, the atmosphere became almost festive.
“Ahhh!!! Floor 99 conquered!!! And the Demon King, who held first place until now, maintains that position, and remarkably—all the Backup Teams have identical contribution scores!!!”
In other words, the final showdown would come on Floor 100, which might very well be the last floor.
Everyone’s blood was boiling.
Especially among the viewers watching.
What dopamine-inducing content this was.
Viewers experiencing this level of tension for the first time were going absolutely wild.
“- and crazy lol lol lol lol lol lol is there really a need to be this chewy/tense?”
-Haha, exactly.
-Wow, coming all this way and then a tie????
-For real lol, that’s too much.
-My heart hurts so much I need to take some medicine…
-This is what it really means when your heart aches.
-Ugh, my hands are all sweaty—did I develop hyperhidrosis?
-I’m so nervous I need to go wipe the floor;;;;
Every single viewer was in absolute chaos.
Naturally, they were typing in chat while watching, but as the broadcast spread through the community, the viewership numbers began to surge considerably.
Even 100 million would have been an astronomical figure.
They had broken through the infamous 200 million viewer barrier, and now 230 million viewers were watching simultaneously.
People of all kinds of races were enjoying it with one unified heart.
The voting was still ongoing, and the results remained nearly evenly split.
Luna Team had originally commanded overwhelming popularity, but Kyou, once called a villain, had also amassed a substantial fanbase, and Embris had similarly developed a thick layer of supporters.
Of course, with Yoo Sung-hyun, known as the Demon King, holding the center, perhaps this phenomenon was inevitable.
In any case, when they reached the 100th Floor, which they believed to be the final level.
Yoo Sung-hyun sensed something peculiar and muttered to himself.
‘Below this?’
Since they had called it the deep layer, the 100th Floor could itself be the deep layer, so it was possible that 100 was the end.
But I wondered if there might be something even deeper below.
Sure enough, Yoo Sung-hyun felt energy being pulled downward from below the 100th Floor.
A peculiar sensation indeed.
In any case, what comes next is what matters now.
“I don’t feel the energy of the next floor yet.”
“Perhaps it hasn’t manifested yet.”
“Hmm, that could be the case.”
The three team leaders offered their analysis, and Yoo Sung-hyun nodded in agreement.
Since no energy had been felt from below yet, he concurred with their assessment.
So Yoo Sung-hyun was about to say something more when he stopped.
Still, they would need to compete on the 100th Floor.
What would emerge on the next floor?
With anticipation, they all descended to the 100th Floor together.
This time, as soon as they entered, they felt something different.
Until now, a system message would appear the moment they arrived at a floor, and they could see something manifesting.
But this time, no system message appeared, and only an eerie energy lingered in the air.
“W-what on earth is happening here??? Nothing is appearing on the 100th Floor. No system messages are showing up either.”
“Could this be some kind of ominous sign?”
“We still can’t tell anything. The Backup Team is cautiously surveying the surroundings… and the Demon King doesn’t seem to be budging, as if she knows something.”
Michael continued the broadcast regardless.
The viewers were equally curious.
-???????
-What is this??? Why isn’t anything appearing????
-Is the 100th Floor a reward floor???
-Based on the pattern, isn’t it supposed to be Despair + Despair floor???
-What’s going on???
While the viewers were bewildered.
Michael spoke.
“Actually, there was no reward~ Should we despair? Is it something like that?”
At those words, the viewers burst into laughter.
Haha, you think I’d actually do that?
Haha, even if you sue, you’ll win.
Haha, that can’t be it.
-But something does feel ominous though?
Just as everyone was saying it felt ominous.
The aura I felt emanating from the floor began to amplify, and a system message appeared.
[The Lord of Abyss fully regains consciousness.]
Abyss, suddenly?
I looked at the system message with a bewildered expression.
[The Lord of Abyss awakens from the seal.]
[The Lord of Abyss uses 『Abyss』.]
With that message, the floor of the 100th Floor crumbled away, and everyone was engulfed in darkness like a bottomless pit.
But realizing they couldn’t move, everyone understood.
This was an event scene.
All the teams that fell into the Abyss could see it.
[The Lord of Abyss invites you to 『Abyss』.]
[You are being transported from Floor 100 of Mugan to 『Abyss』.]
[『The Lord of Abyss』, 『The Lord of Destruction』, and 『The Despair Lord』 sealed within 『Abyss』 awaken from their seals.]
A system message of despair.

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