The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 357

Chapter 357

0.

There are about five Vice-Commanders in the Intelligence Knights of the Rieskan Kingdom; three of them are in charge of information, and practically two are in charge of field operations.

And one of them was Haldrin, and the other was Marco, who could be called a loyal subordinate of Gust.

Marco was separated from Haldrin and searching for traces of the Galaxy Sword Dance, but the traces of the Galaxy Sword Dance, which were clearly discovered in Nocturn, were still hard to find.

That was why Marco was having a hard time with the traces that were invisible to an extent he couldn't understand.

‘Not easy.’

In the midst of that, he had been maintaining contact with Haldrin repeatedly, but he felt strange seeing that contact was cut off at some point.

What on earth is he doing for the contact to be cut off?

Compared to Marco, Haldrin didn't really have any variables, so it was all the more puzzling.

Since Marco was active in Nocturn.

Naturally, the risk burden was bound to be tremendous.

After all, Nocturn of Over Palace, who ruled Nocturn right now, was practically a legendary figure.

Since he was the lord of this Nocturn where records remained from hundreds of years ago, the risk burden was bound to be high.

On the other hand, didn't Haldrin have no particular variables?

What could be in the Masked Lord's tomb?

At most, there were only the investigation teams of the unexplored area detecting the surroundings.

Nevertheless, seeing that contact was lost, Marco frowned in ominousness.

‘Should I go out to support that side?’

Although he hadn't reported to Commander Gust yet, it seemed better than looking for invisible traces of the Galaxy Sword Dance here.

Just as he was about to move like that.

The moment he tried to connect the communication tool to report to the Commander anyway, he could see a strange darkness wriggling.

At the darkness appearing suddenly, Marco turned his head, but.

There was nothing there.

‘......There is definitely something.’

But Marco was not an idiot.

He definitely captured a movement, and just because it disappeared didn't mean the abnormality disappeared.

The moment he quickly drew his sword and tried to move.

He suddenly had the thought that everything was like an illusion.

Thinking so, feeling the surroundings definitely squirming, Marco thought.

‘This is inside an illusion.’

He realized he had come to a place commonly called an illusionary art.

As he thought so, terribly scary hands began to reach out from the surrounding floor, and realizing that he felt fear even though he was someone who had castrated his emotions, he confirmed that there were no subordinates around him.

Then, realizing that there was no one, he drew a dagger from his waist to break the illusion and stabbed it into his own neck at once.

Puwuk——!!!

Chwaaaaaaa——!!!

Since the best way to wake up from an illusion was to inflict shock.

While he was smiling, preparing to wake up from the illusion as it was, a fountain of blood spurred from his neck, and the vitality in Marco's eyes gradually faded.

As the light of life completely disappeared from Marco, who gradually lost light and collapsed.

Nocturn, the existence like a black nightmare and the ruler of the city Nocturn, appeared in front of him, smiled freshly, and muttered.

“Oh my....... There are occasionally those like this. Those who mistake reality for a dream and commit rash acts.”

Muttering with a smile like that, Nocturn swept his hand over Marco's dead body as if he were a magician.

Marco's corpse and the traces of blood disappeared without a trace.

As if it had been a dream.

Nocturn muttered as he leisurely left that place.

“I hope this was of some help to Master.”

Saying so, behind the disappearing Nocturn, dozens of Intelligence Knights, including Marco, disappeared while hanging.

And Gust of the Intelligence Knights was also there.

The figure of Nocturn, disappearing like a nightmare, could not be found anywhere on that spot.

And the Intelligence Knights were the same.

1.

Seonghyun's party opened the door to go down.

However, unlike how the rooms moved until now, seeing the floor open completely and stairs appear gave them strange expressions.

What is on the 4th underground floor to be like that?

Seonghyun's party went down the stairs wearing masks as written on the monument.

According to the map, since it was a 3D cube-shaped map, the 4th underground floor also had a total of 16 spaces, and since Seonghyun was located at the 2x2 coordinate, the place below was the same.

Wondering what was different about the place that could be called the deep part, they entered.

It was definitely different.

As they slowly descended the spiral staircase, torches attached to the walls lit up one by one, creating a gloomy atmosphere.

“Huuuum, the atmosphere is indeed gloomy.”

“We don't know what might pop out, so everyone be careful.”

Although everyone was on guard like that, Seonghyun was far from it, leisurely taking the lead and descending, and Seonghyun's vassals also followed him.

And the investigation team members followed Seonghyun last.

As they descended the stairs one by one like that, Seonghyun could feel a strange energy.

That was the same for the vassals.

“Huuung? It's quite strong?”

-Though it will not be any problem for Your Majesty.

“Of course.”

-I, I think it's obvious.

At their words, Seonghyun scratched his head as if embarrassed.

But a truly powerful energy was felt indeed.

It was an energy considerably stronger than even the Intelligence Knights they fought just now.

That was why, as he descended with a very expectant expression.

They were able to arrive at a place that looked like a stage.

Just as written on the monument, everyone looked around as if fascinated by the appearance truly like a stage, and the viewers also typed in chat as if full of curiosity.

-Wow the atmosphere kills.

-Fr;;;

-Lololol something coming out here?

-Uh??? There's something in the center?

-Fr? Uh it's real;;;;;;

-What is it?

When viewers were typing in chat like that, naturally Seonghyun and a few investigation team members could also feel it.

That something was standing in the center of the stage.

And as they all came down and stood on the stage.

Suddenly light illuminated the stage.

They could clearly see something that was in the center.

It was none other than.

“As expected, it’s a doll.”

It was the same doll as the ones wearing masks they had met so far.

If there was something slightly different, unlike the dolls above, the doll here was shining with a golden light as if made of gold, and above all, nothing was drawn on the mask.

As Seonghyun was watching with curiosity about what kind of mask it was.

System text appeared in the empty air out of nowhere.

[Current number of masks entered into the deep part is 13 in total.]

[Power is transferred to the mask on the stage.]

As soon as they saw that text, the investigation team members had no choice but to look at Seonghyun with apologetic expressions.

It meant that the difficulty increased in proportion to the large number of people.

In other words, it meant the burden on Seonghyun would increase as much as the number of investigation team members relying on him, so they had sorry expressions, but.

They did not know.

‘Nice?’

Rather, since it had been too boring so far, Seonghyun wasn't having fun.

He drew up the power of the Blood Lord to the fullest.

Although he had checked Belladrina's power, he hadn't been able to draw out all of the Blood Lord's power yet, so Seonghyun was watching with an expectant expression, and sure enough, the appearance of the doll standing in the center began to transform gradually.

Kiririk. Kirik. Kididik.

The doll whose body was gradually transforming along with bizarre sounds.

Unlike the beginning, seeing the skeleton or body gradually changing like a real person and becoming soft looked as if it had truly obtained a physical body.

As Seonghyun waited quietly watching that.

As the doll's body finally transformed, something began to be engraved on the mask slowly.

And looking at that, other people muttered while wondering.

“Cloud?”

“Is it fog?”

“What is it? It feels like some kind of gas?”

However, since it was like a cloud mixed with slightly black and violet colors, it could have looked like a dark cloud, but Seonghyun could be certain looking at the doll's appearance.

The doll wearing a polite-looking suit often worn by nobles, placing one hand very politely on its chest, and greeting with courtesy.

Seeing that, he had no choice but to recall the figure of Over Palace he met before coming here.

“Nocturn?”

As if Seonghyun's words were correct, pink fog spewed out from the doll's body like a cumulonimbus cloud, and he could see it wrapping around the entire stage.

And Seonghyun could instinctively realize what power that was.

‘Dream!’

Because one of the things he said while saying he ruled the night was dreams.

Seonghyun realized quickly and drew up the power of the Blood Lord to tear apart the pink fog.

At the same time, he made blood droplets made small enough to be invisible swirl and sprayed them around, dyeing all the pink fog red.

However.

Hwareureureu———!!!

Suddenly, flames swirled from the pink fog, burning the finely split blood and simply evaporating it.

Although the smell of blood spread in all directions and the blood droplets evaporated, the iron extracted from the evaporated blood in Seonghyun's grasp materialized and cut the flames with blood.

Then, it turned back into pink fog and returned to the doll's grasp.

Blood was the mask corresponding to the 3rd floor, and the Dream Mask mimicking Nocturn right now was the mask located on the 4th underground floor.

Although it was clearly revealed who had the upper hand.

Seonghyun actually smiled as if it were fun.

On the other hand, the viewers and the investigation team members stood blankly without even knowing what had happened.

-??????

-What just happened?

-I think the two attacked each other????

-????? What???

As both viewers and investigation team members stood blankly.

Belladrina looked at them and explained as if frustrated.

-You are blind even with your eyes open. Your Majesty blocked that spreading dream with blood, and to block that blood, the dream transformed into flames and evaporated the blood, but Your Majesty materialized the iron remaining in the evaporated blood, cut it, and made it return to that doll again.

“Is, is that so?!”

“N, no, such an exchange happened in that short moment???”

The investigation team members were looking at the battle of a different dimension as if dumbfounded by Belladrina's explanation, and the viewers also had no choice but to be grateful for such a kind explanation.

-Thank you Demon King Vassal Wagon!

-Wow she explains this lolol

-She's kind unlike her looks lolol

-Oh? They're fighting again!

-Crazy what was it this time!?

It seemed something happened this time too, but since they couldn't understand, the investigation team members involuntarily looked at Belladrina again.

And Belladrina spoke as if annoyed.

-Useless things. Just now, Your Majesty attacked with blood first, and the opponent made it into a dream to make it as if it never happened, so Your Majesty rushed in personally.

They felt like a commentator had appeared for some reason, but no one said anything.

Fearing she wouldn't explain if they offended her for no reason.