The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 59

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Episode 59
Episode 59
6.
The three of them destroyed the majority of the enemy forces.
Thunderous cheers erupted from all corners of the arena.
“Woooow!”
“As expected!!! Luna Team truly is different!!!”
“They looked like the Demon King’s army in the videos!!! But seeing them in person, they’re not that impressive!?”
“Still, just fighting against Luna Team’s three is incredible!!!”
Those supporting Luna Team erupted in fervent cheers.
They were busy praising the exceptional skill of the three elite warriors.
It was in moments like these that their popularity as a team truly shone through.
However, those supporting Yoo Sung-hyun were quite numerous as well.
“That Spirit Undead looks strong—is he the commander?”
“Didn’t you see him block Elzahar’s frost beam!?! He casually deflected that terrifying attack with just one arm! You can’t underestimate him!”
“Blocking Elzahar’s attack with a single hand is definitely impressive!!!”
“I don’t know about the other undead, but that one is extraordinary.”
“To witness a battle of this caliber…!!”
The consensus among them was unanimous—this was a remarkably high-level battle.
Whether supporting Yoo Sung-hyun or the three, both sides acknowledged each other’s strength.
Luna, watching from the Spectator Seats, felt the same way.
Yoo Sung-hyun’s forces had been swept away in an instant.
But was it?
It was too early to tell.
‘Did he summon the weaker soldiers first on purpose?’
That was Luna’s assessment for now.
But how would this truly unfold?
As she pondered this,
the Nol Ghouls that had fallen in Yoo Sung-hyun’s formation began rising to their feet in unison.
The spectators were about to cheer, thinking it wasn’t over yet.
And Luna too thought this was just the beginning when—
a strange energy swept through the arena.
Not only did the Nol Ghouls rise again from Yoo Sung-hyun’s side, but a teal-colored portal opened once more, summoning additional reinforcements.
But something felt different.
“…What is this?”
The first to sense it were Luna in the Spectator Seats and the three in the Arena.
Soon after, the spectators began to notice the strangeness as well.
Skeleton mercenaries emanating an ominous aura, and Nol Ghouls displaying a different appearance than before.
All of them radiated an ominous presence, their bearing far from ordinary.
From their stance to the way they gripped their weapons and prepared for battle.
These creatures were markedly different from the ones before.
“What, what is this?”
“The, the aura is different from before?”
“The, the ones who fell just now seemed similar….”
“Gulp, what, what’s about to happen?”
“They, they’re moving.”
Soon, Yoo Sung-hyun’s side began to move first in the increasingly tense atmosphere.
From the spectators to Luna and the trio, everyone sensed something was wrong.
Hwawol and Longfeng, standing at the front of the trio, furrowed their brows.
Over eighty units in the legion.
Quite troublesome.
But not impossible to handle.
If they were the same level as before.
But they weren’t.
‘What is this?’
‘…Something’s off.’
Both of them sensed something unusual and retreated backward.
The newly summoned extraordinary creatures rushed at them before Spirit Barphor, the legion commander, could even issue orders.
Their movements were sharp enough that they couldn’t be ignored.
The way they kicked off the ground and leaped transcended the typical category of undead.
The Knoll Ghouls that existed before were different from ordinary undead, but this was on another level entirely.
Movements of a different species altogether, not merely within the undead category.
The Knoll Ghouls and Skeleton Mercenaries closed the distance in an instant.
And it was Elzahar, positioned in the rear and already preparing her incantation, who moved first.
“Ice Burst!”
As the incantation completed, a wide-ranging icy breath poured forth.
The frozen breath sought to freeze everything it touched.
But at that very moment, the Skeleton Mages positioned in Yoo Sung-hyun’s rear likewise completed their incantations.
-Rattle, rattle! (Grasp of Flame.)
-Crack! Crackle-crackle! (Breath of Flame.)
-Crackle! Crack-crack! (Wall of Flame.)
As the flame spells unfolded, they collided with Elzahar’s powerful icy breath, scattering steam in all directions.
In the obscured vision, the eerie teal-green glow of the undead’s eyes bloomed everywhere, and both the spectators and the trio felt their skin crawl at the sight.
“What, what is that!?”
“They, they blocked Elzahar’s Ice Burst!?”
“How, undead, and Skeleton Mages at that!?!”
“Even elite players would have struggled to react to that….”
“Woooow.”
Everyone watched, either trembling in fear or marveling in awe.
The trio felt a chill run down their spines and each used their skills to disperse the steam, securing their vision first.
As the steam dissipated, the first thing that came into view were Skeleton Warriors rushing toward Hwawol and Longfeng.
Each one wielded a sharp blade and unleashed their swordsmanship.
Had there been only one, I would have stood my ground and fought.
But they surrounded us—five attacking for every one of us.
The way they pressed forward with their swordplay, weaving tightly, suggested they were skilled practitioners of the blade.
Did undead even know how to wield swords?
Such trivial thoughts never even crossed my mind.
All I could do was dodge desperately.
“Damn it.”
“Hell.”
Retreating wounded their pride, but the two of them chose to fall back moments later.
Of course, they didn’t retreat empty-handed.
Longfeng swiftly whirled his twin daggers through the air, deliberately missing to build stacks of power.
He swung so many times and so fast that a gale erupted between the Skeleton Warriors, pushing them back slightly.
The blue aura contained within the twin daggers had accumulated so much that it transformed into a piercing white blade energy.
Hwawol did the same—rather than simply retreating, she pulled her bowstring back to its absolute limit as she fell back, her eyes gleaming as she watched the pursuing Skeleton Warriors.
The arrow nocked on the bowstring, pulled to its maximum, began to spin with tremendous force, producing a sharp cutting sound.
Whiiiiing——!
Longfeng, containing the piercing white blade energy within his twin daggers, and Hwawol, holding the bowstring at its limit, simultaneously closed the distance and unleashed their attacks on the approaching Skeleton Warriors.
Longfeng’s X-shaped slash tearing through the air and Hwawol’s arrow, condensed with power to its absolute limit, engulfed the Skeleton Warriors at point-blank range.
Booooooom!
The entire Duel Arena, not just the Arena itself, trembled.
The way the shockwave rippled outward in all directions suggested that both attacks were far from ordinary.
Dust exploded outward, momentarily obscuring the view.
But then a wind swept through, and the dust vanished in an instant.
Yet there were no Skeleton Warrior corpses where they should have been.
Well, there were corpses.
The corpses of the Knoll Ghouls that had attacked them first.
“Wh-what is this?!”
“…Damn.”
Longfeng, his voice tinged with bewilderment, and Hwawol, cursing outright.
There was no need to ask how the ghouls had appeared in that spot—I could see it clearly.
The torn earth and the Knoll Ghouls bursting from those tunnels.
And behind them, Skeleton Warriors gripping sturdy shields.
Even if the Knoll Ghouls had shielded them, had the Skeleton Warriors not raised their shields, they would have taken considerable damage—but they hadn’t.
The three of us weren’t the only ones shocked by this absurd turn of events—the spectators were stunned as well.
“Wh-what? It didn’t work?!”
“The Knoll Ghouls blocked it?!”
“No, wait. The Skeleton Warriors raised their shields too.”
“Wh-what’s happening? Weren’t the three of them winning?!”
“I… What is this?”
Luna was the most shocked of all.
Even if it were her, she couldn’t have cornered the trio so thoroughly.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun was doing exactly that.
Everything changed the moment those extraordinary skeletons and intelligent ghouls appeared.
It was as if he hadn’t been fighting at full strength until now.
But there was no time to be amazed.
Whiiiiieee!
At the sound of a whistle echoing from somewhere, everyone turned toward its source.
There, Yoo Sung-hyun was blowing a blue-tinted whistle, and an azure radiance enveloped him.
Was he using an item?
What was its effect?
The spectators, the trio, and Luna all shared the same question.
A teal portal opened once more.
And what emerged were goblin undead.
Was he demonstrating that he still hadn’t unleashed his full power?
The cheers mixed with admiration.
The voices cheering for Yoo Sung-hyun.
The gasps of awe directed at the trio.
None of it could be heard anymore.
Only the marching sound of the army advancing from the teal portal echoed through the arena.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The marching was like the war host of a demon king invading the human realm, the very sound of the Death Legion that despised all the living.
They advanced in loyalty to Yoo Sung-hyun, who commanded them.
The bound Elzahar unleashed an area attack first, but skeleton mages blocked her magic, and when Longfeng and Hwawol tried to break through, the goblin undead moved swiftly, coordinating with the skeleton warriors and the intelligent ghouls that showed signs of intellect.
Longfeng and Hwawol’s counterattacks were futile.
Under the command of Spirit Barphor controlling the legion from behind, the mindless ghouls became shields, while the rest of the exceptional creatures gradually whittled them down.
Wounds accumulated on Longfeng and Hwawol with increasing frequency.
Soon, forces targeting the bound Elzahar emerged, and Longfeng and Hwawol, pushed back to the rear, found their attacks blocked either by mindless ghouls or the solid shields of skeleton warriors.
In contrast, the goblin undead rushed in from below like assassins, attacking swiftly.
The ghouls moved with speed, their thin, long claws seeking openings to strike.
The skeleton warriors advanced with ornate and heavy swordplay, pressing down like a hammer.
As damage accumulated one by one, composure vanished from their faces.
The anger that had driven them initially faded, leaving only humans struggling desperately to survive.
But even that didn’t last long.
They were buried under the advancing army, and when the binding chains holding Elzahar finally shattered into pieces.
They all fell.
It was over.
“….”
“….”
“….”
Not a sigh, not a cry of victory.
The Duel Arena, devoid of any sound whatsoever, held its breath as if the entire crowd had died.
The undead bowed their heads in reverence, lowering themselves with humility as they paid homage to Yoo Sung-hyun.
Just as I had foreseen, I offered victory to Yoo Sung-hyun.
Yoo Sung-hyun snapped his fingers and opened the Underworld.
The Demon King’s forces vanished through a cyan portal, just as they had appeared in this world.
Only Yoo Sung-hyun remained in the Arena.
In that frigid silence, only the sound of Yoo Sung-hyun’s footsteps echoed as he departed.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Not a single soul dared to speak.
Not until Yoo Sung-hyun had left.
The moment Yoo Sung-hyun vanished from the Arena.
The entire crowd exhaled as if releasing a held breath, gasping for air.
“Phewwwww!”
“Insane!”
“What, what did I just witness!?!?”
“Who, who is he!!! You said he wasn’t as strong as the footage!!!”
“Crazy! Really! Absolutely insane!!!”
“I thought the rookie who destroyed the Fortress of the Past had faded into obscurity…!!!”
“That wasn’t it! He simply didn’t care!!!”
Praise and amazement erupted from every corner.
Luna, equally shocked, found herself at a loss for words.
Her mouth hung open in stunned silence.
How could anyone possibly defeat those three?
But now wasn’t the time to dwell on it.
Luna, still caught in her amazement, quickly rose from her seat and rushed off to find her teammates.
But how was she supposed to report this?
Faced with this predicament, Luna ran her fingers through her hair in frustration.
“Ugh… I mean. Why did he have to fight like that…!”

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