The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

2.

Back at home, Seonghyun pondered for a moment while looking at the text message.

A gathering with his colleagues this weekend.

'I won't be attending university anymore, but...'

He decided to leave it to the guild.

He could just do as he was told.

The Rapid Guild was said to be having a meeting about him, so

He could just wait for that.

'My sister and Yoojin will take care of it.'

He didn't know much about such business matters.

It was best to leave it to the two who knew well.

Thinking so, Seonghyun logged into Eternal World.

'I should level up quickly.'

He was only level 30.

He still had a long way to go.

3.

[Welcome to Eternal World, another world, an eternal world.]

[May good fortune be with you, Player 『Seonghyun』.]

As he logged in, feeling the familiar welcome message and sense of floating,

Seonghyun looked around in wonder.

'Hmm, something's strange.'

The place was familiar.

It was where he had last logged out.

But something was strange.

A sense of incongruity.

It was different from the feeling he usually got in Sekan Village.

He looked up at the sky.

'Hmm.'

The weather was clear.

There was nothing that would give him a sense of incongruity.

The village streets were also the same, nothing strange.

But he could clearly feel it.

Something foreign had enveloped this village.

It wasn't an instinctual feeling.

This sensation, he felt it from Helena's memories.

'Black Magic?'

He knew for sure.

This was Black Magic.

More precisely, he could feel the remnants of Black Magic.

But the remnants of Black Magic, which he had never felt in Sekan Village before, suddenly appeared?

Had something happened?

Or was it...

'An event?'

What Seonghyun had done since coming to Sekan Village...

There were quite a few things, but mainly capturing the demonic beast Barpur and catching the malicious users in Adum's Cave.

Those were things that could have an impact.

'Is it because of the demonic beast Barpur?'

Seonghyun thought so as he walked down the street.

Then, with another strange sense of incongruity, he suddenly looked up.

In Seonghyun's line of sight, there was a crow perched on a roof.

An ordinary crow.

But it couldn't fool Seonghyun's eyes.

It wasn't a real crow.

He could feel the dark energy of Black Magic emanating from that crow.

He wasn't sure, but could it be a crow created with Black Magic?

"This is no ordinary crow."

After muttering those words, Seonghyun prepared to summon the Netherworld and draw the Apprentice Hero Hindel's Sword.

He felt something approaching.

As Seonghyun prepared himself,

The crow's beak opened wide, and a human arm popped out from within.

Caw

The crow let out a pained cry as if vomiting.

Its beak opened wider, and soon, a person emerged from the crow's mouth.

A bizarre man wearing a black robe and a crow mask.

But the aura of Black Magic emanating from him was truly overwhelming.

For a moment, he even had the illusion that the air had become several times heavier.

Seonghyun immediately opened the letter.

It was written in an elegant script.

『To our dear successor,

Our Over Palace is a place built to be dedicated to the Overlord.

Now that the rightful successor has appeared,

It is time to prepare to offer the palace.

Although we are eager to offer it to you immediately, there are still things we have yet to obtain for the successor.

There are sacred arrangements bestowed by the previous Overlord and our god, Helena.

The compass enclosed in this letter will guide you to these arrangements as you gain the appropriate power.

Please do not mind and collect the arrangements.

This humble Black Star conveys this to the successor.』

"...?"

Wasn't this too excessive?

The letter implied that he wasn't the rightful successor until he collected all of Helena's remaining arrangements, yet they were so devoted.

Seonghyun, feeling bewildered, held the compass that he couldn't understand how it fit in the envelope.

[You have acquired the class-specific item, 『Overlord's Compass』.]

[The 『Overlord's Compass』 is not yet responding.]

[Class-specific quest not generated.]

[The first condition for use is level 50 or higher.]

'Hmm.'

So it generates class-specific quests.

He was wondering how he would find the arrangements that even Helena's memories couldn't locate.

It was this kind of system.

As Seonghyun was about to fold the letter,

He saw that it wasn't over yet.

What's this? Is there more?

『As an aside, the Hero's successor is said to be a resident of this village, unlike the successor.

I dare not say that a mere Hero could compare to the successor, but I have conveyed this information in case it might be of interest to you.』

This was quite unexpected information.

The new Hero successor was a resident of this village.

In other words,

'There's an NPC with the Hero class here.'

A Hero.

An NPC with the very class that Seonghyun had originally intended to acquire.

His curiosity was piqued.

Just what kind of person were they?

As Seonghyun grew curious,

The crow-masked man, seeing Seonghyun's reaction, took out something else.

And with a seemingly frustrated tone, he said,

"I lament that I can only offer this meager gift, despite my desire to provide much more for the successor's growth."

"..."

"Wooouuung!"

Tears of blood even flowed from the doll held by the doll woman next to the crow-masked man, and she wiped the doll's tears.

The corpse man also roared as if wailing.

He was already grateful for the compass, and they were giving him more.

Yet, they apologized for only being able to give him this much.

He was thankful just to receive anything.

As Seonghyun looked at them with a perplexed expression,

The crow-masked man, trembling as if in genuine regret, handed him a book.

'A skill book?'

A skill book was a valuable gift indeed.

He was overjoyed when he received the Corpse Explosion skill just a while ago.

This was more than enough.

[Received Legendary rank skill book, 『Skill Book - Add More』 from Over Palace envoy Karls.]

"???"

No, this seemed to be beyond enough.

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