My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 241

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Chapter 241
The Imperial Castle stood towering in the heart of the burning city, a magnificent structure of unparalleled grandeur. Its walls were constructed of marble, their summits gleaming as they reflected the light. Tall towers rose at every cardinal point, their peaks adorned with the Imperial flags that fluttered majestically in the wind.
Kim Jae-beom slowly raised his right hand, pointing toward the Imperial Castle with a single finger.
“Let’s conquer it all.”
His voice was quiet, yet it resonated with crystalline clarity in the ears of every Demon Player. It was no mere suggestion—it was a command, and all of them immediately sprang into action.
The Demon Players surged forward in unison. Like a black tide, they exploded outward from the Plaza in all directions. Some sprinted across the ground toward the Fortress, while those with wings soared into the air. The Demon Players mounted on demonized Griffins flew low at the vanguard.
The Imperial Castle was prepared for this assault. Guard Soldiers stationed throughout the Castle Wall sounded alarms and activated the defensive systems. Turrets hidden along the wall’s upper reaches began to reveal themselves one by one.
These were no ordinary weapons. They were ancient magical devices powered by mana stones. Around the cylindrical barrels were embedded blue-glowing mana stone crystals, capable of gathering and unleashing tremendous magical power.
The first turret fired. An intense blue beam of light, like a laser, erupted from the barrel and poured down upon the incoming Demon Players with perfect accuracy.
The other turrets followed in succession. Dozens of blue beams of light crisscrossed the night sky above the Castle Wall. With remarkable precision, they targeted the Demon Players, and some found their marks. Several demonized Griffins were struck and plummeted from the sky, and numerous Demon Players on the ground fell as well.
Yet the Demon Players’ advance did not falter. Instead, they pressed forward faster and more resolutely toward the Fortress.
A Demon warrior took a blue beam directly to his chest. The light pierced through him, yet astonishingly, he did not fall. Black and golden light erupted from his body, instantly healing his wound, and he continued his advance.
Multiple Demon Mages coordinated a counterattack against the turrets. They unleashed powerful fireballs and lightning magic in an attempt to destroy them. Some turrets crumbled under their assault, but most continued to operate.
The Demon Players mounted on demonized Griffins reached the Castle Wall first. Using the Griffins’ powerful talons, they clung to the wall, and some began climbing upward. The Griffins’ sharp beaks and claws scraped against the solid marble, creating fissures that the Demon Players exploited to slowly ascend.
The Demon Players on the ground also began reaching the Castle Wall. They clawed their way up using their talons, and others employed special magic to leap upward. Some formed human ladders, standing upon their comrades’ shoulders.
The Mages among the Demon Players chose a different approach. They cast levitation magic and rose slowly through the air, while others used teleportation magic to move directly onto the wall’s summit. Their magic shone with red and black light rather than blue, causing the surrounding air to vibrate subtly.
As they drew closer to the Castle Wall, the turrets’ attacks became increasingly lethal. At close range, the blue beams unleashed greater force, and more Demon Players logged out. Yet their numbers were overwhelming, and their will was unbreakable.
At last, the first Demon Player reached out and grasped the top of the Castle Wall.
In that instant, the NPC Archers stationed on the wall unleashed a volley of arrows. Dozens of shafts flew toward the first Demon, and several embedded themselves in his body. Yet he did not flinch.
Instead, he began to emit light—a fusion of black and gold radiating from his form. It was a new form of energy, a blend of holy power and magical force. That light melted away the arrows lodged in his body, and his wounds healed instantly.
The other Demon Players, upon reaching the Castle Wall, unleashed the same power. The blended holy force radiating from their bodies illuminated the surrounding space brilliantly, and that light seared the eyes of the NPC soldiers.
Fortified by this power, the Demon Players climbed unobstructed onto the wall. They no longer feared the turrets’ attacks or arrows. Their bodies had become nearly invulnerable, and their offensive power had surged dramatically.
The Imperial soldiers stationed on the wall were shocked by this extraordinary ability displayed by the Demon Players. They had been trained that holy power was effective against demons, yet what they witnessed now was the complete opposite.
“Holy power doesn’t work!”
The desperate cry of an NPC officer echoed across the Castle Wall. His face was twisted with terror and confusion. He infused his blade with holy power and attacked a Demon, but his sword was blocked by the Demon’s holy barrier, unable to even leave a scratch.
The other NPC soldiers found themselves in similar straits. Their primary weapon—holy power—had become utterly useless. Instead, the Demons wielded their own holy power to attack the NPC soldiers, with devastating results.
Combat erupted on the Castle Wall, though it was less a battle than a massacre. The Demon Players overwhelmed the NPC soldiers with crushing force, and section by section, the wall fell into Demon hands.
The Northern Watchtower fell, followed by the Eastern Wall. The Imperial soldiers resisted desperately, but they were helpless before the Demon Players’ overwhelming might. Their arrows and blades could scarcely graze the Demons’ skin, and weapons imbued with holy power were now entirely ineffective.
By the time the sun fully rose, the entire Castle Wall was overrun by Demon Players. Black silhouettes lined the wall in dense formation, their eyes gleaming in the morning sunlight. The demonized Griffins patrolled slowly along the wall’s summit, occasionally releasing sharp cries.
The Demon Players roared in victory. Their cries echoed throughout the City, striking fear into the hearts of citizens who had not yet managed to escape. The Demons now prepared to advance into the Fortress’s interior.
It was at that very moment.
From within the Fortress, in the Central Garden, an anomalous disturbance was detected. At first, a faint blue light seemed to flow along the Marble Floor. The light intensified gradually, until finally it erupted explosively from the fountain at the garden’s center.
As the blue light spread outward, silhouettes began to take form. They were Mages clad in blue robes—the Fortress’s final line of defense, the Imperial Elite Mage Unit. Their robes were no ordinary cloth.
Approximately twenty Mages stood arranged in a circle. Their faces were all solemn, their eyes burning with resolute determination. In silence, they gazed upon one another and nodded.
The Mages thrust their staffs toward the empty sky in unison. Their staffs were not ordinary wood, but crafted from fossilized deep-sea coral. The blue gems embedded at the staffs’ tips began to shine with intense brilliance, their light growing ever brighter.
“Waves, answer our call!”
With the Chief Mage’s cry, blue beams of light shot skyward from the tips of the staffs. Those beams rose high into the air, met one another, and formed a massive circular magical formation.
At first they were no larger than raindrops, but they swelled in an instant—growing to the size of baseballs, then basketballs, and finally to spheres the size of human heads. The blue spheres floated suspended in the air, rotating slowly, their interiors rippling as if filled with water.
As the Mages’ concentration deepened, the number of spheres multiplied. What began as merely a handful swiftly became dozens, then hundreds. These spheres began to blanket the sky above the Fortress, their blue radiance so intense it eclipsed the morning sun itself.
Suddenly, all the spheres began to vibrate in unison. Their surfaces undulated like waves, and the liquid within churned violently. The spheres began to transform.
As the surface of the spheres expanded and stretched, they gradually took on forms resembling humans. Heads, arms, and legs materialized, and faces began to acquire increasingly distinct contours. Yet they were not entirely human in appearance.
They were Water Spirits.
Elemental beings that had guarded the source of water since ancient times.
The sight of hundreds of Water Spirits suspended in the air was breathtaking. Their translucent bodies allowed sunlight to pass through them, casting rainbow-like luminescence across the surroundings, and with each movement, droplets fell from them. Those droplets evaporated before touching the ground, transforming into a fine mist.

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