Chapter 73
Chapter 73
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 73
Chapter Title: Summoning the Immortal King's Forces
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For the first time, Shin Yu-hyun summoned the Immortal King's familiars in front of his clan members.
A cute black catgirl named Dia, with perky cat ears and a tail poking out from her jet-black hair.
Dia wore a small black hat adorned with a red flower on her right cat ear, along with a gothic dress trimmed with lace.
Her twitching cat ears as she looked around curiously were utterly adorable.
But when Shuv appeared, Shin Cheol-ho and the Black Tortoise Sword Division members were left dumbfounded. Her beauty was beyond anything human.
To top it off, Shuv was dressed in a revealing robe that accentuated her glamorous figure.
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members couldn't tear their eyes away from her dizzying outfit.
"Who is that?"
"Is she... not human?"
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members stared at Dia and Shuv in confusion.
It was their first time seeing non-human races in this world.
The Seven Arcs were beings the Immortal King had personally contracted with by crossing dimensions.
Naturally, no necromancer in this world could summon beings like Dia and Shuv.
Necromancers merely commanded corpses as summoners.
Clack clack clack.
Then, over a hundred Skeleton Soldiers emerged from Ka-mang-i's shadow.
The sight of them rising from the dark shadows with glowing blue eye sockets exuded tremendous intimidation.
"What the hell...?"
"Skeleton Soldiers?"
"This has to be a necromancer skill... right?"
Shin Cheol-ho and the Black Tortoise Sword Division members looked at Shin Yu-hyun in disbelief.
They had been shocked enough seeing the massive 4-star boss-grade Hekaton Hyper Beetle attack the Heavy Armor Ant.
But now cute girls and beautiful women who weren't human, plus Skeleton Soldiers?
As incomprehensible events piled up one after another, Shin Cheol-ho and his team wore confused expressions, unable to grasp the situation.
Shin Yu-hyun shouted at them.
"Snap out of it, you idiots!"
His sharp command jolted them back to reality.
This wasn't the time to be spacing out.
"Get ready. The enemies are coming soon."
"......"
At his words, Shin Cheol-ho and the Black Tortoise Sword Division members swallowed hard and stared ahead.
About two hundred 4-star magic beast Soldier Ants.
Click click click.
Leading the charge, the Soldier Ants advanced with Black Wing at the forefront.
In response, the Skeleton Soldiers, who had been waiting in orderly ranks, began to move forward.
"I'll buff you all!"
Dia then picked up her staff, the Pilgrim of Darkness, and started dancing cutely.
'Cat Dance Stage 2? What's that?'
Shin Yu-hyun chuckled at the system message floating before his eyes.
Since he had reached 4-star, Dia and Ka-mang-i had been growing smoothly as well.
Thanks to that, Dia could now perform an even cuter Cat Dance, and her random effects included buffs that boosted attack and defense.
Dia shook her body side to side cutely while wielding the Abyss Staff, dancing the Cat Dance.
Then, a blue cat-like aura enveloped the Skeletons, rising from their bodies.
Nyaa! >_<
Ka-mang-i floated above Dia's head as she danced, making an adorable emoticon face.
'So cute.'
'She really looks like a cat.'
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members watching her broke into warm smiles.
It was a stark contrast to the despair that had colored their faces just moments ago.
The cute Dia and Ka-mang-i, plus the goddess-like beauty Shuv, had boosted their morale.
But above all, they now had hope.
'That summon alone was impressive.'
'A longhorn beetle summon, no less!'
The Hekaton Hyper Beetle Chiron, moving under Shin Yu-hyun's command.
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members couldn't help but be amazed watching him control it.
Even to them, Chiron looked like a powerful summon.
A fusion of the Cacus Longhorn Beetle and Hercules Longhorn Beetle, at that!
Seeing Chiron reminded the Black Tortoise Sword Division members of their childhood days chasing bugs.
And now, over a hundred Skeleton Soldiers on top of that.
'With this many...'
In terms of raw power, they were still outnumbered.
But before Shin Yu-hyun arrived, it had been a hopeless situation. Now, they could at least put up a fight.
"Can you keep it in check?"
Shin Yu-hyun said, eyeing the Red General Ant hovering above the magic beasts.
"Of course."
Shuv flashed a gentle yet somehow dangerous smile and extended her arm forward.
Zzzing.
A rift of red space tore open before her hand.
From it emerged a grimoire with a black cover etched in red patterns.
The Grimoire of Tempting Darkness, Astarte.
Whoosh!
As the pages of Astarte flipped open, a dark crimson light enveloped Shuv.
Moments later, she emerged from the glow in dangerously provocative attire.
A black leather top with deep cleavage and red patterns, paired with a miniskirt that exposed her legs.
Beneath the skirt, black garter belts and stockings.
Her look was perilously seductive.
Astarte served as both her grimoire and battle suit.
Fwoosh!
Suddenly, red orbs of flame appeared in Shuv's hands.
She unfurled the wings hidden at her waist and soared into the sky.
Heading to confront the 5-star boss Red General Ant flying overhead.
"......"
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members watched her in silence.
They already seemed ensnared by her allure.
'They're totally out of it.'
Shin Yu-hyun shook his head.
He'd have to tighten up the Black Tortoise Sword Division's discipline sometime.
Screee!
Clack clack!
Meanwhile, the Soldier Ants and Skeleton Soldiers clashed.
The Skeletons were outnumbered.
But the Skeleton Soldiers had grown immensely stronger.
Having reached 4-star along with Shin Yu-hyun, his legionized Skeleton Soldiers had evolved too.
Clang!
Scree?
A Skeleton Soldier's sword strike sent a Soldier Ant reeling back, blocking with its spear.
Seizing the opening, the Skeleton Soldier swiftly closed in.
Krunch!
In an instant, its white bone sword slashed across the Soldier Ant's chest.
A single strike, yet it inflicted near-fatal damage.
Screeech!
Green bodily fluid gushed from its chest like blood as the Soldier Ant let out a roar.
Not a scream of pain, but a bellow of rage.
It thrust its spear at the attacking Skeleton Soldier.
Swish!
But the Skeleton Soldier dodged fluidly.
"Huh?"
Lee Seok-jin, one of the Black Tortoise Sword Division members watching nearby, cried out in shock.
"Flowing Clouds Step?"
One of the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan's basic foot techniques.
It allowed evasion like clouds drifting across the sky.
And that wasn't all.
Across the entire battlefield, Skeleton Soldiers were employing Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan martial arts.
The Black Tortoise Sword Division members watched in utter disbelief.
Skeleton Soldiers using the clan's techniques!
And quite proficiently, at that!
'Worth the reinforcement.'
Shin Yu-hyun smiled with satisfaction.
During his secluded training, the Skeleton Soldiers had mastered the clan's martial arts far better.
Not just from reaching 4-star, but because he'd used Soul Points to enhance them.
He'd maxed Strength, Agility, Stamina, Spirit, and Accuracy to level 3, Bone Equipment to 5.
And crucially, Bone Reinforcement to master level 10.
Thanks to that, the Skeleton Soldiers surpassed equivalent magic beasts in strength.
They also radiated considerable intimidation.
'Though I've barely any Soul Points left.'
From 1010, now only 60 remained.
But it was worth it. Despite the numbers, they weren't being pushed back.
No, the Skeleton Soldiers were gradually gaining the upper hand.
Scree?
Thud.
The fiercely fighting Soldier Ants began collapsing one by one.
Observing from the rear, Shin Yu-hyun smirked.
'Bone Equipment's effects are kicking in.'
Bone Equipment proficiency was now level 5, with five slots.
Three were allocated to Bleed, Lifesteal, and Resistance. The Soldier Ants' falls were due to Bleed.
Their green blood-like fluid kept pouring from wounds.
In contrast, the Skeleton Soldiers were thriving on Lifesteal.
Attacks absorbed life force simultaneously.
And more.
As time passed, the Skeleton Soldiers' numbers swelled.
Thanks to recruiting Shuv from the Seven Arcs, his Dominance Enhancement unique trait had doubled.
He could now control around 240 undead.
'The Soldier Ants are handled.'
With the Black Tortoise Sword Division's help, they could hold the line.
But the issues were the 4-star boss Heavy Armor Ant and 5-star boss Red General Ant.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Suddenly, a massive explosion rocked the sky.
Shin Yu-hyun looked up, away from the Soldier Ants.
There, Shuv flapped her red flame wings insect-like rapidly, fending off the Red General Ant's attacks.
The Red General Ant, a fire-attribute boss, relentlessly hurled red flame spears from its hands.
Boom! Kaboom!
But Shuv summoned two longswords of dark magic in her hands, deflecting the flame spears.
Dark Sword Beat.
This dark magic allowed full offense and defense, remotely controlling the two longswords freely within a 3-meter radius.
While wielding Dark Sword Beat to bat away the flame spears, Shuv smiled at the Red General Ant.
She raised her right hand toward the sky.
Shooo...
Dark magic gathered above her head, taking form.
"Thousand Dark Blades."
Without incantation, Shuv manifested a 5-circle dark spell overhead.
"Gasp?"
"W-what's that?"
"Is that magic even possible?"
Shouts of astonishment erupted from the Black Tortoise Sword Division on the ground.
Because an enormous number of dark magic blades had appeared above Shuv.
A thousand Dark Blades densely packed in a circle overhead.
"Go."
Her sweet yet lethally dangerous voice echoed.
Immediately after, the massive volley of Thousand Dark Blades rained down like a shower on the Red General Ant and the Soldier Ant swarm below.