The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage

4.

After Shivren joined hismrades without any issues, there were others watching his retreating figure as he made his way back to Basilica. From a distance, through the cracks of the walls in Ninyaru that Shivren had used earlier, they were looking on with surprise, glancing at Seong.

Felix and Nyao were among them.

Theyuldn’t believe it, even after seeing it.

“Haha! I knew it was our Seong!”

“As expected, he’s the Lord.”

“The ingenuity is enough to make one’s tongue fall out~”

Hehehe, amazing!

Hahaha! For the Lord, such things are a breeze.

Helena laughed joyfully, and the others around her sentmpliments and praised Seong’s extraordinary abilities. It was a clear demonstration of their unshakable trust in him.

King Nyao looked at Seong and his followers with a bit of envy, before tilting his head, as if something didn’t make sense.

‘How did he manage it?’

It was a method that even Helena, in her past, would have thought impossible.

Though she had said it was fine, Nyao had never truly believed ituld work.

Having witnessed the process, he found it even harder to believe.

Felix, too,uld hardly believe it, and aftervering his mouth in disbelief, he asked Nyao, “Do undead usually act like that with living beings?”

“There’s no way that’s possible. It must be Seong, the author’s skills and power at work.”

“Hmm.”

Felix let out a short sigh, shaking his head.

The method Seong used was simple.

First, he killed Shivren.

Then, by using the undead of the spirit and Shivren’srpse, Seongmbined them with the creation of death.

The undead became the same as the recently deceased Shivren.

From there, Helena’s celestial energy was used to heal the undead, making it a living undead.

Then, Shivren swore blind loyalty to Seong and headed towards Basilica like that.

But there was one process that both the king and Felix didn’t understand.

‘Thank goodness Shivren’s ghost came out.’

Seong’s ability to breathe Shivren’s soul into the undead was a crucial step.

Thanks to this, Shivren’s memories and experiences were fully restored.

He had been worried it might fail if Shivren hadmmitted sins like Carmen and wasn’t able to appear as a ghost. But it seemed that wasn’t the case.

‘If Shivren was an assassin, how much worse were Carmen’s sins...?’

He briefly wondered that but quickly brushed it aside.

It didn’t need to be thought about.

Moreover, Seong had gained Shivren’s memories and therresponding stats.

[The ’Unknown Power’ has displayed abilities beyond your current stats.] [Strength +3, Agility +3, Health +3 have permanently increased.]

The stats increase pleased him quite a bit.

Anyway, the operation was a success.

”It’ll take at least a day to get to Basilica. We’ll discuss further after that.”

”Yes!!!”

”Yes.”

After Seong and Felix answered simultaneously, Nyao nodded appropriately and spoke.

“Then let’s meet again tomorrow. It seems like a major matter.”

As Nyao spoke, he glanced at Helena.

He likely wanted to leave quickly and was nervously checking for Helena’s approval.

Seong noticed it too, and Helena gave a slight nod.

Meaning she gave her approval.

”Later, Seong, once you enter the castle, we’ll reward you generously. You’ve done a great thing.”

”Thank you.”

”Mm, then.”

Nyao let out a faint sigh of relief and disappeared from the spot.

He vanished quickly and silently.

Helena looked at the spot where he had been and gave a somewhat regretful expression, while Felix, likely feeling the pressure, let out a brief sigh of relief and stood up.

He then clasped his hands and turned to Seong.

“Seong-gyeong, you really worked hard. If it hadn’t been for you, this operation wouldn’t have even been possible. Thank you so much.”

Felix’s tone had bme more formal.

Perhaps Seong noticed it, as he became a little umfortable.

But, it was all for the good.

Seong also replied appropriately.

“Ah... I’m glad Iuld help.”

“Ofurse! If it weren’t for you, Seong-gyeong, we would have just been waiting, clueless about what Basilica was plotting. But now, we know their plans, and we can prepare ardingly. It’ll be easy to win the war. And all of that is thanks to you, Seong-gyeong.”

“Cough.”

With such deep gratitude, Seong didn’t know how to respond.

As Seong felt a bit embarrassed, the followers looked at him and smiled warmly.

Only after receivingntinuous praise and expressions of gratitude was Seong finally released.

“Then we’ll meet again tomorrow. Until then, take care.”

“Yes, Felix-gyeong....”

It wasn’t really a time to relax, but he responded appropriately.

It was nice to help and be praised, but it was a little burdensome, and Seong shook his head with an exhausted expression.

It had been a hectic time.

“Today’s enough for now.”

It was time to log out.

He decided to wrap it up here.

“See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah, see you tomorrow~”

“See you tomorrow.”

“Take care~”

Hahaha!!! Call me anytime if there’s a battle! Lord!

Heehee! Take care!

After receiving the farewells from his followers, Seong logged out.

[The Eternal World is waiting for you.]

5.

In Eternal World, there were many employees.

Since the number of users was immense, there were always big and small issues to deal with.

Today was no different.

But today, it wasn’t the usual Lee Won-sang from the User Management Team.

Specifically, it was the Eternal World Event Management Team.

The department responsible for organizing large-scale events, especially after the incident with Seong, had gone into an emergency state.

[A major variable has occurred in the event “War Between Basilica and Ninyaru” in the Labyrinth Region.]

A short phrase lit up on the screen, followed by a brief voice.

“Ah.”

It was just one syllable, but the emotion behind it was anything but short.

Soon after.

“Ah!!! AAAAAAH!!!! UAAAAAAAH!!!”

Despair, screams, and rage filled the cry as the event management team scrambled to gather their things.

But not to leave for the day.

Instead, they began preparing for an all-nighter, cleaning up around their desks and settling in for the long hours ahead.

It had bme routine for them by now.

While everyone made their preparations, Event Management Team Leader Baek Jiwoo read the message again and again, eyes glued to the screen.

Then.

“What’s the variable?!”

[Due to the ‘Seong’ user, the ‘Absolute Being of Ninyaru’ has begun to move.]

[Additionally, due to the ‘Seong’ user, a spy has been planted in ‘Basilica,’ something that should not have been possible.]

[It is expected that significant information will be leaked.]

The analysis from the super AI, Immortal, made Jiwoo squeeze his eyes shut.

Not Seong again? Again?

Originally, this event was planned to unfold over theurse of several months.

It was supposed to be a gradual event, with many users in the labyrinth region slowly unraveling it.

It was an event that had been designed from the beginning for this labyrinth region.

But now, that event was about to trigger overnight.

‘I had planned for cat merchants to show up in the labyrinth after a few months and gradually start the event, asking users for help...’

Would this trigger the event immediately?

No, something felt worse.

It felt ominous.

Jiwoo, feeling that ominous sensation, asked Immortal,vering his mouth in disbelief.

“Can you predict what will happen if it proceeds like this?”

[Calculating the result of Seong’s involvement.]

[The knights from the city of Ninyaru are gathering, and the Absolute Being of Ninyaru is moving.]

[With that, Ninyaru’s Absolute Being will be able to defeat Basilica’s black forces with a 89.56% chance, even without outside help.]

“...Ah.”

An 89% chance of defeat was as close to a sure loss as youuld get.

Even without outside help.

Why is the Absolute Being moving?

As Jiwoo grew agitated, Immortal’s response came.

[It isncluded that the ‘Absolute Being of Ninyaru’ is moving due to the ‘Unknown Power’ of Seong-user’s follower, which is identical in appearance to Helena.]

In other words.

“Which means we don’t know, huh...”

A follower who looked exactly like Helena?

He had heard about it.

Was it the homunculus?

But wasn’t that just an empty shell of Helena?

He knew that the Absolute Being of Ninyaru wasnnected to Helena, but to think it would move in the form of just an empty shell?

Heuldn’t understand it.

Based on the current situation.

“Does that mean the event is disappearing?”

[That is the most likely scenario.]

Heuld ask for other calculations, but it wouldn’t help.

What should he do now?

Jiwoo, as he asked Immortal, felt even more uncertain.

[However, the ‘Seong’ user’s actions are unpredictable, and due to the variable of ‘Unknown Power,’ it is impossible to predict what will happen.]

This was nonsolation.

Team Leader Baek Jiwoo squeezed his eyes shut and lowered his head.

Others might not understand why he was so desperate.

Wouldn’t it be good if the event was canceled?

Wouldn’t that reduce the workload?

That’s what people might think.

But it wasn’t that simple.

It was the gamempany’s responsibility to createntent that usersuld enjoy in each region.

Only thenuld gamers experience the game in a fun environment.

So if °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° the event disappeared, it meant they would need to create a new event in the Labyrinth Region for the users.

And that meant new planning, proposal drafting, and approval processes.

Here’s the problem.

Who would make the new plan?

Who elseuld it be?

Baek Jiwoo, ofurse.

“Hahaha, Hahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!!!!”

Baek Jiwoo burst into maniacal laughter as he stood up.

As he stood there, laughing wildly, his team members watched with the thought.

‘He should rest a bit before exhausting himself more.’

‘Sigh, the boss is working hard again.’

‘Don’t make eyentact. If you do, you’ll end up helping him write a proposal.’

‘Let’s try to breathe as little as possible.’

The team members, ever sonsiderate.

But Baek Jiwoo didn’t care about them at all, staring at the screen intently.

A new event.

One that everyone in the fifth region, the Labyrinth,uld participate in.

Two cities built in the cracks of the labyrinth.

And instead of the war between them, he had tome up with another event.

Howuld that be easy?

Scratching his head, Baek Jiwoo suddenly had a brilliant idea.

“Right, that’ll work, won’t it?”

After all, good and evil were already decided.

Immortal said ituldn’t predict Seong’s actions, so heuld base the event on Seong’s actions.

Creating something from nothing was hard.

But changing one thing into another? That was doable!!!

Baek Jiwoo quickly scanned through the available cards in his mind.

And among them.

‘Seong’s third job advancement?’

That might be very useful.