My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 165

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Chapter 165
I reached toward the steel staff strapped to my back. In that very moment, I realized my power was needed.
With a weighty sensation, the steel staff settled firmly into Kim Jae-beom’s grip. Without a moment’s hesitation, I swung it in a great arc. Immediately, tremendous wind began erupting from the staff. In an instant, the gale transformed into a spiraling vortex, evolving into a colossal tempest.
I manipulated the storm with the tips of my fingers, hurling it toward Hydra. Unable to recover his vision, Hydra became ensnared within the ferocious winds’ encirclement. Harsh currents mercilessly battered and clawed at Hydra’s body. Caught in the maelstrom, Hydra lost all balance, swept helplessly in every direction.
The golden knights hastily retreated from the storm’s reach, taking shelter in corners to maintain safe distance. Arulan, positioned behind them, also stepped further back to widen the gap.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The tempest consumed Hydra while growing ever larger. It resembled a living, breathing colossal organism. The tremendous mass of wind compressed the space itself, strangling Hydra within its grip.
Yet Hydra did not yield easily to the tempest. I resisted desperately within the maelstrom. Twisting all five necks, I struggled to cleave through the wind. Sometimes I lashed my tail to break the storm’s momentum. Though I could not completely shake off the gale surrounding me, I persisted without surrender.
Then, a shocking spectacle unfolded that defied everyone’s expectations. Hydra suddenly opened all five mouths to their fullest extent. The interior of those massive jaws was dark as an abyss. From within those cavernous depths emanated an eerie sensation, as though the very whirlwind itself would be devoured. Hydra’s throat was prepared to ravenously consume the tempest.
An unbelievable sight unfolded before their eyes. The violently raging tempest, as if possessed of life itself, began slowly being sucked into Hydra’s maw. The fierce wind’s current accelerated, rushing toward Hydra’s throat with increasing velocity. The storm was absorbed into Hydra’s interior, creating a massive vortex.
Strange phenomena soon manifested across Hydra’s body as it consumed the entire tempest. Brilliant red light began blazing across its entire form. Heat reminiscent of molten lava rose from Hydra’s surface. The scorching thermal winds enveloped the surroundings, causing the ambient air to shimmer. Hydra had absorbed the tempest’s formidable energy and assimilated it as its own. The storm’s power now lay beneath my dominion.
From Hydra’s mouth, which had consumed the tempest, a new calamity poured forth. Instead of harsh wind, a blazing inferno erupted in a fiery maelstrom. The crimson vortex of flames swept forward with ferocious intensity, seemingly devouring all in its path. The scorching tempest seared the air itself as it savagely charged toward Kim Jae-beom. The burning gale closed the distance with suffocating speed.
A moment of absolute crisis had arrived, yet Kim Jae-beom remained completely unmoved. Rather, his eyes gleamed with fierce light. I boldly confronted the inferno. Once more, I raised the steel staff high toward the heavens. My weapon flashed brilliantly in my grip. And in that instant, I swung the staff with all my might to meet the tempest head-on.
With a thunderous roar, the steel staff collided directly with the fiery tempest. At the point of collision between these two forces, an explosion of power erupted. Shock waves shook the earth itself. The momentum was overwhelming.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosion echoed throughout the Temple, shaking everything as though it would consume all.
―Whoooosh!
Before the staff’s unwavering resolve, the fiery tempest’s momentum gradually began to break. The fierce charge of flames weakened progressively, then lost its force and began to dissipate. Finally, the scorching inferno extinguished completely, and the storm’s remnants fell to the ground as ash.
As the flames vanished, Kim Jae-beom charged toward Hydra without the slightest hesitation.
Heavy footfalls thundered across the earth as I rapidly closed the distance.
Standing before Hydra, I unhesitatingly swung the steel staff in a great arc. The weapon arrived with lightning speed, targeting Hydra’s head with precision. The weighty staff cut through the air, hurtling toward the beast’s skull.
Crack!
With a devastating sound, the steel staff struck Hydra’s head with tremendous force. From that impact, two of the creature’s five heads shattered into fragments. Red metallic shards scattered in all directions, and the remains of the destroyed heads fell belatedly to the ground. Crimson liquid gushed from the two severed necks.
Hydra, now missing heads, was engulfed in excruciating agony, shrieking into the void.
“Kyaaaaahhh!”
The monstrous cry shook the earth, echoing far into the distance. Hydra’s form, convulsing in extreme pain, was pitiful. Spewing dark bodily fluid, the remaining three heads glared at Kim Jae-beom with eyes burning with madness.
The heads, their eyes blazing with hostility, burned with vengeful fury. Gritting their teeth, Hydra charged forward at full speed with an enraged roar. Sharp claws raked across the Marble Floor, producing an eerie sound. The fearsome maw was packed densely with blade-like teeth.
In that critical moment, intense power surged from within Kim Jae-beom’s being. Red light began erupting from my body. A crimson radiance, glowing like molten lava, enveloped my entire form and illuminated the surroundings.
Soon, the scorching light separated from Kim Jae-beom and rose into the air. The red spheres writhed and coiled. The spheres drifted according to my will, then surged powerfully toward the enemy.
As I extended my arm to point at Hydra, the red spheres cut through the air with lightning speed toward their target. The blazing red meteors relentlessly pursued the remaining heads. Laden with devastating destructive power, the spheres collided directly with Hydra.
Rumble! Crack! Rumble! Crack! Rumble! Crack!
With trembling earth and deafening explosions that assaulted the ears, the Temple shook violently. At the collision points, massive fiery clouds erupted. Crimson pillars of flame shot skyward, and black smoke billowed from the ceiling. Struck directly in the heads, Hydra threw its head back and released a horrific scream. The colossal body of the beast, caught in the powerful explosions, convulsed. From wounds charred black by the inferno, liquid fountained forth.
Swaying… swaying.
As Hydra’s body teetered precariously, I swung the steel staff once more with all my strength, delivering the final blow. The weighty weapon, rotating and vibrating the air, cut through the void with blinding speed. The staff’s trajectory, accompanied by a swirling wind, aimed precisely at the remaining beast’s neck. The steel staff, carrying devastating force, found its mark, and from that impact, Hydra’s remaining heads shattered and exploded in a cacophony.
With all its heads completely destroyed, Hydra, stripped of all resistance, collapsed to the ground with a tremendous crash, nothing but a massive corpse.
Hydra’s body, sprawled across the Temple floor, bore witness to Kim Jae-beom’s victory.
From the fallen Hydra’s body, an ominous red aura began pouring forth. Red mist flowed from the wounded surface as though magical energy itself were seeping out, rising into the air. It was a sign that the beast’s life was fading.
At this moment, the red spheres hovering around Kim Jae-beom noticed the red mist pouring from Hydra and immediately rushed toward it. The spheres, like fragments of a burning sun, began ravenously absorbing the red life force. Contradictory energies, like water and oil, mingled and swirled. Fine threads of power were rapidly drawn from Hydra’s body into the red spheres. The massive metallic mass, drained of energy, lost its vitality and became increasingly translucent.
As the red spheres absorbed all of Hydra’s power, they gradually began drawing toward one another. Like metal drawn to a magnet, the small red orbs clustered together one by one. The spheres, touching one another, dissolved their boundaries and merged, fusing into a massive energy mass. It resembled small stars combining to birth a colossal sun. Soon, the individual red spheres vanished from sight, and a single grand, imposing massive red sphere revealed itself.
As the overwhelming red sphere pulsed with tremendous power, Kim Jae-beom’s face broke into a satisfied smile.
“Truly a capable one.”
―Uuoong… Uuoong….
A weighty vibration reminiscent of thunder reverberated through the Marble Floor, resonating powerfully throughout the entire Temple.

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