The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 119

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Chapter 119

As the Random Skill Book floated up, countless pages began to unfold.

Simultaneously, innumerable pages flipped past, fluttering.

However, unlike before, antique pages dyed in golden light and pages boasting an even more brilliant radiance flipped past—Shwaaaaarararak.

Shwaaaararara!

Along with the sound of pages emitting various lights flipping by.

Exactly three pages floated in the air before Seonghyun’s eyes.

Three pages, glowing with the orange light that signified Legendary rank, floated up, their forms appearing as if to show off their respective skills.

The first page depicted a sword trembling as if roaring, emitting black ripples, causing countless black bloodstains to appear on the target standing before it.

The second page showed a figure moving, leaving shadows like afterimages behind it, then suddenly accelerating drastically at a certain moment.

The third page depicted what looked like countless swords, sabers, and spears swirling violently like a wave.

-Ohhh! As expected of the noble one!

-He pulled out amazing things!!!

-Hah!!! Fortune has come to the noble one!!!

Seeing the Legendary skills being drawn, the elven knight ghosts made an even bigger fuss.

They were even clapping, thoroughly delighted.

A few elven ghosts were drifting through the air, expressing their joy as if doing aerial somersaults.

‘Do they really have to go that far?’

That thought crossed his mind.

And though it was a bit embarrassing.

Seonghyun used the ignore-ghosts skill he had honed since childhood.

Anyway, as Seonghyun waited, remembering all the apparitions that had floated above the pages.

The awaited messages appeared.

[You have selected and used the Random Skill Book for close-combat job classes.]

[You have acquired the Knight-exclusive Legendary rank skill, 『Cry of Black Blood』!]

[You have selected and used the Random Skill Book for close-combat job classes.]

[You have acquired the Rogue-exclusive Legendary rank skill, 『Shadow Glide』!]

[You have selected and used the Random Skill Book for close-combat job classes.]

[You have acquired the Warrior-exclusive Legendary rank skill, 『Torrent of Blades』!]

“Oh?”

Each name was far from ordinary.

Although, 『Shadow Glide』 did seem a bit lackluster in comparison.

Still, it was a Legendary rank skill.

‘Wouldn’t it be good?’

First, he recalled the apparitions he saw earlier.

The one from the first page was 『Cry of Black Blood』.

It seemed to be a skill used with a sword or weapon.

Recalling the sudden appearance of countless bloodstains.

‘Is it an attack skill that builds stacks?’

It strongly felt like that sort of thing.

It seemed like it would synergize well with the Mark of Death he already possessed.

Next, he recalled the image of the rogue moving like an afterimage.

And the way it suddenly sped up instantaneously.

It appeared to be a hybrid-type skill.

‘Isn’t it likely a skill with both a basic passive effect and an active component?’

‘Basically, it’s close to a movement skill.’

Seonghyun judged it as such.

It was quite an intuitive apparition, after all.

And finally.

‘That one must be an attack skill with a huge number of hits, right?’

The image was like a torrent, with countless swords, sabers, or spears appearing in vast numbers to attack the opponent.

Well, he didn't really need to confirm this one.

It was clearly going to be a skill with many hits.

Which meant.

‘It’ll be incredibly good for stacking skills like the first one I got, Cry of Black Blood, and Mark of Death.’

There might be some kind of drawback, but.

In any case, landing a high number of attacks consecutively was a very good thing.

Though Seonghyun couldn't see it right now.

His reasoning was spot on.

『Cry of Black Blood』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv 1][Growth Type]

[Instant Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 10 minutes]

→Knight-exclusive skill.

→Select one target upon skill activation.

→Applies Black Blood stacks to the selected target equal to the number of times the user has attacked them so far.

→Hearing the cry of black blood from the weapon tears open wounds, dealing damage equal to 10% per Black Blood stack.

『Shadow Glide』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv 1][Growth Type]

[Instant Effect][Hybrid]

[Cooldown 5 minutes]

[Duration 10 seconds]

→Assassin-exclusive skill.

→When using footwork techniques, this skill assists by making the body leave afterimages like shadows.

→Upon attempting to use Shadow Glide, movement speed instantly increases by 1000%, and stealth increases by 500%.

『Torrent of Blades』

→《Legendary》

→[Lv 1][Growth Type]

[Instant Effect][Active]

[Cooldown 10 minutes]

→Warrior-exclusive skill

→Allows momentary, relentless attacks by continuously swinging and thrusting the sword.

→Attacks for 3 seconds at a rate of 50 hits per second, with each hit dealing 10% damage.

→Cannot move while the skill is in use.

If Seonghyun could have seen them.

They were skills worthy of admiration, every single one.

Especially the synergy between 『Torrent of Blades』 and 『Cry of Black Blood』 looked remarkably potent.

To pull skills that happened to synergize like this, of all things.

His luck was also quite good.

Anyway, Seonghyun headed towards a Golem to test the skills.

At the same time, as he moved smoothly, as if adopting a footwork stance.

Seonghyun's form shifted, leaving slight afterimages as if shadowed.

Ssseusseusseu—!

“Huh?”

Noticing the abnormality immediately, Seonghyun seemed surprised and checked his own condition.

He moved normally again.

No shadows appeared.

Then, Seonghyun moved his feet again as if performing footwork.

Ssseusseusseuss——.

He could see himself becoming stealthy again, like a shadow.

A skill like this.

‘This is... incredibly good?’

As Seonghyun thought that, he stood before a Wooden Golem.

The Golem began to activate.

Towards the creaking, moving Golem, Seonghyun simply gripped his sword lightly and stepped using his footwork.

Pat!

Ssseusseusseu!

As expected, the shadows appeared.

Seonghyun watched it and thought.

‘It happens when I move while thinking about combat. Or when I think about wanting to use stealth.’

This was definitely a good skill.

If used together with the Mask's effect, it seemed like it would be much easier to deceive an opponent's eyes.

And for utilizing this stealthy and confusing movement, the swordsmanship of the long-armed elf knight he had learned just yesterday came to mind.

Before trying other skills, Seonghyun first used his footwork, moving like an apparition as he swung his sword.

The ever-changing sword split into multiple paths, as if a flower were blooming, attacking the Wooden Golem.

Seueuk, seugeok, seogeok—!

At first, the Wooden Golem charged forward, unaware it was even being cut.

However, as it began to sustain progressively deeper cuts.

It tried to block Seonghyun’s attacks.

But with the sword moving as if splitting into multiple paths, combined with the shadowy effect, it was difficult to even discern which was the real attack.

Unable to track the sword's position until the very end, the Wooden Golem had its neck severed.

It was a thoroughly satisfying battle.

-Oooh! Did you see that!? The noble one is using my swordsmanship!!!

-Ooh? Ye-yes, definitely!!!

-N-no. But doesn't he seem to use it better than you?

-That's right!!! He's much better than me!!!

-Is... that something I should be happy about?

As the long-armed elf knight ghost cheered excitedly.

The others were astonished.

He had absorbed the memory only yesterday, yet he was already far superior to the original user!

Even for a case of the student surpassing the master, this was on a different dimension.

Even without that shadowy effect, the swordsmanship Seonghyun wielded was decidedly superior to that of the long-armed elf knight ghost.

‘Was it because I practiced yesterday?’

Whatever the reason, as the elven knight ghosts grew excited.

Another Wooden Golem began to move.

This time, Seonghyun thought about using 『Shadow Glide』.

As he did so, his steps became 10 times faster than usual.

‘This…… is?’

Even Seonghyun was startled by the speed, but there was no time to waste.

He immediately charged forward.

As if he had used teleportation, he reached the Wooden Golem in an instant.

The Wooden Golem, startled, crossed its arms to prepare for an attack. Seeing this, Seonghyun decided against using the long-armed elf ghost's swordsmanship and instead used a skill he had just acquired.

『Torrent of Blades』.

Upon activation, his rapidly moving feet froze, becoming fixed as if rooted to the ground.

And in that state, Seonghyun’s arms began to move freely.

Pababababat——!

In an instant, he poured out countless attacks.

Slashing down from above, slashing up from below, slashing from right to left, slashing from left to right, then thrusting, then slashing again.

He repeated this countless times.

Caught in the torrent, like a raging wave, the Wooden Golem panicked, its arms instantly blown apart.

Its body didn't fare much better.

Pierced and slashed, countless wounds instantly appeared as it was pushed back.

‘Won’t it chase me?’

The Wooden Golem had thought, not giving up its defense even as it retreated.

But Seonghyun, who seemed ready to charge at any moment, didn't move.

‘This is it.’

Seeing his feet fixed in place, Seonghyun realized.

The inability to move was the drawback.

However, in that brief moment, he had succeeded in landing dozens of attacks.

If this weren't the Hall of Knights.

Dozens of Mark of Death stacks would have exploded, surely inflicting massive damage.

Then, he suddenly recalled the new stacking skill he had acquired.

『Cry of Black Blood』.

‘Here goes.’

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Seonghyun activated 『Cry of Black Blood』.

Instantly, a black energy bloomed from Seonghyun’s sword.

Tiiiiiiing——!

As if resonating, Seonghyun’s sword hummed with a black echo.

The wounds on the Wooden Golem transformed, resembling black bloodstains, and due to the sword's vibration, cracks began to spread rapidly from these stains.

It looked like a contagious disease as the wounds seemed to multiply, spreading across the Wooden Golem's entire body.

Finally, as all the wounds connected.

Chwaaaaaaaa———!

The Wooden Golem’s entire body was torn into a thousand, ten thousand pieces.

Seonghyun stared blankly as the Wooden Golem scattered like dust.

The ghosts also stared blankly at the sight.

It was terrifyingly powerful.

While the full extent of the damage couldn't be confirmed solely from the Wooden Golem.

One thing was certain.

‘The synergy is incredible?’

As Seonghyun thought this, feeling satisfied with the skills.

All the ghosts began to shower him with praise.

-Amazing!!! Noble one!!!

-To think I'd see such techniques in my entire life!!!

-Kheheuuu!!! This is the essence of the sword!!!

-Someone like you is truly worthy of learning our swordsmanship!!!

‘That last one's a bit weird?’

As Seonghyun thought this, tilting his head slightly.

A few clueless ghosts shouted out.

-Please accept our swordsmanship!!!

-Aish! Didn't I tell you not to be so blatant!!!

-Aah…….

‘So their goal was passing on their swordsmanship after all.’

Such unwavering ghosts.

Well, it wasn't something he couldn't oblige.

He had come here for that purpose in the first place.

So, there was no need for them to rush him.

Seonghyun looked at them and spoke reassuringly.

"You don't have to rush like that. I will learn all of them. Don't worry."

-Oooh!

-Keuhiya! This is it!!

-Uahahaha! Thank you! Thank you!

Perhaps because they were slightly frightened by Seonghyun’s sudden headache yesterday, the ghosts approached him timidly.

Seonghyun knew this, so he didn't say anything.

His condition was good now, anyway.

It seemed he could probably receive more today than yesterday.

Roughly five times?

Well, that was plenty.

‘Alright then, whose swordsmanship should I try learning this time…’

As Seonghyun was about to choose a swordsmanship style, as if he were shopping.

Though he didn't notice it, the area around Seonghyun’s heart was glowing with a turquoise light.

Along with the faint appearance of red hair.

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