My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 145

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145
Inferno
―Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth trembled beneath the weight of heavy, deliberate footfalls.
―Whoosh! Crash!
A staff that gleamed like lightning struck the Armored Knight’s body repeatedly. Metal and flesh collided with violent force. The Knight’s armor crumpled inward; skin tore open. Blood sprayed in all directions.
Yet the Armored Knight did not fall.
Quivering flesh knitted itself together as if sewn by invisible hands. Newly grown muscle and bone sealed the wounds.
From the two heads now sprouting from its body came a chilling, inhuman wail.
Kim Jae-beom bit down on his lip.
Blood welled from where his teeth pressed deep into flesh, yet he continued his relentless assault. The steel staff, wielded with savage determination, sought out the Knight’s vital points with methodical precision.
―Whirrr!
A single blow severed both of the Knight’s heads at once. Brilliant azure blood cascaded down like a waterfall.
I gasped for breath, my face streaked with sweat and blood, exhaustion etched into every feature.
But in that moment,
A sickening sound tore through the air as a new head erupted from the Knight’s neck. The gaping wound sealed itself in an instant, and the freshly grown head glistened as it fixed its gaze upon me.
“Kahahaha!”
The Armored Knight unleashed a savage laugh. With all four arms spread wide, it charged toward me. Massive fists like iron mauls hurtled forward with terrifying speed.
―Thud!
The impact sent me flying backward. Blood trickled from the corner of my mouth as I fought for breath.
Yet I did not retreat. I surged forward recklessly, swinging my staff at the Knight once more. Gravel and sand scattered beneath my relentless onslaught.
My staff connected with the Knight’s body. The powerful blow pierced its armor and drove deep into the flesh beneath.
―Crack!
A shriek of agony tore from the Knight as its body split cleanly in two at the waist. Crimson blood and viscera spilled across the ground.
The severed halves writhed upon the earth before rising once more. The upper and lower portions regenerated independently, splitting into two separate Armored Knights.
The long wound running from navel to neck sealed itself with fresh flesh, and the severed limbs regrew. The two divided entities regarded each other with malevolent smiles.
“Kahahaha!”
Both Knights laughed in unison. Then, generating shockwaves, they charged toward me. Four massive fists descended upon me without mercy.
In this critical moment, Arulan chanted an incantation.
―!!!
Energy exploded with a resonant, metallic cry. Green mist rose from the earth, and within it, a legion of undead with brilliant azure claws materialized.
―Boom! Boom! Boom!
The resurrected undead forces surged across the ground toward the Knights. Specters returned from beyond death threw themselves at the enemy.
―Crash!
Yet the divided Knights proved far too powerful.
They swung their muscular arms with such force that veins threatened to burst, hurling the undead aside. Hands that flashed like lightning tore the undead corpses asunder. Rotting blood rained down as the undead crumbled helplessly.
In moments, dozens of bodies lay shattered across the ground.
“This is brutal!”
I snarled through blood-stained teeth. I bellowed toward Arulan.
“Arulan! Buff me! Now!”
Azure radiance blazed forth from Arulan’s hollow eye sockets.
The skeletal sorcerer lifted his pallid fingers toward the heavens. His voice echoed across the expanse.
Clouds materialized in the sky. Swirling tendrils of shadow descended upon Kim Jae-beom, engulfing him entirely. Black mist clung to his body, consuming him whole. Darkness that devoured light burrowed through his skin, coursing through his veins like molten fire.
The power of ‘Dark Attribute’ erupted.
Crimson-tinged eyes blazed with malevolence, teeth sharpened into fangs. His skin, shrouded in obsidian aura, hardened like tempered steel.
Massive bone wings sprouted from his back, unfurling like those of a bat.
Monstrous strength rippled beneath his skin. Raging regeneration swiftly mended every wound.
Kim Jae-beom, reborn as a demon.
He exhaled ragged breaths, rolling his clawed hands forward. Then he charged.
As he surged ahead, a long trail of shadow streaked behind him.
The earth crumbled and walls collapsed. Kim Jae-beom rushed forward, closing in on the Armored Knights.
* * *
An hour had elapsed since the battle’s commencement, yet it felt as though mere moments had passed.
Drenched in sweat and blood, Kim Jae-beom clashed against the Armored Knight with a grimace of agony etched across his face. His staff sliced through the air with devastating precision. The weapon arced perfectly toward the Knight’s neck.
―Crack!
The staff severed the Knight’s life in an instant. The decapitated Knight collapsed to the ground with a final, anguished cry, its body going limp. Arterial spray painted the earth crimson.
From the fallen Knight’s corpse, wisps of shadow began to rise. The flesh, consumed by black mist, gradually lost all form.
Finally, without leaving even ash behind, it vanished completely in a burst of azure light.
The moment the Knight disappeared, the earth trembled violently. The Tower shook precariously before beginning its collapse. Massive stone pillars shattered, scattering in all directions.
Kim Jae-beom swiftly led his companions and the Undead Legion away from the crumbling Tower. Leaping over rubble, he desperately sprinted toward the exit.
The instant he escaped, the entire Fortress collapsed with a deafening roar. The devastated Battlefield was now nothing but wreckage and dust.
Kim Jae-beom murmured with relief, having completed the arduous journey.
“Finally cleared it all.”
The players gathered around him expressed their gratitude.
“Thank you so much!”
“I won’t forget that you carried us through! I’ll repay this debt.”
They wiped their sweat-soaked brows while bowing repeatedly.
Kim Jae-beom smiled weakly at them through exhausted eyes.
“See you next time.”
Before his words even finished, brilliant azure light erupted from every player’s body. It was a mysterious and beautiful radiance, like an aurora dancing across the night sky.
Enveloped in the intense flash, Kim Jae-beom’s form grew increasingly hazy. As his body felt weightless, his consciousness was being transported to Asran Fortress.
* * *
Mere minutes after arriving at Asran Fortress, Kim Jae-beom departed immediately toward his next destination.
This time, he had arrived at a hunting ground called ‘Cullan’—a vast field of endless grassland stretching to the horizon.
Across the glimmering blue meadow, hundreds of players were scattered about, hunting monsters. The creatures they faced were none other than Minotaurs.
Massive bull-headed beasts roamed the grassland in herds.
After observing the Minotaur herds for some time, Kim Jae-beom muttered with a note of dissatisfaction.
“The numbers still aren’t enough.”
Without hesitation, he summoned his loyal subordinate, Arulan, and issued a decisive command.
“Summon the army.”
Upon receiving the concise command, Arulan immediately thrust both hands skyward.
As the skeletal sorcerer’s lips chanted the incantation, dark mana erupted from his entire body. An eerie chill settled upon the trembling air.
The earth began to crack and fissure, shaken by a tremendous force that shook heaven and earth alike.
Through the fractured ground, the Undead Legion revealed themselves.
Beneath their feet, azure flames flickered and radiated a terrifying aura.
Skeletal soldiers clad in rusted armor, zombies with decaying flesh sloughing from their frames, and ghouls so grotesquely twisted that no human form remained recognizable—an army of death blanketed the meadow.
Kim Jae-beom’s eyes gleamed with satisfaction as he regarded the summoned undead forces.
“Excellent. Slaughter every last one of those Minotaurs.”
Before his words even finished, the undead soldiers surged forward in a cloud of dust.
The corpses, their eyes blazing crimson, charged ferociously with bloodthirsty roars.
Squelch!
The skeletal soldiers’ blades tore through flesh. The zombies pressed forward relentlessly, tearing into the Minotaurs with their jaws. The ghouls’ razor-sharp claws ripped and shredded their enemies’ hides.
Scarlet blood drenched the meadow.
The Undead Legion and the Minotaur horde threw themselves at one another in a massacre. Heads were severed, hearts pierced. Screams and roars intermingled, shaking the air itself.
Thus, after the fierce battle, the Minotaurs fell one by one beneath the undead onslaught.
Arulan strode purposefully across the Battlefield, now heaped with corpses.
His eyes blazing crimson, he methodically scanned the bodies of the fallen Minotaurs. Moments later, the skeletal sorcerer began to chant.
“Uuughhhh… Haaah! Kraaaaaaagh!”
An eerie voice accompanied a terrifying aura that poured forth in all directions. Scarlet mist swirled and enveloped the heap of corpses.
The Minotaurs’ limp bodies began to writhe and convulse. Shattered bones twisted and realigned themselves of their own accord.

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