My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 207

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Chapter 207
The moment the sphere touched the ground, it came to rest with a soft sound. Kim Jae-beom slowly picked it up.
In his palm, I felt an extraordinary weight and heat radiating from within.
As I examined the sphere from every angle, a sinister smile crept across my lips.
When I tightened my grip and crushed it with force, the sphere shattered into countless fragments with a sharp crack.
From the broken sphere, a dazzling light burst forth.
As that radiance seeped into the earth, it immediately took form in the empty air above.
Gradually, the light coalesced and materialized into tangible shapes.
They were the forms of Demons who had been sealed within the sphere, transformed into pure luminous energy.
Yet their appearance was utterly transformed from what it had been in life.
Stripped of all flesh and blood, reduced to nothing but skeletal frames and tattered skin, they had been reborn as undead.
Skulls glowing with an eerie blue luminescence unnaturally knelt before me.
They had lost all memory and will of their former living selves, now bound by instinct alone to obey me unconditionally.
A writhing mass of undead Demons, emanating dark and frigid energy.
In my crimson eyes gazing down upon this spectacle, satisfaction gleamed brightly.
In a single moment, I had seized formidable military forces.
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Time flowed swiftly, and an hour had already passed.
I and my Undead Legion traversed the vast Red Prairie.
We marched through endless grasslands that stretched to the very horizon.
The brilliant crimson prairie stood in stark contrast to the azure sky.
As we advanced forward, something began to appear at the edge of our vision.
What had first seemed like a mere shimmer beyond the horizon gradually revealed its form.
It was an army of Demons lying in wait ahead. The creatures stood gathered in throngs.
They were heavily armed with crimson armor and blood-stained weapons.
Upon witnessing this sight, a smile spread across my face.
The Undead Legion, having detected the enemy, twisted their faces and unleashed ghastly shrieks.
Both sides locked in a moment of tense, piercing standoff.
The next instant, it was I who launched the first strike.
I raised the crimson staff in my hand high and roared with a thunderous voice.
“Attack!”
With a deafening war cry, the Undead Legion surged ferociously toward the Demons.
Rough footfalls thundered against the earth, crossing the prairie.
The undead rushed into enemy lines, wielding swords and spears in skeletal hands.
Vast armies hurtled toward one another.
In an instant, the Battlefield became absolute chaos.
Undead and Demons clashed in relentless, brutal combat.
The sharp sound of clashing blades and spears echoed ceaselessly across the prairie.
Flesh and bone shattered, and blood flowed without restraint.
Amidst the great melee, I walked calmly through the heart of the Battlefield.
Watching his subordinates locked in fierce combat, he propelled himself forward without hesitation.
Kim Jae-beom launched skyward, channeling tremendous force through his legs.
The Demons engaged in battle remained oblivious to his movement, their attention consumed by the savage clash with the Undead Legion.
That was when it happened.
Soaring through the heavens, Kim Jae-beom spread his arms wide and extended them toward the Demons below.
―A thunderous roar erupted!
Colossal energy detonated from my entire being.
Crimson lightning erupted from every inch of my body.
Vast currents of electricity radiated outward in all directions.
The lightning began at my fingertips and cascaded downward in torrential waves.
Hundreds, thousands of bolts descended simultaneously.
The crimson currents emanating from my form engulfed the Demon horde in an instant.
The Demons stood defenseless against the lightning tempest pouring from the sky.
They were struck down mercilessly, their bodies charred black by the searing bolts that pierced through them.
The anguished screams of the Demons echoed across the hellish Battlefield, assaulting the ears.
The uncontrollable lightning swept through them indiscriminately, reducing everything to ash.
The lightning storm blanketing the Red Prairie was a sight almost beyond comprehension.
The Undead Legion narrowly retreated from the lightning’s reach, while the Demons were consumed entirely by the current, meeting their tragic end.
“Hmm?”
Then, a new presence stirred from far across the Battlefield.
A new force emerged from the chaos of combat.
They were the second Demon Legion, arriving in the wake of the first Demon army.
Their numbers appeared far greater, and their momentum far more sinister.
As the second legion joined the Battlefield, the nature of the conflict shifted dramatically.
From the center of the second Demon Legion, a figure slowly materialized.
Adorned in a grotesque mask and draped entirely in black robes, he was a Demon Sorcerer.
An ominous aura rippled around him, and sorcerous implements hung from his hands.
Radiating his power, the Demon Sorcerer surveyed the Battlefield.
His gaze fixed upon Kim Jae-beom, who tore through the sky unleashing torrents of lightning.
Twisting his lips into a sneer, the Sorcerer raised both arms toward the heavens.
That was when it began.
A grotesque aura began pouring forth from the Sorcerer’s fingertips.
The brilliant crimson mist billowed and churned, soaring high into the sky.
It was as though demonic power itself flowed skyward in the form of scarlet smoke.
My eyes narrowed as I observed the spectacle.
The crimson smoke suddenly began taking form in the void.
It transformed into the shape of an enormous shield.
A colossal shield, crafted from crimson leather imbued with demonic power, materialized above the Battlefield.
The shield summoned by the Sorcerer’s might boasted staggering proportions.
It resembled a barrier.
In an instant, the shield blanketed the sky, intercepting the trajectory of cascading lightning.
The relentless crimson bolts that had been raining down collided entirely with the colossal shield, which absorbed every impact without reservation.
The shield, having devoured the lightning, blazed with a searing red glow.
Yet it remained unmoved, holding firm with unwavering resolve.
Witnessing the shield’s flawless defense against my assault, the Demon Sorcerer’s lips curled into a chilling smile.
Suspended in midair, I narrowed my eyes at the unexpected sight.
But a thick smile soon spread across my face.
Sweeping my hand, wreathed in electrical current, through empty space, I murmured with casual confidence.
“Hmm… this is rather entertaining.”
Fixing my gaze upon the Demon Sorcerer, I spread both hands wide.
A small crimson sphere began to rapidly expand above my palms.
Radiating intense energy, the sphere swelled at an accelerating pace.
Soon, a red orb the size of an adult’s head materialized in my grasp.
Brimming with lightning, the sphere emanated an ominous aura.
Clutching the crimson sphere in both hands, I smiled coldly toward the Demon Sorcerer.
That smile, etched across my face, brimmed with anticipation for the battle to unfold.
Gripping the sphere with all my might, I murmured with a hint of laughter in my voice.
“Now then, shall we have a proper match?”
Having hurled that provocative challenge, I squeezed the crimson sphere with tremendous force.
Then I hurled my arm toward the colossal shield.
The sphere, cradling the lightning, shrieked as it tore through the air.
Traveling at an incredible velocity, the sphere struck the shield in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
A deafening roar accompanied an intense crimson explosion that erupted from the shield.
The collision of sphere and shield unleashed a tremendous shockwave.
The colossal shield trembled from the impact, and cracks began to form.
Brilliant scarlet light burst forth from the fractured sections.
But I did not relent.
I hurled sphere after sphere, and the shield endured successive strikes.
Terrifying booms and dazzling flashes reverberated across the Battlefield.
The colossal shield could not withstand the power of the relentless spheres and gradually shattered.
Spiderweb-like fractures spread rapidly across the shield’s surface.
Crash!
The final sphere flew forth, striking the shield’s center with devastating force.
In that moment, the colossal wall of crimson leather disintegrated into countless fragments.
Sharp shards exploded outward in all directions.
The blazing red fragments descended upon the second Demon Legion.
Whoosh.
The remnants of the shield, scattered among the demons, pierced through them mercilessly.
The incandescent metal fragments tore through flesh and shattered bone.
The demons, bearing grievous wounds, shrieked in agony as they collapsed.
In mere moments, half of the Demon Legion crumbled before my eyes.
From a distance, Kim Jae-beom observed the spectacle, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
Satisfaction with his own power—the force that had shattered the shield—was etched plainly across his face.
Brimming with newfound confidence, he bellowed a command to his subordinates.
“Annihilate every last one of those demons!”
With a thunderous roar, the Undead Legion surged toward the second Demon Legion.
The demons, scattered and wounded by the shield’s shattered fragments, could scarcely mount a defense.
The Undead Legion swept over the disorganized demon horde like an unstoppable tide.
Kim Jae-beom himself hurled his body into the fray.
Wielding his staff, he struck down the demons with merciless precision.
Crimson lightning erupted from his hands, incinerating and hurling his enemies aside—a sight of terrible majesty.
The demons were trampled beneath overwhelming power.
Scarlet flashes pierced the backs of demons desperately attempting to flee.
The tide of battle had completely turned.
The second Demon Legion teetered on the brink of annihilation.
The demons, gripped by terror, scattered in all directions.

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