The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 403

5.

As Mihael had announced, the afternoon stream ran for three hours, and they were able to wrap it up to great success.

After finishing the first day’s broadcast, everyone’s records were laid bare on the Mugan rankings.

[Mugan Rankings]

[1st—Mihael Party : 89th Floor]

[2nd—Demon King Backup Team 1, Luna Party : 87th Floor]

[Joint 3rd—Demon King Backup Team 2, Kyou Party : 86th Floor]

[Joint 3rd—Demon King Backup Team 3, Embris Party : 86th Floor]

[5th—Cheongwi Party : 79th Floor]

Mihael’s party, with Seong in it, cleared all the way up to just before the 90th floor.

Hot on their heels, Luna’s party cleared the 87th floor.

Kyou’s and Embris’s parties cleared the 86th floor.

Because the broadcast ended to great acclaim, things blew up both domestically and overseas.

For one, it couldn’t help but spread far and wide that Seong, called the Demon King, had overwhelming skill—and that the Demon King’s backup parties were on par with other guilds’ first strings.

[Title—Are the Demon King’s backup parties for real?]

[Author—Village Summoner]

『Why are they even doing “backup party” with that level of skill???

From what I can tell they’d eat most first strings for breakfast......

Honestly Rapid’s first string doesn’t even seem comparable to the backup teams......

If you look at skill alone, right???』

[Auto-Hunt Addict: I see it that way too. Honestly they seemed stronger than the first string???]

└[Village Summoner (OP): Right????]

└[Only Watches Respawns: You think the first string is a joke or what?????]

└[Village Summoner (OP): Did you not watch the live??? If you did, you’d be saying something different;;;]

└[Only Watches Respawns: Was there something????]

└[Dungeon Silence: Please;;;;; watch before you run your mouth;;;;]

[Sword-Wielding Mage: Honestly I admit they’d chew up the first string. Each team’s leader is Almighty grade and the three members are all Legendary, so of course they’d chew them up;;;;]

└[Only Watches Respawns: For real??? The team leader’s an Almighty class and all the members are Legendary????]

└[Village Summoner (OP): Yeah yeah, have you been living fooled your whole life?]

Before, there had been a tendency to overhype Seong alone, but now it was different.

Because the backup teams showed that much of an imposing presence.

Naturally they had to be compared with other first strings.

So, as you’d expect, the value of Seong and the backup teams could only rise by the day.

Right now, the floor bosses—the bosses of Mugan—were showing at least the presence of Hidden Raid Bosses, and the fact that they were breaking through them with parties of only four in the first place didn’t make sense.

Because of that, their value could only climb.

And then—

[Title—Rapid isn’t kidding around;;;]

[Author—Fist Healer]

『With just the combined power of the Demon King + backup teams right now, they could probably wipe a large guild???

Feels like ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ the number of people calling the Demon King overhyped has suddenly shot up......

Seems like they’re blinded by jealousy just looking at the Demon King’s face.

Honestly, even just from the Silverrain war, you didn’t get a feel for it???

No, in the first place, if you just think about the fact that he soloed a World Raid Boss, the presence is enormous—so why are people tearing him down like this lol

He’s truly a colossal figure who could beat Yuna inside Korea.

Honestly he could even take the #1 single ranker, so why so much downplay???』

[Bare-Handed Tank: Simply because he’s handsome......]

[Burst DPS Tank: Because he’s handsome......]

[Mage Taunt: Tsk, I am jealous, though......]

[Alchemy Fist Artist: Shouldn’t good-looking guys be banned from games???? F*** this is such bulls***]

└[Assassin Blacksmith: You’re pretty mad;;;;]

└[Helmetless Tank: Honestly I’m mad too lololol]

└[Assassin Blacksmith: Yeah true, me too.]

└[Archer Without Arrows: Don’t talk smack about our oppa!!!]

└[Summoner Without Summons: lolololol more Demon King stans incoming...... but fair, I’m a guy and I’d fall for him—he really is cool]

└[Healer Death: That’s kinda ga——]

The posts that had been dismissing Seong up to now began to gradually disappear.

Up until just before, you could tell that compared to the presence Seong showed, he’d been fairly underestimated.

Now the discussion was happening at about the same level as the single rankers.

And it wasn’t just in Korea or the East Asia sphere.

His fame was spreading among Eternal World lovers worldwide.

Of course, Seong himself didn’t particularly feel the weight of that fame.

There just weren’t people around him pointing it out.

But now, that was starting to change a little.

6.

“Huh?! E-excuse me, are you the Demon King?”

“Sorry???”

Seong was the type who hardly ever got startled, flustered, or thrown off—but this was something he couldn’t help being surprised by.

Honestly, it’s not a line you expect to hear in real life, is it?

Coming out with Lee Geon-dong to get dinner, Seong stared blankly at the woman.

He checked in case she was some crazy person, but while she looked a bit excited and thrilled, she had a neat appearance that didn’t look crazy.

However—

At the alien question, Are you the Demon King? Seong blinked as he looked at the woman who had approached him.

Seeing Seong blinking like he was wondering what on earth she meant, the woman let out a very satisfied squeal.

“Kya!! You are, right!? Rapid’s Demon King!?”

“Uh? Ah...... yes, I am......”

At Seong’s words, the woman got even more excited, and instead of stopping her, her friends were the ones who jolted and started making a big fuss.

“Holy crap!!!”

I-I’ve never seen a celebrity before!!!

“Wow!! Demon King!!! I’m a fan!!”

Watching the woman’s group fuss like that, Seong dipped his head slightly with a dazed expression and accepted their greetings. “Th-thank you.”

As Seong stood there a bit dazed, Lee Geon-dong murmured beside him, “Hey, hey, let’s clear out.”

“Yeah.”

It did seem better to do that, so they tried to slip away.

“C-could you please take a photo with us???”

At the woman’s very earnest request, Seong looked to Lee Geon-dong, wondering what to do.

It was the first time for Lee Geon-dong too, so he blinked.

Like—who am I to be taking photos?

But also—who am I to refuse?

So, caught off guard, Seong nodded. “Yes. Sure.”

“Kyaaa! Thank you!!!”

“P-please take one with us too!!!”

“M-me too!”

It wasn’t just the woman; her group—which included men—said so, and Seong, before he knew it, was nodding along.

So, somehow, they started taking pictures right there on the street.

A few people saw that and started whispering.

And of course they would.

People were asking him to take photos and squealing in delight.

Naturally, that kind of thing draws attention, doesn’t it.

“What the? A celebrity???”

“Oh!? I-it’s the Demon King.”

“Demon King?”

There are few people who don’t play Eternal World, but they do exist, so some tilted their heads at the unfamiliar title.

The people next to them explained. “He’s someone really famous in Eternal World. Wow, he’s insanely handsome in person too? I mean he looks the same???”

“Wow, he really is handsome. Is he famous for his looks?”

“No, for his skill.”

“????With that face???”

“Exactly!”

Listening to even the person answering get a little testy as they spoke, it felt, once again, like the world is unfair.

Seeing people on the verge of gathering, Seong looked at Lee Geon-dong and said, “Hey, let’s get out of here fast.”

“Y-yeah.”

As more and more gazes turned to Seong, they figured they wouldn’t be able to eat at this rate, so they hurriedly slipped away.

At least there was one bit of luck.

“......S-still, it’s a relief we dressed up a little since we came out to get dinner.”

“......Right.”

Seong could only agree with Lee Geon-dong.

They had come out to celebrate the successful end of the first day’s live by meeting up with An Yoo-jin and An Yoo-bin, but who knew it would draw this much attention.

Since neither of them knew, Seong had no choice but to buy a hat and a mask from a street stall and put them on.

They had figured some people would recognize him now that his face was public.

But they never imagined it would happen this quickly.

I mean, think about it.

Today alone—even if the foreigner proportion was high—nearly fifty million viewers had feasted their eyes on Seong’s face.

Let alone Seong being just “generally famous,” as Rapid’s Demon King he was a name anyone who played Eternal World had probably heard at least once.

The ripple effect was enormous.

“Wow...... to think it would be to this extent......”

“Right.”

At Lee Geon-dong’s words, Seong muttered, looking troubled.

Still, with a hat on and his face covered—

People really didn’t recognize him.

Partly because his face was fully covered, and partly because it was still the first day of revealing his face.

There weren’t many people who could see through that level of cover yet.

Just as Seong was feeling awkward like that, he and Lee Geon-dong saw a considerable crowd gathered at the place they were supposed to meet, and thinking “no way,” they headed over—only to find, of course—

“Wow!!! It’s Luna!!!”

“No way—the Demon King’s backup team? That Luna???”

“Wow, she’s super pretty in person too!?”

“E-excuse me, c-could you please make way???”

Luna—no, An Yoo-bin—was also being recognized by quite a few people and looked troubled.

When An Yoo-bin asked them to make way, they stepped aside without fuss.

It did feel like meeting a celebrity, but order seemed to be kept fairly well.

Seeing them in that bind, Seong and Lee Geon-dong quickly bought hats and masks, brought An Yoo-jin and An Yoo-bin over, and put the hats and masks on them; Seong deftly wove through, shaking off the crowd, and no one followed any further.

Once they brought the two over—

“Whew, what is happening???”

“Goodness, I didn’t expect it to be like this......”

“Exactly.”

“Still, it’s a relief there weren’t any overzealous types.”

It was truly a huge relief.

Seong had slipped away before people really swarmed, and for An Yoo-jin and An Yoo-bin, it had happened while they were waiting.

If an overzealous person had shown up, it could have been quite a problem.

Looking at them, Seong wore a clearly awkward expression.

He wondered if he shouldn’t have revealed his face, but then again, nothing major had happened yet.

“Still, having people recognize us is a little embarrassing but also kind of satisfying.”

When Seong said that, An Yoo-bin nodded, seemingly feeling similarly.

It was unavoidably a hassle, though.

Come to think of it, that must be why Yu Mina walks around with her face covered.

But unlike that, An Yoo-bin and Seong had been openly revealed.

He wondered what to do going forward.

“For now, let’s go eat.”

Standing around here wasn’t going to solve anything.

Everyone nodded at Lee Geon-dong’s words.

“Good. Let’s go get food.”

“Sounds good.”

“Let’s.”

All of them answered like that, and once again they headed to a good restaurant Lee Geon-dong had recommended.

Of course, with masks and hats on.

Fortunately, even that much was enough that no one recognized them, and they were able to move comfortably.