The Game of the Greatest Black Mage

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Chapter 96

[Sub Quest, 『Together with the Enemy of the Past』, is cleared.]

[Main Quest, 『Entrance to the Dark Fortress』, is cleared.]

[Rewards for both quests are given.]

[You acquire a clue to the location of the 『Dark Fortress』 in the present, not the past.]

[The location of the 『Dark Fortress』 is in the Netherworld.]

[You can move to the Dark Fortress after using the skill, 『Netherworld』.]

[You acquire a massive amount of experience.]

[Level Up!] x13

[You have reached level 92.]

[Reaching level 80 unlocks a new skill for 『Overlord』.]

[You acquire the Legendary-rank skill, 『Black Sun』.]

[Reaching level 90 unlocks a new skill for 『Overlord』.]

[You acquire the Legendary-rank skill, 『Black Magic Bullet 』.]

[Main Quest, 『To the Dark Fortress』, is generated.]

[Receive additional rewards from 『Hero Hindel』.]

The long list of messages, like the ending credits of a movie.

Seonghyun smiled slightly as he read through them one by one.

His level had risen significantly, unlocking two new skills.

And he had also obtained a clue for the main quest.

And on top of that, there were additional rewards.

Even the usually calm Seonghyun couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

But then again.

'The Netherworld, huh.'

It was quite surprising that Overlord itself could move to the Netherworld.

It seemed that he had to clear this sub-quest to be able to move there.

The system messages indicated as much.

It's darkest under the lamp.

His next destination was set.

Seonghyun wanted to open the rewards and look at the continued quest right away.

But he couldn't.

Because there were people approaching him.

"...I really don't know how to express my gratitude."

"I know, right? Honestly, if it weren't for Seonghyun, we'd all be dead here. Thank you so much."

"It's not good to speculate on where a person's life will lead, but Flan is right. Thank you so much. We're alive thanks to you."

"Agreed. Thanks. Overwhelming."

Flan was speaking with sincere admiration, and Adeline was agreeing with Flan's words while expressing her gratitude, and even Lyaden was expressing her gratitude with short vocabulary.

Seonghyun was a little embarrassed.

But he didn't deny anything.

He hadn't thought they would kill him in the first place.

But it was true that Seonghyun had saved them.

Now it was time to receive the reward from Hindel.

"So, I've been thinking about how to pay you for the request. And this is our answer."

"We can't use it anyway, and we got it a while ago, and we thought Seonghyun might like it!"

"We hope you'll accept it."

"...Good skill!"

Hindel, Flan, Adeline, and Lyaden, all with one heart, offered a book.

Anyone could see that it was a skill book, and Seonghyun looked at it with a puzzled expression.

'Two?'

Could they possibly be giving him two?

In a daze, Seonghyun received the books from Hindel.

Messages appeared.

[You acquire the Unique-rank skill book, 『Blood Poison』, as an additional reward from 『Hero Hindel』.]

[You acquire the Legendary-rank skill book, 『Blood Plague』, as an additional reward from 『Hero Hindel』.]

'...!?'

And they were a Unique-rank skill and a Legendary-rank skill, no less.

Seonghyun gulped and looked at Hindel.

Hindel smiled brightly and said.

"These are black magic skill books that we acquired, but we were keeping them to prevent them from falling into the hands of evildoers. It's not enough compared to what you've done for us, but..."

"What?"

No, how could it be not enough when they were giving him a Unique skill book and a Legendary skill book?

Just like during the Over Palace incident.

Could it be that Legendary skills weren't actually that rare?

Seonghyun was dumbfounded by the same words, to the point of even having such thoughts.

Hindel stepped forward and said.

"Unfortunately, this is where we part ways."

"If we had any shame, we wouldn't ask for more help~"

"This time, it was within Seonghyun's area of activity, so you helped us, but we can't ask for more."

"A sad farewell."

"Thank you so much. I was able to learn a lot thanks to you. It's a day that made me realize how lacking I am."

Hearing the party's words and Hindel's final words, Seonghyun also felt a little sad.

Even though they were NPCs from the past, he had quite enjoyed this short journey.

But where there is meeting, there is also parting.

It was a shame, but it couldn't be helped.

So, were they going to go back to looking for Helena now?

Even though she had moved to the Netherworld?

Seonghyun asked out of curiosity.

"Then, where do you plan to go now?"

"Ah. Since we're here, we're going to try going to the capital."

"There's supposed to be an outstanding knight among the bloodline of the Kingdom of Rieskan, so we're going to see if we can recruit them~"

"We do have Hindel, but overall, we lack numbers in the vanguard."

"Need knight."

"Ah."

Were they going to look for the last member of their party?

Did that mean something would happen during this time?

Recalling the last memory he had absorbed from Helena's memories.

Hindel was quite haggard at that time.

Unlike now, he was quite hostile towards Helena.

Could the reason for that have arisen during this time?

'All the archmages and renowned people from various worlds gathered to attack, didn't they?'

They had tried to somehow seal Helena's power and fight.

Because of that, the power of the transcendent being Helena was sealed to some extent, but she killed all the strong people present without harming a single ordinary citizen.

The hero's party also died at that place.

In the end, Helena gave up and died together with Hindel.

But that wasn't because Hindel was strong, but because Helena, tired of the world, chose death herself.

Anyway.

If the event that changed Hindel occurred after he left for the Kingdom of Rieskan.

It seemed he had obtained an important clue.

'My goal is to trace Hindel's footsteps, after all.'

Seonghyun thought he had obtained something good, and watched Hindel's party as they walked away, with greetings.

"I hope we can meet again!"

"Bye-bye!"

"I wish you good health."

"See you again!"

They say the shorter the farewell, the shorter the sorrow.

It felt like something had passed by in a flash.

But Seonghyun smiled, thinking it was rather good.

So, Hindel's party had left.

Should he check out the rewards he had obtained this time?

As he thought that.

The surrounding scenery melted away, and he was able to return to the cave he had entered before going to the past.

He was about to get his rewards immediately.

-Hue!? Lo-Lord!? Hueeeng!!! You're finally here.

"Ugh!"

Fiora, who had been waiting in the cave, rushed at him.

She rushed so quickly that he was momentarily winded.

She shouldn't rush like this.

Seonghyun was about to say something.

But Fiora buried her face in his chest, shedding tears and sobbing.

His heart softened a little.

Thinking about it, she must have been waiting here for a long time.

"Did you wait long?"

-Hueeng, y-you suddenly disappeared, I thought Lord had disappeared forever.

"Ah."

Seonghyun had also been suddenly sucked in.

So it was understandable.

Moreover, he had been in the past for about a day.

From Fiora's perspective, she had waited for a whole day.

It was understandable that she would be worried.

She was a child who had already lost Helena once.

Seonghyun comforted Fiora and said.

"I'm here now, so don't worry."

-Y-yes. Th-thank you.

As he comforted Fiora.

She finally calmed down a bit and stopped crying.

Seonghyun sent the calmed Fiora back to the Netherworld, and only now could he check the rewards.

The first rewards he checked were the two skills that had been unlocked because he had gained so many levels from the quest rewards.

'Let's see...'

Were the skill names Black Sun and Black Magic Bullet?

They both seemed to be skills related to darkness.

What would the effects be?

Both were Legendary rank.

Seonghyun immediately opened the skill window.

『Black Sun』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv Max][Complete]

[Passive Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 30 minutes]

[Duration 3 minutes]

When the sun burns black, nothing shall see the light.

→Overlord exclusive skill.

→Creates a black, burning sun in the sky, turning the entire area into a field of the Black Sun.

→Within the field of the Black Sun, all objects and allies are granted the darkness attribute, and all living beings not belonging to the Overlord within the field continuously suffer black flame damage.

→All allies granted the darkness attribute receive a +10% increase to all stats and all speeds.

→The power of darkness attribute skills is increased by +10%.

『Black Magic Bullet』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv 1][Growth]

[Instant Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 1 minute]

When the black and evil bullet pierced the sky, the world sank into darkness.

→Overlord exclusive skill.

→Black Magic Bullet is a bullet made by tightly compressing darkness to near-abyssal levels, faster and more insidious than any other darkness.

→It ignores any defense and, upon hitting, inflicts both abyssal damage and explosive damage to the target.

→After the explosion, the bullet of darkness remains as malice, hindering the target's recovery and regeneration.

'Wow.'

Black Sun was a skill that granted an area-of-effect buff and continuous damage over a wide area.

It even increased the power of darkness attribute skills.

And the next skill he obtained, Black Magic Bullet, was precisely a darkness attribute attack skill.

The cooldown was twice as long as Wraiths of the Dead.

But as the time was long, it was definitely much stronger.

'It also ignores defense?'

Like Wraiths of the Dead, it could become one of his main skills.

Although it was 1 minute, it was definitely shorter compared to other skills.

Until now, the only build Seonghyun had was explosion-based.

Explosions using corpses and poison.

That was the most powerful build, but.

He was using it so often.

He was getting tired of it.

[TL/N: Bro has been playing for 5 days and he is already tired of the build he has ;-;]

But now, a new build had emerged, based on darkness.

He was quite satisfied.

A new build was always welcome.

Besides.

The two skills he had received from Hindel this time.

They also seemed capable of forming another build.

'Both are blood-related.'

He probably gave them to him because he had Thousand Blood Swords and Swirling Blood.

Seonghyun immediately used the two skill books.

Ignoring all the messages and quickly checking only the skills.

『Blood Poison』

→《Unique》

→[Lv 1][Growth]

[Passive Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 5 minutes]

[Duration 1 minute]

→Black Mage Class exclusive skill.

→Infuses the blood you use with a virulent poison, creating a deadly toxin that poisons anyone who comes into contact with the blood.

→Blood Poison quickly penetrates the blood of the afflicted opponent and circulates throughout the body.

→Because it is a virulent poison, it cannot be easily purified or detoxified.

『Blood Plague』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv Max][Complete]

[Passive Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 5 minutes]

[Duration 1 minute]

→Black Mage Class exclusive skill.

→Linked skill to 『Blood Poison』.

→Cannot be used without 『Blood Poison』.

→Can be used on a state poisoned by 『Blood Poison』, or on blood to which the effect of 『Blood Poison』 is applied.

→Infuses contagiousness into 『Blood Poison』, infecting all living beings within a 3m radius with 『Blood Poison』.

→At this time, when the duration of 『Blood Poison』 ends, 『Blood Poison』 explodes, dealing damage.

"Huh?"

Leaving aside the new build.

The two skills were originally linked skills.

A linked skill that uses Blood Poison first, then uses Blood Plague.

But countless uses flashed through Seonghyun's mind.

What if he used Dark Self to use Blood Poison and Swirling Blood together?

A huge blood storm made of Blood Poison would be created.

If he added Blood Plague to that.

"Hoo."

It was tremendous just imagining it.

Of course, that wasn't the end.

There was also the build of Blood Poison and Thousand Blood Swords.

A build was definitely established, even more so than the darkness attribute.

'The gains this time are considerable?'

Was it because it was a sub-quest related to the main quest?

What Hindel gave as an additional reward was quite good.

If the sub-quest rewards were like this.

What would happen if he cleared the main quest?

Seonghyun, filled with that anticipation, opened the newly acquired quest.

'Then, shall I go finish the main quest?'

0.

Near the famous area of Sermath, 'Chasm of Despair'.

It was a danger zone that ordinary users couldn't approach, but two people were leisurely strolling there.

One person was looking near the Chasm of Despair with a very serious expression, and the other was smiling cheerfully, finding him amusing.

The serious person was the hero Luke, the successor to the hero Hindel, and the smiling person was Flingky, the descendant of the Sage.

As the two of them were heading towards the Chasm of Despair.

Not far away, the ground split open, and something appeared.

Rumble...

Should it be called a giant?

No.

It lacked the vitality of a giant's skin.

Not only was it lacking vitality, but the skin was ashen gray, and there were rotting flesh in places.

A severe stench was also spreading around.

It was a giant undead, in the form of a wraith.

It's just an undead, at best.

One might think it would be weaker than a living giant, but.

The power of black magic contained within it was so strong that even the heroes Luke and Flingky couldn't help but frown.

Even that giant wraith alone would be a difficult opponent.

However.

"Uhehehe! Found you, Hero."

"..."

Two people were standing on the giant wraith's hand.

A man whose entire body was pale and had stitches all over, and a woman holding a doll of a girl whose pupils had no focus, no light emanating from them.

The two were intimidating just from their appearance.

But the power contained within them was even more extraordinary.

If those two joined in.

Could Luke and Flingky, who had not yet fully grown, win?

"..."

"...The Three Calamities?"

Flingky said, as if recognizing them.

The corpse-man smiled at Flingky and said.

"Uhehehe! As expected of the Sage's descendant, you recognize us? Well, we weren't planning on hiding, anyway."

The messengers of the Over Palace.

Beings called the Three Calamities.

Even the hero Luke had heard of their names.

As Luke was tensing up.

The corpse-man smiled reassuringly and said.

"Uhehe! We didn't come to fight, so don't worry."

"..."

The woman holding the doll didn't say anything.

But for some reason, it seemed like she agreed with his words.

Facing them, the hero Luke looked at Flingky, perplexed.

Flingky, with an "Aha!", simply lay down on the spot.

What was she doing?

As the hero Luke looked at her, dumbfounded.

Flingky looked at the hero Luke, asking why.

"Why? Well, if they didn't come to fight, they must be here to stall for time, so if we just wait, they'll leave, won't they?"

"Uhehehe! As expected of the Sage's descendant!"

"..."

Somehow, Luke felt a little embarrassed for being tense.

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