The Game of the Greatest Black Mage

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Chapter 66

The Ash Crows, contemplating whether to flee even now, turned their heads back.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through the area, and a whirlwind-like vortex arose, creating a swirling tornado.

“Caw!”

“Caw! Caw!”

“Cawww——!”

They let out cries like screams, trying to escape from that place.

However, the suction force was considerable, and they couldn't escape its pull.

As the swirling wind grew increasingly sharp, cuts began to appear on their bodies one by one.

Seonghyun nodded his head, seemingly quite pleased this time.

[Experience points acquired!] × 13

What he had used this time was the Storm Whirlwind, usable through the title Anemor Slayer.

Seonghyun then used Flight to look down at the Ash Crows from above.

'Flight isn't bad either.'

When Seonghyun summoned the Storm Whirlwind,

The surrounding Ash Crows, unable to withstand the suction force, were all gathered together in one place, despite being scattered around.

The damage was quite respectable, and it was perfect for mob hunting.

Looking down at them from above with Flight, he used the newly acquired Overlord-exclusive skill, Swirling Blood.

Was it because it was an area-of-effect skill?

Excluding Death Legion, a tremendous amount of mana was consumed, something he had never experienced before.

Even so, he still had a considerable amount remaining.

Still, it consumed a significant amount of mana.

'It consumes the most mana for a single skill.'

Death Legion was a continuous skill, so

Even if a massive amount of mana was drained, it was usually drained bit by bit, steadily.

However, Swirling Blood drained a large amount at once, making it an unfamiliar experience.

The vast amount of mana that was drained created a phenomenon.

Starting with a blood drop that formed in the air, the blood drop swelled and began to rotate in one direction.

Swoooosh

The rotation was initially insignificant.

However, like a strong current meeting a rapid stream, it gradually started to accelerate.

Like a river swollen with heavy rain, it became a torrent, creating a whirlpool.

The blood vortex that was created was initially smaller than the Storm Whirlwind summoned through the title.

However, as it swept up the Ash Crows, its size gradually grew, and eventually, it became a small disaster sweeping the area, completely engulfing the Ash Crows.

“Caw!”

“Cawww!”

The screams of the Ash Crows echoed from everywhere.

The more their screams rang out from all directions, the more the blood-red vortex swelled, reaching a point where it could no longer be stopped.

Even the Ash Crows desperately flapping their wings to escape, unable to withstand the suction force pulling them in, were all swallowed up.

Splash, splash, spla—ash!

Even when the Ash Crows were swept into the blood-red vortex, only small ripples appeared on the surface of the blood-red vortex, having no real impact.

Even those small ripples were quickly swept away by the torrent.

[Experience points acquired!] × 49

And countless experience point acquisition messages popped up.

“Wow....”

Even Seonghyun couldn't help but exclaim at the power.

After sweeping through the forest,

The blood-red vortex gradually subsided as if it had done its job.

Soon, it returned to a small blood drop, just as it had first appeared, and then faded away.

Then, the Ash Crows that had been caught in the blood-red vortex began to fall to the ground with a thud.

However, the fallen Ash Crows had no blood left in their bodies, like mummies. Even when they fell to the ground, they didn't turn into a pool of blood; they just shattered.

All their blood had been absorbed.

After countless deaths,

In the place where the blood-red vortex had disappeared, a giant, bloodless Ash Crow let out a roar.

“Cawww!”

It was like the caw of a crow, or perhaps a roar similar to the piercing cry of a bird of prey.

Then, as if to show its strength, having survived even the blood-red vortex, it opened its beak.

“Cawww——!”

A message appeared along with the roar.

[Encountering the field boss, 『Queen of the Ash Crows, Karisha』.]

‘So, her name is Karisha.’

This was perfect timing.

'I can use Anemor's body for her.'

As soon as Seonghyun thought that, he tried to use a skill.

However, Karisha was a bit faster.

Already significantly injured by Swirling Blood, and enraged, she gathered ash-gray energy in her open beak and immediately took aim.

The target was, of course, Seonghyun.

She tried to seize the initiative before he could react.

The ash-gray energy gathered in Karisha's beak, and when it reached its limit,

She emitted an ash-gray beam, like a dragon's breath.

Fwoosh——!

The air exploded, creating a sonic boom, and the beam, carrying tremendous speed and heat, struck Seonghyun.

At least, it seemed that way until Seonghyun's belated skill activated.

Swirl

The beam that was about to hit Seonghyun disappeared in an instant.

It turned into dust, scattering into the air.

Karisha, with a dumbfounded expression, looked at Seonghyun at the sight of the beam that had disappeared so pathetically.

Karisha, the Queen of the Ash Crows, possessed superior intelligence compared to any other boss that had made a nest in this area.

However, even she couldn't understand this phenomenon.

Furthermore, she couldn't comprehend the phenomenon of a grayish-white energy, similar to her own beam, condensing at the tip of Seonghyun's index finger.

But her instincts moved faster than her understanding, and she flapped her wings.

The grayish-white beam grazed the spot where Karisha had been just a moment before.

It didn't end there.

As Seonghyun's index finger moved, following Karisha,

The beam bent along his finger towards Karisha, leaving a deep cut on her wing as if slicing through her.

“Cawww—!”

A scream erupted in pain.

However, there was no one who could help Karisha.

All the Ash Crows, who were like her own children, had already been annihilated.

A lonely situation where she couldn't hope for any help.

At that moment, she could see ash-gray crows flying up from the ground.

Ah, there were still some of her children who had survived.

But something was strange.

They were emitting a teal glow, and their color was darker than before.

Weren't they her children?

While Karisha was thinking this,

She suddenly noticed that they were enveloped in a teal glow and green poison.

“Cawww——!”

Only then did she realize.

Those were the undead created from her own children.

How horrible.

How unjust!

However, Karisha, for the sake of her children's eternal rest, tried to set her body ablaze and lead them to death.

Was it because of her children's anger?

She didn't notice that the bodies of the Ash Crow undead were flashing as they approached her, as if igniting.

Boooom!

Crackle!

Boooom——!

The first explosion came from Corpse Explosion.

As the poison spread, the exploding poison once again caused a violent roar that shook the earth.

Amidst the acrid black explosion clouds, Karisha, the Queen of the Ash Crows, who had turned to ashes, plummeted to the ground.

Wheeeeeeee!

Crash!

[Experience points acquired!]

[You have defeated the field boss, 『Queen of the Ash Crows, Karisha』.]

He had dealt with her far too easily.

The only regret was that he didn't even level up after defeating a boss of this caliber?

But it was fine.

He had obtained a very good corpse.

Slowly landing at the spot where Karisha had fallen using Flight,

He could see Karisha's mangled corpse and the teal energy flowing from within.

[『Death Legion』 can be used.]

[Raise 『Death Legion』?]

Seeing the message he wanted to see, he smiled.

He immediately used 『Death Legion』.

Darkness swirled around Karisha's corpse, engulfing her entire body.

As the darkness consumed the corpse, it began to emit a teal glow, and soon, a beating sound echoed.

Thump!

Thump!

With the beating sound, Karisha's body rose with newfound power.

Immediately, as if pledging allegiance to Seonghyun, she bowed her head and cried out.

-Cawww——!

He was clearly the enemy who had killed all her children.

But instead of anger, Karisha's undead was enveloped in joy.

For this Karisha, Seonghyun also created a multitude of Ash Crow undead.

There were roughly fifty of them.

Since they all had souls, there was nothing to worry about.

The empty ones created with 『Add More』 had all been used in the explosion earlier.

And that wasn't all.

Next to Karisha's undead, another undead that looked exactly like her appeared.

Another Karisha undead created with 『Add More』.

Since its soul was empty, unlike Karisha, it didn't bow its head or show any vow of obedience.

It would follow orders if given, but it was clearly different from those with souls.

He couldn't let a powerful body go to waste.

Seonghyun immediately summoned the Giant Killer Bee containing Anemor's soul from the Netherworld.

-Buzz!

Instead of the distinctive cry of a bird of prey, all it could manage was the intense flapping of insect wings.

“I’ll give you a new body. Stay there for a moment.”

Seonghyun said so and pulled Anemor's soul from the Giant Killer Bee's body and inserted it into the empty Karisha undead body.

Then.

-Screech———!

Was it because it had received a body similar to its original one?

It seemed much happier than before, which was quite pleasing to see.

Now that he had tested all the new skills,

Seonghyun smiled and took out an item that had been sleeping in his inventory.

It wasn't a very old item.

『Treasure Map of Golden Goblin Kahku』

→《Unique》

→A treasure map created by the Golden Goblin Kahku.

→It is unknown what is located here, but it is said that a terrifying being guarded this place, forcing even the Golden Goblin Kahku to give up the treasure.

→It is said that he created this map to obtain this treasure in the future.

→Can only be used by players who have completed their second class advancement.

*This is a map that records a raid monster.

*It is currently usable.

*Upon use, you can learn the identity of the quest-holding NPC.

It was Kahku’s treasure map that he had obtained this afternoon.

He smiled as he looked at the map that recorded a raid monster.

He tilted his head at the newly added message along with the indication that it was now usable.

'A quest-holding NPC?'

So, it wasn't a matter of just going straight to the raid.

But that was even better.

A quest.

‘Come to think of it, it had been a while since I had done one.’

Since it was a treasure map that could lead to a hidden raid monster,

He thought it might give him quite an interesting quest.

As he was about to use it,

He received a message from Rapid.

News that he had been registered on the raid roster alone and that she would change the contract terms as soon as possible.

Seonghyun thanked her and told her that he would defeat the hidden raid boss and send her the video.

She would probably be happy, right?

Thinking so, Seonghyun hurriedly used the map.

'Oh, Serodin.'

He didn't know much about it, but it was the third town, just like Trinium.

There was a hidden raid boss in this place.

'Let's go right away.'

Seonghyun, who couldn't rest until he acted on his decisions, was about to use Flight magic when he shifted his gaze.

Then, Karisha and Anemor came into view.

A flying unit.

It seemed he had obtained something better than he thought.

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Serodin, one of the three third towns, had a common epithet.@@novelbin@@

It was called the Town of Three Rivers.

As the name suggested, it earned this epithet because three different rivers converged in Serodin.

Compared to Trinium, its scale was somewhat lacking,

But it was still a mid-sized town, as large as most other towns.

Moreover, it boasted a beautiful landscape, making it a popular destination for users.

However, Serodin had one drawback that wasn't so favorable for users.

It was the lack of a raid boss worth challenging.

That was its only flaw.

However,

"Ahh, I come to Serodin just to see this scenery."

"For real. It's so healing, you know?"

"Why go on a trip abroad? Just park yourself at level 50 and come to Serodin, that's a vacation~"

Many users enjoyed the town as a resort, so it wasn't a big deal.

Who would want to enjoy a raid when they came to a resort town?

In the early days of the game's opening, some people, bothered by the fact that this place alone lacked a raid boss, went around stirring things up, claiming that a hidden piece must be hidden here.

But now, even those people knew it better as a relaxing resort town that brought peace of mind.

Serodin, the town where everyone came to heal and relax.

In this Serodin, someone, also seeking healing, entered the town wearing a black robe.

'The NPC Ashin is in the blacksmith's shop, right?'

It was a slightly different kind of healing from others, though.

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