The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 423

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Episode 423
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The Despair Lord’s spear-like staff began to sway through the air like a conductor’s baton tuning a melody.
As the Despair Lord floated above despair itself, Yoo Sung-hyun swung his darkness-wreathed blade toward the waves of despair crashing down upon him.
The despair paradoxically split and tore apart under the darkness, the fissures widening, yet—
they began to take shape again in time with the tip of the Despair Lord’s conducting staff.
The colossal despair absorbed negative energies—people’s hopelessness, misfortune, fear—and began to emanate a dark aura devoid of even a single ray of light.
Thus the despair took on a massive form and hurtled toward Yoo Sung-hyun.
Faced with despair too enormous to merely block with a blade, Yoo Sung-hyun extended not his sword but his bare hand and channeled his power.
‘Split apart.’
As I reached out with that thought, the colossal negative energy within the despair was drawn toward me, and a grotesque, contorted giant specter’s hand materialized, devouring the massive despair.
For a despair wraith that fed on darkness and despair, such despair was merely a snack.
The despair wraith swallowed the despair and grew even larger, but soon its belly convulsed, and the despair tore through the wraith’s abdomen and burst free.
Shrieeeeeek———!!!
Though the specter was formless and without substance—
it writhed in agony before its very existence simply vanished.
The despair that had torn through the wraith’s belly then absorbed the specter and consumed it, attempting to manifest as my despair.
Michael, witnessing this, widened his eyes in shock and cried out.
“Ahhh!!! What is happening!? The specter summoned by Yoo Sung-hyun died in a single blow!?”
“W-we’re being pushed back!?”
Michael and Rowell fretted and worried in alarm.
Yet Helena watched with an amused smile, utterly unbothered.
Of course, the viewers leaned more toward Michael’s perspective than Helena’s.
By all appearances, Yoo Sung-hyun was being overwhelmed.
Moreover, hadn’t Helena herself said that Yoo Sung-hyun was being pushed back somewhat?
So worry was inevitable.
-What is this????
-Aren’t we going to lose like this? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Defeat the devil ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Please win ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Can’t Helena go and help? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-I really hope he wins.
People were desperately wishing for his victory.
Yet Helena had no intention whatsoever of interfering.
Rather, she was cheering Yoo Sung-hyun on.
Right now, there was considerably much that Yoo Sung-hyun could do.
He simply wasn’t using it.
That was why Helena took no action, trusting in Yoo Sung-hyun completely.
Since Yoo Sung-hyun was also aware that everyone was watching, he couldn’t help but feel conflicted.
Broadcasting his full strength might seem advantageous at first glance, but it could also expose considerable weaknesses and capabilities he’d rather keep hidden.
But I didn’t particularly mind.
I figured that even if it were exposed, it wouldn’t matter much.
‘If I win here, I’ll gain three Lord’s powers.’
Besides, I’d acquire an even more diverse arsenal of techniques.
Yoo Sung-hyun calculated swiftly in his mind and threw himself into battle.
The Despair Lord’s despair—which orchestrated despair itself—transformed into a colossal spear that hurtled toward Yoo Sung-hyun, and he attempted to block it by manifesting darkness.
But then.
Crack-crack-crack-crack.
The massive spear of despair fractured in an instant, shattering into hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of spears that rained down upon Yoo Sung-hyun.
As Yoo Sung-hyun witnessed this and hardened his darkness, obsidian-like gleaming ore of darkness materialized and surged toward every spear.
The dark obsidian blades flew toward the tens of thousands of spears manifested by despair.
Yet when the dark obsidian blades collided with the spears of despair, their durability proved inferior, and they shattered and vanished upon impact.
Despair incarnate, truly.
But my dark obsidian blades were far from merely tens of thousands.
Hundreds of thousands of blades erupted into the void, and for a moment, the surroundings seemed drenched in darkness.
If one wouldn’t suffice, then two; if two wouldn’t work, then four; if four failed, then more than ten blades scattered toward the spears of despair, and thus the spears began to vanish one by one.
The tens of thousands of despair spears swiftly annihilated, leaving only darkness as a tempest of blades surged toward the Despair Lord.
“Come.”
The Despair Lord raised both arms and called out confidently toward the darkness.
Once more, the surroundings were drenched in despair.
And then.
“Darkness too is but a facet of despair.”
With those words from the Despair Lord, the dark energy was stained with despair, and half of the incoming blades were tainted, turning to strike the dark obsidian blades themselves, causing mutual annihilation.
Witnessing the Despair Lord’s versatility in wielding the very concept of despair, I couldn’t help but click my tongue.
The ingenuity of creating this situation through the concept of hopelessness itself—I could only laugh bitterly.
The control is quite impressive.
I believe my own control is no inferior.
‘If this continues, it’ll become a war of attrition.’
In a prolonged battle, the Despair Lord, who could summon minions through despair, would hold a slight advantage.
Knowing this, the Despair Lord was orchestrating things to draw out an attrition war, which left me with no choice but to laugh wryly.
I realized that ranged attacks alone would lead nowhere.
Thus, I infused darkness into my own body to properly wield the sword.
Not only that, but I blended the power of Destruction and the power of the Abyss into the darkness as well.
I hadn’t yet obtained despair through Helena’s formidable swordsmanship, so I couldn’t blend despair in.
“Hmm.”
As I donned the dark armor, the Despair Lord’s featureless face contorted ever so slightly.
I wasn’t certain what stratagem I had devised.
But it was clear I had found some means to counter him.
The Despair Lord too began to prepare his defenses.
Wrapping himself in despair while donning his armor.
I was confident that Yoo Sung-hyun would no longer respond from a distance.
Similarly, Yoo Sung-hyun mixed two additional elements into this.
Light began to bloom one by one within Yoo Sung-hyun’s darkness, which should have been darker and deeper than pitch black itself, and with that light came an eerie presence.
As Yoo Sung-hyun’s entire body transformed like a vast galaxy, becoming one with the cosmos itself.
It felt as though something immeasurably enormous had taken root within Yoo Sung-hyun.
The Despair Lord still furrowed his brow.
However, the Despair Lord’s tier was still slightly higher than Yoo Sung-hyun’s.
The Despair Lord grasped his spear without concern.
And those watching this spectacle.
“Ah, both are unleashing their full power! Yoo Sung-hyun, who appears to have become the universe itself, and the Despair Lord, who has become despair itself, wreathed in despair!!! They collide!!!”
-Who do you think will win?
-He’s been pushed back so far, will he be okay?
-Please win ㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠ
-I came to see him win!!!!!!
-That universe thing is so cool;;;
-It really is amazing.
-What is that, it’s insanely cool;;;
The viewers were captivated by Yoo Sung-hyun’s transformed appearance.
They all cheered for Yoo Sung-hyun in unison, though Yoo Sung-hyun could neither see nor hear their support.
He flew toward the Despair Lord with all his might.
The trajectory of the galaxy, appearing at once like a comet and like the rings of a planet, was etched into the empty space as Yoo Sung-hyun hurtled forward.
Similarly, the despair rushing toward Yoo Sung-hyun left trails of despair in its wake, charging forward with a long tail streaming behind it.
Yoo Sung-hyun swung his blade toward the Despair Lord descending upon him, and the Despair Lord thrust his spear forward in response.
The tip of the Despair Lord’s spear struck precisely against the blade.
A colossal explosion—born first in the universe, now capable of consuming and overturning the cosmos itself—erupted, warping the space around it and obliterating everything it touched with devastating force.
BOOOOOOM!!!
Heat beyond imagination, akin to that of a star, swept across the surroundings, and though the layers were divided, the heat that transcended dimensions faintly reached the location where Michael and the Backup Team were stationed.
The heat that crossed dimensions possessed formidable power, and its mere aftermath could have annihilated Michael’s Party entirely.
However, Helena casually erected a barrier to protect the exhausted Backup Team and Michael’s Party, though in exchange, the floor, ceiling, and walls could be seen melting away.
Witnessing this, Michael gasped in shock.
“Ah, ahhh! Despite the dimensions being separated, heat of such terrifying intensity has reached us!!! Without Helena’s protection, we would have been completely annihilated!!! The explosion obscures our view, making it difficult to see the situation clearly.”
Michael continued his broadcast despite saying this.
However, because the explosion obscured the situation over there, he couldn’t broadcast immediately.
Yet Michael did not rest.
“Ah, so this is why that place has become such a disaster with several collisions of this magnitude. The power is truly formidable!!!”
The viewers could only agree with Michael’s words.
Just how strong would they have to be for heat to reach even this far outside?
Then, one by one, viewers began to speak.
-I’m in Mugan City and the temperature suddenly rose here;;;;
-Is that because of the Demon King???
-That’s a bit of an overreaction.
-It’s not an overreaction;;; Come to Mugan City and see for yourself, it’s seriously gotten hotter. It’s winter but the temperature suddenly jumped to summer;;;;
-This is insane;;;;;;
-I’m in Mugan City too and it’s real. The NPCs suddenly went crazy.
-Everyone’s freaking out saying it suddenly got hot;;;;
-I think there was even an earthquake.
Even those who initially disbelieved began to accept it as testimonies poured in one after another.
They had no choice but to believe.
Leaving the viewers startled by the tremendous heat brought forth by Yoo Sung-hyun’s battle in their wake.
Helena spoke.
“There it is.”
With those words, Michael and the viewers looked toward where Helena was pointing.
Two figures burst forth from that explosion, still standing strong.
They continued to wield sword and spear, pressing their attacks.
“Huh, what!?”
Michael swallowed hard in apparent shock upon seeing it.
“That swordsmanship is…?”

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