My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216
At that moment, Kim Jae-beom surged forward without relinquishing the initiative, his steel staff leading the way as he thrust toward the empty sky. The crimson aura emanating from his body stretched like a tail, tracing his trajectory with vivid clarity.
“Follow me!”
With Kim Jae-beom’s cry, Dercan, Arulan, and Barcode moved in unison. Each ascended toward the heavens in their own manner. Dercan whirled his twin blades, spiraling upward like a tornado, while Arulan rose like a phantom, shrouded in black mist. Barcode shot skyward like an arrow, riding the aura that poured from his obsidian armor.
The four formed a flawless formation as they rapidly approached the Angel Legion. Kim Jae-beom led the charge, while the other three surrounded him like the vertices of a triangle. Around them, their individual auras swirled in a beautiful yet menacing display.
Whoosh!
The first collision erupted. Kim Jae-beom, wielding his steel staff, struck three angels before him in a single sweeping blow. Crimson light exploded, incinerating their wings, and they plummeted with anguished screams.
Dercan and Barcode rapidly shifted to both flanks, disrupting the angels’ formation. Dercan’s twin blades moved with graceful fluidity, slashing through angelic armor, while Barcode’s greatsword thundered down, striking multiple angels simultaneously.
In that instant, Arulan spread both hands wide. Mist poured from his fingertips. What began as a small cloud rapidly expanded, engulfing a vast expanse. The dark mist formed a colossal veil across the sky, and some of the angels became trapped within it, their vision lost to confusion.
“Uuuugh!”
Eerie wails echoed from within the mist. Then shapes emerged. They were grotesque winged creatures—undead gargoyles. Their bodies, seemingly forged of stone and bone, were formidable, and their razor-sharp talons were more than sufficient to rend angelic armor.
The gargoyles attacked with perfect camouflage, materializing from unexpected angles to strike the angels before vanishing back into the mist. The angels panicked at these ambush tactics, some even mistaking allies for enemies and attacking them.
“Holy light, protect us!”
As the angels cried out, holy power surged from their blades. The swords, now gleaming with golden radiance, blazed with intensified brilliance, pushing back the darkness. With each swing, waves of light rippled outward, incinerating the undead gargoyles.
The angels formed a circular defensive line, standing back-to-back. Their holy power gradually pushed the dark mist aside, and the gargoyles shrieked in agony whenever touched by the light. Yet the Undead Legion’s numbers continued to swell, and the battle grew increasingly fierce.
Amidst all this chaos, the Archangel hovered at the highest point in the sky.
Kim Jae-beom paused amid the intense combat. His gaze fixed upon the Archangel suspended far above. A smile of resolute determination played across his lips. He bellowed through the surrounding noise with commanding force.
“I will slay that creature.”
With Kim Jae-beom’s declaration, the black cloak unfurled behind him billowed vigorously. He spread both wings wide before snapping them shut with tremendous force. Crimson flames ignited along the cloak’s edges, their heat causing the surrounding air to vibrate. As he moved his wings a second time, a fierce current formed around his body.
A third wingbeat. In an instant, Kim Jae-beom’s body rocketed skyward like a missile. His speed was beyond the eye’s ability to follow. Leaving a crimson trail, he crossed the void and closed the distance to the Archangel in a heartbeat. The sound of air being torn by his velocity echoed across the battlefield.
The Archangel met his approach without a flicker of disturbance. His six wings reflected the sunlight with brilliant radiance, and holy light emanated serenely from his white armor.
Kim Jae-beom flew directly before the Archangel and raised his steel staff high above his head. The crimson orb affixed to the staff’s end radiated intense energy in undulating waves. In the next moment, he channeled all his power and brought the staff crashing down toward the Archangel.
“Uaaaagh!”
Just before the steel staff made contact, something extraordinary occurred. A transparent golden barrier materialized instantly around the Archangel’s body. Its surface rippled gently, yet its solidity appeared harder than steel itself.
Boom!
The moment Kim Jae-beom’s steel staff struck the barrier, a blinding flash erupted. The impact sent shockwaves through the surrounding air, and a deafening crack reverberated across the entire battlefield. As crimson energy and golden defensive power collided violently, electricity danced along the boundary between the two forces.
Golden currents suddenly surged explosively from the barrier. They began to envelop Kim Jae-beom’s steel staff. The golden electricity raced up the shaft toward his arm. The force was tremendous, and his staff began to give way.
“Ugh!”
Tension flashed across Kim Jae-beom’s face. Though he pushed with all his might, the repulsive force of the golden currents exceeded imagination. The Archangel’s barrier, vibrating yet unshaken, continued to block his assault. The pulsing golden electricity gradually pushed him backward, its momentum growing ever stronger.
Before the colossal repulsive force of the golden barrier, Kim Jae-beom could no longer hold his ground. His body was slowly forced backward. At first only centimeters, but the distance rapidly increased. Against the azure sky, his silhouette—radiating crimson aura—receding from the golden barrier resembled a meteor being repelled by the sun.
Kim Jae-beom eventually retreated, steadying himself. Rather than anger, his expression bore the marks of deep contemplation. His calculating gaze remained fixed upon the Archangel.
The Archangel looked down at Kim Jae-beom and slowly opened his mouth. His voice resonated deeply, as though thousands of bells had harmonized into a single tone.
“Surrender.”
At those words, a smile bloomed across Kim Jae-beom’s face. Not the smile of one contemplating surrender, but of one who had conceived a new strategy.
“Not yet.”
With Kim Jae-beom’s resolute answer came sudden action. His hands gripped the steel staff even more tightly, channeling tremendous force into it. Cracks began to form across the staff’s surface, and crimson light seeped through the fissures.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Kim Jae-beom was deliberately destroying his own weapon. The crimson orb affixed to the steel staff fractured first, and the energy contained within began to vibrate violently. Soon cracks spread across the entire staff, as if something sealed within was awakening.
Boom!
Finally, the steel staff shattered into fragments. In that instant, the energy sealed within exploded outward. A crimson mist poured from Kim Jae-beom’s body like a waterfall. What initially appeared as mere mist rapidly expanded, filling and consuming the surrounding space.
The mist grew increasingly dense and expansive, spreading across the sky like a colossal cloud. Within it, strange movements began to manifest. Portions of the mist swirled and coalesced, taking on form and substance.
One, two, three… In mere moments, dozens of figures emerged from the haze. They were all beings with flame-like crimson hair draped in scarlet cloaks. Sharp horns protruded from their heads, and their wings bore the leathery texture of bats. Their eyes blazed not with golden light, but with a sinister crimson radiance.
Demons.
Kim Jae-beom extended his right hand toward them and cried out.
“Count Heltema’s Subordinates! By my command, attack that creature!”
Before his cry had even finished, the Demons moved in perfect unison. They gathered like a cloud before suddenly dispersing, surging toward the Archangel from all directions. Wielding their weapons with precision, they formed an impeccable formation as though guided by strategy itself.
Some attacked from the front, others from the flanks, and still more prepared their assault from behind the Archangel. Their movements were swift and exact, organized like a legion.
The Archangel remained unperturbed despite this sudden onslaught, yet his six wings began to beat with accelerated fervor. He reinforced his defensive barriers, preparing to counter the Demons’ assault.
A swarm of Demons with billowing scarlet cloaks descended through the air, facing the Archangel whose golden protective barrier blazed with radiant power.

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