My Skeleton Soldier Is Strange - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75
Boom… Boom boom!
The Shadow Fortress shook violently as walls and ceilings collapsed inward. Massive boulders tumbled down in a cascading avalanche, and the entire fortress teetered on the brink of total destruction. From the first floor, heat billowed forth like a blast furnace, scorching the very air around it. Cold sweat dripped down Kim Jae-beom’s and Ye-jin’s faces as they gasped for breath in the suffocating inferno.
“Jump!”
“Ahhhhh!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two figures sprinted through the downpour of debris, their legs pumping furiously to escape the fortress. Behind them, a colossal Specter gave chase with terrifying momentum.
“Nooooo!”
Rage consumed the Specter’s visage. Every living thing offended it—Kim Jae-beom and Ye-jin who had dared to kill it, and even the rattling skeleton soldiers that clattered about.
—Roooaarrr!
The Specter’s anguished cry reverberated across the world. Stones flew through the air, and the atmosphere itself was thrust outward, creating clouds of steam.
“I will!”
Murderous intent blazed from its smoldering crimson eyes. Its face twisted into a grotesque grimace, warped by madness itself.
Shiiiiing—
Tremendous waves of power spiraled around the Specter. Scarlet energy coiled around its massive frame, radiating outward in violent pulses. Lightning crackled across its skin like trembling thunder. The sight was as oppressive as the descent of a thunder god.
Boom! Boom!
The sphere of life force gripped in the Specter’s hand emanated an eerie aura. The unstable mass of energy roiled like a sun on the verge of explosion, burning with searing intensity.
From its blood-red, undulating surface came what sounded like the screams of tormented souls. The sight was terror incarnate.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The rage-filled Specter brought its fists down upon the earth. The ground beneath it trembled and split with deep fissures. Boulders scattered in all directions from the apocalyptic force. The overwhelming surge of power twisted the very air, spawning a violent tempest.
Whoooosh… Whoooosh…
Scalding breath poured from the Specter’s maw. White vapor rose and became steam, engulfing everything nearby. Through the murky haze, its glowing crimson eyes were utterly chilling.
Roooaaarrr!
The Specter threw back its head and howled at the heavens. The shriek that tore from its throat shook the earth and echoed across vast distances. The deafening wail was laced with madness and despair—a demon’s song rising from the abyss itself.
Uuuuooohhh…
Fury blazed across the Specter’s entire form. Its colossal body swelled and its muscles bulged grotesquely.
Crash!
Consumed by rage, the Specter tore through the Dark Forest with merciless ferocity. Its massive frame shattered trees as it advanced without hesitation. Every obstacle in its path crumbled to dust.
Boom!
With each thundering footfall, the earth convulsed. The heavy impacts echoed so loudly they seemed to reach distant mountains. The terrible vibrations split the ground and uprooted vegetation for miles around.
Crack!
The energy sphere in the Specter’s grasp consumed everything around it. The massive orb, radiating crimson light, obliterated whatever it touched. Green trees ignited the moment they made contact, transforming into ash.
Boom!
Trees exploded in a chain reaction as flames spread throughout the Dark Forest. Terrible scarlet fire erupted toward the heavens. The inferno that consumed the forest was like hellfire itself. The horrific heat warped the very air.
Uuuuooohhh—
The Specter charged through the burning trees. Engulfed in flames, it resembled a demon. Its blazing eyes gleamed with killing intent. The primal hunger of a predator stalking its prey was laid bare.
—Roooaaahhh!
The Specter accelerated, trampling collapsing trees beneath its feet as it drove deeper into the Dark Forest. Before its eyes existed only one thing: Kim Jae-beom and Ye-jin fleeing toward the forest’s edge.
Whoosh!
Behind the Specter, a massive trail of flame remained. Smoke rose from the scorched Dark Forest. The path the Specter had carved was covered in death and destruction.
Boom!
The Specter, now even faster, closed the distance to its prey in an instant. Kim Jae-beom and Ye-jin fled desperately from the edge of the Dark Forest, but they lacked the speed to evade the shadow of death pursuing them.
Crash!
“Ahhh!”
Ye-jin was struck by the fireball.
The inferno engulfing her body burned her flesh with merciless velocity. In a single moment, her form was consumed by raging flames. Fire wrapped around her, surging upward, and her skin blackened instantly, charring away. Within the blinding conflagration, her clothes and hair turned to ash and scattered like dust.
“Aahhhhh! I’m burning!”
A scream tore from Ye-jin’s lips. Though she felt no pain as her flesh melted, the visual horror paralyzed her entire being. Her porcelain skin darkened to a sickly crimson, flesh dissolving to expose bone beneath. That grotesque spectacle, though not reality, was enough to shatter her mind.
Flutter! Flutter!
Within the Specter’s flames, her body transformed to ash. Even her bones blackened and crumbled. Writhing in agony within the inferno, she collapsed into a putrid heap of cinders. Red flames danced violently over the remains.
It happened in an instant. From running to being engulfed in flames, from living human to ash.
“Well… she’s gone.”
Kim Jae-beom shook his head at the spot where Ye-jin had been. In truth, he’d anticipated this from the moment her speed began to lag. Her level matched his own, but his stats had long since surpassed hers.
‘Then…’
Ye-jin no longer existed.
No other players remained in the vicinity. That meant Kim Jae-beom had only one task left.
“I suppose I can fight more freely now?”
It was time to reveal my true power.
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The colossal Specter fixed its gaze upon Kim Jae-beom. Ye-jin was dead, reduced to ash. A smile of triumph played across the Specter’s lips as it witnessed her demise.
“At last, it’s over!”
The Specter laughed eerily, murmuring to itself. It seemed certain that none could escape its grasp. Once it killed Kim Jae-beom as well, it would face no further interference and could grow even stronger.
Whoosh—
The Specter raised a crimson sphere in its hand. A colossal mass of condensed life force. The eerie orb radiated an overwhelming presence that dominated its surroundings.
Gulp—
The Specter’s mouth opened wide like a serpent’s, and it swallowed the massive sphere whole. The sight of the red energy mass being sucked down its throat was grotesque beyond measure.
Whooom—!
Tremendous heat erupted from the Specter’s body after consuming the sphere. Red flames began to flicker across its skin. Muscles bulged between the burning flesh, and its body swelled and expanded.
Huff… huff…
The heat radiating from the Specter’s entire form made the surrounding air boil. The scorching wind wrapped around everything, threatening to incinerate all in its path. The entire Dark Forest seemed to melt beneath the Specter’s infernal onslaught.
Boom!
Engulfed in flames, the Specter had become a demon incarnate. With eyes gleaming with madness, it fixed its gaze upon Kim Jae-beom.
[The Specter has evolved.]
The system announced it.
But even without the message, I could sense it. The creature’s momentum had visibly transformed. Yet what changed was not only the Specter.
Boom!
My body exploded forward at devastating speed toward the colossal Specter. My movements became lightning itself, too swift for the eye to follow. Cutting through the air like a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier, I charged forward.
Crash!
The Specter reached toward me, but my body had already shifted elsewhere. Weaving between trees, my movements were ghostly in their speed. One moment I was on the left, the next I’d moved to the right—my trajectory unpredictable even to the Specter.
Whoosh!
Kim Jae-beom darted between the trees at lightning speed, evading the Specter’s relentless assault. He wielded his steel staff to snatch at branches, pivoting his trajectory with fluid precision, then raced across the canopy to deceive his opponent’s perception. His extraordinary physical prowess seemed boundless.
Whoosh!
As Kim Jae-beom accelerated further, his form became nothing but a blur of afterimages. Cutting through the forest, he left only the sound of wind being cleaved in his wake. Like an invisible specter himself, his silhouette eluded capture. While the Specter flailed wildly, unable to track the direction of his assault, Kim Jae-beom had already repositioned himself elsewhere.
Swish—!
Kim Jae-beom materialized from nowhere, targeting the Specter’s vital points. The steel staff descended at light speed, striking the creature’s temple with a vicious slash. The blow passed like a flash of brilliance. The colossal Specter staggered under the impact. But Kim Jae-beom was already preparing his next strike.
Crash!
Kim Jae-beom’s second sweeping attack with the steel staff struck the Specter’s head once more.
“Argh!”
The steel staff connected with the Specter’s skull again. This blow carried far greater force than the last. The weighty metal shaft pierced directly through the creature’s temple, accelerating with devastating momentum.
Thud!
With a sickening impact, the Specter’s head caved inward, collapsing deeply. Shattered bone and flesh scattered in all directions. Between the charred wounds, an orange radiance surged forth. Life force drained from the Specter’s body. Mortally wounded, it could no longer keep pace with Kim Jae-beom’s velocity.
Crack! Crack!
The Specter wavered and faltered. Seizing the moment, Kim Jae-beom unleashed a barrage of consecutive strikes. The lightning-swift trajectory of the staff burrowed into the creature’s vital organs. The horrific sounds of shattering ribs and rupturing viscera filled the forest.
Splat! Splat!
Under the ferocious onslaught, the Specter’s body was torn to shreds. Pulverized bone and flesh, drenched in blood, painted the surroundings. As the thread of life snapped, orange radiance poured forth from the wounds like a fountain. Before Kim Jae-beom’s overwhelming power, the Specter crumbled helplessly.
Boom! Boom!
The Specter’s massive frame was driven backward by successive impacts from the staff. Its legs buckled, and it collapsed to its knees. Only the faintest glimmer of life remained in the blood-soaked body.
“How… is this possible!”
Defeat flickered in those dimming crimson eyes. Witnessing the Specter’s despair, Kim Jae-beom smiled.
“If you want to catch me, start by ranking first.”
Thud!
And with that, he obliterated the creature with his steel staff.

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