The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 366

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[『Demon King of Rapid』 VS 『World Raid Boss』]

Even while logged into Eternal World, Rapid couldn’t hide her excitement at the headline posted on the official E-World website.

Though she had reacted casually to Seong, in truth, few things had ever excited her this much.

After all, E-World had officially granted them a guild event slot.

In other words, once this event was over, they’d be given the right to promote Rapid directly on the official E-World homepage.

How many opportunities like that existed to grow a guild?

'This is the perfect chance to strengthen the regional branches.'

Currently, Rapid’s East Asia server—its headquarters—was the strongest. But the other branches were comparatively weak for a guild ranked third globally.

There was a reason they were still called a small elite unit.

Up until now, there just hadn’t been enough talent to go around.

But thanks to Seong’s growing reputation, things were finally changing.

With Reaper joining from the Europe server, they were steadily growing in size.

And if they secured this event slot?

'We might be able to grow even more than I expected.'

That’s why Rapid couldn’t hide her excitement.

She was logged into Eternal World, watching the official stream from E-World on a massive screen.

The video hadn’t fully started yet.

Seong, the main character of the event, had yet to appear.

But that didn’t last long.

Once Seong appeared on-screen, Rapid gave a faint, curious smile.

'Whew.'

Sure enough, as she checked the chat reactions, the sheer firepower was insane.

– wtfwtfwtfwtfwtf

– lolol it’s starting

– We hope he loses.

– WWWWW We want the Demon King to fall.

– lol we’re just curious how he’ll fight :)

– If he’s a Demon King, he’d better show some dignity :D

Comments streamed in from around the world.

And then—

– lol I’m Korean but I bet on the World Boss

– No way anyone’s dumb enough to go for the underdog, right?

– But the Demon King’s multiplier is kinda high though

– Yeah, I went with the patriotic bet

– But with so many foreigners, the ratio’s just...

– Right?

– Let’s ride the underdog train!!!!!

Despite his title, people didn’t believe the Demon King could take down a World Boss alone. That sentiment filled the chat.

Honestly, even Rapid—as the guild leader—was a bit worried about that part.

Of course, she didn’t bring it up to Seong out of concern it might weigh him down.

'It won’t be easy, that’s for sure.'

But still, she’d gone all-in on Seong. Because she figured if there was truly no chance of victory, E-World wouldn’t have gone through with this event in the first place.

They were a massive company.

They wouldn’t run an event like this on a whim without considering the optics.

Even if the event had been thrown together on short notice.

If Seong were going to get crushed with zero resistance, they wouldn’t have proposed the idea at all.

The event had to at least be close for the audience and the stream to have any tension.

That’s why Rapid believed Seong had more of a shot than people thought.

'So please... win, Seong...'

Like someone who’d bet everything they had, she muttered under her breath.

Still, as Seong appeared, Rapid quietly continued watching the broadcast.

And at that moment—

In the heart of the vast, uncharted forest—

A dark, ominous aura began to spread.

'Is it here?'

Sensing something abnormal, Rapid’s eyes gleamed. The viewers reacted, too.

As the show was clearly about to begin, the chat surged with excitement.

– What the hell is that???

– ??????

– That scale’s insane

– The entire forest is rotting like a damn territory

– Can the Demon King even win this???

– That whole forest got wiped in a second???

Just as the comments said, an entire forest the size of a small territory vanished in an instant.

Then, something that looked like a mountain trembled—shifting, collapsing, revealing its massive form.

Where the mountain once was, a colossal white skeleton appeared, emitting waves of death that swept everything around it into oblivion.

Rocks and sand disintegrated.

Birds startled from the trees tried to fly—but crumbled to ash mid-air.

The lush forest turned into a gray wasteland in seconds.

A massive skeletal body.

A dragon-shaped being of death.

The resurrection of the Deathbone Dragon, Belzarach Drakxion, made the world itself shudder.

KUGUGUGUGUGU———

KWA-GAGAGAGAGA———

The earth trembled.

The sky cracked.

A thunderous sonic wave erupted as it stirred.

Just from standing, it invoked cataclysm.

For a moment, the viewers were too overwhelmed to even type in chat.

Even Rapid, who logically understood that E-World had only greenlit this event because Seong had a chance, was left doubting everything.

Could Seong really win?

Just as that thought crossed her mind—

She noticed something strange.

Seong, after witnessing the resurrection of the Deathbone Dragon, wasn’t looking at Belzarach.

He was looking somewhere else.

'What’s he looking at?'

Rapid had no idea.

But assuming the fight would begin soon, she waited.

Eventually, Seong shifted his gaze to Belzarach again.

And then—another variable entered the field.

The forest near Seong was sliced cleanly apart.

Knights appeared from the gash in space, swords raised.

SHHHHHHNG!

As if a giant blade had slashed the forest, trees were cleaved apart.

The knights pointed their swords at Seong, who floated above them.

It wasn’t just one knight order.

Leading with a radiant gold-clad group, there were also red and blue-armored knight orders—three total.

As they raised their swords toward Seong, Rapid and the viewers stared in disbelief.

– ????????????

– Who are these guys???

– Why are knights showing up???

– ??? They’re saying something but the E-World cam isn’t picking it up???

– Is this part of the event?

– Why the hell are there knights now???

As the chat buzzed with confusion, Rapid suddenly saw a system message pop up in front of her.

[The Silverrain County of the Rieskan Kingdom declares war on player 『Seong』 and the 『Rapid Guild』.]

[『Silverrain County』 and 『Rapid Guild』 are now officially hostile and considered to be at war.]

Rapid blinked in shock at the message.

The stream was taking a turn no one expected.

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As the Gold, Red, and Blue Border Knight Orders raised their swords toward the hovering Seong and declared war—

Seong simply stared at them in disbelief.

They were declaring war now? Right as the World Raid Boss Belzarach had awakened?

It made no sense.

If they’d declared war after he fought Belzarach, that’d be one thing—but right now?

Seong glanced at them as if they were idiots.

One knight, who seemed to be the leader, shouted:

“If we take out your Bone Dragon, you’ll lose your power!”

And just like that, Seong realized what ridiculous misunderstanding they were operating under.

The knights, standing closer to Belzarach than Seong, assumed Seong had detected them and summoned Belzarach to counter them.

That was their fatal miscalculation.

Realizing that, Seong just stared at them in deadpan silence.

And then—

Led by the Gold Border Knights, all three orders charged toward Belzarach.

They had declared war and were now attacking the very World Raid Boss Seong was supposed to fight.

“Hahaha. Maybe they’re actually good guys in disguise?”

Helena giggled.

And honestly, Seong couldn’t help but nod.

He decided to watch, just to see how long they could last.

The Gold Border Knights surged forward with blazing power.

Belzarach, newly born, recognized them as enemies and immediately exhaled death.

KUUAAAAAHHH———

Death energy spread across the field.

Weaklings would’ve perished before even defending.

But this wasn’t even an attack.

It was just the aura of death.

When Belzarach {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} opened its maw and began to shape true death—

A warning appeared in front of Seong’s eyes:

[World Raid Boss 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarach Drakxion』 is using a Divine Power.]

[Use an invincibility skill to block 『Breath of Death』.]

The moment the system warned him, Belzarach’s breath roared out like a black beam.

It annihilated everything.

The three knight orders.

The ground where they stood.

Even the mountains beyond—gone, as if they never existed.

The beam of pure death was so intense that even Seong felt a chill run down his spine.

If he’d been hit without using an invincibility skill, he might’ve died instantly—triggering his “Freed from the Shackles” effect.

If it gave him chills—

It wasn’t hard to imagine how the viewers felt.

– ???????????

– Where’d the knights go???

– They just got deleted???

– Was that a cutscene???

– No, weren’t they the Rieskan Kingdom’s Gold Border Knights? From Silverrain?

– Why would they be there???

– Doesn’t make sense???

Everyone was confused.

But none of it mattered.

At that moment, another message popped up for Seong.

[10 minutes remaining until World Raid Boss 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarach Drakxion』 can use its Divine Power again.]

A cooldown timer. How thoughtful.

Seong smirked.

It made sense, though. This was a World Raid Boss.

Apophis had something similar, too.

Loosening up his body, Seong looked off into the distance—where Belzarach had finally noticed him and was growling low.

GRRRRRRR.

And floating near Belzarach, spirits that looked just like him—other Bone Dragons—hovered around.

“My Lord... my Master has arrived...”

Belzarach’s soul was overjoyed.

Seeing that, Seong chuckled, drawing upon his full strength.

There was too much to gain from victory here.

He couldn’t afford to lose.

The knight orders' declaration of war would have to wait.

Right now, all that mattered was defeating Belzarach.

And just then, the system made it official:

[Combat with World Raid Boss 『Deathbone Dragon, Belzarach Drakxion』 has begun.]

[Prepare for the World Raid.]

Reading the majestic message, Seong drew upon everything he had.

And as the underworld opened—

The battle began.