The Game of the Greatest Black Mage
Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

Seonghyun had intended to step in himself to some extent.

But there seemed to be no need for that at all.

He thought a video of the retainers raiding on their own wouldn't be bad either, so he decided to focus entirely on supporting them.

Indeed, while Seonghyun had been in the Hall of Knights, weren't they the ones who had been most idle?

‘They fight incredibly well.’

Their coordination was like that of a team that had practiced together for decades.

Leonik, Balthar, and Fiora had been active together since Helena’s time.

So, their teamwork was understandable.

But Anemor, Kalisha, Barpur, and Drakhanos were new additions, weren't they?

Yet, all of them were perfectly in sync.

Barely 10 minutes after the raid had begun…

A message popped up before Seonghyun’s eyes.

[Hidden Raid Boss『Master of Illusions, Mirajine』is changing.]

[Hidden Raid Boss『Master of Illusions, Mirajine』is entering Phase 2.]

Warning

-When it enters Phase 2, the Raid Boss becomes extremely powerful.

-Please be cautious.

With the message announcing Phase 2, the creature’s light pink carapace gradually turned red.

It was an appearance that looked anything but ordinary.

However, among the retainers, not a single one seemed wary of it.

No, to be precise, they were wary.

But not a single one of them was particularly worried or tense.

“Ssssssssss!!!”

Enraged, the creature opened its maw with its massive body.

Within it, its illusionary energy and poisonous aura condensed in one spot, and it was about to unleash a breath attack, the signature weapon of a dragon.

Sensing no way to block it, each of them began to create distance.

And just as all the retainers were about to fall back…

Seonghyun, seeing this, prepared to use a skill.

“Go.”

At Seonghyun’s short command, everyone reacted, narrowing the distance they were about to create.

Just as the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, seeing them, was about to unleash its breath to wipe them all out at once…

Barpur shot upwards, and Kalisha used her black shockwaves to launch Barpur like a cannonball.

Using that recoil, Barpur kicked off in mid-air.

Poooooww———!!!

As the atmosphere was torn asunder and a massive sonic boom raged…

Barpur, launched at a speed close to that of sound, slammed his fist into the massive head of the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

Tu-kwaaaaaaaang———!!!

A sound close to an explosion vibrated through the air.

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s head was forcefully snapped to the side.

As the creature’s maw, which should have been aimed at the retainers, was sharply turned towards the cliff face…

Seonghyun’s skill activated.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

Beneath the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, an abyss of unknown depth was created, and from it, tens of thousands of horrifically dark hands reached out to her.

Countless, terrifyingly numerous hands, like those of evil spirits trying to drag it to the netherworld, grabbed hold of the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

She felt herself unable to move even a finger.

She couldn't move at all.

[Movement sealed for 3 seconds by the Grasp of the Abyss.]

[Hidden Raid Boss, 『Master of Illusions, Mirajine』, attempts to resist.]

[This skill cannot be resisted.]

Messages visible only to Seonghyun appeared.

And the other retainers finally rushed in and struck the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

Balthar and Leonik swung their swords, utilizing their auras.

Chwaaaaaaaah—!

Drakhanos, watching Balthar and Leonik, slowly shook his head, then made his sword glow red-hot and cut down the creature with overwhelming swordsmanship.

Sliiice—!

Chiiiiiiiiiiiii—!!!

Fiora, too, perhaps having recovered her technique, transformed into a small dragon and exhaled a small breath at the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

Kwaaaaaaaah———!!!

And from the heavens, Anemor, becoming a bolt of judgment, descended to the earth as lightning, momentarily erasing all colors from the world and dyeing it teal in an instant.

Kwarrurururururung———!!!

As the retainers’ attacks were fully unleashed…

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s breath attack was also fired.

However, its direction was merely towards the cliff face.

Kwagagagagagagaga———!!!

All the retainers’ attacks landed on the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, while none of its attacks hit a single retainer.

If it tried to attack the retainers fighting in close combat…

From afar, Seonghyun would block its movement or reposition them.

And if Seonghyun’s skills were on cooldown, Kalisha or Anemor would swiftly move to reposition them.

Not even a thread's breadth of an opening.

No, as if there were no openings at all, they thoroughly overran the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

Seonghyun could have tested his new skills as well.

But he deliberately chose not to.

They could win sufficiently even without him doing so.

And he had decided to make the retainers the concept for this video.

However, perhaps because the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, was also a Hidden Raid Boss?

A considerable amount of time passed.

‘It’s pretty tough, huh.’

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine, firmly endured the retainers’ immense onslaught.

But that too was now coming to an end.

“Ssssss……”

It seemed the creature had finally run out of all its strength.

A situation where it was on the verge of losing almost all its energy.

Just as the other retainers were about to unleash their attacks on the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, which looked like it would collapse at any moment…

Drakhanos moved.

Drakhanos, lightly kicking off the ground and leaping up.

His movement was like that of any old man going for a walk.

But its impact was enormous.

Poooooww—!!

Shwoooooooosh—!!!

The ground Drakhanos kicked off from developed huge cracks.

The sound of air exploding echoed.

Drakhanos shot forward.

As Drakhanos, cutting through the air, gradually closed in on the Master of Illusions, Mirajine…

In a posture where he slightly coiled his body, he lifted the sword sheathed at his waist and, holding the sword along with its scabbard, slowly began to draw it.

Screeech—.

The sword, being drawn with a sharp sound, turned red as if it had entered a blazing furnace…

And radiated its heat to the surroundings.

As the sword, drawn while he shot forward, eventually turned a burning red and then, emitting a crimson light, was fully drawn…

For a brief moment, the sword vanished.

No, to be precise, Drakhanos vanished along with it.

The vanished sword and Drakhanos then reappeared behind the Master of Illusions, Mirajine.

He flourished the sword once, then carefully, gently slid it back into its scabbard.

Screeech.

With a sharp sound, just like when it was drawn…

As the sword fully entered its scabbard…

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine, turned its head as if it couldn't understand.

Its head turned slowly.

However, it turned at an angle it shouldn't have.

And then, the Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s neck had completely twisted, and a thin line engraved on her neck gradually became clearer.

Sssssssss.

Her head, having turned, slowly slid from her torso, and then, the head fell to the ground without any resistance.

Thud—!

Pshwaaaaaaaaaah—!!!

From the headless torso of the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, a fountain of blood mixed with venom and the aura of illusion gushed out.

To decapitate it in a single strike.

Seeing a scene that truly looked like something out of a comic book play out in reality, Seonghyun let out a sigh of dumbfoundedness.

“Huh.”

So, such things were possible with swordsmanship.

As Seonghyun was marveling at it…

His body stiffened.

A stiffness so profound it made him feel as if he couldn't even breathe properly.

It was the prelude to an event scene, something he was now somewhat accustomed to.

Seonghyun’s avatar moved towards the head of the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, which lay fallen after being decapitated.

And then, the Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s venomous fangs twitched and moved.

It spoke.

[Ah! Oh, Master of Illusions!!! Please do not abandon me!!!]

As soon as he saw that event scene, Seonghyun couldn't understand.

Wasn't that centipede the Master of Illusions?

Wasn't its very name 'Master of Illusions, Mirajine'?

But what on earth was this?

As Seonghyun, filled with questions, focused on the event scene…

A light pink energy began to descend from the sky.

‘That’s?’

It was an energy that felt almost familiar.

The energy the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, had been using.

‘No, come to think of it……’

It hadn't actually used the power of illusion much in the battle.

The only power the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, had used was poison.

Its name was "Master of Illusions," yet the battle itself was too different from its name.

Shouldn't it be called the "Master of Poison"?

With that thought, he focused more intently.

Could it be that the foreshadowing about the illusionary energy was being resolved now?

As Seonghyun watched with that thought…

[Ah, Oh, Master of Illusions…….]

It was the Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s desperate cry.

But the heavens mercilessly gave no answer.

Growing anxious at the silent sky, the Master of Illusions, Mirajine, urgently cried out.

[Please take pity on me and bestow upon me the power of illusion!!!]

The power of illusion descending from the sky, as if defying the heavens themselves, absorbed even the Master of Illusions, Mirajine’s own illusionary energy and ascended back to the sky.

[N-No!!! N-Nooooo!!!]

As even the illusionary energy it possessed was taken away…

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine, gasped desperately as if in its death throes.

However, there was nothing a creature with a severed neck could do.

Its illusionary energy confiscated…

The Master of Illusions, Mirajine, now withered like a mummy, had only its poison left and began to melt from its own potent venom.

[Please…… give me strength again……!]

It cried out desperately and earnestly.

But there was no response from the heavens.

And so, with all its illusionary energy taken away…

The creature met its end by its own poison, its very flesh melting away until its form was hardly recognizable.

Thus, the event scene ended.

“Hmm.”

It was quite a shocking event scene.

So, the conclusion was.

“There’s a separate Master of Illusions, then?”

Indeed, for a Hidden Raid Boss below level 120, its name had been too grandiose.

Below level 120 was a level that wasn't even treated as intermediate.

Would they call them rookies for no reason?

As Seonghyun thought that far…

Welcome messages popped up.

[You have defeated the Hidden Raid Boss, 『Master of Illusions, Mirajine』.]

[You have acquired the keyword: 『Master of Illusions』.]

[Level Up!] x4

[You have become Level 122.]

[Having reached Level 120, a new skill for 『Overlord』 will be unlocked.]

[You have acquired the Legendary rank skill, 『Book of Ruin』.]

[Having reached a level multiple of 10, the Almighty rank item, 『Overlord's Grimoire』, has been activated.]

[Contribution exists for only one person.]

[Judged as a solo raid.]

[Defeated solo.]

[Rewards will be enhanced.]

[This is the first kill.]

[Rewards will be enhanced.]

[As it was a solo raid, all rewards will be given to user 『Seonghyun』.]

[As a kill reward, you acquire the Legendary rank item, 『Millennium Venom Fang』.]

[As a kill reward, you acquire the Legendary rank skill book, 『Skill Book - Poison Breath』.]

[As a kill reward, you acquire the Legendary rank material item, 『Illusion's Inner Core』.]

[You are the first to defeat the Hidden Raid Boss, 『Master of Illusions, Mirajine』.]

[You have acquired the title, 『Mirajine Slayer』.]

[As you are the first to clear this Hidden Raid, you can choose to disclose information about it.]

[If you disclose information, you can acquire a certain amount of rewards generated from the dungeon every time it is cleared for 3 months.]

[Information can be disclosed from a time of your choosing.]

[If another raid party clears the raid before you disclose the information, information disclosure will become impossible.]

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