The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 425

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Episode 425
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Sung-hyun’s disappearance was none other than Helena’s doing.
Without Michael, the Backup Team, or even the viewers noticing, Helena moved to the same space where Sung-hyun was.
Helena handed over the power of the Lord of Abyss and Lord of Destruction that she had been holding to Sung-hyun.
Sung-hyun was just reading the reward message.
[You have acquired vast experience points.]
[Level Up!]×22
[You have reached Level 290.]
[Upon achieving a level in multiples of 10, the Almighty-grade item, 『Overlord’s Grimoire』 is activated.]
[Upon reaching Level 280, you can forcibly enhance a Lord skill of your choice.]
[Upon reaching Level 290, you can forcibly enhance a Lord skill of your choice.]
[The skill activated at this time can also trigger skills that activate at level milestones of 100.]
[Upon reaching Level 280, you obtain a clue regarding the location of a new Lord skill.]
[Upon reaching Level 290, you obtain a clue regarding the location of a new Lord skill.]
I had risen a full 22 levels.
It seemed I had gained all my experience points since arriving in Mugan.
I couldn’t help but smile at that.
I had obtained both the authority to strengthen a Lord’s power and even two clues regarding the whereabouts of new Lord skills.
And moreover.
‘The reward for clearing Mugan hasn’t come yet, has it?’
I smiled at that thought, then.
I received the essences of the Lords that Helena had handed over.
A message appeared before my eyes.
[Will you acquire 『Lord of Abyss』?]
[Will you acquire 『Lord of Destruction』?]
[Will you acquire 『Despair Lord』?]
Why ask such an obvious question.
I smiled and acquired the power of all three Lords.
Since I hadn’t yet decided which Lord’s power to strengthen, I didn’t use them for now.
Once I had absorbed all three, including the Despair Lord.
I felt satisfied as I sensed the new Lord powers emanating from within me, when.
Another reward message appeared.
Why were they appearing so slowly.
As I checked what the reward was.
[The level of 『Helena’s Incredible Swordsmanship』 has increased.]
[The Almighty-grade skill, 『Helena’s Incredible Swordsmanship』 has risen to Level 5, and a new skill is unlocked.]
[『Helena’s Incredible Swordsmanship: Despair』 is unlocked.]
[『Helena’s Incredible Swordsmanship: Corruption』 is unlocked.]
[Within the Almighty-grade skill 『Helena’s Incredible Swordsmanship』, you have created a new secret technique that transcends the existing techniques.]
[You have acquired a new secret technique: ‘Helena’s Supremely Powerful Swordsmanship’.]
Due to my vast proficiency from creating a black hole, I obtained the fourth and fifth techniques of Helena’s Supremely Powerful Swordsmanship.
Despair, which I already possessed from the Despair Lord.
And.
“Corruption?”
The technique called Corruption itself looked quite impressive, and I gazed at it with satisfaction.
Then.
For now, I was still broadcasting and had much to do, so I decided to set this aside for later.
I made a mental note to roughly confirm the rewards and head outside.
Helena spoke as she watched me.
“You’ve grown tremendously.”
“Indeed.”
“You’ll summon me often from now on, right?”
I nodded at Helena, who looked slightly pouty.
“Of course. Broadcasting together would be fun, don’t you think?”
“Aha! Did I do well?”
“Yes, you did very well.”
As I said this, Helena seemed quite pleased and nodded, then returned to the Underworld through Yeon’s portal.
Remembering my promise to summon her again.
Once Helena returned to the Underworld, I deactivated the dimensional confinement technique I had deployed, and in an instant, space rippled.
I could arrive at the original ‘Abyss’.
Michael’s Party and the Backup Team, who were startled by my sudden disappearance, along with the viewers, looked at me in shock as I appeared all at once.
Among them, Michael spoke.
“Ah! You’ve finally arrived!?”
“We’ve been waiting!”
“That was truly amazing!”
All three members of Michael’s Party said this while looking at me.
The viewers were in an uproar as well.
-Honestly, that was insane.
-Those who didn’t watch the live stream are seriously missing out.
-Seriously, this is a real loss;;;;
-ㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊ
-Thank you for your hard work!!!!
-That was truly amazing!!!!!
-That was absolutely insane!!!!!
-I can tell people I watched the Demon King broadcast!!!
That’s probably all true, right? Haha
Hahaha, for real
-Wow, it felt like watching an amazing movie;;;;
That’s why the film industry almost went under lol
The viewers responded with equally fervent messages flooding the chat.
Sung-hyun smiled back, clearly in high spirits as he absorbed their enthusiasm.
After all, it felt like a piece of content he’d invested considerable time and effort into had finally reached its conclusion.
Sung-hyun wore a bittersweet expression as he chuckled to himself.
Of course, the broadcast wasn’t quite finished yet.
There was still something left to do.
“Ah, now we can truly call this the main event, wouldn’t you say? With Sung-hyun here, let’s finally begin what we started earlier!!!!”
At Michael’s words, most of the viewers were startled.
Now that he mentioned it, they’d completely forgotten.
-Oh right! There was a Backup Team competition on the line???
-I totally forgot about that lol
-Lmao did the black hole suck away our memories too lol
-lololol
-Did the black hole actually absorb memories???
-Is that why it’s called the event horizon? lol
-Lmao
-lol Such an incredible battle that we forgot the main content.
-Honestly, even the Backup Team would admit that, right?
Several viewers were right—the Backup Team members themselves were nodding in agreement.
To be honest, even the entire Backup Team had forgotten about it.
Sung-hyun’s secret technique had been so remarkable and overwhelming that it was unavoidable.
In any case, everyone was eagerly anticipating what came next.
Michael looked at them and spoke.
“We haven’t yet received the rewards from Mugan, but after we announce the rankings today, we’ll end the broadcast.”
He made a brief announcement before the big reveal.
Under normal circumstances, the viewers would have complained and whined for more.
But today was different.
-lolololol After seeing all that, I can’t complain.
-fr lol
-Nah, if you complain after watching something free like that, you deserve a ban.
-I want to complain but I’m scared of getting banned, so I’ll just say I’m satisfied.
-I do want to see more, but honestly, I can’t argue.
-You all must be exhausted, so announce the results and get some rest.
-I want to see the reward ㅠㅠㅠ
-That’s a pity ㅠㅠㅠ
-What kind of rewards will we get?
-Since this is the first clear of Mugan, it must be incredible?
As the viewers waited in anticipation.
Michael addressed them.
“This is a truly remarkable result.”
Everyone except Michael had been blocked from viewing the contribution points, so only Michael knew the results.
Perhaps because of this, both the viewers and the Backup Team wore considerably tense expressions.
Michael scratched his head as if at a loss.
Just as someone was about to speak, wondering what on earth was causing this reaction—
Michael opened his mouth.
“The first place in contributions is, as you all know, the Demon King! But the second place has produced an unexpected result!!!”
At Michael’s words, Luna Team’s expressions hardened, while Kyou Party and Embris Party’s faces brightened with hope.
Could it be them?
Since Luna had handled all of the Lord of Destruction’s aggro and close combat, both parties had already given up on first place.
But an unexpected result had emerged!
The viewers felt the same way.
-Kyou?
-Embris?
-Kyou! Kyou! Kyou! Kyou!
-Embris! Embris! Embris! Embris!
-Go Kyou! Go Kyou! Go!!! Kyou!!!
-Go! Embris! Go! Embris!
Everyone sent enthusiastic cheers through the chat.
But the actual result was something no one had anticipated.
“Second place in contributions goes to Helena!”
“??????”
“Ah.”
“Ah.”
“Ah.”
At Michael’s announcement, everyone nodded at the unexpected name.
The contribution points that should have gone to Sung-hyun’s account had instead gone to Helena, so she claimed second place as well.
Those who had been cheering felt somewhat embarrassed, and the chat fell silent in an instant.
But since this was the beginning of the official results announcement, Michael didn’t waste time and immediately announced third place.
“Ah, then right away, third place! It was an extremely close margin! By a mere 3% difference, third place and Backup Team’s first place goes to Luna Team!!!”
This was something everyone could only have expected to some degree.
As mentioned before, Luna had handled all the close combat and aggro.
In a way, it was inevitable.
Moreover, since the final attack aimed at the neck had landed as a solid hit, she was able to secure first place with a 3% difference.
Now then, what remained was the announcement of Backup Team’s second and third place!
Depending on this, they could even obtain subscription rights to the Rapid Guild.
People’s reactions were considerable.
-Please please Kyou
-Please Embris please
-It has to be Kyou;;;
-Don’t you know Embris did a ton of checking too???
-Wait, don’t you remember the Brain God’s impact???
-Don’t you remember the Vampire Queen that Embris showed us????
-It’s like a black hole sucked away the memory;;;;
-Honestly, me too;;;;;
It’s easy to forget lol. Seeing something like that would make you remember the past, right?
-ㄹㅇ hahahaha
Everyone was chattering away like that.
But certainly, Kyou, who had transformed into the Brain God, and Embris, who had become the apostle of the Blood Lord, both displayed tremendous power.
It wouldn’t have been strange no matter who won.
Because of that, Michael glanced around hesitantly, about to build suspense, but then spoke.
“Ah, this is simply too difficult to deliberate on. I’ll announce it right away.”
As Michael said that, a drum roll sound echoed from somewhere, and Sung-hyun waited with anticipation.
Michael shouted.
“Fourth place is!!! Kyou Party! And Embris Party!!!”
The moment Michael said Kyou Party, Kyou’s fans started typing in the chat but stopped at the word “and”.
Wait, a tie for fourth place?
At those words, Embris Party and Kyou Party looked at each other with subtle expressions.
Then, as if eager to settle it somehow, they were glaring at each other quite fiercely.

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