The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage - Chapter 93

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Episode 93
Episode 93
Could Helena really appear here?
In that instant, my mind grew tangled with confusion.
What in the world was happening?
The entity that had sent me—it was unmistakably the same one now kneeling on one knee before Helena, hastily withdrawing its aura and bowing its head in deference.
I’d seen it in the event scene.
I was certain of it.
Yet Helena had appeared so suddenly.
Was this really a Quest that could be broken?
‘I’d wondered if Helena might get involved, but already?’
It was far from what I’d anticipated.
According to the actual history that had transpired.
Hindel and his companions had come here to fight against Helena’s Death Legion, but grew tired of it and took the Dark Castle to another dimension.
Yet she appeared so abruptly like this?
What could it mean?
Perhaps.
‘Did I push too hard?’
By taking on everything at once.
Had Helena become intrigued and revealed herself?
That might be it.
I was bewildered by such thoughts.
But an unexpected development unfolded.
Suddenly, Helena spoke to that entity.
“Do not kill him.”
“As you command, my lady. I shall obey your will without fail.”
Satisfied with that response, Helena smiled and nodded, then turned her gaze.
And when she looked at me.
“Seeing you in person is better than I expected.”
Hearing Helena’s voice not as a phantom’s whisper but as living breath.
Something felt strange.
After all, this was Helena from the past.
Not the Helena I knew.
Yet the atmosphere was similar.
“Then I shall converse with you. Heroes, do your best, won’t you?”
The moment Helena tried to vanish with me.
I urgently cast a skill.
I activated the skill Doomsday Clock on that entity and shouted.
Hindel and the others could hear my voice clearly.
“Ten minutes!”
What do you mean by ten minutes?
I couldn’t make sense of it.
Yoo Sung-hyun and Helena vanished from that spot as if space itself twisted around them.
Whoooosh!
And left behind in that place were the Hero’s party and that entity.
If there was one difference,
“…He left something strange with me.”
Tick, tick.
Clock hands materialized above the head of that entity facing off against the Hero’s party.
Seeing it, they could understand.
That something Yoo Sung-hyun had done would occur after ten minutes.
In other words.
‘We have to endure until then.’
However.
Kuuuuuuuu——!
The small gravel and pebbles around them levitated.
Looking up at that entity which dominated the surroundings with overwhelming dark magic,
Hindel thought.
‘Can we really hold out?’
Hindel, whose confidence had faded considerably of late.
Yet he gripped the sword in his hand firmly.
And resolved.
‘I cannot show Yoo Sung-hyun a shameful display.’
Thus the final battle began.
2.
Space warped and distorted.
Flowing through a peculiar Corridor,
I found myself transported to an incomprehensible place.
The surroundings were twisted, and there wasn’t a single object that appeared intact.
Things were contorted, bent, half-formed as if abandoned mid-creation, while their other halves were so weathered and faded they’d become unusable.
A place where time and space were all jumbled together.
It was a dizzying place.
[ᚠᛇᚱ𐤀𐤌𐤉ᛏ𐤇ᛉ𐤔ᛒ𐤄ᛝ𐤍𐤔ᚾᛊ𐤇ᚾ𐤀𐤋𐤔ᛏᛒ𐤉𐤍ᛇᛏ𐤌𐤄ᛝ𐤂ᛊ𐤎ᛉᚾ𐤔𐤋?]
What is this?
I couldn’t even understand the system message.
Where on earth is this place?
As I looked around in bewilderment,
Helena sat in a chair that was distorted by the twisted spacetime—appearing both new and ancient—and spoke with a radiant smile.
“Welcome!”
“…Helena, where are we?”
“I felt it before, but you definitely know me, don’t you? A future version of myself? Or perhaps the spirit of my dead self? It seems closer to the latter… I can sense a part of my soul in you.”
“….”
In that moment, Helena’s eyes shimmered with a cyan glow, and a faint smile crossed her lips.
Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine at that intellectual expression brimming with cunning.
Helena was acting as though she understood that he was a being from the past.
How had she figured it out?
Had she brought him here knowing that?
Yet Helena shook her head at the same time.
“No, no. I can ask about that stuff once we’re out of here. First things first! Come on, take this!”
Helena casually handed over a single book.
When Yoo Sung-hyun accepted it.
Helena nodded with satisfaction and snapped her fingers.
Snap!
Simultaneously, everything in the world returned to its proper place.
Time and space shifted completely, and the surrounding landscape finally came into focus.
Should I call it the interior of a castle decorated in an elegant, ancient style?
No, more precisely, it appeared to be a library within such a castle.
A place where numerous chairs, desks, and bookshelves were visible.
There, Yoo Sung-hyun saw a system message that surfaced unbidden.
[You have temporarily visited a location beyond the system’s reach.]
[This is also classified as an ‘Unknown Force’.]
[Through the ‘Unknown Force’, you have acquired the Overload-exclusive sword technique skill book, ‘Helena’s Super Strong Swordsmanship’.]
Returned to reality, yet the message remained incomprehensible.
What kind of swordsmanship had he obtained?
‘…???’
The skill book’s title alone was extraordinary.
Yoo Sung-hyun looked at the cover with an absurd expression.
Helena smiled with a hint of embarrassment, her expression coquettish as she spoke.
“I hastily put together this swordsmanship for our handsome successor, and it turned out quite convincingly. I’m sorry I could only give you this because of the world’s will.”
“??????”
“Huh? I thought you liked swords since you were swinging them around so much? Don’t you like it?”
Her expression was genuinely worried.
Yoo Sung-hyun felt it too and hastily shook his head in confusion.
He actually liked it very much.
‘Except for the name.’
Helena’s Super Strong Swordsmanship.
When Yoo Sung-hyun shook his head.
Helena sighed with relief.
She’d been worried he might not like it.
“I’m glad you like it. I named it hastily since I made it in a rush. I thought you didn’t like it because of the name.”
“….”
Struck by her words, Yoo Sung-hyun said nothing in return.
Still, I was grateful for what I’d received.
As Yoo Sung-hyun bowed his head in thanks and moved to place it in his inventory,
Helena, her cheeks flushed with an alluring beauty, rested her chin in both hands and spoke.
“You can use it right now! Actually, I’d be grateful if you used it now~”
“Hmm, I will then.”
Yoo Sung-hyun answered and immediately used the item without even examining it first.
Of course, I trusted Helena.
So I acted boldly.
Above all, infinite affection was radiating from her.
I could feel at ease and learn from her.
I used the skill book right away.
[Usage conditions satisfied.]
[You have acquired the Overload-exclusive Almighty-grade sword technique, 『Helena’s Super Strong Swordsmanship』.]
‘Almighty!?’
Even Yoo Sung-hyun, who had used it calmly without hesitation, couldn’t help but be shocked.
I’d thought it would be Legendary grade, like Add More.
She said it was a skill she’d created herself, and hastily at that.
Yet it was an Almighty-grade skill?
At this unbelievable grade, Yoo Sung-hyun’s jaw dropped.
There was no helping it.
It was an Almighty-grade sword technique, after all.
‘She’s giving me this and still saying she wishes she could give more?’
To give something of that caliber and still regret not giving more.
I couldn’t comprehend it at all.
Overpalace seemed to resemble Helena.
Perhaps it was only natural, since they were her followers?
Regardless.
As Yoo Sung-hyun acquired the skill,
I couldn’t contain myself and opened the skill window.
Since I’d accumulated many titles related to sword techniques so far,
I couldn’t help but anticipate what this would be.
The name was a bit awkward, but given the grade,
I opened it immediately.
『Helena’s Super Strong Swordsmanship』
→《Almighty》
→[Lv 1][Growth Type]
[Passive Effect][Composite]
A sword technique devised by Helena in a short span of time, imbued with the heart of a beloved ancestor. Its depth and profundity boast performance that surpasses any other sword technique in comparison.
“Yap, yap! Write diligently!”
→Overload exclusive skill.
→When wielding a sword, in addition to slashing and piercing damage, it inflicts dark damage.
→Dark sword energy naturally envelops the blade.
→When using a sword, base attack power increases by 300%.
→Additionally, it unlocks a total of ten sword techniques available at each skill level.
Lv 1: Darkness.
[Cooldown: 3 minutes]
[Duration: 1 minute]
→Harness darkness and imbue it into the blade.
→Enemies struck by the blade suffer dark damage along with slashing or piercing damage, losing one sense with each hit.
→With each successive strike, one sense is blocked, and the duration of sense deprivation increases with each hit.
Lv 2: (Currently unavailable)
Apart from its name, the skill appeared flawless.
I hadn’t examined the other sword techniques yet.
But judging from the description alone, it boasted superior performance compared to any other sword technique.
I had no choice but to believe it.
After all, the system itself had certified it.
‘It’s like that galaxy-related sword technique Hindel used—multiple skills bundled together.’
High-grade sword techniques apparently included multiple skills like this, layered together.
It was true.
As the skill level increased, more skills unlocked.
This was incredibly romantic, wasn’t it?
Helena smiled softly as she watched Yoo Sung-hyun’s obvious satisfaction.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“I really do. Thank you so much.”
“Hehe, I didn’t give it to hear such things, but somehow I feel shy. So, is my soul still asleep?”
At Helena’s transition to the main topic.
Yoo Sung-hyun nodded as well.
I had absorbed the memories and experiences contained in Helena’s soul, but they were so vast and her soul’s essence so immense that I still couldn’t read them.
Calmly, I recounted the story of my time since arriving in the Eternal World.
Helena listened without asking any questions, simply nodding along.
As time passed and I explained how I came to be here.
Helena, who had been listening calmly, spoke.
“You know the friend who sent you here?”
“Yeah, that person from earlier? An entity? Or not?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s called Nocturnium. I think after I died, everyone has been honoring me in different ways. Yoo Sung-hyun, to inherit my power and legacy, it seems important that you meet each of those beings one by one.”
“Hmm, so that’s how it is.”
“You seemed to already know?”
Through this conversation, I came to realize even more deeply just how extraordinary Helena truly was.
The fact that I’d become aware this place was where it all began, that it was the past itself—it was chilling.
The world’s will. Its vision.
Despite such cosmic concerns, she had entrusted the skill to Yoo Sung-hyun.
‘She must have given it without the developers knowing.’
The method by which she’d deceived the developers and administrators running the game itself.
Every single action transcended ordinary comprehension.
How could a mere NPC be so extraordinary?
Was even this part of the developers’ design?
Yoo Sung-hyun couldn’t possibly know.
But one thing was certain: Helena was no ordinary NPC.
Even Hindel, the hero considered to possess an Almighty-grade class, was merely a commoner compared to her.
“Hmm, I think I can offer a little help. So what did I tell you to do next?”
In that question, Yoo Sung-hyun could sense the end approaching.
Yet he answered calmly, without regret.
“I heard you’re supposed to tear away the entire Dark Castle space and disappear.”
“Hmm, that’s hardly difficult. Should I tell you about the other children then? Most of them are in this castle.”
Helena laughed with an enchanting amusement.
Her eyes gleamed with goodwill, as though she wanted to give him everything.
Yet why was it
that beneath that kindness lay a hint of playful mischief?
Yoo Sung-hyun let out a soft chuckle at the sight of her and shook his head.
“We typically call that a spoiler, and I’m not particularly fond of them.”
“Hehe, I knew my successor would say something like that. I really wanted to tell you, but I suppose that’s disappointing.”
It wasn’t a test.
Had Yoo Sung-hyun asked her to tell him, Helena would have gladly done so.
But since he didn’t wish it, she simply nodded in understanding, accepting his choice.
Disappointing though it was,
she respected his will.
The meeting had been brief,
yet its resonance ran deep.
For both Helena and Yoo Sung-hyun,
as they regarded each other, Helena noticed the time had come and spoke.
“Well then, for the sake of my soul, I’ll share a bit of my strength with you. And this note too! Hmm, it’s almost been ten minutes, so I’ll send you back! And since you’re being cheeky, why don’t you test your swordsmanship against Nocturnium as well! Then we won’t meet again, but farewell!”
With those words, Yoo Sung-hyun’s form vanished from that place.
She made sure to instruct him to hand the note to Nocturnium in the future.
Then Helena, with genuine regret, gazed at the mirror-like screen showing Nocturnium locked in fierce combat, and let out a deep sigh.
“It’s a shame we won’t meet again. The original, or rather, the original’s soul—I suppose I can only entrust it to them.”
Helena spoke thus, her teal eyes gleaming as she smiled bitterly.
“Even knowing this is the past, it’s truly regrettable.”
The thought that they could never meet again filled her with melancholy,
An unavoidable situation.
I simply wish that Yoo Sung-hyun had gone outside and shown Nocturnium—who created this mess—what he was truly capable of.
Yoo Sung-hyun has now joined the fray, pushing forward the fierce battle alongside the hero’s party.
Helena slowly rose from her seat.
“Then shall we move for our Yoo Sung-hyun?”

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