The Game of the Greatest Black Mage

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Chapter 29

0.

At the eastern end of the vast Perthville Plains.

A tranquil forest, filled with the gentle rustling of leaves and the fragrant scent of the woods carried by the breeze, created an infinitely serene landscape.

The songs of birds chirping echoed from all directions, and the buzzing of insects clearly revealed that this was indeed a forest.

In the distance, at the end of the forest, a sheer cliff stood tall, bathed in sunlight and shining brilliantly.

It was truly a breathtaking sight.

The peaceful and tranquil eastern forest of Perthville Plains.

However, in an instant, black smoke billowed up, and a massive inferno engulfed the area.

The gentle breeze fanned the cruel flames, and the fragrant scent of the forest was soon replaced by the acrid smell of burning.

The raging flames devoured everything, silencing the chirping of birds and the buzzing of insects.

Crackle, crackle, crackle.

Whoosh!

Green fur and skin, and short, stubby bodies.

The red eyes of the goblins reflected the raging inferno.

And then...

-Keruk! Kek! (Kill them all!)

-Keheuk, Kahreuk! (Burn everything!)

-Kehuk, Kahreuke! (Purify for the master!)

Undead, clad in black darkness and emitting a turquoise aura, beheaded the despairing goblins.

Amidst the undead that had set the entire goblin village ablaze...

Someone emerged from the flames.

The undead, cloaked in darkness, bowed their heads in reverence as they saw the figure emerge from the inferno.

As if worshipping a god.

-Kikirik! Kereukhu! (Oh! Our great master!)

-Kereuk, Pareuhu! (Our great Lord!)

-Kehak, Kereuk! (We worship you!)

Seonghyun, the master of the undead, who had watched everything from beginning to end, scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.

He wondered if this was right.

'Are they... worshipping me?'

Objectively, it looked like they had swept through the goblin village as if worshipping an evil god.

Moreover, he couldn't understand why they had set the fire.

He understood that it was for efficient hunting, but they could have swept through the village without doing that.

Seonghyun didn't think too deeply about it.

It would only give him a headache.

Still, he had achieved his initial goal.

He was somewhat satisfied.

First, his level.

[You have gained experience points!]

[Level up!]

[You have reached level 20.]

'Finally.'

He had reached the level required to go to the next village.

But that wasn't all he was waiting for.

In Eternal World, you learn new skills every 10 levels.

You learn skills immediately upon changing classes, so you don't gain skills at level 10.

And the first time you gain a new skill is at level 20.

Seonghyun was also excited, wondering what kind of skill he would get.

With a heart full of anticipation, Seonghyun waited.

The message he had been waiting for appeared.

[You have reached level 20, and a new skill for 『Overlord』 has been unlocked.]

[You have acquired the Almighty rank skill, 『Netherworld』.]

'Oh?!'

Seonghyun was quite surprised, which was rare for him.

The first reason was that he had expected a Legendary skill, but an Almighty rank skill appeared.

The second reason was the name.

'Netherworld!'

Just hearing the name, it seemed similar to the skill "Mortuary," which Bejiron had boasted about learning at level 30, a skill that stored undead.

He wondered what the effect would be.

Seonghyun immediately opened the Netherworld skill window.

『Netherworld』

→ 《Almighty》

→ [Lv 1] [Growth Type]

[Passive Effect] [Compound]

Praise the Lord of Death who rules over death, the deceased, and spirits, and awaits here.

The deceased and spirits who praise their Lord are forever blessed here.

→ Overlord exclusive skill.

→ You can send the created Death Legion to the Netherworld to restore all their health and store the legion.

→ Mana is not consumed when sending or recalling the Death Legion.

→ Undead eroded by the Death Aura can also be sent to the Netherworld.

→ The Death Legion stored in the Netherworld grows very slowly.

'……?'

To say the effect was significant was an understatement.

It was tremendous.

The fact that mana wasn't consumed when storing and retrieving them was unbelievable, but...

The last part was especially unbelievable.

The Death Legion stored in the Netherworld grows very slowly.

Undead storage type skills like Mortuary only stored the undead.

To summon undead even in places without corpses.

But for the undead to grow just by being stored?

It was an effect that would get him beaten up if he posted it online, with people telling him not to synthesize it.

'Huh.'

Even Seonghyun was speechless.

For now, Seonghyun looked at the Death Soldiers who were still consuming his mana.

If he gained a skill, he had to test it out right away.

The number of goblin Death Soldiers was 15.

He imagined putting them all into the Netherworld.

-Kereuheuk! (Until next time, my Lord!)

-Keheukeokeoheuk! (I will surely! Serve and follow only you, my Lord!)

-Keheurukeuk! (For our great master!)

As if they already knew, all fifteen goblin Death Soldiers, who had been chattering away, were sucked into turquoise holes that appeared behind them. They were sucked in comfortably, and in an instant, the undead disappeared.

[There are currently 15 Death Soldiers stored in the Netherworld.]

Seeing the message that kindly provided guidance, Seonghyun briefly marveled.

The effect was definitely good.

Now he could summon the Death Legion even without corpses.

His strength had increased.

Since they were beings with souls, it went without saying that they were more powerful than other undead.

'This is really fortunate.'

He hadn't expected it to appear at level 20.

Well, since the Death Legion was the main force of the Overlord...

It made sense that it would be given early on.

He had leveled up and gained a skill.

And...

'I did film a video...'

He had filmed a video.

A video of the undead wiping out the goblin village and Seonghyun watching them.

There was no particular reason why he suddenly filmed the video.

It was because Rapid, the guild master, had asked him to.

He had filmed it, but...

'Can this be used as a video?'

Even from Seonghyun's perspective, it seemed too cruel and vicious.

If Helena hadn't been asleep, she would have scolded him, asking if he wanted to be called a Demon King again.

He was troubled, but he didn't want to film it again.

He would just send it as it was.

He attached the video file he had filmed to a friend message and sent it to Rapid.

If she didn't like it, she would ask him to send it again, right?

[Seonghyun - [Video]]n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Seonghyun - Please let me know if I need to do it again.]

[Rapid - Hul...? Thank you, Seonghyun. I think this will be enough...]

She said it was okay, but what was with the ellipsis at the end?

He wanted to ask, but he held back.

He felt like he knew the answer even without asking.

Now that he had surpassed level 20...

It was time to move on.

'It was Sekan Village, right?'

On the morning of the second day after starting the game, Seonghyun headed to the second village.

It was an incredible speed.

1.

Was it a tradition of large guilds?

All large guilds did one thing when they recruited a rookie.

It was uploading a solo video of the rookie.

It had the simple effect of promotion, but there were also other benefits.

First, it was a show of force.

A declaration of war to competitors, letting them know they had acquired an outstanding rookie.

And boasting about their recruiting power, showing off that they had acquired such a rookie.

These were benefits that couldn't be missed.

Rapid Guild also knew this, so it was a tradition they had always followed.

However, this time, Rapid was a bit hesitant.

'Should I really upload it?'

Normally, she would have uploaded it without hesitation, but...

Seeing Seonghyun's video, she couldn't help but hesitate.

Goblin undead brutally ravaging goblins.

Cooperating with each other, forming strategies, and moving systematically.

Their movements, perfectly coordinated like machines, sent shivers down her spine.

Since when did undead possess such excellent intelligence?

They were usually so stupid that they couldn't even strategize, let alone move properly, without being given orders one by one.

But Seonghyun's undead were on a different level.

They thought and moved on their own, acting as if they were alive without Seonghyun giving them orders.

With bodies that surpassed their living forms, they ravaged their own kind.

They even set fires and ambushed the goblins who fled in a panic.

Rapid couldn't help but gulp.

Was this a horror movie?

Or was it like watching a cartoon or movie where the Demon King descended and destroyed the world?

'This is like a declaration of war against humanity!'

Rather than a declaration of war to rival guilds, it was like a declaration of war against all of humanity.

Especially the ending, where Seonghyun emerged from the raging flames with a bored expression, and the undead bowed their heads in worship.

Overwhelming.

There was no other way to describe it.

'Should I really... upload this?'

She was seriously troubled, but there was no helping it.

With a deep sigh, Rapid nodded.

'It can't be helped.'

Tradition was tradition, and it felt wrong to let such an amazing rookie video go to waste.

It might seem like a declaration of war against humanity, but what did it matter?

Rapid Guild was famous for being a loner anyway.

Making everyone their enemy wasn't so bad either.

It seemed like Yuna's ranking would rise soon anyway.

'Okay, let's upload it.'

It didn't seem like it needed much editing.

The original video was so amazing.

She would adjust the perspective, but not much.

There wasn't much to do in terms of editing, so she completed the video and uploaded it with her eyes closed.

She anticipated the kind of impact it would have.

'I'm going to be very busy for a while.'

But they had done well so far, hadn't they?

Rapid wasn't a pushover that would crumble just because they uploaded a rookie video.

'I guess things will get crazy around tomorrow.'

No matter how amazing the video was, the reaction usually came a day later.

As Rapid was doing other work...

About an hour after Seonghyun's video was uploaded, a guild member rushed in frantically.

"Guild master! The guild channel is overloaded!!"

"Huh?"

Already?

Rapid's expectations were spectacularly off.

2.

The Fastest Rapid Guild.

The channel of Rapid Guild, which shone at 3rd place in the overall guild rankings, was also impressive.

20 million subscribers on MeTube.

Although it was 45th in terms of subscribers among guild channels active in Eternal World...

It couldn't be helped.

Since it was a channel that focused more on live streams than videos, it was difficult to increase subscribers significantly.

However, Rapid Guild's ticket power was enormous enough to make up for the lack of subscribers.

Live tickets.

This referred to live streams that required viewers to pay a certain amount to enter.

A large number of viewers meant that the guild's status was high.

Although they lagged behind in subscribers, their ticket power was the second highest among all guilds.

Rapid Guild, which succeeded in raids faster than any other guild and cleared them first, had stronger characters than any other guild.

That's why they were called the Fastest.

And a new video was uploaded on that Rapid Guild channel.

The video uploaded by Rapid Guild, which usually focused on live streams, was none other than a solo rookie video.

It was a video introducing the rookie and promoting them.

Hong Jeongmin, a big fan of Rapid Guild, couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when he saw the video.

'Ah, that's a shame.'

It would have been better if it was a video of another member of Rapid Guild.

But he was still curious.

'Rapid Guild is famous for not recruiting rookies, so this rookie must be quite strong, right?'

Rapid Guild was famous for not readily recruiting rookies.

There was a widespread rumor that they had previously rejected a Unique rank rookie.

They didn't accept people even if their rank was high if they weren't skilled.

That was their principle that drove fans crazy.

Each and every guild member was an elite, top-level user.

'It must be the same this time, right?'

Hong Jeongmin, who was initially a bit disappointed, soon started the video with anticipation.

However, even Hong Jeongmin, who was a fanatic fan of Rapid Guild but had poor gaming skills, recognized the field that appeared.

"Huh? Isn't that Perthville?"

It was the area where Hong Jeongmin had also played.

Perthville, the first village.

They brought in a user who was active there?

No matter how skilled they were, weren't they still a beginner?

That thought dominated Hong Jeongmin's mind.

Ah, this was disappointing.

With that thought, he continued watching.

He wanted to see what kind of user they were, at least their face.

With a skeptical attitude, Hong Jeongmin's eyes widened as he watched to see how good they were.

Undead, clad in black darkness and emitting a turquoise aura from between their bodies.

No, should he even call them undead?

They were so different from the undead that Hong Jeongmin knew, with an overwhelming sense of disparity, and they were invading a goblin village that looked similar to them.

No, this wasn't just an invasion.

"W-what the!?"

As if to thoroughly oppress the weak, they burned down the entire village, brutally ravaging and completely destroying the goblins.

They were filled with malice, solely aiming for the goblins' deaths.

And a man leisurely commanding those undead.

Although his face was blurred black and couldn't be seen, his sharp, turquoise eyes were visible.

But just from those eyes, Hong Jeongmin could tell.

That man was the master of the undead.

As a massive inferno engulfed the village and all the goblins fell to the ground...

The video ended with the man emerging from the flames and the undead bowing their heads in worship.

"Crazy. This is insane."

Hong Jeongmin couldn't hold back his praise.

He couldn't resist this.

Just as he was about to write a comment...

Seeing the warning message that there were too many users, he nodded, understanding.

"This is truly insane."

Once again, he spared no praise and went to another community to start writing.

Naturally, it was a post praising the new Rapid Guild rookie.

-Hey losers, haven't you seen the Rapid rookie video yet?

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