The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 318

Chapter 318

4.

A pillar of black light erupted from within the mine as if in an explosion.

Simultaneously, every demon inside the mine could feel it.

The demons couldn't help but be sensitive to such darkness.

This was especially true for the more powerful demons.

A high-rank demon, who would soon rise to the top and gain the status of a noble, muttered with a sense of weariness.

“...Hmm. It seems they intend to awaken as a monarch just in time.”

To think they would try to awaken as a monarch within their territory.

The timing was bad.

Black magic and demonic energy were similar, yet different.

They must have gained an epiphany from that difference.

The high-rank demon nodded as if he understood this well.

Then, three mid-ranking demons rose, bowed their heads to the high-rank demon, and spoke.

“...We will go.”

“Lord Sermagra need not worry.”

“We will lead the low-ranking demons and annihilate them.”

Saying so, the three mid-ranking demons dashed out.

Leading the low-ranking demons.

How much time had passed?

The demonic energy, which had been so intensely thick, could be seen to have subsided a notch.

What this meant was simple.

“They’re all dead.”

The high-rank demon, Sermagra, who had spoken with weariness, rose from his seat.

He had judged that it would be too much to leave it to the mid-ranking and low-ranking demons again.

Above all.

“There is a bothersome energy.”

“...Do you mean that rampaging black magic?”

“No, I feel the energy of the galaxy. And I also feel a dreadful energy of darkness.”

“...?”

The energy of the galaxy, which could be called an energy of light, and the energy of darkness were together?

It was a strange combination, but weren't humans always like that.

Beings like insects that struggled to survive by cooperating with each other.

For that reason, the mid-ranking demons bowed their heads as they looked at the high-rank demon, Sermagra.

“I’m going too.”

It was as if he were saying that they alone were not enough.

Yet no one dared to have their pride hurt.

Because he was Sermagra, a high-rank demon known to possess power comparable to a noble.

No one disobeyed.

Thus, he led the mid-ranking and low-ranking demons and headed toward the place with the rampaging black magic.

On the way.

The high-rank demon, Sermagra, tilted his head slightly and muttered.

“Hmm, it’s luring me.”

Sermagra was smiling as if it were amusing.

Then, he spoke to his subordinates.

“You all go to the place with the black magic and eliminate them.”

If they became a monarch, they would surely become a bothersome existence.

It's best to eliminate them before they become a monarch.

No matter how weak a monarch they were, a mid-rank demon couldn't do anything about it.

It was more efficient to eliminate them beforehand.

Sermagra said so, and as he headed in a different direction, he said.

"I'll be back after I dispose of the one luring me."

It seemed he had to deal with the one who possessed the most powerful strength.

The one from whom he could also feel the power of a monarch.

As Sermagra said that.

The mid-rank and low-rank demons dashed out, saying they would obey his command, and Sermagra also took a step, looking towards the one who was luring him.

Just then.

Kwa-chang-chang-chang---!!!

A sound like glass shattering in the air was heard as the space broke into pieces, and he moved his body into the cracks of that space.

Then, Sermagra's field of vision changed in an instant.

He was able to appear in front of the pathetic one who had been luring him.

And the one in front of him let out a hollow laugh at the sight of Sermagra, who had shattered space and appeared, and muttered.

“You’re stronger than I thought.”

It was arrogant for a mere human to say.

But Sermagra had a similar thought and said to him, that is, Seonghyun.

“I quite like you too.”

Sermagra, who was exuding a menacing aura as he raised his demonic energy.

And looking at Sermagra, Seonghyun also raised his full power.

The awakened power of Seonghyun.

The powers of the Lord of Darkness, the Lord of the Abyss's Terror, and the Inferno Lord merged, rising as if to dominate the surroundings, and amidst it, he gripped a sword wrapped in the galaxy and glared at Sermagra.

And seeing that, Sermagra muttered as if it were truly interesting.

“Three monarch powers, no, is there one more? Incredible.”

Seonghyun gave an awkward laugh at the sight of Sermagra, who had figured it out accurately.

Maybe.

‘I could die, couldn't I? Should I have brought a few people with me?’

Seonghyun thought so, wondering if he had come alone for nothing.

But he burned with fighting spirit and rushed towards Sermagra.

5.

Kwa-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah---!!!

The entire mine trembled greatly as if the earth were rumbling.

A pillar of black light that soared towards the sky without wavering even in the massive vibration.

And the demons gathered around the pillar.

The surroundings seemed to have been engulfed in darkness by the demons in the form of shadows.

But amidst them, due to the flurry of magic and skills, their numbers were also gradually decreasing.

However, there was a problem here.

Kuu-woong.

Balthar and Leonik thrust their swords at a mid-rank demon flying towards them like a locust.

Due to that sword strike, they had no choice but to retreat quite a distance.

Chiiiiiiiiii.

Two long furrows were created on the floor.

The figures of Balthar and Leonik could be seen faintly, showing how far they had been pushed back.

Just how ridiculously strong was that sword strike.

The mid-rank demon, which looked like a chimera as if various insect forms had been mixed together, scowled fiercely upon seeing them.

Just where did these guys come from.

Annoyance surged within it.

‘This must be why those guys all died.’

There was a reason why the mid-rank demons were all slaughtered.

But there was a bigger problem than the ones in front of him now.

The retainers who were currently handling all the mid-rank demons were also far too skilled.

Especially.

‘That red-haired one is dangerous...’

The red-haired woman who exuded an aura so dangerous it gave him the chills.

The mid-rank demon felt it and had a feeling as if death were surging over him.

A sense of pressure as if facing a high-rank demon.

However, the insectoid mid-rank demon knew well.

Kuu-woo-woo-woo---!!!

It meant that in the place where the vibration was now spreading, someone was confronting his boss, a powerful high-rank demon who might soon be granted a noble title.

Just where did these beings come from.

And why were the contractors silent again.

In that moment, the thought that it was a trap naturally came to mind.

But right now, he had no room for such thoughts.

The insectoid demon had the legs, wings, and carapace of an insect.

Kagagagak.

Seogeok!

A long wound was instantly created on its torso.

Blood like darkness gushed from the wound.

Seeing it, the skeleton knight muttered as if disappointed.

-It was shallow.

-Kuhahaha! That's why I said I should do it. Your swordsmanship is too shallow, that's the problem.

-...Hah, for a demon who can only be black and red, you sure talk a lot.

The two swordsmen, who bickered with each other, yet their coordination was so exquisitely perfect.

The insectoid mid-rank demon ground its teeth as it watched them.

It was so annoying, but.

It felt like it would be impossible to escape from those two.

If he went all out here, could he even survive?

Feeling such bleak despair, he chewed as if to break his teeth and thought.

‘I have to somehow report to the Demon Realm. That we have fallen into a trap...!’

Thinking so, he was using every means to report the situation to the Demon Realm with all his might.

But.

-Where do you think you're going!

-I won't give you an opening! Kuhahaha!!!

The skeleton knight and that crimson-black demon knight charged madly as if they had noticed his intentions.

A situation where there was no opening at all to contact the Demon Realm.

Couldn't the others at least make some contact?

As the insectoid mid-rank demon thought so and looked around.

The insectoid mid-rank demon could feel it.

‘Ah.’

That besides himself, the low-rank demons were almost all dead, and the mid-rank demons, like himself, had no strength to spare.

Now that it has come to this.

‘I-I too will use my full power!’

He had to create an opening somehow and make contact.

The one that had taken on the forms of insects unleashed tremendous brute force and strength, charging towards Leonik and Balthar as if it were its mission.

“Kyaooooh!!!”

6.

Seonghyun, who had lured the high-rank demon, Sermagra.

However, looking at his opponent, he confirmed that he was not to be taken lightly.

A desperate black aura was smeared across the being's name, as if to say he could never be opposed at his current level.

But just as he was about to charge.

Sermagra looked at Seonghyun, raised his hand, and said.

"Are you, a monarch in your own right, going to fight without even leaving your name?"

“...Hmm, you have a point.”

“I am the high-rank demon, Sermagra.”

“I am Seonghyun.”

“Good.”

Saying so, Sermagra gently closed his eyes and nodded as if savoring the name.

He certainly had the air of a powerful being.

Though he called himself a high-rank demon.

He felt more outstanding than the high-rank demons Helena had mentioned.

Sensing this, Seonghyun asked tentatively.

“You don’t seem like a high-rank demon?”

“Oho? You are quite knowledgeable about demons.”

Those words also meant that Seonghyun was right.

And hearing that, Seonghyun nodded as if he knew it all along.

Somehow, he felt stronger than the high-rank demons he had heard of.

The fact that he had shattered space and come here directly also seemed extraordinary.

Well, what could he do.

Now that he had decided to face him, it was inevitable.

“Well then.”

“Very well.”

Sermagra said so, and Seonghyun responded in kind.

The moment their words connected and then broke off.

A vicious demonic energy spread through the surroundings.

Is he going to use a demonic energy skill?

However, it was a little different from Seonghyun's expectation.

[Due to the skill 『Fighting Spirit』, high-rank demon Sermagra's demonic energy and physical abilities are enhanced.]

[Due to the skill 『Distortion』, high-rank demon Sermagra's unique abilities are enhanced.]

[Due to the skill 『Domain』, high-rank demon Sermagra's status is elevated.]

Sermagra had used three demonic energy skills at once.

But he had used skills that strengthened himself rather than curses.

Seeing that, Seonghyun looked at Sermagra with an expression of disbelief.

The surroundings shimmered as if space were distorting.

The surroundings looked hazy, like a heat haze.

It was a sight that clearly showed just how powerful he was.

Seonghyun, seeing this, also drew out the darkness, terror, and violet flames without holding back.

He had to go all out here.

He couldn't afford not to.

As Seonghyun instinctively felt this and prepared himself.

Sermagra also let out a sound of admiration as he looked at Seonghyun. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

“Indeed, a monarch.”

Along with that short admiration.

Space distorted.

The surrounding scenery warped as if the world were being crushed, space shattered in front of Seonghyun, and Sermagra’s fist shot out.

Seeing that fist of distortion that twisted and shattered everything, Seonghyun simultaneously drew out darkness and flames, planted terror within it, and fired it.

Then, the darkness permeated the surroundings to swallow the distorted world, and the violet flames streaked through that darkness, burning themselves to illuminate the world in violet.

As the terror hidden gloomily within it bared its teeth.

For a moment, Sermagra's fist trembled.

“Oho?”