My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 204

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Chapter 204
The moment Kim Jae-beom’s words spilled forth, they echoed with a sinister resonance through the darkness.
His voice, cutting through the damp and oppressive air, wrapped itself around the Underground Chamber like a suffocating shroud.
“Seize control of the Underground Chamber.”
Kim Jae-beom’s command was more than sufficient to instill terror into the Undead Legion.
The eyes of monsters radiating brilliance from within the darkness flickered in unison. In that fleeting instant, the air grew taut with tension.
The next moment, the undead creatures exploded into motion as one.
Boom! Boom!
Heavy footfalls thundered against the earth, scattering in all directions. The Undead Legion surged forward with frenzied abandon, obliterating everything in their path as they tore through the Underground Chamber.
Crash! Boom! Thud!
Deafening destruction assailed the ears. The eerie undead trampled every trap beneath their feet without mercy. Staircases crumbled to rubble, walls shattered into fragments.
Within that cacophony, their rampage showed no sign of cessation.
It continued relentlessly for a full ten minutes.
At last, the movements of the undead monsters began to slow. Their actions grew sluggish before grinding to a halt. Now the Underground Chamber lay blanketed only in corpses.
Perfect silence descended.
Gazing down upon the scene, my lips curved into a faint smile.
Cradling that smile, I murmured with satisfaction.
“Task complete.”
My tone was utterly devoid of emotion.
Without sparing the Undead Legion another glance, I strode purposefully deeper into the passage.
I walked slowly along the Corridor, my footsteps pressing against the damp darkness.
My movement faltered.
“Hmm?”
A brief exclamation escaped me. My gaze had been captured by something, and I lifted my head. My eyes fixed upon the ceiling.
“What is that?”
I muttered, scrutinizing the ceiling.
What entered my field of vision was a pattern—intricate lines woven from crimson and azure.
I regarded the pattern with suspicious eyes. Tilting my head, I stepped closer with caution. My expression bore the weight of wariness as I examined the magical formation carefully.
That was when it happened.
Crackle!
With a sudden sound, the magical formation erupted in brilliant light. Arcing electricity scattered in all directions.
“Ugh!”
Instinctively, I recoiled. But I quickly recovered, drawing the steel staff hanging from my waist with a swift motion.
Whoosh.
The staff cleaved through the air with a weighty metallic ring.
Without hesitation, I brought the steel staff crashing down upon the magical formation. It collided with a resounding clang.
Boom!
Brilliant flames erupted outward. A crimson aura blazing from the steel staff spiraled outward, consuming the magical formation in its vortex.
Boom! Crash!
The magical formation shrieked in agony as it crumbled. The magical structures shattered into fragments, unable to withstand the might of the steel staff.
Shattered fragments cascaded to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust in their wake.
After a moment, silence fell over everything.
“Hmm.”
Kim Jae-beom gazed down at the collapsed ruins and clicked his tongue softly.
That was when it happened.
I felt something stir within his field of vision. Beneath the destroyed magic circle, light began seeping up from deep within the earth.
“That is….”
Kim Jae-beom murmured, his eyes gleaming with curiosity.
His silhouette grew ominously darker as he slowly stepped over the collapsed debris and strode forward into the shadows.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
The heavy footfalls of Kim Jae-beom echoed through the Underground Chamber. He approached slowly, drawn toward the luminescent something before him.
A cerulean radiance piercing through the darkness.
The closer he drew, the more vivid the light became.
At last, Kim Jae-beom halted and looked down at his feet.
And he witnessed a sight that stole his breath away.
“This is….”
Kim Jae-beom murmured in a low voice.
What lay before his eyes was none other than an enormous magic circle.
Intricate patterns were densely carved into the ground.
At first glance, it was clearly no ordinary thing.
“Fascinating.”
A curious smile played at the corners of Kim Jae-beom’s mouth upon discovering the magic circle.
Staring at the patterns that shimmered even in the thick darkness, he spoke again.
“To find something like this in a place like this.”
Kim Jae-beom tilted his head in puzzlement. He took another step forward.
That was when it happened.
Whoosh.
With an eerie sound, a shadow approached Kim Jae-beom’s side.
As Kim Jae-beom turned his gaze, a familiar figure entered his vision.
It was Arulan.
“Tsk tsk.”
Arulan muttered in a cracked, hoarse voice.
His gaze fixed on the spatial transfer magic circle, he slowly advanced forward.
Whoosh.
Arulan’s hand stretched out toward empty air.
Black mist began erupting from his fingertips.
Whoooosh—
In an instant, the entire magic circle was engulfed in black fog.
The dark energy grew denser and denser, until it seemed capable of swallowing even the light itself.
Rumble—
A peculiar sensation, as though space itself were warping and contorting.
A sight that naturally sent shivers down one’s spine was unfolding before me.
The magical circle was losing its original form under the force of Arulan’s power.
The patterns, drained of their azure luminescence, took on a sinister aura as they shifted to a sickly crimson. The once-sharp contours blurred and faded, while the intricate designs began to twist and warp.
Thus the magical circle shed its original appearance, contorting into a grotesque and alien form.
“Hmm.”
Kim Jae-beom nodded as he observed the completed sight.
Before his eyes now lay an entirely new magical circle.
A spatial displacement incantation steeped in darkness and malice.
“Perfect.”
Satisfaction radiated from Kim Jae-beom’s smiling visage.
He stepped slowly before the magical circle.
The moment his two feet touched the undulating black patterns.
Whoooosh—
A brilliant flash of light consumed all directions at once.
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I slowly lifted my eyelids, which had been shut tight.
A pitch-black expanse filled my entire field of vision.
In this darkness, I could not discern where I was.
A space suffused with silence.
Then it happened.
From far away, a crimson radiance caught my eye—small and faint, glimmering like a dying ember.
But that was only for a moment.
The red light began to reveal its presence ever more clearly.
Growing larger with each passing second, it spread outward in all directions as though devouring the very space itself.
I held my breath, watching the spectacle unfold.
Soon the crimson radiance began to take on form and substance.
Its outline became visible.
It bore the shape of a person—yet it was far too colossal and grotesque to be called human.
A Greater Demon, its body composed entirely of crimson light, loomed before me with towering presence.
“Ugh….”
An involuntary gasp escaped at the sight of the demon.
In that instant, space trembled with the demon at its center.
The very ground beneath my feet quivered faintly.
An oppressive aura seemed to radiate from all directions.
The demon’s gleaming crimson eyes bore down upon me.
A gaze sharp and piercing, as though it could see through my very soul.
The demon parted its maw, uttering a low murmur.
Its voice thundered through the space like a tempest.
“One who has inherited the will of Count Heltema.”
Surprise flickered across Kim Jae-beom’s eyes.
In that instant, a chilling aura swept down his spine.
Kim Jae-beom’s eyes widened as he fixed his gaze upon the Demon.
Involuntary admiration spilled forth at the sight of the colossal, magnificent Demon. Its overwhelming size dwarfed all others of its kind into insignificance.
“Immense indeed.”
It was a form beyond the reach of imagination.
Even as I drew ragged breaths, my lips curled upward.
In that moment, the darkness that had shrouded everything began to dissipate.
Light carved through the space, driving back the shadow.
Gradually, the silhouette of a structure began to reveal itself.
A majestic Temple constructed of crimson marble unfurled before my eyes.
From the grand domed ceiling to the pillars carved with considerable artisan skill, everything radiated an overwhelming beauty.
I now stood at the very center of the Temple.
And before me loomed the Greater Demon that had towered moments before.
Yet the Greater Demon’s size was diminishing steadily.
In the blink of an eye, it had transformed to match my own stature.
The diminutive Demon, bearing a semblance to human form, emanated a crimson radiance as it regarded me.
The Demon parted its lips with a hushed voice.
“I can completely absorb Count Heltema’s power.”
At those words, my eyebrows arched upward.
“Indeed? Is that so?”
I did not yield easily to the Demon’s claim, questioning it further.
Yet soon, curiosity-laden words flowed from my lips.
“Then absorb it.”
The Demon nodded slowly.
A faint smile graced its lips.
The Demon gradually raised a finger toward the void.
That was when it happened.
Pop!
With a faint sound, a fissure tore through the space.
Crimson light poured forth through the widening cracks in the void.
And in an instant, a small object flowed out.
That which shone with crimson radiance was none other than a gemstone.
A ruby-like sphere with a smooth, rounded surface floated suspended in the air.
“That is….”
My gaze became fixed upon the crimson sphere.
The crimson light that had enveloped the Demon was now converging toward that sphere.
The sphere rotated slowly in the air.
The Demon murmured in a low voice.

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