The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage-Chapter 216

The accursed brat who had devoured his essence and erased him from existence—

She was standing right in front of him.

Had she come to absorb his darkness once more?

No, that couldn’t be.

Yet, the young Helena simply smiled brightly at him and spoke.

"Hello?"

It was just one person speaking.

But then—

"Hello?"

"Hello?"

Two, three—

No, more.

The child Helena multiplied into hundreds, all extending their hands toward him.

At that moment, the Dark Lord realized—

It was all an illusion.

No—

More accurately, this was his own fear manifesting from within him.

But knowing something logically was very different from experiencing it directly.

His body shuddered with fear, and he lashed out, slashing the illusions with darkness.

Yet—

None of his attacks landed.

Meanwhile, one Helena slowly approached.

And then she attacked.

If this were truly an illusion, then it should have had no real effect.

But—

CHOMP!

"Kuhhh! Gahhh!!!"It felt as if his very flesh was being torn apart—

His darkness was being absorbed.

It was real.

Not just a figment of fear, but something tangible.

The Dark Lord swallowed dryly as realization dawned.

What was this?

This was supposed to be a fear-based illusion—

But had it somehow manifested into reality?

Desperate to understand, he focused—

And then, he saw it.

"Only one of them is real."Only one of the many Helens could actually attack.

Realizing this, even though he was shaking with terror, the Dark Lord quickly calculated his next move—

Just as he reached for the real Helena—

Another Helena attacked from behind.

"Kuhhh!!!"What?!

He was certain only one was real—

How, then, was another one attacking?

In panic, he redirected the dark bullet meant for the Helena in front of him—

Only to be attacked by her as well.

CHOMP!

The pain—the darkness being consumed—

The Dark Lord’s eyes trembled violently.

What was happening?

Which one was real?

Before he could make sense of it, yet another Helena appeared beside him.

She grabbed his arm—

And grinned.

The pure, innocent smile sent a chill down his spine.

Then—

CRRRACK!!!

"KHHAAAAAA!!!"A horrific sound rang out—

His right arm was torn off.

The damage was severe—

But oddly, the actual damage to his health was minimal.

Still—

His arm was gone.

Even though he should’ve been able to regenerate it with darkness—

It didn’t grow back.

Confused, the Dark Lord lifted his head—

And saw the young Helena grinning—

As she devoured his severed arm.

"G-give it back...!"Again.

He was being devoured again.

His health and mana were draining away, disappearing somewhere unknown.

Though his core essence remained untouched—

That, too, would not last much longer.

He had to do something.

The Dark Lord unleashed all his darkness, attacking everything around him.

But—

Only one Helena remained untouched, relentlessly attacking him.

As he struggled, he saw her past self overlapping with the present Helena.

"AARRRGHHH!!!"He screamed, overwhelmed by the nightmare before him.

And then—

The Helena clones multiplied again.

Some charged forward with swords—

Others summoned lightning—

Another breathed a deathly mist, leaving the Dark Lord in ruin.

And then, from every direction,

The Red Moon and the Abyss began to stir.

The Dark Lord was completely trapped in an incomprehensible world.

No matter how much power he used,

No matter how much he resisted, ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

It was not enough.

He was the Lord of Darkness.

And yet—

He was being erased so effortlessly.

No—

He refused.

He could not be defeated like this.

He unleashed his core essence.

His body shifted, evolving into his true form.

A second phase had begun—

The illusions disappeared.

And with them, his right arm regenerated.

All of the fear and phantoms vanished.

But then—

The Dark Lord saw her.

The young Helena slowly grew before his eyes—

Until she was no longer a child, but a fully grown woman.

And then she smiled.

"An illusion...?""Ahahaha! Of course not!"

"It’s been a while, Mister Darkness! I thought you were completely erased after I devoured you, but you survived somehow, huh?"

Her voice was cheerful—

As if she were reuniting with an old friend.

The Dark Lord stared at her, dumbfounded.

This was real.

This was Helena.

Not an illusion.

Not a phantom.

The real Helena.

Even just hearing her voice, he knew it was her.

The Dark Lord realized something horrifying.

Had the intruder been Helena all along?

No.

That was impossible.

She was weaker than before.

Much weaker than he remembered.

Something wasn’t right.

That meant—

There was still hope for him to survive.

Just as the Dark Lord started thinking of a way to escape—

A young man stepped forward.

Draped in black robes, his expression unmoved, he stood at the edge of the crater, looking down at him.

It was Seong.

And the moment the Dark Lord saw him—

His entire body trembled.

"H-he’s already absorbed two... two Sovereigns?!"Right now, Seong’s power was still weak.

But—

The quality of that power was not weak at all.

He could sense the power of two Sovereigns within him.

No—

It wasn’t just that.

He wasn’t holding onto their power—

He was surpassing it.

He was transcending Sovereignty itself.

The Dark Lord felt it.

And he roared.

"So in the end... you are truly 'transcending'!!! Is that why you have come for me?!"There was no telling why he was so enraged.

Helena, her expression suddenly turning serious, gazed at the Dark Lord with chilling indifference.

She lifted her index finger to her lips and spoke.

"Shhh."

Ignoring Helena, Seong activated his skill.

The Tome of Ruin appeared, unfolding in his hands.

The lost, forbidden magic, once erased from the world, was now reborn.

A blinding white bolt of lightning formed in his grip.

Seong threw it like a spear—

And the world lost its colors.

Everything was bleached white, leaving only the pure brilliance of the lightning as it raced toward the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord, an incarnation of darkness, reached out toward the lightning—

But he couldn’t move.

[The Grasp of the Abyss seals movement for 3 seconds.]

[Hidden Raid Boss, 『The Forgotten Sovereign, Dark Lord』 is attempting to resist.]

[This skill cannot be resisted.]

He was frozen.

He tried to use a skill to escape.

But behind him, a massive witch emerged, laughing hysterically.

Her mouth, stitched shut with cyan threads, twitched as she grinned.

[By the Sovereign’s Silence, all skills are sealed for 5 seconds.]

[Hidden Raid Boss, 『The Forgotten Sovereign, Dark Lord』 partially resists.]

[Duration reduced to 2 seconds.]

The white lightning pierced through him—

A gaping hole was left in the Dark Lord’s stomach.

And in that instant, Seong’s followers charged in.

Even Helena muttered as she watched.

"What do you think, Mister Darkness? He’s my disciple."

The Dark Lord, being ripped apart by the relentless assault, muttered in disbelief.

"...There is no greater monster."He was weaker than Helena had been as a child.

That was certain.

But—

The potential inside him...

The indescribable power growing within him—

It was undeniable.

The Dark Lord scoffed.

A monster.

Hearing that, Helena frowned and retorted.

"How rude. Tell me, where else would you find someone more fitting for Overlord than my Seong?"

"...How far will you go? You are 'surpassing' the Sovereigns... What do you hope to become?"Helena smirked.

"Who knows? That’s for my Seong to decide."

Even Helena had never reached the end of this path.

So she didn’t know.

And as an NPC, bound by the laws of this world, she had begun to feel it—

The limits of her existence.

Unconsciously, she muttered.

"What a cruel world~"

The Dark Lord, hearing those words, chuckled bitterly.

But—

"You are not one to speak, Demon King."And with that, the Dark Lord’s body finally collapsed.

All of the darkness shattered, dispersing into nothingness.

6.

The Dark Lord’s body crumbled under the combined might of Seong’s Tome of Ruin and the relentless onslaught of his followers.

At that moment, messages appeared before Seong’s eyes.

[Hidden Raid Boss, 『The Forgotten Sovereign, Dark Lord』 has been vanquished.]

[This was the exclusive Hidden Raid Boss for 『Overlord』.]

[Replacing standard rewards with unique rewards.]

[『Overlord』 Story Quest, 『The Invasion of Darkness』 has been completed.]

[You have obtained rewards.]

[You have gained an enormous amount of experience!]

[LEVEL UP!] × 2

[You have reached Level 170.]

[Upon reaching a multiple of 10, an Almighty-tier item, 『The Overlord’s Grimoire』 has been activated.]

[Upon reaching a multiple of 10, an Almighty-tier item, 『The Book of Blood』 has been activated.]

[Upon reaching Level 170, a new 『Overlord』 skill has been unlocked.]

[Combining new skill and execution reward.]

[Almighty-tier skill, 『Sovereign of Darkness』 has been obtained.]

[Almighty-tier skill, 『Sovereign of Darkness』 is analyzing Player 『Seong’s』 dark-type skills.]

[Conditions met.]

[『Overlord』 Third Advancement (Complete)]

[『Overlord』 Story Quest 『Helena’s Diary 1』 (Complete)]

[Possesses 10 or more Dark-type skills (Complete)]

[Almighty-tier skill, 『Sovereign of Darkness』 has awakened its true power.]

[Dark-type skills are now integrated into 『Sovereign of ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) Darkness』.]

[Integrated skills can still be used individually, or they can be reconstructed through 『Sovereign of Darkness』.]

[No current records available for reconstruction.]

[Exclusive Overlord item, 『Helena’s Diary!』 is temporarily sealed.]

A torrent of notifications.

Reading through them, Seong realized—

He had acquired a new Sovereign-class skill.

He felt dazed.

"...Is this what the Dark Lord meant when he said I was ‘transcending’?"

Skill integration?

He didn’t fully understand what it meant, so he immediately opened his skills menu.

『Sovereign of Darkness』

→ 《Almighty》

→ [Lv 1] [Growth-Type]

[Complex Skill]

Wherever he steps, light fades.

Whenever his voice echoes, darkness is given life.

→ Exclusive skill for Overlord.

→ A skill created by fusing all previously used dark-type skills.

→ All integrated skills can still be used individually, or through 『Sovereign of Darkness』.

→ Allows complete, unrestricted manipulation of dark energy.

→ Mana consumption increases based on complexity of use.

→ Power output scales with mana expenditure.

"Huh?"

If this was real...

Seong instinctively raised his hand.

And as soon as he thought about summoning darkness—

A black spear materialized in his grasp.

Would this be called Dark Spear?

Seeing its form, Seong was astonished.

Helena approached him and grinned.

"Congratulations. You've transcended."