The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 62

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Episode 62
Episode 62
When it was Luna Team’s turn.
The team that had been defeated in the raid descended from the Raid Field, venting their frustration.
“Damn it. We couldn’t even last ten minutes this time.”
“Hell. Because of that cursed whirlwind…!!!”
“Sigh, is there really no way to break through that!?”
Watching them descend while lamenting so heavily.
I thought they must be facing quite a formidable enemy.
Even when I heard the briefing, I sensed it would be rather troublesome.
For warriors who appeared quite strong to speak like this.
The number of people had been reduced to less than half compared to when they entered the Raid Field.
Perhaps this might be my first defeat.
‘It would be unreasonable to never lose.’
Today marked the third day since I started the Eternal World.
I hadn’t died yet.
But there’s no guarantee it will remain that way going forward.
Yoo Sung-hyun was far from harboring arrogant thoughts.
I was steeling myself with my own resolve.
Luna stepped forward first, and her teammates followed behind her.
And with Yoo Sung-hyun standing last, we headed toward the Raid Field.
“It’s Rapid Guild’s turn.”
“Hmm, I should see how this goes.”
“How far will Rapid Guild hold out this time?”
“Tsk, I wonder how much power that Demon King they recently recruited will demonstrate….”
“No matter what, clearing it is impossible.”
“Once they adapt a bit, who knows though.”
Though I didn’t react particularly to the murmuring of the crowd, the members of Luna Team harbored similar thoughts.
Yoo Sung-hyun is certainly impressive.
But it would be difficult for him alone to clear it.
‘They said he’s still level 58, not even level 60 yet.’
‘If his level reaches the mid-60s, he could clear it alone, right?’
‘Hmm~ but for now it’s impossible~’
‘If it seems too much, we’ll jump in and clear it somehow.’
The honor tied to Rapid’s name was more important.
Besides, there was always the option of Yoo Sung-hyun attempting again later and clearing it solo.
That would suffice.
Yoo Sung-hyun harbored similar thoughts.
The team came before me, didn’t it.
And the guild came before the team.
So I decided that protecting Rapid’s name was more important than my own record.
Look at it now.
Everyone speaks of Rapid and directs their gaze toward her.
Should I call it the weight of those standing at the forefront?
People’s envious eyes, their wariness, jealousy, and envy.
I ascended onto that stage where all manner of emotions swirled together.
I found myself receiving an exceptionally intense gaze.
Feeling the weight of the Rapid name, I stepped into the Raid Field.
Whoosh.
As I crossed the translucent barrier, entering its interior.
The sensation of the landscape melting and transforming, which I had felt many times before, was not present.
The surrounding landscape that had originally existed continued on.
I had reached the summit of a desolate rocky mountain’s vast expanse.
Contrary to my imagination, the peak was not a sharp mountain ridge but rather a wide, flat plain.
Several massive boulders jutted out unevenly, providing places to hide.
Still, it was a flat field.
A terrain perfectly suited for combat.
Was that why it was called the Raid Field?
As such thoughts crossed my mind.
Tension rippled through the surroundings.
When I lifted my head, that tension transmitted to Luna and her three teammates.
Something massive blotted out the sun, casting a black shadow upon the ground.
Whoosh—! Whoosh——!
A single wingbeat generated a tempestuous gale that swept across all directions.
The downdraft pressing upon the earth made it nearly impossible to open my eyes.
Then, barely managing to open them, I looked upward.
The massive creature descended with a white body, soaring majestically through the sky.
Its appearance resembled the hawk, called the king of the heavens.
Long, sharp feathers adorned its head, flowing gracefully in the wind as it commanded the air with absolute mastery.
Its grayish-white fur reflected the sunlight with a lustrous sheen, and with golden eyes gleaming arrogantly, it hovered freely through the sky as though it were the master of this realm, gazing down upon all below.
[Raid Boss ‘Anemor, the Wind Sentinel’ has appeared.]
[The raid will commence shortly.]
My first raid.
I felt an unusual excitement.
Such a magnificent creature it was.
The presence it exuded was different from merely hearing about it in stories or seeing it in videos.
I could sense the bearing of a sovereign.
Could I perhaps bring even that creature under my command?
‘I’m curious.’
Curiosity blossomed within me.
The entire Luna Team was about to join the battle.
Even though Yoo Sung-hyun had decided to face it alone.
At Anemor’s appearance, they all unconsciously shifted into combat stance.
But then.
Thud, thud.
“Huh?”
“What?”
“Eh?”
“Huh?”
Yoo Sung-hyun calmly walked past them and stepped forward.
Then he spoke to them.
“I’ll go first.”
Yoo Sung-hyun said this with a smile, and at the same time.
Snap!
He snapped his fingers.
Then countless soldiers appeared.
From the Giant Killer Bees they had just captured to the Knoll Ghouls they had fought against, Skeleton Mercenaries and Goblin Undead.
This was all the soldiers they knew Yoo Sung-hyun possessed.
But it didn’t end there.
Lesser Demon Kaisaks reappearing from the Underworld portal, and behind them, the crimson-blooded knight Baltar, stepping forward with unhurried grace.
And the legion commander managing all the death soldiers, Spirit Barfur.
Finally, Fiora, whose body was identical to Spirit Barfur’s yet emanated a strange sense of familiarity and far greater pressure.
All forces bowed their heads before Yoo Sung-hyun as if prepared, swearing their loyalty.
And Yoo Sung-hyun issued a command to his legion.
“Kill them.”
At the brief command, the legion roared as one.
“”Obey!!!””
At that thunderous response that shook the very earth, the entire Luna Team stood frozen in stunned silence.
They had certainly believed until just moments ago that Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t do this.
It was only natural to think so.
But the Death Legion spread across the ground was enough to overturn that belief.
Or perhaps it had killed even that thought itself.
Death itself had manifested in this world.
‘Could it be….’
‘Can he win alone?’
‘Ah, he wasn’t at full strength before~?’
‘I should have known….’
The entire Luna Team watched in shock at the sight before them.
The Giant Killer Bees shot forward like arrows to faithfully execute Yoo Sung-hyun’s command.
Anemor, as if annoyed, spread both wings wide against the Giant Killer Bees, creating a violent gust of wind.
Swept by the wind, they collided with one another, their wounds multiplying.
Yet the Giant Killer Bee undead paid no heed to such pain, diving forward relentlessly.
Witnessing these creatures charge without a shred of fear or suffering, Anemor finally sensed something amiss and unfurled his wings once more to devise a different approach.
Flap!
Not the wide spread of wings he had used when creating the gale.
To Luna Team, this was the telltale prelude to some infuriating skill.
Whoooosh!
Shhhhhhhh!
Blades of wind.
He condensed the air into the form of razor-sharp blades.
Those keen edges flew at the Giant Killer Bee undead, who in turn wielded their scythe-like foreleg attacks in retaliation.
Dozens of wind blades clashing against the sickle-like forelegs of the Giant Killer Bees.
The victor was as clear as daylight.
Shhhhh!
Countless foreleg limbs of the Giant Killer Bee undead were severed.
But with twenty of them rushing in to block the assault?
All the wind blades dissipated.
Was Anemor enraged that his skill had been wasted?
“Shrieeeeeeeeeee!”
A sharp, raptor-like cry tore through the air with piercing intensity.
A sound so acute that without covering one’s ears, madness would surely follow.
Whatever power dwelt in that cry, the entire Luna Team staggered in that instant.
Yet Yoo Sung-hyun and his Death Legion remained unaffected.
Fear cannot overcome death itself.
As if to prove this very truth, they charged forward with even greater ferocity than before.
“Shrieeeee!”
The Giant Killer Bee undead persisted in their relentless assault, and whether Anemor found them tiresome or now deemed them a genuine threat, he retracted his wings and condensed the surrounding winds into a protective barrier enveloping his body.
Anemor’s skill—Wind Shield.
No matter how many venomous stings the Giant Killer Bees unleashed, no matter how they regenerated their scythe-like foreleg attacks, not a single scratch marred the barrier.
When the Giant Killer Bees exhausted themselves hurling every attack at their disposal.
Seizing that moment, he deactivated the wind shield and spread his wings to unleash wind blades upon them.
Or so he intended.
Had it not been for the eerie presence he felt from behind.
Anemor attempted to conjure the wind shield anew in an instant, but it was already too late.
-Foolish beast.
-Hehe, y-yes, quite right.
Baltar, the blood-crimson knight.
And Fiora, who now inhabited another vessel of Spirit Barfur.
The two materialized behind Anemor.
As death itself made manifest, Baltar drew his greatsword and unleashed a crimson aura, wrapping it around the blade before swinging it down with devastating force, while Fiora transformed her left arm—the limb of her spectral form—into something vast and wickedly sharp, a colossal spear that she thrust forward with lethal intent.
The greatsword brimming with crimson aura blazed forth a blade-light that shimmered like a blood-red crescent moon, while Fiora’s arm, transformed into a keen spear, descended as a blur of azure radiance.
At precisely the same instant, two devastating strikes erupted.
Whoooosh!
Screeeech!
[Critical Hit!]
[The effect of 『Single Strike』 activates!]
[Critical Hit!]
[The effect of 『Single Strike』 activates!]
As the messages burst forth simultaneously, Anemor’s wings bore a long laceration on the right and a massive piercing wound on the left.
Anemor, having sustained fatal injuries from the first allowed strike, plummeted without the means to withstand the impact.
Though it possessed wings to slow its descent.
Such was Anemor’s plight.
Kuuuuung.
The massive form of Anemor crashed to the ground below.
Baltar and Fiora, descending toward where Anemor fell, unleashed their blades and transformed limbs in relentless succession.
An indescribable roar reverberated across the arena as clouds of dust billowed upward.
Within that swirling haze, there remained no master of the skies.
Only.
“Shrieeeeeeeeek——!”
A wretched beast thrashing desperately for survival.
Rolling its body to dislodge Baltar and Fiora, unleashing its wings and skills proved futile.
Each time, the Giant Killer Bees materialized as shields against the assault.
Likewise, the legion commander Spirit Barfur, the Lesser Demon Kaisak legions, the Skeleton Mercenary Corps, the Goblin Undead Legion, and the Knoll Ghoul Legion converged, tearing Anemor’s body to shreds.
Only the occasional thunderous explosions and the cacophony of fierce combat echoed through the air.
Yet the swirling dust showed no sign of settling, instead billowing ever larger.
“…W, what is this…?”
“A, are we really seeing…t, this?”
“Ugh… C, could we be dreaming…?”
“This is insane…, seriously.”
Though each member of Luna Team harbored slightly different thoughts and impressions.
One consensus united them all.
This was no raid.
It was annihilation.
Like an ant crushed beneath the casual strike of a child’s hand.
Anemor was being obliterated.
Luna Team witnessed the negation of everything they had accomplished, as messages materialized before their eyes.
“Shrieeeeeeeeek——!”
A piercing roar accompanied the message that appeared.
[Raid Boss 『Watcher of the Winds, Anemor』 enters a state of rage.]
[Raid Boss 『Watcher of the Winds, Anemor』 advances to Phase 2.]
*Warning*
-The Raid Boss becomes significantly more powerful upon entering Phase 2.
-Please exercise caution.
Luna stared at the message as if entranced, her voice trembling.
“How… how long have we been inside?”
“…Five minutes and thirty seconds.”
“Insane.”
Many parties had fallen within five minutes and thirty seconds, but never had any party advanced to Phase 2 in merely five minutes.
No—Phase 2 itself was unprecedented in history.
And to think, this achievement was accomplished not by a party, but by a single individual.
Even Luna Team found their jaws hanging open in disbelief.
I watched Anemor, who had roared defiantly and recovered from the wounds sustained in battle, now soaring skyward away from Baltar and Fiora—a sight that filled me with awe I could scarcely contain.
Anemor had always appeared majestic and insurmountable, like an impenetrable wall.
But why was it?
Looking at it now…
Anemor’s pale yellow eyes trembled violently, dyed with unmistakable fear and terror.

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