My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72
Boom!
My body exploded forward at devastating speed toward Hydra. Blessed by Arulan’s enhancement, my movements became lightning itself. The way I closed the distance and approached the monster in the blink of an eye reminded me of Dercan.
Whoosh!
Gripping the steel staff, my body cut through the air with blinding velocity. The thunderous impact of my feet against the earth radiated overwhelming momentum. My physical capabilities, amplified by Arulan’s magic, transcended imagination.
Crash!
The colossal Hydra stood before me, its eyes blazing with fury as it fixed its gaze upon me. Murderous intent flickered in those crimson orbs. The monster snarled, bracing itself against the approaching Overlord.
Slash!
In that instant, Hydra’s tail surged toward me. Like a warhammer, it cleaved through the air. A lethal blur flashed before my eyes. The tail whipped with devastating force, leaving a silver arc in its wake as it displayed its destructive power.
“That was satisfying!”
Thud!
In a heartbeat, I launched myself skyward, soaring above the tail’s trajectory. With extraordinary reflexes, I suspended my body in mid-air. Rising high toward the ceiling, I traced an elegant arc above the tail.
Crack!
While airborne, I swung the steel staff with tremendous force. Using my suspended body as leverage, I brought down a full-powered strike. The staff flashed like lightning, slamming directly across Hydra’s tail.
Boom!
A violent impact shook the earth with a bestial shriek. Flesh compressed beneath the unyielding steel tore away, and crimson blood erupted in torrents. The sickening sound of splintering bone and muscle assaulted my ears.
Thud!
The steel staff, driven deep into the tail, pierced through scales hard as stone and gouged into flesh. The tail, penetrated in an instant, erupted with a violent geyser of blood. Hydra’s anguished screams shook heaven and earth as it witnessed the horrific sight of its own flesh tearing apart.
Crash!
Consumed by agony, the monster thrashed its tail wildly. Yet the staff remained firmly embedded in the blood-soaked appendage. The helpless tail, unable to exert proper force, crumbled pathetically in the air.
Snap!
Wrenching the staff free, I launched myself forward without hesitation. Fully exploiting my enhanced physical prowess, I began overwhelming the colossal Hydra as though it were a plaything.
Crack!
Moving at lightning speed, I circled Hydra relentlessly. The steel staff in my hands struck its body like machine-gun fire.
Layers of scales shattered, and chunks of flesh scattered in all directions. Hydra’s blood sprayed across the battlefield in response to my onslaught.
Crack! Crack!
The monster groaned beneath my merciless assault. Its body convulsed in pain, drenched in blood. Overwhelmed by my momentum, Hydra cowered before the crushing force.
I gave the creature no respite, unleashing a relentless barrage. Each strike was precise and lethal, targeting its weaknesses. Before my onslaught, Hydra crumbled helplessly.
Boom!
Driven back by overwhelming force, Hydra’s tail crashed into the ground and shattered. Beyond the blood-soaked flesh, splintered bone lay exposed. From within the grotesque wound, a crimson radiance flowed forth as if life itself were blooming.
Hum!
The moment Hydra’s tail began to regenerate, Arulan’s curse descended with terrifying force to suppress it. Against the red light of life seeping through the broken flesh, Arulan’s incantation surged forward like a dark wave.
Hum!
Black energy rose up, beginning to engulf the wounded tail. A murky, ominous violet mist consumed the blood-soaked flesh.
The wound tainted by Arulan’s power showed no signs of regeneration. Instead, it withered rapidly. It was the curse’s power—rejecting all life and corrupting everything.
Sizzle… sizzle!
The crimson light of life and the violet light of death clashed violently across the tail. As the two forces battled, the wounded flesh showed no sign of regeneration.
Instead, it rotted darker and darker, decaying steadily. Overwhelmed by Arulan’s power, the life force faded helplessly.
Crash!
The violet energy enveloping the tail intensified. The darkness that consumed light spread across the entire tail. The wound consumed by violet light deteriorated beyond recovery, crumbling uncontrollably.
Whoooosh….
Dark smoke billowed upward as the tail began to dissolve. Living flesh rotting away before my eyes. A horrifying spectacle of blood and pus mingled together. The tail was being completely drained of its life force by Arulan’s magic.
Thud.
The tail fell limply to the ground. The once-hardened flesh had turned soft and mushy, crumbling away. As muscle separated from bone and disintegrated, the sight was positively chilling.
Arulan’s curse magic perfectly prevented regeneration while inflicting excruciating agony upon Hydra.
“Grrrrr!”
Hydra gnashed its teeth at the sight.
“Look here!”
A thunderous voice erupted from behind me. The voice, brimming with rage, was more than enough to redirect Hydra’s attention.
Whoosh!
As the colossal monster whipped its head around, I appeared before it. Having already closed the distance to one of Hydra’s multiple heads, I wielded my steel staff with terrifying momentum.
―Boom!
Accompanied by an eerie whistling sound that split the air, my weapon streaked toward Hydra’s head like lightning. The steel descended with ferocious speed, all of its force concentrated on a single point.
Crack!
The steel staff embedded itself in the colossal monster’s head. With the horrific impact came the sickening sound of bone and flesh shattering.
Screeeech―!
Blood and brain matter sprayed wildly from the head impaled upon the staff. The skull shattered into countless fragments. In a single blow, the head exploded into pieces.
Boom! Boom!
The monster’s heads burst one after another. I mercilessly battered Hydra’s skulls with my whirling steel staff.
The heads were helpless against the weapon that descended like lightning, torn to shreds. Blood and flesh scattered in all directions from the shattered remains.
Crunch!
The monster’s head caved in with gruesome finality. The sight was horrifyingly brutal. Within mere seconds, the heads lay on the ground drenched in blood.
Crack!
I showed no mercy, striking every head without restraint. Sharp steel severed necks from torsos. Blood gushed violently from the severed necks.
Boom!
With tremendous force, the monster’s heads tore away one after another. Only the torso remained, its corpse sagging as blood poured down. Once mighty, Hydra was now nothing but an unrecognizable mass of flesh.
Crash!
Hydra’s massive body slammed into the ground with a tremendous impact and collapsed. The moment its multi-ton bulk struck the earth, the ground trembled and shook violently.
Boom!
The monster’s immense weight crushed the earth as it fell, leaving a deep crater in its wake. Trees around the area were uprooted entirely, rocks shattered and scattered in all directions. Where it fell, a massive chasm in the shape of Hydra had been carved into the ground.
Splash!
Blood poured from the monster’s body like a cascading stream. The crimson blood dyed the earth and flowed in all directions.
The ground stained in deep crimson seemed to flicker with an eerie hue, as if burning with hellfire. The surrounding area soaked in blood transformed into a crimson swamp.
Whoooosh….
Dust rose thickly around the fallen Hydra. As its heavy body crashed into the earth, dirt and dust billowed upward.
The dust mingled with sticky blood drifted through the air like a red mist. A suffocating, acrid stench assailed my nostrils. Enveloped in dust, the monster’s severed limbs trembled and convulsed. Life was rapidly draining from the torn and shattered flesh.
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After disposing of Hydra, Ye-jin and I advanced toward the Shadow Fortress with even greater speed.
―Whoosh!
[Summoning Dercan.]
When Kim Jae-beom and his companions arrived at the entrance of the Shadow Fortress, an uncanny sensation permeated the air. The essence of darkness caressed their skin, coiling around their entire bodies.
In this place saturated with death and despair, I resolved to summon forth a fallen comrade once more.
Whirrr….
As I raised both hands, a crimson aura blossomed from my fingertips. The dark-red mist that slipped between my fingers spiraled upward into the air.
The mana infused with the Overlord’s power vibrated through the surroundings, sending tremors across the earth. The sorcerous waves spreading through the air made the ground resonate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As I chanted the incantation, the crimson aura began to bore into the earth. Between the widening cracks, an eerie luminescence erupted forth.
Vermillion pillars surging through the dust and soil. They evoked the very flames of perdition rising from the depths of hell itself.
Crash!
Soon the ground split violently, and an enormous stone sarcophagus emerged into view. An ancient coffin, wreathed in crimson aura, revealed itself from the earth.
Emanating an ominous presence devoid of any sign of life, the sarcophagus slowly rose above the ground.
Thud!
As the sarcophagus thrust upward from the earth, the crimson aura swirled through the air. The vermillion energy enveloping the coffin radiated an intensity so fierce it seemed to illuminate even the darkness itself.
Engulfed as if by the infernal flames of perdition, the sarcophagus displayed its terrifying majesty within that eerie radiance. The ancient coffin, inscribed with runic characters, exuded an oppressive power as if containing forbidden forces.
Creeeeak….
With a heavy sound, the sarcophagus lid began to open of its own accord. The weighty stone cover descended, revealing what lay within the coffin.
From within the sarcophagus, which opened with an otherworldly sound, a being that once harbored life was awakening.
Whirrr….
A skull with blazing red eye sockets rose from within the sarcophagus. Dercan, clad in corroded armor and wielding twin blades, had awakened from death’s slumber.
Screee!
From the hollow eye sockets burned a glowing crimson radiance, an appearance that emanated the distinctive dread of a skull. It was like a specter resurrected from beyond the veil of death.
“Let us proceed, Dercan.”
I smiled upon seeing Dercan in this form. Together with the two skeletal soldiers, this was a historic moment as we entered the depths of the Shadow Fortress.

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