The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 407
3.
Embris’s party, squared off against a shadow being radiating the power of Destruction, had clearly been fighting for quite some time—there were significant traces left on the surrounding ground and walls.
There were deep cracks all over the walls, and craters had formed here and there on the floor.
The marks of a fierce battle.
Even so, Embris’s party was facing the shadow being without any major injuries.
Seeing Embris and her teammates looking like they weren’t particularly tense, the shadow being lifted its fist as if greatly displeased and stomped down on the floor.
As it moved, Embris stepped forward first to block its path and began to unleash a massive wave of blood.
KWAAAAAAA———!!!
A wave with the force of a tidal bore surged forward; even if the shadow being shattered it to pieces by unleashing the power of Destruction, the waves that followed inevitably drove it backward.
At that moment, the blood suddenly coagulated, and in the instant the dark-red blood turned like ruby—
The blood surrounding the shadow being jutted out like spikes and pierced it through in one go. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
SHUKSHUKSHUKSHUK!!!
The shadow being was riddled in an instant like a rag being stabbed full of holes.
But then it scattered the power of Destruction again—
And, like a shadow, it gradually regenerated.
Of course, seeing how the power of Destruction grew thinner and thinner the more it did so, Embris’s eyes gleamed.
She judged that when that energy was fully exhausted, the thing would die.
Meanwhile, the viewers watching this couldn’t hide their shock.
Holy crap, what is this?????
I thought this one would be the weakest since this floor is the lowest number...
Guess not;;;;
No, it’s busted strong???
They’d hold their own even against other ranker-level guild first strings......
And their skill damage is crazy too;;;;
That boss mob looks basically like a hidden raid boss-tier as well......
Because Embris’s party had been the lowest-ranked among the backup teams, they’d been looked down on a bit.
Not anymore.
Now that they’d caught up to Kyou’s party in terms of floor.
Embris knew that too, so she attacked the shadow being even more aggressively, and since all three of her party members were her vassals, they likewise controlled the blood Embris had created and attacked together.
As the power of Destruction dwindled more and more, the shadow being tried to make a last-ditch struggle.
But a massive dark-red wave swept over it again, turning the entire chamber into a sea of blood, and at last a message appeared saying the floor had been cleared.
“That was harder than I thought.”
“We did spend some time on it.”
“It was a strong enemy.”
“Starting from the 90th floor, it really is a bit tough.”
Contrary to what Seong had worried about, they cleared it more easily than expected.
Of course, to Embris’s party, it had felt harder than they’d expected.
In any case, seeing them clear it, the viewers couldn’t help but pour out praise.
Damn, they won!!!!!
That’s what I’m talking about!!!!
The finish was clean too!!!!
Are they really “backup teams”??? They’re seriously strong.
Put them anywhere else and all three parties would be first-string, no question ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
For real, they’re seriously strong.
Even so, it was true, as the feedback said, that in terms of pure control, Embris lagged a bit behind Luna and Kyou, who also had Almighty-grade classes.
In terms of ranking, Luna was the strongest, then Kyou, then Embris—but the balance of their team members was good.
Luna’s team had the weakest teammates, and after that Embris’s team was weaker in terms of members.
Kyou’s team, on the other hand, could be called the strongest team if you judged them member by member, but their teamwork was completely nonexistent.
In a way, the balance between the teams was almost perfect.
That was part of why Luna’s team could surge ahead so fast.
“Anyway, we’ll try to catch up quickly. We’re now on the same floor as Kyou’s team. We’re one floor behind Luna’s team leader.”
“Let’s hurry.”
“Fast! Faster!”
“Let’s go!”
All fired up, they headed down.
4.
The power of Destruction scattered as it pressed in on Seong.
Seong slipped away from it with almost ridiculous ease, and instead used darkness and the power of the Red Moon to press the destructive force back.
The black shadow being was clearly starting to falter, but it was still resisting fiercely to the very end.
KWAAAAAA———!
As that enormous energy raged, Seong still thought this was a worthy fight.
Then he recalled the concern he’d had earlier and casually checked the rankings.
[Mugan Rankings]
[1st - Mihael’s party: 95F]
[2nd - Demon King Backup Team 1, Luna’s party: 92F]
[Tied 3rd - Demon King Backup Team 2, Kyou’s party: 91F]
[Tied 3rd - Demon King Backup Team 3, Embris’s party: 91F]
'So they’ve all made it up.'
Seeing that they’d all broken through the 90th floor, contrary to his worries, Seong gave a small chuckle, and in that brief opening, the black shadow being sprang at him.
The way it lunged at him, the power of Destruction rippling around it, was like a demon from hell, and Seong, watching it, lightly fired a Red Moon beam.
Pew.
The red beam flew toward it at the speed of light, and it shattered the beam into fragments using the power of Destruction.
Normally, you wouldn’t be able to break light.
But with the power of Destruction it possessed, it was more than possible.
As the beam broke apart and red light sprayed outward, the surroundings darkened in an instant.
Darkness wrapped around the black shadow being.
At a glance, it might have looked fundamentally similar to the black shadow being itself, but in quality it was different.
It was pure darkness itself, and the moment that darkness gained physical force, it began to shrink in size.
Trapped in that darkness, the black shadow being started to thrash.
It was using the power of Destruction, but the darkness absorbed everything so that nothing could escape, and even the act of destruction itself was absorbed into the darkness, rendered meaningless.
Because the power of Destruction was weaker than the power of darkness, it couldn’t break free.
KWAJIK!
It was compressed down inside the shrinking darkness and, quite literally, annihilated.
Seong had spent a considerable amount of mana as well, but he still had plenty left, so he didn’t think much of it.
Watching him, both Mihael’s team and the viewers were dumbfounded.
Up to the 90th floor, Seong had been fighting at a “reasonable” level, but suddenly he’d flipped the script and taken it down in an instant like that.
No wonder it left them speechless.
“Wow... so you have been holding back your strength after all...”
“How... how can you get even stronger than that?”
“R-right, exactly.”
Mihael’s team had now become pure reaction fodder.
And the viewers—
Wow......
Was that just now a skill???
Are all the Lords that strong???
Damn;;; the backup teams are already so strong that I was wondering how strong the Demon King must be, and sure enough, the rankings say it all......
No wonder it’s a speed the backup teams can hardly keep up with......
But if he’s this strong, what exactly are the backup teams backing up?
Huh? For real though???
Hael-ham, why have you become a reaction doll over there ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
He doesn’t really have anything else to do ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
True that
They laughed and joked about Mihael like that, but none of them were unaware that Mihael was also quite the skilled player.
Still, what could you do.
From the backup teams on up to Seong, every single one of them was a monster, so there was no comparison.
On top of that, even compared to Longfeng or Hwa-Wol or Elzahar from Luna’s team—which was considered the weakest of the backup teams—Mihael’s party was about two tiers lower.
So it was only natural that the difference stood out.
Of course, Mihael’s team didn’t argue back about that.
They didn’t get jealous either.
No—jealousy and inferiority have to at least be on something like the same dimensional level; seeing {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} people this far beyond them, they weren’t about to disgrace themselves by feeling ugly, petty jealousy.
“Anyway, since we’ve cleared this place too, shall we head down now?”
“Y-yes, that sounds good.”
“Whew, I’m getting nervous.”
“M-me too.”
As Mihael and the others said that,
Seong gave a faint smile.
Then—
“Come to think of it, things change every five floors, so since we’re on the 96th floor now, it might change again.”
At Seong’s words, Mihael’s team nodded as well.
Mugan had always been like that.
Hadn’t it been the same during the Abyss phase?
So the tension on their faces was obvious.
Naturally, seeing that, the viewers started teasing them.
Why are you guys nervous tho lol.
lolol you’re not doing anything.
They must be nervous about what kind of reaction they have to do next.
lolololol that’s it lolol
I mean lolol Mihael’s the kind of player who doesn’t fall behind anywhere else, but here he’s getting completely crushed.
lololololololol fr fr
“Hey! Like you guys would be any different!”
“H-he’s right!”
“Y-yeah, exactly!”
While Mihael’s team bantered back and forth with the viewers like that, a few viewers picked up on the topic Seong had tossed out.
But seriously, what do you think the next floor will be?
The first one felt like some kind of gravity or attraction-type power, then we had Destruction, so I have no idea.
They’re so different I legit can’t guess. lolol
Wonder what’s next.
Apparently very curious, the viewers were firing off chat like that.
Of course, Seong already knew.
But he didn’t say anything ahead of time.
Since they’d see it once they went down anyway, there was no need to say more.
So he didn’t say anything more, and just chatted idly as they descended.
“Hopefully the next boss will be based on a more interesting concept.”
“An interesting concept?”
“Mm.”
Realizing he hadn’t explained after hearing Mihael’s question, Seong gave them a brief rundown.
“The bosses we’ve been fighting just now are different from other bosses—they’re using mana in a way that’s like lord-type skills, by embodying a single ‘concept’ into it.”
“Ah, I see?”
“C-come to think of it, that’s true?”
“I don’t think I’ve seen other bosses do that.”
“Just because it’s a hidden raid boss doesn’t mean it handles its energy like a lord-type, so I’d say this place is a bit special.”
At Seong’s explanation, the viewers nodded along, listening.
Just as everyone was reacting like they finally understood, Seong’s brow furrowed ever so slightly as they arrived on the 96th floor.
And then—
“Wh-what the!?”
“Th-this was here!?”
“In Mugan!?”
All three members of Mihael’s team, who’d spent the longest time in Mugan, were shocked.
