The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage

The viewers who heard Seong’s words couldn’t quite understand them.

It wasn’t just the viewers who didn’t understand.

“......???”

“......???”

Lowell and Noar looked at Seong as if they didn’t get it either, and Mihael also looked at Seong as if not quite understanding.

Did “fits the labyrinth’s traits” mean he was good at finding the way?

This Mugan Labyrinth was indeed easier to navigate than other labyrinths.

Because every exit led downward.

Rather than the whole labyrinth being flat, it was ever so slightly tilted toward the direction of the exit.

So if one watched carefully or had the ability, one could find the way quickly by following the tilt.

Think of it like a drainage system—that’s the easiest way.

Was “fits well” connected to that trait?

Perhaps curious about that, Mihael looked at Seong, who was smiling while exuding darkness, and asked:

“What do you mean by ‘fits well’?”

Instead of answering, Seong unfolded darkness, and the darkness that spread across the labyrinth wall carried, besides his own attribute, another ominous attribute.

When darkness, the kind that at a glance looked impossible to escape, was painted across the wall—

Mihael could see something forming in that moment.

What Seong made on the wall was none other than a door, and with a slight smile at the sight, Seong opened the Door of Darkness.

Then—

“Huh? H-uh???”

“W-wasn’t it supposed to be absolutely impossible to break through a labyrinth wall!?”

“W-what is this!?”

As if a hole had opened in the labyrinth wall, the Door of Darkness opened, and now they could cross to the other side of the wall.

Mihael’s party reacted first like that, and the viewers were no different.

-????????????????

-Isn’t the Mugan Labyrinth indestructible no matter what you do????

-What is this?????????

-Is it a bug???????

-Where would Eternal World even have a bug;;;;

-Then what is that;;;;;;

-Wow, the Demon King is seriously insane......

-And on top of that he’s handsome......

-Please don’t cry, just tell us ㅜㅜㅜㅠ

What Seong had just done was, in Mugan, something basically impossible.

He had no obligation to explain, but Seong gave a slight smile and casually said:

“I used a property that Darkness has. Darkness carries the attribute of blocking, yes, but it also has absorption, or a connective property like how shadows link together. In this labyrinth, all darkness is interconnected, so I linked to the darkness beyond the wall and connected the spaces.”

“??????”

“??????”

“??????”

He explained it, but at least among Mihael’s party, not many people understood what in the world that meant.

And the viewers were the same.

-Ah! So that’s the principle! (understood nothing at all)

-Ah, I see! Easy! (not easy at all)

-Oh, I get it! (didn’t get it at all)

-lolololololololololol

-What is he even saying lolololololol

-For real lolololololol

-They say typing like “uhkk” these days makes you sound old???

-Then how do you type it???

-You have to put a space like “uh lol” when you type

It was safe to say no one really understood Seong’s words.

Anyway, wasn’t the important thing that it worked?

It is a hard concept to grasp, to be fair.

Honestly speaking, Seong himself had only realized this yesterday.

He had been operating in Mugan for nearly half a month, and only yesterday had he figured it out; in that sense, it was perhaps natural that the viewers or Mihael’s party couldn’t understand it.

In any case, Seong glanced at Mihael’s party, who still didn’t understand even after the explanation, shrugged, and stepped through the door.

After that, it was all too smooth.

All Seong had to do was open a door in the slightly tilted direction.

He opened doors as they went and passed through lightly, and the undead were drawn into Seong at a mere gesture as the power of the Lord of the Dead manifested.

From Mihael’s party’s point of view, watching Seong open doors and absorb undead with a single flick of his hand, it could only feel absurdly anticlimactic.

“......Wow, this is really easy.”

“Right?”

“W-what were we even doing up to now.......”

Now that it had become this easy, it was as if they’d entered some kind of post-battle cooldown; Mihael’s party, dazed, followed along toward the connected area.

Before long, they reached the exit.

They felt a little deflated at how they cleared the 79th floor more easily than ever before.

They had thought that if Seong got serious, it would be fast, but they hadn’t even imagined it would be this fast, which made it even more so.

At this level, there wasn’t even a gap to feel jealous about; their initial deflated feeling gradually subsided.

If anything, they were riding Seong’s bus.

Not bad at all, in its own way.

Anyway—

“Wow, I didn’t think we’d arrive this fast. Folks, we’re in first place, right?”

Mihael asked the viewers that, and—

The viewers snapped back at how he could even ask such a question.

-??????

-If you’re not first, then who would be first?

-Cheongwi’s party?

-Please ㅠㅠㅠ just leave Cheongwi’s party alone ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-No but lolol if you’re not first, who would be?

-The fastest is Embris’s party, and they’re about halfway?

Among the countless chats, Mihael sifted for useful ones.

And he caught one of them.

“Wow, there’s a party that’s already halfway?”

It was true that Seong was absurdly fast, but a party had already traversed half?

Honestly, Mihael wore a dazed expression as if he couldn’t believe it.

He had known, of course, there would naturally be a difference between the backup teams and his own party.

But he had never imagined there’d be this much difference even with the backup team—who weren’t even Seong.

So he could only be all the more stunned.

So the gap is this big.

In the midst of that—

Seong spoke to the shocked Mihael.

“Hm, that’ll be Embris’s party.”

“Oh? How did you know?”

It didn’t look like he had particularly checked the chat, but when Seong still got the answer right, Mihael asked again in surprise.

Then—

“They probably use blood to find the way, so among the backup teams they’ll be the fastest.”

At Seong’s matter-of-fact tone, Mihael couldn’t help being quite shocked.

If it weren’t for riding Seong’s bus, we would have already been overtaken.

Honestly, Mihael had thought the backup teams could climb fast after watching the strategy videos they’d posted, but now that they were here, he abandoned that thought.

The backup teams’ skill was truly beyond imagination.

At this level—

A main roster party from a guild that ranks in the single digits? Maybe even better than that.

With that thought—

Mihael ended up viewing Seong as even greater.

Treating people who looked even better than those main parties as mere backup teams—how incredible was Seong? It came through indirectly.

Even seeing him directly was astonishing—

And he treated people like that as backup?

There was no need to say more about how incredible he was.

Thinking that, Mihael smoothly kept the stream moving.

“All right then, folks, the next floor is finally one of those shifting ten-interval floors—the 80th. The theme can ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) change entirely, so let’s head in and see.”

As Mihael said that and moved things along—

Seong nodded slightly with a faint smile.

And the viewers exploded again.

-Wow, that smile is insanely handsome.

-Wow;;;; he really is cool.

-lol at first I was so insanely jealous, but now I’m not even jealous anymore.

-Wow, first time I’ve had nothing but awe without any envy.

-Facial genius;;;;

-Oppa, take me!!!

-Hyung, take me!!!

-Who is that one?

Even as the viewers made a fuss like that, Mihael’s party brushed it off and flung open the door down to the 80th floor.

What emerged brought a bleak energy and a fairly powerful force, and Seong stepped forward on guard.

Mihael, Lowell, and Noar also moved to ready for battle at once, and in that moment, the figure revealed itself.

When the door opened, what they saw was a vast cavern spreading out, and right before it stood a massive gate leading straight on to the 81st floor.

And the being blocking the way before it was—

“Hm. Doesn’t look ordinary.”

Its head was that of a sheep, its body human, with black fur scattered here and there; its legs were reverse-jointed like a sheep’s.

And that demon sheep giant held a massive cleaver, which naturally made tension rise.

The tank, Mihael, moved up first, with Noar behind, and Seong and Lowell taking position; the demon sheep giant began to move.

Apparently, the 80th floor’s theme was—

“A boss fight, it seems.”

At Seong’s words, everyone nodded as if in agreement.

The viewers swallowed hard and started typing.

-The intimidation is no joke.

-Wow, is that raid-boss tier???

-Doesn’t look like a normal raid boss tier.

-A tier above that?

-Wow, I’m excited for this fight??

-Oh? It moved!!!

9.

Countless people were watching the lives of those challenging Mugan’s deepest depths, and Cheongwi’s party was no different.

Watching lives of the 79th-floor clears to see if they could get help with strategy, Cheongwi’s party could only despair.

Luna’s party, which was improvising routes, mowing down monsters, and advancing at ridiculous speed; Kyou’s party, which, even while bickering back and forth, was tearing through every maze at a crazy pace; and Embris’s party, which, playing to its own traits, was faster than anyone by linking blood into a trail—

It had taken Cheongwi’s party two days just to get halfway here, but it hadn’t even taken Embris’s party ten minutes to get halfway.

Watching that, Cheongwi gave a hollow laugh and said:

“Let’s give up on the rankings.”

“......Seems so.”

“We can’t beat that.......”

“Right.”

Even as a six-person party, they had been on the verge of being overtaken by Mihael’s party.

The Demon King’s backup teams were moving at a speed they couldn’t even approach.

Muttering that, Cheongwi spoke under the breath:

“Is the 80th floor another boss?”

“Are you kidding???”

“Wow, they’re fighting that like that???”

“Huh??? That’s insane???”

“I don’t think we can take that down just by ourselves???”

“That’s a tier above raid-boss level.”

“Ah, dodge!!!”

Seeing their own party members watching the live and cheering, Cheongwi felt a bit dumbfounded, then also watched the live; as Seong unleashed his power, a fist clenched without thinking.

“Yeah!!!”

With Cheongwi getting into it too, Cheongwi’s party watched the live laughing and chatting merrily.

Right—thinking about competing with monsters like that was what was weird.

Once everyone gave up like that, they watched the stream in true comfort and enjoyed it.

An overwhelming battle unfolded, and Seong’s party’s raid continued like that.