My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64
Kim Jae-beom charged forward without hesitation toward the Minotaur. His footsteps were light and nimble, moving with an agility that seemed to defy gravity itself. In an instant, he closed the distance between them.
―Boom, boom, boom!
The Minotaur’s massive hooves thundered against the Training Arena floor. His colossal frame shook the earth as he lumbered toward Kim Jae-beom, his eyes blazing crimson with murderous intent.
―Whoosh!
The Minotaur swung his axe in a wide arc. The blade flashed like lightning, cutting through the air toward Kim Jae-beom’s neck. The devastating blow carried enough force to sever his head in a single strike.
Shwing―!
Yet Kim Jae-beom remained unmoved. He had read the Minotaur’s arm trajectory with perfect precision. Without missing a beat, he twisted his body with fluid grace.
―Whoosh!
Kim Jae-beom evaded the axe by a hair’s breadth. The blade whistled past, stirring the air, but not a bead of cold sweat marred his face as he escaped death.
“Easy.”
The moment the axe missed, Kim Jae-beom’s eyes gleamed. The Minotaur had lost his balance from the failed strike—a fatal opening. Without hesitation, Kim Jae-beom swung his steel staff with tremendous force.
Crack―!
With a heavy metallic ring, the staff crashed into the Minotaur’s head. The sound of bones shattering echoed from the creature’s thick neck. The impact sent his entire body convulsing.
―Kwaaaaaagh!
The Minotaur shrieked in agony. The scream reverberated through the Training Arena as if his skull had been shattered against steel. The impact caused his eyes to bulge as if they might burst from their sockets.
―Stagger, stagger.
The Minotaur reeled from the blow, losing his footing. His massive frame swayed precariously, threatening to collapse. Dark crimson blood poured from his head.
―Thud!
The Minotaur dropped to his knees and fell. His body crashed to the floor and lay motionless. Kim Jae-beom’s single strike had been utterly devastating.
“What…?!”
Kang In-su’s face twisted in shock. He had never imagined his powerful summon could fall in a single blow. His eyes widened in disbelief at the impossible sight.
Kim Jae-beom gazed down at the fallen Minotaur and smirked. Even this terrifying monster was nothing but a weakling to him. He rested his heavy steel staff across his shoulders, exuding complete composure.
“A creature of this caliber is nowhere near enough.”
Kim Jae-beom fixed Kang In-su with a challenging gaze. Having effortlessly defeated the Minotaur—Kang In-su’s absolute trump card—he brimmed with confidence.
“Now it’s your turn, Kang In-su.”
With those words, Kim Jae-beom advanced slowly toward Kang In-su. He tightened his grip on the staff, signaling the beginning of their true duel. A genuine battle against the Necromancer. The tension reached its peak.
―Thud, thud.
Heavy footsteps echoed as Kim Jae-beom approached. With his steel staff in hand, he resembled the Grim Reaper himself summoning death. Kang In-su felt a chill run down his spine.
Gritting his teeth, Kang In-su began chanting an incantation. He had accepted that he could not avoid this confrontation. He desperately gathered mana, preparing his counterattack.
“Ugh!”
Kang In-su chanted with desperate urgency. His lips moved rapidly as he recited the ancient words. His voice trembled with desperation. Summoning magic was his only means of escape from this crisis.
“Rise! Skeletal soldiers!”
As Kang In-su’s cry echoed, the Training Arena floor began to shake. Cracks spiderwebbed across the marble, and crimson light erupted from the fissures.
―Boom!
The ground exploded, and dozens of skeletons emerged. Bone-white figures clawed their way up through the dust and debris, crawling onto the arena floor. It was as if an army of the dead was being resurrected.
―Clatter, clatter.
The skeletal soldiers lined up across the Training Arena. Gaunt bones clad in tattered armor. Skulls crowned with rusted helms gazed about with hollow, lifeless eyes.
Clank, clank.
The skeletal soldiers gripped corroded iron swords in their bony hands. Though their weapons were crude, their numerical advantage made them a threat not to be underestimated. Killing intent emanated from their expressionless skull faces.
“Go! Tear that bastard to shreds!”
Kang In-su pointed at Kim Jae-beom with a trembling finger, his voice dripping with madness. Cornered by desperation, he had abandoned all reason, his composure shattered like glass.
Uuuuung―
The skeletal soldiers began their sluggish advance, their brittle joints cracking with each movement. Decrepit bones shambled toward Kim Jae-beom on legs that looked ready to crumble. Corroded armor rattled and clanged as they moved.
Click, click, click.
Sword-wielding skeleton soldiers tightened their encirclement. A legion of terror closing in from all sides. The hollow-eyed skulls pointed their blades forward, eager to rend flesh from bone.
“There’s no way he wins this.”
Kang In-su sneered, convinced victory was his. With dozens of skeletal soldiers at his command, confidence surged through him—he could overwhelm Kim Jae-beom. He wanted to flaunt his mastery of summoning magic.
“Hmm….”
Aran’s eyes gleamed as he observed the skeletal soldiers Kang In-su had summoned from a distance.
‘Fifty skeleton soldiers. More than I expected.’
He had certainly grown stronger since before.
Yet despite this progress, Aran harbored no doubt that Kim Jae-beom would emerge victorious. His two skeletal soldiers would overwhelm these dozens with ease.
“Then I suppose I should summon as well.”
That was when—
Kim Jae-beom began summoning Dercan and Arulan, exactly as Aran had anticipated.
“Let’s see then. Who’s truly stronger.”
Kim Jae-beom’s expression hardened as he faced Kang In-su’s skeletal army. Outnumbered and outmatched. Yet he possessed one final, devastating card.
He slowly raised his staff and began chanting. Ancient words flowed from his lips in rapid succession. The incantation’s eerie resonance enveloped the Training Arena in shadow.
“Summon.”
As Kim Jae-beom’s spell echoed across the arena, dread consumed the space. A suffocating darkness seeped into the air, strangling every breath. Dark mana clung to skin like a chilling caress, wrapping around every body present.
A deep fissure split the Training Arena’s floor. Crimson light erupted from the chasm as if summoning demons from the depths of hell itself. A sinister wind howled forth, carrying the stench of death and decay.
“Haaah….”
Kim Jae-beom completed his incantation. Crimson light blazed in his eyes. Dark energy swirled around him, a vortex of terror and power.
Boom, crash―!
Two stone sarcophagi erupted from the Training Arena floor before his final words faded. Thunder-like roars shook the earth itself. Patterns carved into the sarcophagi blazed with blood-red light like demonic runes.
Crack!
With a heavy sound, the sarcophagus lids shattered. Two skeletal figures, dust clinging to their bones, slowly rose from their stone coffins. Their movements, bathed in crimson radiance, were grotesquely mesmerizing.
Dercan, clad in heavy iron armor. Twin blades radiating sinister power were gripped in his bony hands. Bound in rusted chains, his appearance was nightmarish—a creature torn from the darkest dreams.
Arulan, draped in tattered robes. A staff carved with grotesque runes was clutched in his skeletal fingers. Dark mana spiraled around him, radiating waves of terror.
Ssshhhhh….
Crimson light blazed from the empty eye sockets of Dercan and Arulan. Demonic smiles etched upon lifeless faces. The two skeletons had fully awakened, their movements now fluid and purposeful.
Crackle, crackle.
With each movement, bone scraped against bone, producing a chilling sound. These bodies, infused with power that defied even death itself, stood ready to strike at a single command from their master.
“Destroy everything.”
Kim Jae-beom’s voice was cold as ice. Black blades pointed toward Kang In-su, who trembled with fear. None dared stand against these creatures radiating such dread.
Crack, crack.
Dercan and Arulan advanced toward Kang In-su’s skeletal soldiers, their slumped shoulders heaving with each step. The earth trembled beneath their feet. Their cloaks billowed like dark wings, cutting through the air.
“Kyaaaah―!”
As the two skeletal soldiers charged into the Battlefield, carnage erupted. Lightning-fast blades shattered bone. Sinister incantations reduced skulls to dust. An unstoppable force had been unleashed.
Purple mana bloomed across the Training Arena. Bones shattered into pathetic fragments. Screams and terror mingled in a scene of utter devastation. Kang In-su’s skeletal soldiers crumbled helplessly before Kim Jae-beom’s two lieutenants.
“This can’t be… it’s impossible….”
Despair consumed Kang In-su as he watched his skeletal forces fall. His cherished subordinates scattered to dust before his eyes, and defeat crashed down upon him like a tidal wave. It was now abundantly clear—he would lose this duel completely.
A smile of certain victory played at Kim Jae-beom’s lips. Standing with his loyal skeletal soldiers arrayed behind him, he resembled a dark lord incarnate. In the art of summoning, none could stand before him.
Thud, thud—
With overwhelming force, Kim Jae-beom swept aside his enemies and walked slowly toward Kang In-su. Each strike of his heavy steel staff against the Training Arena floor radiated a merciless coldness toward the vanquished.
“Perhaps it’s time you surrendered.”
At Kim Jae-beom’s words, Kang In-su could only clench his teeth. The situation was already lost. His pride shattered, he could do nothing but lower his head.
“…I have been defeated.”
At last, Kang In-su declared his surrender to Kim Jae-beom. It was a moment of humiliation—the Necromancer overwhelmingly crushed by the Overlord.
Thump.
His knees trembled as though they might buckle, and Kang In-su raised both arms. His quivering hands looked almost like a plea for mercy. It was the posture of unconditional surrender, a complete acknowledgment of defeat.
“I surrender. I… I have lost.”
Kang In-su’s hollow voice carried the weight of shattered pride. The shock of watching his supposedly invincible skeletal soldiers crumble helplessly crushed him utterly.
His shoulders sagged, cold sweat dripped from his brow. Everything about Kang In-su screamed defeat.

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