The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 386
The Giant Wraith Golem.
It wasn’t a monster that spawned often, and it certainly wasn’t common even as a boss; in truth, you could treat it as a raid boss given its massive frame.
The way multiple wraiths clumped together and writhed inside it was downright grotesque.
But to Mihael’s eyes, nothing could have been more welcome.
A real shortcut!
Mihael, thrilled yet composed, said,
“Think of it as a raid boss and fight. Lowell and Noar, pincer. I’ll take the vanguard, and Yuseong-nim, you go free role.”
The moment he said that, Mihael dashed in seriously and shot forward as living light.
At the sight of light-attribute swordsmanship, Seong’s eyes glinted, and while giving light cover, he decided to watch Mihael’s party to gauge their actual power.
He’d fought with them, yes, but he hadn’t verified the party’s true capability.
Thinking that, Seong began drawing out beams.
And when Mihael closed on the Giant Wraith Golem, he swung a blade wreathed in radiance at it.
KWA-A-A-AANG———!
The Giant Wraith Golem’s hefty arm, which had been coming down to crush Mihael, was knocked aside.
The radiance flashed, leaving a long gash on the golem’s arm, and at that instant Lowell shouted,
“Now!”
At Lowell’s cue, Seong first provided cover—several bundles of beams fired toward the Giant Wraith Golem’s chest.
The beams flew at literally the speed of light, slammed into its chest, and the red beams traced scarlet stitch-work through the air as their trajectories lanced straight in.
KWA-KWA-KWA-KWANG!!!
Multiple volleys struck the golem and detonated; as it reeled for a moment, Lowell’s arrow—timed to that “now”—was loosed.
Seeing that, Noar leapt and landed on the very arrow that had broken the sound barrier.
With the assassin’s signature nimble motion, he planted his feet atop the supersonic shaft and hurtled in, slashing for the Giant Wraith Golem’s neck with a dagger.
Death’s omen clung to the blade and the golem’s neck was cut, but the cut was shallow.
Even with speed backing the strike, the attack was too slow and too light; the golem reacted, reaching for the last attacker—Noar.
Despite its huge, heavy body, perhaps because it bore the wraith attribute, the Giant Wraith Golem shot a fist at Noar with startling quickness.
But Noar stepped onto the next arrow whistling in toward him and vaulted straight up to the ceiling; the golem’s punch ripped through empty air.
WHOOOOOONG———!!!
That ponderous fist tore the air with overwhelming force; everyone here grasped instantly that they must not be hit by that attack.
Kya!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s it!!!!!!!!
They clown around, but when it’s a serious fight this is what Hael-bro’s party is!!!!!!
lolol I told you they’re actually cracked???
lolololol they really are impressive.
The viewers couldn’t hold back their admiration, lavishing praise on Mihael’s party strength they hadn’t seen in a while.
They didn’t watch Mihael just because he was funny and good on the mic; they were impressed by skill, and rightly so.
Seong, like the viewers, was impressed as well.
“Not bad.”
If you insisted on comparisons, they fell short of Luna’s party, but they felt about on par with Embris’s party.
The chaining was quite good, and Noar’s movement, in particular, stood out.
Of course, Mihael’s command movement—parrying at the right moment—was excellent too.
Even now, wrapped in brilliance, he was interposing at precise timings to block the golem’s attacks aimed at Noar and opening windows for Noar’s strikes to land.
While covering and attacking, Seong also read the party’s structure.
“A parry-type tanker, a cover-type archer, and finally a burst-DPS assassin?”
It was a bit ironic that Noar, who seemed timid, was the burst specialist, but now Seong understood why this party craved a mage so badly.
They had parry and cover in spades, but with only one person pumping damage, they wanted a mage to fill the DPS gap.
The instant he identified the shortfall, Seong began charging his beams and thought,
“Looks like that’s what they want.”
With that, he drew out a bundle of red beams and braided them into one, like twisting a coil—forming a single beam that spun like a spiral.
PIIIIIII———!!
The rapidly whirling beam made that strange keening as it condensed in midair, and the moment Mihael sensed something out of the ordinary and unconsciously stepped back—
The spiraling beam bored into the Giant Wraith Golem’s chest; it didn’t even have time to react before its core was pierced and destroyed.
Mihael let out an absurd scream at the sight.
“W-Whagh!?!”
“Whoa.”
“W-What was that!?”
He wasn’t the only one crying out with scream-like awe; Lowell and Noar did the same.
Who would have guessed the chest would be pierced in a single strike?
Up to now, Noar’s cuts had targeted the neck, and the beams had scored the chest—but no one had imagined it would be punctured and killed in one blow.
The viewers were no different.
???????????????????
No but lolol what was Hael-bro’s scream lololol
I’m dying lololol
lolololololol
More importantly, what was that from Yuseong-nim? His DPS is insane????
I knew his damage was high, but that high!?
They couldn’t help being shocked at Seong’s damage.
No matter how strong you were, there weren’t many who could use a skill like that.
So a few viewers started to suspect—
Was that a secret art just now????
A secret art, really????
Don’t only rankers usually use secret arts??????
There are people who can use them before that, too.
Was it truly a secret art??????
Judging by power alone, I could believe it’s a secret art;;;;
Reading the chat, Seong smiled faintly to himself.
Because, as they guessed, it was indeed a secret art—
He had borrowed the Red Moon’s power from Serpina and drawn up a lord’s power on top of it, then modified the skill into something close to a secret art.
The viewers were sharper than he expected.
Still, he didn’t bother to say it aloud; as he watched the Giant Wraith Golem turn to ash with the wraiths and vanish, he quietly, without anyone noticing, absorbed the wraithly energy.
As a Wraith Lord, he needed to reclaim a certain number of such wraiths to handle stronger ones later.
Thinking it was truly a great call to come to Mugan, Seong watched the experience roll in and smiled in satisfaction.
Once that brief “raid” ended—
Mihael, Lowell, and Noar rushed over to Seong.
“Whoa, what was that just now!?”
“Is that like a finisher? That was insane!?”
“I-It was incredible.”
With everyone gathered and saying that, Seong scratched his cheek with his index finger, looking a little embarrassed.
The viewers cheered at the sight.
Kyahhh lololololol
Look at him getting shy lololol
Handsome but cute? I physically cannot resist this lolol
??? Are you a girl?
Shh, don’t pry.
dddddd
Even his bashfulness had the kind of power to make people squeal; watching Seong, even Lowell unconsciously swallowed.
Anyway, to the excited party crowding him, Seong said,
“It’s a technique just before a secret art.”
“Ahhh!!!”
“No wonder.”
“It really was strong.”
At Seong’s words, everyone answered as if in agreement, and the viewers found that explanation acceptable too.
If it’s a pre–secret-art technique, that much firepower makes sense.
lolol but doesn’t Hael-bro’s party not even have anything close to a pre–secret-art?
Why are you salting the wound ㅠㅠㅠ
Jobs with secret arts are rare anyway.
Still, Hael-bro’s whole party is past Legendary grade; they might get one eventually if they keep at it?
Ah? True. It’s not like only lord-type classes get secret arts.
Yeah yeah, that’s right.
While chat rolled on—
Mihael cut off the analysis and the lengthening chatter at a good moment.
“Alright then, shall we take the shortcut? I feel like we can really push fast today!?”
As he moved things along, the viewers focused up again, and they took the shortcut and cleared quickly. With Seong’s help, they pushed even harder, and that day they made it all the way to Floor 75.
Even as a latecomer group, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° a clear is a clear—clearing more than two floors in a day was considered a great run. After clearing Floor 71, taking the shortcut to clear 73, and then speed-clearing 74 as well, Mihael’s party effectively became the second-place party, since Mansik’s party hadn’t uploaded their video yet.
Mihael, Lowell, and Noar were stunned by the speed, and thus the first day’s stream after Seong joined came to a close.
Seong stepped out of the capsule, worked the stiffness out of his body, and, limbering up just enough, let out a small laugh.
“That was fun.”
The stream had been very fun, and the party hunt was pretty fun too.
Thinking it had been a while since he’d partied, he figured doing this for a while wouldn’t be bad.
In particular, because he was learning about streaming from Mihael—not right now, but before reaching the Deep at Floor 100—he had a few favors he’d need to ask permission for.
At this pace, there was no way Seong could solo the raids that strung together the Lord of the Abyss, the Lord of Destruction, and the Lord of Despair.
Of course, fighting alone wasn’t a problem for Seong, but getting to Floor 100 by himself was impossible.
How long would it take to go from Floor B1 to Floor 100 on his own?
It was better to “ride the bus” like this and ask for some leeway.
If they said no, so be it, but given Mihael’s personality, that didn’t seem likely.
Besides, he had already mentioned he was in a guild.
“Later, if I tell him I’m the Demon King and we stream together, that’ll help him too, right?”
He judged it was anything but a burden on Mihael.
On the contrary, it was a promotional opportunity; Mihael would surely like it.
Well, as he’d said, if Mihael refused, Seong was willing to hunt the three Lords on Mihael’s stream anyway.
Seong’s goal, above all else, wasn’t the stream—it was the three Lords.
Who knew how Mihael would respond, but for now, Seong intended to enjoy this.
He had, of course, hinted at it today:
Would it be okay if he asked a favor later, should the need arise?
Since Mihael had readily agreed, Seong felt a little excited and went off to have dinner.
And that’s when his older sister, Yu Mina, dropped a pretty shocking line.
“The guild’s asking what you think about taking a summer vacation this time?”
“Summer vacation?”
It was pretty shocking—and pretty out of the blue.
