The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 327

“The demons are more vulnerable to aerial attribute attacks than to light, it seems. And aerial attribute magic isn’t about light, it’s more about the heavens. This spell, for example, is one used by Emil, the Sky Mage from five hundred years ago...”

The incantation began almost like a tale being told, and the thin high-ranking demon furrowed his brow.

What the hell was this bizarre performance?

The moment he thought that—

A patch of sky, as clear and blue as the heavens themselves, formed above his head, and a flood of celestial energy poured down like divine retribution.

KWAHHHHHHHH———!!!

As the power of the heavens rained down—

The thin high-ranking demon instantly drew his sword and cleaved through the descending aura.

But then, Spirit Knight Brishia appeared before him, sword in hand.

The spirits following Brishia all at once summoned their elemental power.

Water, wind, and earth merged and converged into elemental magic aimed at the thin high-ranking demon, while Brishia infused her blade with lightning and struck like a flash of thunderbolt.

He managed to slash through the surrounding elemental spells, but just as he tried to retreat in shock from the sudden burst of thunderous sword strikes—

Standing behind him like a wall of stone was Stoneheart, wielding a massive fortress-like shield.

Cut off from retreat, the thin high-ranking demon was left exposed—and lightning carved across his chest.

“Demons are weak to spirit power too,” Brishia said with a smile.

Each of them stood at the threshold of transcendence, and even the high-ranking demons were under immense pressure.

Likewise, the bulky high-ranking demon facing off against Will was showing signs of strain.

The three spirits fused from thousands of souls—

They were powerful, yes, but not unbeatable.

But annoyingly persistent.

Each moved cunningly, ignoring physical laws, constantly slipping away, and then coming back to harass him.

Feeling that pressure, the bulky high-ranking demon roared out:

“Chabylon!!! Help me!!!”

“Damn it!!! I’ve got my hands full over here!!!”

The bulky high-ranking demon had called out urgently to the thin one—

But unfortunately, the thin one was in no position to help.

Brishia was using spirit magic at close range alongside swordplay that left no breathing room, Stoneheart kept disrupting the rhythm and blocking every attack, and Babaros was skillfully suppressing him from behind.

They hadn’t coordinated beforehand.

But their skills were so far above that they managed to synchronize almost instantly.

Above all—

‘Compared to that other high-ranking demon...’

‘...Compared to the one Seong faced, this is nothing.’

Both Babaros and Will were thinking the same thing.

Compared to Serumagra, the high-ranking demon that Seong had fought, this was nothing.

It had only been yesterday for Babaros, and some time ago for Will, but they both remembered it vividly.

They had gone back to the mine afterward and confirmed the traces left behind.

That was when they truly realized how strong Seong was.

They had been terrified of the high-ranking demon back then.

But now, when they thought of that time, the current demon before them felt far less intimidating.

‘They said he was almost granted a noble title?’

‘These guys are definitely weaker.’

Both realized this fight was far more manageable than expected.

Serumagra had definitely been a cut above the usual high-ranking demons.

But the two now standing before them had only recently ascended to high rank.

It made sense—Baron Kalgmir would never have been allowed a stronger high-ranking demon than this under his command.

And so, they were up against demons weaker than expected.

The thin one turned his head and narrowly dodged a lightning bolt streaking through the air, blocked from retreat by a wall of stone—

But he failed to notice the incoming aerial flash from the opposite side, and it struck him square in the head.

CHIIIIIIII——!!!

“GRAAAAGH!!!”

His face melted as if drenched in acid.

The piercing wound from the flash was made worse by the skyborne energy—it dissolved his face completely.

With his vision impaired, Brishia—sensing his blind spot—launched a flurry of sword strikes, aided by the spirits who struck alongside her.

And Stoneheart, wielding a shield like a fortress wall, blocked his escape again.

Then, in that instant when the thin high-ranking demon froze—

A torrent of heavenly sky-blue energy once more rained down from above.

KWAHHHH——!!!

“GUAAARRRGHH!!!”

With a scream close to a death rattle, the thin high-ranking demon melted away.

Now only the bulky high-ranking demon remained.

He had just torn apart one of the spirits—

But seeing Brishia, Stoneheart, and Babaros now joining in, his face turned pale.

If Baron Kalgmir had been here, things might’ve been different.

But this was how it was now—there was no choice left.

The bulky high-ranking demon began swelling, his muscles bulging to the brink—for self-detonation.

Stoneheart stepped forward, shielding the front, while the others formed up behind him and deployed multiple layers of defensive barriers.

Then came the explosion.

KWAHHHHHHHH———!!!

It was a self-detonation from a high-ranking demon.

An immensely powerful blast, to be sure.

But thanks to the multitude of barriers and Stoneheart’s fortress-like shield, they were protected from harm.

However, the Baron’s castle was left in shambles.

Still, they didn’t need to head to the inner chambers—Seong’s group could now confirm the presence of the magic essence.

“Phew. That saved us some trouble.”

“Let’s break it quickly and send the signal.”

“Good idea.”

“Agreed.”

They each struck the buried magic essence underground—

And unable to withstand the combined power of the four, it began to crack—

Until it shattered completely.

In that moment, a sinister wave of dark energy spread outward—

And the barrier at the far end of the demon realm began to weaken.

Then, one of the five sky-bound barriers crumbled—

It was clear: they had destroyed one.

“Fire the flare signal!”

“Right away!”

“Now!”

“Hurry!”

They all rushed to fire the flare.

The plan was simple—once the flare was fired, Seong would disengage from battle and return through the hidden escape tunnel.

And so, they retreated back toward the hidden passageway—

Praying that Seong would make it out alive.

Just as the high-ranking demons were flung away and Baron Kalgmir charged at Seong in fury—

Seong calmly watched him rush in.

It was a bizarre technique—compressing the air midair and using it to leap again, propelling himself forward like a rocket with compounding acceleration.

Even Seong, for a brief moment, could barely follow the speed.

But then, with a sly grin, Seong channeled his black mana and activated a skill.

Up to this point, he had been using all the buffs he normally could.

But this time, things were different.

[The skill 『Distortion』 has amplified the unique ability of 『Overlord』.]

[The rank of 『Overlord』 has been temporarily increased.]

[The power of 『Lord of Abyssal Terror』 under Overlord has been temporarily amplified.]

[The power of 『Lord of Darkness』 under Overlord has been temporarily amplified.]

[The power of 『Inferno Lord』 under Overlord has been temporarily amplified.]

Whereas Serumagra had used his Distortion to boost his own distorted powers—

Seong amplified all of his lord-type skills.

Then—

Darkness surged and swept through Seong’s entire prepared domain.

At the same moment, Baron Kalgmir’s charge halted briefly.

He didn’t slow down, nor was he blocked—

He simply stopped.

An utterly bizarre phenomenon.

But Baron Kalgmir stared at him and activated his own ability.

With demonic energy swirling violently, he triggered a burst-like explosion of his unique ability—Impact.

The power of darkness that had temporarily restrained his body was shattered and dispersed.

“It's nothing...”

He tried to suppress Seong with sheer momentum as he said that—

But before he could even finish the sentence, a pillar of purplish flame exploded beneath his feet.

FWOOOOOSH———!!!

Heat so intense it could burn the world—like hellfire itself.

Overwhelmed by the heat that defied understanding, Baron Kalgmir barely managed to escape the area—

But he was a little too slow. His limbs ignited and were half-reduced to ashes.

His form still remained,

But like burnt wood, his body resembled charcoal.

Creak, crack.

His flesh split and cracked under the searing flames.

Yet in that moment, he regenerated his charred body using his own ability.

Baron Kalgmir had two powers—

Destruction and Compression.

That was how he could compress air to leap midair, and amplify impact using his shock-based powers.

Now, by compressing demonic energy, he reconstituted and regenerated his demonic body.

Seong observed and commented with a slight nod of admiration.

“...Huh.”

At Seong’s reaction, Baron Kalgmir’s eyes twitched.

“You’re not too bad.”

Baron Kalgmir had no choice but to acknowledge Seong.

At first, when the fortress collapsed and his reason snapped, he had charged in like a madman—

But the intense inferno had snapped him back to his senses.

Watching this, Seong clicked his tongue slightly in regret.

‘If that had hit directly, I could’ve ended this quickly.’

And it was true.

Had that strike landed cleanly, even Baron Kalgmir wouldn't have had the time to react, and death would’ve been certain. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Now that both had gauged each other’s capabilities—

They prepared to go all out.

Baron Kalgmir began reinforcing his body with demonic energy.

‘Too bad this isn’t outside.’

His specialty had originally been curses.

Even his compression ability was designed to maximize curse efficiency.

But due to the special properties of overflowing demonic energy in this place, curse effects were weaker than usual.

So Baron Kalgmir switched to a self-enhancement strategy.

[The skill 『Will』 has amplified the magic and abilities of Baron Kalgmir Lucentios of the Demon Realm.]

[The skill 『Distortion』 has enhanced the unique ability of Baron Kalgmir Lucentios.]

[The skill 『Focus』 has improved the casting ability of Baron Kalgmir Lucentios.]

[The skill 『Domain』 has raised the rank of Baron Kalgmir Lucentios.]

One more buff than Serumagra had used.

But even so, Seong could clearly feel it.

‘Compared to Serumagra, he’s definitely inferior.’

Roughly 25% less boosted.

Partly because buffs weren’t Baron Kalgmir’s strong suit—

But more importantly, it proved how powerful Serumagra had been.

Of course, even with that said, Baron Kalgmir—having an official noble title—was still a bit stronger than Serumagra.

Seong, accounting for all of this, finally prepared to unleash his full power.

And with that—

He opened the gates «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» of the underworld.

Helena, along with a host of his retainers, emerged from their original positions.

One after another, all of Seong’s retainers materialized.

Baron Kalgmir’s face stiffened.

‘W-What is this...?’

In the heat of the moment, he hadn’t realized it before.

But Seong alone was already formidable—

Then there was the red-haired woman, Helena, whose aura was comparable to Seong’s.

And more than a dozen other retainers, each seemingly stronger than his own high-ranking demons.

Baron Kalgmir turned pale—past pale. He went ghost white.

Seong smiled brightly at him and said,

“Come on now. Time to go, isn’t it?”

“......”

Baron Kalgmir, sensing the overwhelming shift in atmosphere, broke into a cold sweat, his eyes darting around.