I Became the Genius Bastard of a Noble Dark Clan – 85

Chapter 85

Episode 85

“Wrong. No.”

[… No? Unless the perception of the Four Realms changes, there won’t be anyone who becomes the new leader?]

The guy spoke in a low voice.

[As expected, you are not the first of the Four Realms. How dare you insult me.]

A cold, soul-chilling vibe flowed out.

It looked like Chris’s body would be torn to pieces at any moment.

A sense of crisis rose in him, but Chris did not back down.

From now on, it was important.

“No, I didn’t lie.”

[True? That’s ridiculous. I’ve already told you the true names of all four realms.]

“Isn’t that right? Isn’t there a name you didn’t mention?”

[What. I already mentioned all the true names.]

“Well, you’d better think about it carefully. Are you sure you mentioned all the true names? There must be one name you didn’t mention.”

[What nonsense…?]

For a moment, the guy stopped.

It just occurred to me.

Which names were not mentioned?

“Do you see now? What you were missing?”

Chris walked with a limp.

Towards him.

As he got closer to the guy, Chris’s mood changed.

Completely different from before.

An indescribable sense of oppression emanated from it.

Unbelievably, it was the same aura of pressure that the guy had been emitting earlier.

The voice of the man who felt the pressure of that soul trembled.

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[Uh, how is this…? This feeling…?]

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Chris raised the corners of his mouth.

At the same time, a harsh and evil aura emanated from it.

Familiar with the guy.

An aura that can never be mistaken.

It was the very spirit of that ‘guy’.

“My true name is ‘Istaroth’. This is your true form. You fake.”

The bastard’s eyes opened wide as if they were going to tear apart.

The bastard’s soul suddenly started to stir like crazy.

Something amazing happened.

[That, that…! Lies. That, that’s ridiculous. Aaaah …

With a scream, it began to scatter into nothingness.

Terrible.

An incomprehensible sight.

Chris let out a long sigh.

‘Fortunately, it worked.’

The reason this happened was simple.

Because the guy was not the real one, but a fake, a clone.

It’s not just him. All the high-level bosses in this underground garden are clones of someone who existed in reality.

‘The moment you question your own existence, you are immediately destroyed and ‘reset.’

I learned this when I was challenging the 28th floor with my party of warriors.

The boss of the 28th floor was a high-level intelligence with the wisdom to see through the truth of the world, and absurdly, he was endlessly questioning his own existence and repeating the cycle of destruction and rebirth.

‘It was a terrible scene.’

Chris was once again appalled at the beings who had created this underground garden.

The transcendent levels that exist in the highest realm of Gehenna and Heaven.

Why did they create such a strange labyrinth?

‘I was worried anyway, but the gamble worked out.’

I let out a long sigh.

From beginning to end.

Chris did this to make the guy question his own existence.

Of course, it was a very risky gamble.

If he hadn’t had that one tool, he wouldn’t have dared to do something like this.

‘This would have been impossible without the insignia of the constellations.’

It was a holy relic stolen during an exploration of the relics of Maga the other day!

The emblem of the constellation was also called the ‘Insignia of Concealment’.

In other words, it was an artifact with a stomach function.

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‘One of the important functions of the constellation’s emblem is to be able to mimic the essence of its counterpart.’

It wasn’t like a magic trick to make it look and act like that.

It is a temporary change in the very essence of the soul to resemble that of the other person.

Of course, if the guy was in perfect condition, he wouldn’t have been fooled even if he wore the insignia of the constellation.

But the perception was sealed, and Chris had set the stage, so I fell for it.

At that moment, an unfamiliar voice echoed through the air.

It was the voice of a spirit of no attribute belonging to the ruins.

[I cleared the 27th floor for the first time!]

[Your name, achievements, and nickname will be recorded in the Underground Garden Hall of Fame!]

Letters appeared in the air.

It was something that would be recorded in the Hall of Fame.

Christian Van Baren Kajar

Achievement: First to pioneer the 27th floor

Alias: ‘The devil-teasing one’.

Chris whistled inwardly.

‘This tinnitus is so great.’

It wasn’t bad.

If this information spreads, not only Dark Maga but the entire Southern Magic Kingdom will be turned upside down.

And then the voice Chris had been waiting for was heard.

[You will be given a first clear achievement bonus!]

‘Good!’ Clearing the 27th floor was an achievement that no one had ever accomplished before.

Of course, if there was a Demon King-level being, it would be possible to clear the 27th floor as usual.

However, as a being of the level of the Demon King, there is a lot of responsibility on one’s shoulders, so one cannot take on such a dangerous challenge lightly, and so it remained unexplored.

Pfft!

Finally, the reward Chris had been hoping for arrived.

It was a small wooden box.

I opened it with a pounding heart and found a familiar-looking ring inside.

A dull gray ring with five circular patterns engraved on it. A faint light was emanating from one of the circular patterns.

‘Vampire Ring.’

It was indeed a top-class relic.

A relic considered to be the highest among numerous relics.

‘It’s a growing relic that is powerful even now, but becomes more powerful over time.’

As it was the most treasured relic of the 9-star archmage Lanya of the warrior party, its performance was beyond doubt.

‘It’s just the thing for me.’

Rather than Archmage Lanya, it was Chris who was able to maximize the power of this relic.

Although it was only in the first stage of unlocking, using this relic allowed Chris to instantly increase his strength by up to 30%.

If we open up to stage 2, we will be able to increase it by more than 50%.

Since then, it has been a great relic with new abilities every time it is opened.

‘It’ll be a great move.’

Chris suddenly thought of Prince Sherard.

Indeed, can he be killed?

‘It’s still too much. But it won’t be long.’

Grow a little more.

Once you’ve unlocked the Vampiric Ring, you’ll be able to take Sherard’s head off.

‘I will kill you for sure.’

Chris made a pledge with heavy eyes.

Anyway, it was time to go back now.

If you delay too long, the demon that was destroyed will reset and come back to life.

‘I have to go back to the transfer station, so I need to find the key first.’

I already knew the location of the key to the 27th floor when I explored with the warriors.

After collecting a suitable treasure to give to Ruina, it was the moment when I was about to activate the transfer.

‘Huh? What is this?’

The key to the 27th floor, like the key to the top floor, had additional functions.

It was a function that allowed you to check the situation on the lower floors when activating the transfer, but Chris made a stupid sound.

“Why are they making a fuss over there?”

Jupienne, Marissa, Kashmir.

Simon is there too.

I was engaged in a bloody battle with the boss spider queen tarantula on the 17th floor.

Even everyone was in a critical condition, on the verge of losing their necks.

* ? ?* ? ?*

“Be careful!!”

Kwaaaaang!!

A huge explosion swept through the surroundings, accompanied by cries of Kashmir.

Jupien, whose appearance was already a mess, frowned.

“Your magic is loud.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry, just block it well.”

The spider queen’s baby spiders were swarming endlessly.

They say they are ‘pups’, but each one was the size of a calf.

The power it possessed was only about the level of a 1st-class demon, but if the number was in the hundreds, thousands… no, infinite, it would be a different story.

No matter how many times I killed them, new baby spiders kept appearing.

And an even bigger problem.

She was the mother of the spiderlings, the spider queen.

The upper body above the waist resembles a human.

Even the face resembled that of a charming woman.

But below the lower body, it belonged to a complete monster.

There was a large, hideous body connected to the house.

Dozens of pairs of legs wriggled like large spears.

6th class demon.

It was the majesty of the spider queen tarantula.

“Oh, this is difficult. I did think that the numbers weren’t right.”

Fit!

A stream of blood gushed from Simon’s shoulder.

I got hurt by the silk spewed out by the Spider Queen.

“I didn’t know it would be such a loss.”

I came to rescue Christian, but Christian was nowhere to be found, and I ended up engaging in a bloody fight with the Spider Queen.

Simon reached out towards the baby spiders rushing towards him.

Woohoo!

The baby spiders’ faces swelled and then burst like balloons.

It was a hematoma technique called ‘blood explosion’ that caused an explosion using the blood contained within the opponent’s body.

There was a moment of silence as hundreds of baby spiders were killed at once, but that only lasted for a moment.

Again, the spiderlings appeared again.

There is even a spider queen who waits for an opportunity by stretching the thread of ‘ideology’.

Simon thought with a grin.

‘This is annoying. What kind of trouble is this?’

If things continue like this, everyone will be killed.

‘There is one way, though.’

Simon looked around at those fighting around him.

Jupienne, Marissa, Kashmir.

Children of three prestigious families.

‘If we offer them up as blood sacrifices, even the Spider Queen will be easy.’

Hematopoiesis is neither black magic nor evil magic.

It’s ‘technology’.

A strange magic that uses blood to create various phenomena without any specific form.

Therefore, there were various magical techniques that did not exist in other black or white magic.

Among them, the one that Simon has the longest experience with is ‘blood sacrifice’.

It is a way to increase your strength by offering the blood of others as a sacrifice.

‘Since they are all of noble blood, the effect will be good.’

Gulp.

A sudden, maddening urge to suck blood.

I was immediately tempted to bite those bastards’ necks off.

There was no hesitation.

Simon was originally a man who treated other people’s lives like insects.

but.

‘Then I will become an enemy of Prince Christian.’

Simon frowned sharply.

Of course, even if we kill them, Christian won’t know.

But will we really continue to not know?

That crazy young master who can deduce everything from just a single passing clue?

‘Of course, it doesn’t matter if I become an enemy of Prince Christian. No, I think that would be fun in its own way.’

Simon chuckled as he imagined Christian trying to kill him.

That sounds like it would be very interesting too.

but.

“I might have to introduce you to Idrine, but that might be a bit tricky.”

Pfft!

As Simon waved his hand, blood rained down.

The bodies of the baby spiders hit by blood burned and died a miserable death.

“Three of you. Can you hear me?”

The three of them pricked up their ears.

“If this continues, we will be wiped out. Of course, I have a way to survive, but the three of you will definitely die.”

Eventually, when the worst comes to worst, Simon will use their lives as sacrifices.

“So, let’s devise a plan. Princesses Jupienne and Marisa, please subdue the baby spiders.”