The Game of a Legendary Genius Dark Mage

Summon Flame Demon

The Summon Flame Demon was a Unique-grade skill, but it possessed potential far beyond its rank, depending on the conditions. The more powerful and widespread the fire, the stronger the summoned Flame Demon would be.

However, with great power comes great risk.

If a Unique-grade skill had such effectiveness, there was inevitably a drawback as well. While it could summon a powerful demon temporarily, there was no control over it.

In other words, there was no distinction between friend and foe.

When all enemies in the vicinity were eliminated, the summoned demon would automatically recognize the summoner as an enemy.

Just like now.

-KHAHAHA! You summon me in a place with no enemies, and yet you have the nerve to do so!!!

But the Flame Demon named Zrak felt something strange.

First, he realized this wasn’t a high-level summoning circle that would have summoned someone of his caliber.

Secondly, the summoner in front of him radiated a mysterious power that didn’t align with the feeling of the summoning circle.

Was the summoner trying to test him, perhaps?

As a demon, and a flame demon at that, he was of noble rank—though not an aristocratic demon, he was still of a high tier.

Despite sensing some mysterious power, he found the size and strength of the summoner, Seong, to be insignificant, and he felt it was worth threatening him.

However, at that moment...

“Hmm, looks like a raid boss level... but there’s less than five minutes left.”

Seong muttered something incomprehensible. At that moment, numerous turquoise portals opened in the air.

Up until then, Zrak had thought it was just some amateur dark magician playing games. After all, he had the power to think so.

But then...

-Hmph! Summoning useless undead... wait?

Just as he was about to mock, Zrak felt a familiar dark energy emanating from the portals.

A demon with red-black skin, holding a large sword, appeared.

This energy was unmistakably that of a Demon Knight.

-Huh?

Zrak blinked in confusion.

It wasn’t just the Demon Knight who appeared.

An ancient demon also emerged from the same portal, and every one of them exuded an unusual aura.

Zrak swallowed nervously as he gazed at Seong’s subordinates.

Seong observed the situation quietly and spoke softly.

“We don’t have much time, so let’s finish this quickly.”

At Seong’s command, all the subordinates moved in unison, charging toward Zrak.

Realizing he had no chance of winning, Zrak smirked and closed his eyes. freēwēbnovel.com

He understood that surviving here would be impossible.

It was just bad luck, and he accepted that he would die here. Even if he died, his existence wouldn’t disappear in hell.

After all, it was a summoning circle.

Without resistance, Zrak died.

[You have gained substantial experience points.]

“Oh?”

To Seong’s surprise, the experience points were quite rewarding.

He had assumed it would just be treated like a regular monster, but he actually received a decent amount.

However, it wasn’t truly a raid boss, so the rewards were a bit underwhelming.

He received a material item called Tears of the Flame Demon, an Epic-grade material.

He didn’t plan to use it, so he stored it in his inventory.

Looking at the cooldown timer, he saw that it was originally about an hour. Now, there were roughly 54 minutes remaining.

While the cooldown time was a bit disappointing, the fact that he could summon the Flame Demon for experience every hour was quite beneficial.

‘This is a pretty sweet skill, huh?’

Using the Hourglass of Reversal to reduce the cooldown, Seong could summon the Flame Demon up to five times a day.

Using it five times would still give him a meaningful amount of experience. If he ran short, he could always take on a raid boss in the Hexia region.

With that in mind, Seong ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) used his skill once more, summoning the Flame Demon.

-What? Why again?

Zrak appeared again, looking bewildered.

Seong smiled slightly and greeted him.

“Hello again.”

-Ah, ahhh!

“Getting caught by Seong was your mistake.”

“Onee Helena, this foolish Flame Demon has dared to speak disrespectfully to the Lord.”

“Hmm? That can’t be forgiven.”

-KHAHAHA!!! It’s time to show them what they’re up against!!!

-I’m glad to have escaped the training of Nouya this way!!!

-If you disrespect the Lord, there’s no forgiveness...”

-PIEEEEEEEEE!!!

-Hehehe, this old man will lend a hand.

Muttering, murmuring.

As all Seong’s subordinates advanced with murderous intent, Zrak was frozen in fear.

-Please... spare me!!!

That was Zrak’s final plea.

6.

-Crrrk!

The dying screams of Zrak, though supposed to be miserable, somehow felt oddly peaceful.

At the same time, Helena laughed heartily, “Wow! Turns out he’s really a good kid, huh? He’s willing to stab his own neck to help us!”

Seong had summoned him so many times now, that by the third summoning, Zrak had not only stopped resisting but had even helped hasten his death by stabbing his own neck.

At this point, Seong felt a bit sorry for him, but that would be the end of it.

The Hourglass of Reversal could only be used 10 times a day, and once all uses were exhausted, there was a low chance of it breaking.

He used it 9 times, and since the cooldown reset every midnight with five uses, he didn’t feel too bad about it.

It was more beneficial to level up quickly than to worry about it.

He explained this to Zrak, and hearing that it was the last time, Zrak even shed tears of gratitude.

With Zrak's sacrifice, Seong gained:

[You have gained substantial experience points.]

[Level Up!] ×2

[You have reached level 192.]

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Just from the two kills, Seong had leveled up twice.

‘Better than I thought.’

Though the pace would slow down, using this method whenever possible seemed to be quite effective for Seong's current level range.

As his skills like Hellfire would grow stronger, the summoned demons would get stronger too.

Of course, Zrak would still likely appear.

According to Baltar, since Zrak wasn’t fully powered yet, he would continue to be summoned for a while.

That seemed correct.

Seong was casually thinking this over when he felt something strange—something trying to tear through the space and approach him.

The following message appeared:

[Due to the effect of the Almighty-grade item, Seal of the Primordial Demon Ring, the transference here is delayed.]

Ah, so that was the effect.

As Seong realized, the space being torn apart felt slower, but he wasn’t overly concerned.

After all, there was only one person who could show up like this right now.

As expected, the person who emerged from the distorted space was a beautiful woman with dark blue-black hair.

It was Karina, the branch manager of Overpalace Hexia.

“I’m sorry for suddenly appearing and causing confusion.”

“It’s fine. It happens. So, what’s going on?”

Seong asked, though he already had an idea.

Karina was the one who mentioned creating a way to earn massive experience, so he suspected everything was ready now.

With a bit of anticipation, Seong looked at her.

As expected, Karina bowed her head and said, “The preparations for the successor’s growth that I mentioned earlier are complete, and I’m here to escort you.”

“Ah.”

This was something Seong was definitely looking forward to.

He smiled in satisfaction as Karina spoke proudly, her face glowing with a hint of happiness.

“You won’t be disappointed, I’m sure.”

At those words, Seong nodded and, after opening the gate to the underworld, sent all his subordinates inside.

Then Karina and Seong headed back to the Hexia castle.

Upon their return, the high-ranking dark mages who had been waiting in respectful silence bowed deeply.

“Welcome, successor!!!”

“Welcome back, successor!!!”

Though Seong felt a little embarrassed by the attention, at least they weren’t in front of players, so it was a bit easier to handle.

He scratched his cheek, thinking how fortunate that was.

As they stood there, Karina turned to him and said, “Let me guide you to the prepared area.”

At Karina’s polite words, Seong nodded and followed her.

They arrived at the entrance of a different underground chamber than the one they had visited before, thanks to Helena’s diary.

Was this where everything had been prepared?

Seong wondered what kind of preparation it was, and as he stepped into the underground room, a surprisingly large space opened up before him.

It felt like the room of a dungeon boss.

Seong looked around but didn’t see anything that appeared to be ready yet.

He wondered what this could mean when he noticed something on the floor.

“Hmm?”

Seong looked down at the floor, and the magic circles spread across the large room. These weren’t simple magic circles.

There were an overwhelming number of them.

It seemed like it had taken quite a bit of time to prepare this.

‘Okay, this is impressive.’

Seong thought to himself, curious about what the magic circles were.

‘What kind of magic circle is this? Wait... it feels familiar?’

Though it should have been a new magic circle, it felt strangely familiar to Seong, almost like he had seen it recently.

As he tilted his head, Karina, with a pleased smile, muttered, “You recognize it right away.”

“...?”

Seong didn’t recognize it immediately, but he might have if he had a bit more time.

As Seong was pondering this, Karina flicked her finger and released her dark-blue-black magic into the circles.

One by one, the magic circles emitted light.

Three of them released light, and they formed shapes as if something was being vomited out of the circles.

As Seong saw this, he immediately realized.

“Demon summoning circles?”

“Exactly, you recognize them,” Karina said with a proud smile.

And Seong thought, ‘So this was the method... I didn’t expect an NPC to suggest something like this, but it’s definitely an efficient way to go about it.’

Three demons were summoned.

One of them was a familiar face—Zrak, the Flame Demon.

He stood there, looking confused.

-Huh? Why am I here again...

And then...

-How dare someone summon me, the great Brao!!!

-Who summoned Kaz, the one and only Kaz!!!

Two demons were shouting, one surrounded by lightning, looking like a Lightning Demon, and the other radiating cold, resembling a Glacier Demon.

Amidst them, Zrak, who was quietly standing and not emitting wild flames, locked eyes with Seong and smiled mischievously, immediately stabbing his claws into his neck.

-Hehe, I’ll be quick again, please.

As Zrak did this, the other two demons looked at him in disbelief.

And Karina, watching this, clapped her hands with admiration.

“Truly impressive, successor. To already have subdued a demon like him!”

Watching Zrak’s self-harm and Karina’s praise, Seong scratched his head.

‘This is why experienced people are preferred.’

It seemed like leveling to 200 would go smoothly.

Maybe even beyond that?