The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 398
5.
[Current viewers – 10,281,934●]
A relay stream with over ten million watching.
Among the backup-team parties, the one pulling the highest numbers was the original mainstay among Seong’s backups: Luna’s party.
Luna’s team sprinted through the labyrinth spread across Mugan with set jaws and serious faces.
Whenever monsters appeared, they cut down the revenants in an instant, drawing cheers from the viewers.
– Insane!!!
– Luna’s party really is strong.
– Hwa-Wol noona!!!! Slay them!!!
– Hwa-Wol could literally slay me;;;;
– Whoa, they’re so fast here????
– Yeah, Luna’s party is seriously quick.
They could have responded to chat, but Luna’s team stayed silent and focused.
Each floor of Mugan featured different tricks or mazes, and many were harder than expected.
Right now, the mission on Floor 79 was a sprawling labyrinth; ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) figuring most of the 70s would be maze-type, Luna’s team moved fast.
Hwa-Wol’s role—tracking and detection—was huge.
“Left, right, left.”
Reading the zigzagging passages at a glance, Hwa-Wol called the route, and no one objected.
Without her guidance, they would’ve been wandering a lot.
Watching Luna’s team push forward so quickly, viewers couldn’t help but be impressed.
It wasn’t that they looked freakishly overpowered—
they were just highly systematic, built on rock-solid fundamentals, and they advanced fast.
– You can feel how solid their fundamentals are.
– They all ranked up to Legendary and it shows;;;
– I thought they’d gone quiet after becoming a backup team, but nope;;;;;
– Right—Luna isn’t the type to be “under” someone unless she’s top-tier.
– They’re really fast.
– Who clears 79 first???
Even as they watched with that question, they swallowed as Luna surged ahead.
To be honest, Luna’s looks were a big reason so many were here.
Her movements as she wielded her great twin blades only made her more striking.
In the past she’d worn fairly revealing gear; this time, though her arms and legs showed, her kit wasn’t that exposed.
Even so, people couldn’t help but flock to her stream.
Her beautiful, composed sword strokes were content all by themselves.
Finding the path at speed, Luna’s party was cutting through Floor 79 fast.
6.
[Current viewers – 8,817,143●]
The second-most-watched backup team was Kyow’s team.
He’s an imp and a provocateur by nature—plenty had shown up to hate-watch. The result?
Everyone’s jaws dropped.
This squad now included the former “rookies” Meirin and Kurosawa Ren, so people were curious how their synergy would look. Instead—
Kim Che-geon and Kyow were baring their teeth at each other, sniping back and forth.
“Hey, brat—go the way this exalted one tells you.”
“I’m the team leader, lady.”
“What?! You dare insult a swordsman!”
They literally crossed blades and traded blows while bickering.
Kyow hurled thunder at Kim Che-geon; Kim dodged nimbly and swung.
Kyow met the blade with a quick barrier of lightning, then shot forward—both of them attacking each other while also sweeping every revenant around them.
Behind them, Meirin and Kurosawa Ren didn’t try to stop them; they just followed calmly, like they’d seen this a hundred times.
In fact—
“Bwahahaha! Kyow and Kim Che-geon are lively as ever today!”
“...It’s always like this. I have no words.”
They muttered to each other, amused.
Viewers could only spam question marks.
– ????????
– Why are they competing with each other????
– Look closely—they keep “attacking each other” but are actually hitting revenants.
– Ultra tsunderes, both of them???
– lmao this is killing me
– I used to hate Kyow, but this is hilarious
– Same lol
People laughed at their back-and-forth—and then noticed something else:
– Why are they still making crazy progress????
– Exactly—they’re so fast????
– How is this real????
– They bicker nonstop and still blitz the maze???
Kyow ran wreathed in lightning, while Kim Che-geon rode the wind—and even summoned a spectral horse. Their speed was wild.
Following them: Meirin surfing on a radiant spear-trail, scattering light, and Kurosawa Ren riding shadows, whipping through like a gale.
It felt like the entire party was built for speed.
Any revenants the two in front “missed” got cleaned up by Meirin and Ren.
They were so fast, traps were triggering after they passed.
Viewers were stunned by the display.
– Their speed is absolutely insane??????
– They’re not “solving” the maze—they’re just sprinting it????
– If you look closely, they are using pathing techniques...
– lol and they’re about as fast as Luna’s team????
– They are legitimately quick.
Built for speed, they were literally streaking like lightning—and their run was smooth.
Also—
“Do not insult me, the proud Greatest Sword under Heaven of Joseon!!!”
“Uh-huh. Says the German.”
“What!?!?”
Kim Che-geon and Kyow’s sniping was a spectacle on its own.
7.
[Current viewers – 7,932,178●]
It was the “least popular” of the backup streams—
and still had almost eight million viewers. Embris’s party shocked everyone with freshness.
Like Luna’s crew, they moved with well-practiced coordination—but their way of escaping the maze was unusual enough to jolt the audience.
Unlike the others, they didn’t sprint. At the starting point, Embris’s team extended their hands and released viscous blood.
They weren’t hurt; this was their method—forming blood-threads and firing them outward to probe for paths in all directions.
– wtf??????????
– What even is this?????????
– I’ve never seen a vampire-line Almighty class before.
– Are they using blood to find the path???
– They’re fast here too????
– ????? But even if they find the route, don’t they still have to run it? Isn’t that slower???
Before chat could answer, Embris read it and replied:
“For jobs like ours, we have movement skills that travel through this blood. All four of us are vampire-line, so once we find the way, we can jump straight to it.”
With that friendly explanation, jaws dropped.
Luna’s and Kyow’s parties didn’t really engage with chat; Embris’s did.
That responsiveness prompted more:
– Wow, they’re talking to us directly???
– An angel...
– I will pledge my bones here forever.
– With a movement skill like that, they’re busted in labyrinths;;;;
– Luna and Kyow are crazy fast, but with this, Embris’s team could win too.
Grateful for the interaction, the viewers watched Embris smile.
“Thank you.”
Her face leaned pretty in a boyish way, but she was obviously a woman—maybe that contrast made her even more charming. One by one, viewers were falling for her.
While converting casuals into die-hard fans, Embris felt something.
“Hmmm, even so, we’re probably not first.”
Their blood-threads were darting ahead at a speed comparable to the other backups—but unlike them, as Seong’s vassal, Embris could sense something else.
“Lord Seong has already arrived? How is he this fast????”
Chat blinked.
– ??????? how do you even know that?
– Embris, how could you tell????
– Oh? Demon King’s party cleared 79 already!?
– For real????
– It’s true????
– But how did you know???
Everyone asked, amazed.
Embris winked.
“It’s a secret~”
And thought to herself:
Let’s pick up the pace.
Backup team or not—
And though, by setting, her master was Seong—
She wanted to win if she could. She spurred herself, and the blood surged faster.
8.
Before Embris felt that Seong’s party had arrived—
in other words, before anyone had even started:
[Current viewers – 34,125,860●]
With over thirty-four million watching, Michael—no, Seong’s party—looked noticeably stiff for once.
Michael had always shown a knack for hosting, but this scale was new; it was natural to be nervous.
Sure, it’s “just a game stream,” and viewers aren’t physically in front of you—
but imagine going from ten thousand views to three thousand times that, thirty-plus million at once. Your body locks up.
So the hosting tightened a bit.
Seong stepped forward.
“Michael-hyung, you’re way too nervous.”
“Wha—?! You’re right. I’m nervous as hell, haha.”
Viewers laughed at his honest admission.
That was part of Michael’s charm.
– lol Michael lol
– You nervous just ’cause the viewer count exploded???
– Low-key cute lol
– Please take that back. The Demon King is cuter and hotter.
– Okay, fair;;;
As the chat riffed, Michael loosened up.
“Hey, people!!! Think about it—standing next to a face like this, knowing I’ll get roasted? Of course I’m nervous!!!”
His wit got the chat laughing again.
– Still, I get why you’d shake lol
– I’m scared I’ll look like a squid by comparison lol
– It’s a tough spot lol
– Nerves accepted lol
– lmao
With the mood lightened, Seong said,
“In that case, I’ll put in some effort today.”
“Oh?”
As soon as he said it, Seong stepped up. The viewers leaned in.
He grinned, dark power pouring from his hands.
“The maze’s properties and I get along better than you’d think.”
