The Game of the Greatest Black Mage

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Chapter 77

Seonghyun scratched his cheek, looking perplexed, but what could he do?

It wasn't like he could voluntarily return it.

Strictly speaking, wasn't this the developers' fault for making a skill this overpowered?

If it gets nerfed later, he'd have to at least ask for compensation, if not outright protest.

'Anyway, are the remaining rewards the titles? Ah! And there's also the information release.'

The title he obtained after defeating Cresentra and the first-ever title he received while looting the existing treasure vault.

Two titles, and finally, the information release.

The information release could be discussed later with Lapid, so that just left the two titles.

First, Seonghyun opened the title he obtained from looting the treasure vault.

Was the name Tomb Raider King?

[TL/N: Tomb Raider→Tomb Raider King]

He had cleared the acquisition messages to enter the battle, so he hadn't seen it, and immediately opened the title effect.

『Tomb Raider King』

→《Legendary+》

→A title bestowed upon the first user in Eternal World to perfectly infiltrate the treasure vault guarded by a raid boss.

→Due to being the first to infiltrate, the rank is slightly higher than the original.

→When acquiring rewards from raid bosses or dungeons, there is a 12% chance the reward rank will increase.

→Can disarm any trap up to six times a day.

'Rank increase?'

An effect that increases the rank when acquiring rewards.

The probability isn't low either, at 12%.

Three rewards can be obtained from one raid.

Roughly speaking, if he goes on three raids, one reward might have its rank increased.

In addition, being able to disarm any trap up to six times a day.

It's a pretty good effect.

There's a reason it's a Legendary rank.

'This is amazing.'

Next, Seonghyun opened the Slayer title he obtained after defeating Cresentra.

He had liked the Anemor Slayer title he got last time, so he opened the title with expectant eyes.

『Cresentra Slayer』

→《Legendary》

→A title bestowed upon the first user to defeat 『Ancient Kingdom Guardian Golem, Cresentra』.

→Can use Crystal Armor five times a day.

→Can use Scorching and Freezing once a day.

→Defense +20% increase.

→Attack +10% increase when using swordsmanship.

'Scorching and Freezing must be the ones from the second phase.'

It was difficult to call them ultimate moves, but they were quite annoying skills.

He could obtain them like this.

There was also Crystal Armor, but it was just a defense increase effect.

It didn't seem particularly useful.

In the first place, there was no enemy that could reach Seonghyun during battle.

Anyway, there was no harm in having it.

Lastly, Attack +10% increase when using swordsmanship.

'This is the most ambiguous one.'

In Eternal World, swordsmanship doesn't simply refer to the act of using a sword.

It refers to swordsmanship skills.

Seonghyun didn't have any swordsmanship skills yet, so it was a shame, but it might be useful later.

With all the rewards checked and the raid over,

'Now...'

Just as he was about to think about what to do,

[An alarm is ringing outside.]

[The set time has been reached.]

'Ah, time already...'

It was already the appointment time.

He lost track of time while looting the treasure vault and doing the raid.

He had to get ready to go.

Since he had set it in advance, he wouldn't be late if he started preparing now.

He had also prepared the video to send to Lapid.

After sending the previous Anemor raid video together, he logged out.

[The Eternal World awaits you.]

'Ah, I forgot to send a message.'

He could send it by phone, so he decided to prepare first.

He would also have to ask about information disclosure while sending the message this time.

0.

A room decorated quite quaintly.

It was a room that anyone would say belonged to a woman, but being a capsule and a computer.

Filled with various tools, the quaintly decorated room felt a bit faded, but the owner of the room didn't care.

The owner of the room, who got up from the neatly arranged bed without thinking about tidying the blankets, stretched as soon as she got up.

Crack.

Creak.

Pop! Pop!

The joints made almost snapping sounds, and a stiff sound spread out.

How could such sounds come out from stretching?

It was no different from scrap metal.

The owner of that scrap metal body, Rapid, or rather Ahn Yujin, stared at the screen with tired eyes.

Why was she looking at the computer and working even after logging out and resting at home?

It was obvious.

She was swamped with work.

"Haaa..."@@novelbin@@

Wasn't it because she didn't work that she was swamped?

That couldn't be.

She prided herself on working harder than anyone.

Yet, the reason she was swamped with work was because of a workload that exceeded human limitations.

It simply meant she had a lot of work.

Ahn Yoojin stared at the screen, fearing what else might have happened today.

There were two new videos.

"……?"

What were these?

Was there anything she was supposed to receive?

Perhaps it was because she hadn't fully woken up yet.

Her mind wasn't fully functioning.

There was also a message that arrived quite some time after the videos, so she looked at that first.

[Seonghyun - Hello, I sent the Anemor raid video from yesterday and the hidden raid video from today. Also, I heard that the hidden raid can be publicly disclosed? So I'm leaving this message because I don't know what to do.]

"??????"

Was what he said yesterday real?

He did his first raid yesterday and really found a hidden raid.

Was that even possible?

But what could she do if she didn't believe it?

He said he did it.

Ahn Yoojin rubbed her tired face and, too lazy to even wash her face, roughly wiped away her sleep and cleaned her face with the wet wipes next to the computer. Then she put on her glasses and watched the videos he sent.

She watched the Anemor video first.

She knew the result, but she needed to know how strong Seonghyun was, regardless.

As she watched, a hollow laugh escaped her lips, as if she couldn't believe it.

"Heh."

It was absurd.

This was even more extreme than Yuna, or rather, Mina.

When Mina first appeared, everyone raved about her as a genius of the century.

Then what was Seonghyun?

Was he a demon king of the century?

'No wonder Luna's team volunteered to back him up.'

Well, seeing this, it was understandable that their confidence would be crushed.

Even Ahn Yoojin, who didn't participate in combat and only helped the guild as an alchemist and enchanter, focusing on guild operations, found it absurd.

Was that why?

Ahn Yoojin couldn't click on the other video, the hidden raid boss video.

She wondered how much of a mess he made this time.

She was too nervous to even click.

But what could she do?

'I have to watch it to edit it.'

She clicked on the video with a weary expression.

The spectacle of the crystal palace that appeared made her exclaim in admiration.

"Wow?! Wh-what is this?!"

She was already fully awake from the Anemor raid video, but she felt like she was waking up again.

No, was this a dream?

A dreamy, mysterious, and beautiful palace.

From Seonghyun entering the crystal palace, which wouldn't be strange to see in a dream, to him entering the treasure vault first and fighting the raid boss.

Setting aside the beautiful scenery, every detail was unbelievable.

What was that incredibly powerful skill?

What was that boss, who remained unscathed after taking such powerful blows?

And what was that incredible battle?

Ahn Yoojin watched without blinking, as if she couldn't even breathe.

She knew better than anyone that Seonghyun had never gone all out like that, so she couldn't help but be amazed.

If she uploaded this without editing, wouldn't it easily get 100 million views?

Swallowing hard, Ahn Yoojin first checked the videos she was uploading today.

From the Echo Willow "Punishment" video to the Fortress of the Past video.

Frankly, she thought it would be difficult to top the Fortress of the Past video in the future.

It had received a lot of external promotion as well.

However, after watching this Crystal Palace raid, she changed her mind.

This was guaranteed to be a hit.

So, she needed to use the Fortress of the Past video to attract attention first.

'The Echo Willow video needs an attention-grabbing title too. The Fortress of the Past can simply be called "Clear," but it would be more effective to call it "The Demon King's Fortress of the Past" without revealing the clear.'

After making various calculations, she finalized the edited videos and uploaded them to MeTube.

She also hastily created and added a teaser at the end.

The reaction would be huge, right?

Rapid watched the uploading process with that thought.

Even though the files were large, they would be uploaded in less than an hour.

The first video to be uploaded was the Echo Willow "Punishment" video, with a simple title.

[Echo Willow Newbie vs. Rapid Guild Newbie]

Comparisons had always been an excellent way to attract attention.

Using Echo Willow's notoriety made it even more effective.

The Fortress of the Past video, on the other hand, had a rather bland title.

[Rapid's Demon King, Fortress of the Past]

After all, the "clear" was a powerful attention-grabber.

Ahn Yoojin smiled as she watched the upload progress bar.

'I wonder how many subscribers will increase with this.'

Thanks to Seonghyun, she had gained another 1.5 million subscribers, nearing 22 million.

What if the Fortress of the Past was promoted alongside it?

The results would be unimaginable.

And what if there were live streams of future raid videos?

'I need to send him an improved contract quickly.'

She knew he wasn't someone who would go elsewhere.

But seeing how much he was doing, she couldn't help but want to raise the conditions.

Of course, this meant Ahn Yoojin was working overtime every day.

But it was her guild and her company that were growing.

Anyway, she needed to log back in and handle her work.

"Sigh..."

It would be even more hectic once the uploads were complete.

Then, Ahn Yoojin suddenly remembered something.

'Come to think of it, wouldn't people recognize him if he used his real name as his ID?'

She was slightly worried.

But Seonghyun wasn't an uncommon name.

And knowing Seonghyun's personality, he probably wouldn't care even if people recognized him.

She decided to leave it as it was.

1.

A group of young people were gathered, chatting amongst themselves.

It wasn't a high school reunion, but a gathering of university classmates and club members.

The Web Novel Reading Club – it was their meeting day.

Today was a special occasion, as Seonghyun, who had been in the military, was joining them for the first time since his discharge.

Everyone seemed excited.

There was Lee Soojung, with her long, elegant hair, whom Seonghyun had met at the restaurant.

Seo Yujin, with her short hair and pale face.

Jung Harin, with her dyed blonde hair and slightly aloof demeanor.

Lee Cheolmin, with his dark skin and short, sporty haircut.

And finally, Song Jaemin, who had rather long hair and fair skin for a guy.

Along with Seonghyun, they were all members of the Web Novel Reading Club.

"Seonghyun really looks different after all this time. He's, like, more manly."

"Is it because he was in the military?"

"Hey, then I'm even more manly, right?"

"You're more like a wild animal."

When the girls glared at him coldly, Lee Cheolmin lowered his head with a dejected expression.

To be fair, it was a bit difficult to compare him to Seonghyun.

Seonghyun was quite popular at school.

It wasn't just his good looks; he was generally kind and had an aura that made it seem difficult to approach him.

He was always calm and collected.

That was the impression his friends had of him.

Friends from high school and earlier, who knew Seonghyun's personality, were used to it, but his university classmates and juniors were more intrigued by his mysterious aura, which only added to his popularity.

"It's great that Soojung got to see Seonghyun after so long."

At Seo Yujin's words, Lee Soojung nodded, looking pleased.

Between the two of them, Song Jaemin asked with a puzzled expression.

"But didn't he still talk to us in the club's chatroom? I thought he'd come because of that."

Song Jaemin made a reasonable guess.

But Seo Yujin countered,

"Hey! Did Seonghyun come to places like this often?"

"Well... he did come when we asked."

"But was it easy to ask him?"

"That's true."

"Soojung did a good job!"

They were all chattering excitedly.

Then, Jung Harin, who hadn't said a word until now, spoke casually with a slightly haughty expression.

"I wonder if Yoo Seonghyun will play Eternal World too?"

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