Record of a Thousand Lives-Chapter 25

[The effect of the ‘Silvermane Bracer’ has activated.]

[The spirit of the ancient wolf has possessed you.]

[Your current weapon will decide which ancient wolf spirit will possess you.]

[If you call forth too many ancient wolf spirits at a time, they may decide to attack you instead.]

[Your current weapon is a greatsword.]

[The ancient wolf of strength has possessed you.]

One of the treasuresKang Yoon-Soohad acquired from the Yultika Ruin was the ‘Silvermane Bracer’, and this was the first timehe had activated its ability.A light started to flow out of the bracer, and it started to materialize into a red wolf that was even bigger than Ravian’s current form.

Grrrrrrr!

Those present wereshocked; White was especially shocked,suddenly seemingto despair.

“Karuko? Rironomok!”the red wolf growled.

Awooooooo!

The spirit of the red wolf ran toward Kang Yoon-Soo and enteredhim, enveloping his entire body in a red aura.

[The wolf of strength, Auron, dwells in your body.]

[Your strength has significantly increased.]

[Yourmusclemass has significantly increased.]

[Your tenacity has increased.]

[Burns and frostbite will not affect your movement.]

[You can wield two-handed weaponsin one hand.]

[You can now move explosively, like a storm.]

[However, you will feel excruciating muscle pain after a certain period of time has passed.]

Kang Yoon-Soo’s body started to change. Hewas tall, but usually quite skinny for his height; however, filled with the red wolf’s power, his muscles started to grow andhe became gigantic. His whole bodyexudedan overwhelming aura, and his presence alone exerted dominance.

However,hesighed inwardlyand thought to himself,‘The ancient wolf possession effect is good, but the sideeffects are severe. I have to end this as soon as possible.’

“I will… kill you…!” Ravian said initscracked voice asitswungits sword, and tens of lightningbolts flew towardKang Yoon-Soo.

However,Kang Yoon-Soodid not avoid the lightning, instead, he tookit allhead-on. He should have felt immense pain from it, but his facial expression did not change one bit.The people behind him were safebecause he had takenthe full brunt of the damage.

“Kang Yoon-Soo nim!” Shaneth called out to him.Kang Yoon-Soohad donea lot of reckless and dangerous things up untilthen, but she had never seenhim get wounded once. And yet, hewas now fighting against a monster with his body covered in wounds. Shaneth gripped her scythetightly,as she could only watch the battle unfold.

Kang Yoon-Soo endured the lightning asblack smokerosefrom his body. He gripped his greatsword tightly, and blood vesselsstartedto bulge out of his arms. He ran toward Ravian and swung his greatsword.

Pukeok!

Ravian, whohadnot budged an inch against White’s attacks, fell backward. The homunculus received a big gash across its chest, and it screamed in pain.“Arghhhh…!”

Kang Yoon-Soo’s attackwas not only strong, butalso too fast toavoid. A greatsword boasted significant power, but it was usually slow. However,his strikewas extremely fast and theattack’s trajectorywas perfect.

Ravian was stunned from the attack, andit retreatedfrom Kang Yoon-Soo.After backingdown for a moment,the homunculus charged towardhim brandishingitslongswordonce more.“Turn to… ashes…!”

Kwachik!

Ravian attackedrelentlessly,and every swing ofits longsword brought forth lightning. However, Kang Yoon-Soo managed to parry every single one ofits attacks, and it was hard to believe that the weapon he was using was a greatswordas hecounterattackedafter every block. His hands feltas if they wereburning every time he blocked and attacked with his greatsword, but he kept defending and attacking.

However,cracks began forming in his greatswordwhenever it met Ravian’s attacks.He said,“Shaneth, Sally, and White. Assist me.”

The trio thathad beendazedly watching the battle snapped back to their senses. Sally imbuedtheir weapons with flamebeforemorphinginto a lizard. White growled and showed a completely different attitude toward the battle from before.It hadfoughtguidedsolely by instinct and rage in previous battles,but nowfoughtwith the intentto assist Kang Yoon-Soo. Shanethhad nospecial ability worth mentioning, but she nevertheless charged toward the battle armed only with her desire to help Kang Yoon-Soo.

It was not much, but the small amounts of damage Ravian received started to accumulate.

Lee Kang-Hyun looked toward Shin Han-Yul and asked,“Don’t we have to help out too?” However, Shin Han-Yul was overcome with despair by the fact that Ravian had swallowed up his magic and used it to evolve, and he could not come to hissensesor make a decision. Lee Kang-Hyun bit his lips in frustration as Shin Han-Yulhesitated. He called out tohis other party members, “Let’s go! Let’s help Kang Yoon-Soo out!”

“Gaaaaaah!”The swordsmen joined the fray as they attacked Ravian with all their might.

Lightningstruckwhenever Ravian swung its longsword, but Kang Yoon-Soosteppedin every single time andblockedboth the attack and thelightning with his body. No matter how much his physical capabilities hadbeen enhanced, itwould be impossible to endure all of the damage if he did not have transcendent mental fortitude.

Raviangrimaced wheneveritblocked Kang Yoon-Soo’s attacks. Kang Yoon-Soo was overwhelming Ravian with his strength, but the greatsword started to slowly chip and crack, and its attack powerdrastically fell onceits edgesdulled and chipped.

“Shaneth,”Kang Yoon-Soocalled out in a low and calm voice.

Shaneth immediately understood what he meant, and she threw her scythe toward him. Kang Yoon-Soo caught the scythe with his left hand as he wielded the greatsword inhis right hand;he started to rain down attack after attack against Ravian, with weapons imbued with Sally’s flame in both hands.

Slash!

The homunculus’ chestwas cut open, and Ravian started tobreatheits last.

“Minerva…Blood revenge against all the alchemists…!”The homunculus’ black body turned into dust and disappeared. All that was left behind was a red heart and a large longsword.

Kang Yoon-Soo collected the loot left behind by the homunculus and sat down on the spot. His body thathad beenbulging with muscles just a momentbeforestarted to slowly return to its original state.He threw away the broken greatsword.

[You have defeated the homunculus Ravian (Boss, Level 132).]

[Your level has increased by 16.]

“We… we won!”

“We survived! We made it out!”

Lee Kang-Hyeon and his party exclaimed in joy as they hugged each other.

It was at that moment…

Crack…!Rumble…!

“The dimension is crumbling!”

“TheChimeraDimension is crumbling because the boss is dead!”

“We can leave now!”

An opening in the dimension was now visible.

White and Sally went back to the summon dimension, and the rest of the people ran toward the exit. Shaneth looked toward Kang Yoon-Soo and called outurgently,“Itwill bedangerous if we don’t leave now!”

However, Kang Yoon-Soo did not get up. In fact, he actuallylaydown where he was sitting. Shaneth’s eyes suddenlywidenedas she saw his whole body start to tremble and spasm. The side effect of his body revertingto normal after the red wolf’s buffhadstarted. In addition, the damage he had sustained from blocking Ravian’s attacks with his body had accumulated significantly.

‘I might die,’he thought.He could not move his own body.While Shaneth was flustered and did not know what to do,hecalled out to her in a small voice, “Shaneth.”

“Y… Yes...?”Shaneth asked slowly.

“Give me a piggyback ride,” Kang Yoon-Soo said seriously.

“…!”

Shaneth immediatelypicked him up,andstarted to runwith allherstrength toward the exit of theChimeraDimension.