Record of a Thousand Lives-Chapter 87

“Grwaaaaah!”Ignuslet out an intense roar.Blood gushed out ofherbody like a waterfall, andher torn-offwing fell to the ground.

However, the dragon did not falter at all. In fact,sheglared at the Colossus and roared, “So the stupid muscleheadhas decidedto trust in its strength and dares stand against me?!”

Ignus bit downinto the Colossus’ shoulderwith her large fangs, and the Colossus roared in pain as its shoulder was crushed bythe mighty dragon’s powerful jaws. The Colossus flailed its arms and smashedthem downat the dragon’s neck.

Kwachik!Pukeok!

The tides of war shifted after the two enormous beings clashed against each other. The troops from both sides stoppedfightingand froze in place, watchingin awe asthe intense battle of the two mighty beings unfoldedbefore their eyes. None of them dared to move, as they were certain theywouldbe crushed if they got in the way of the twobeings and were stepped on.

“Kruwwaaaaaaah!”the Colossus roared as it threw an uppercut at the dragon. With a loud crack, the dragon’s fangsbroke.Heavy pressure waves rippled throughthe air whenever the two mighty beings clashed.

“Arise, my fangs! Absorb the power of nature and become my strength!”Ignus roared, using more of her dragon magic.

The dragon’s fangsthat had fallen to the groundslowly shiftedinto the form of creaturesand rose up from the ground—it was an army of Spartoi.

“Attack the Colossus!”The Spartoi let out a war cry, wieldinggreatswords with their bulging muscles as they chargedat the Colossus.

The Spartoithat appeared this time lookedsoferocious and strong that they were incomparable to theone who hadappeared from the Orb of the Covenant.Theirarmy bravely charged at the Colossus’ feet and started to hack away at it.

“L-let’s help!”

“Wake up! We can’t just watch from the sidelines!”

The elves fired their bows at the Colossus, but their arrows did not even manage to scratch thebeing’s thick skin, instead bouncing off harmlessly. The Fire Trolls did not dare approach the Colossus, as they were scared of being crushed to death shoulditstep on them like ants.

‘The Colossus is around Level 600. Itisnot an easy opponent even for a dragon,’Kartheon thoughtwith a smile. The ancient king admitted that a dragon was a mighty being, but the Colossus it was facinghad been his strongest soldierback when he ruled in ancient times.

‘Thereisno way it will lose,’Kartheon thought confidently.

The Ignus Dragon, whose wing had beentorn off, was getting pushed back by the Colossus. Theancient king’s army did not pass upthechance to commence their attack once again. The battle between the troops beneaththe twomightybeings flared up once again, andthey foughtferociouslyagainst each other.

It wasjust as thetides of war were shifting to favor the ancient king that Kang Yoon-Soo decided to finally make a move.

‘The time has come.’

He collected his breath, and the power sleeping within himawokeonce again.

[The Frost Demon’s Winter Fragment has unleashed its powers.]

[You are borrowing this power, and you will pay a price in the future.]

[Demonization has started.]

A pair of wings grew out of Kang Yoon-Soo’s back, two horns protruded out of his forehead, and he gave off afreezing cold aura.

[You have transformed intoaFrost Demon.]

[Youwill beable to maintain your form until midnight.]

[Your personality and habits areverysimilar to those of thedemon race.]

[You are able to fully use the powers of the demon race.]

[The forces that are looking for suitable candidates to become a Demon King will send you an invitation if you commit 444 atrocities while in the form of a demon.]

[You may only use ‘Demonization’ once every 66 days.]

[You will not be able to return tohuman formif you use ‘Demonization’ more than once within the span of 66 days.]

A Frost Demon was a demonicbeingthat not only used black magic, but also possessed enormous strength.Demons were the only beings whocould stand toe to toe against a dragon and a Colossus.

‘I’ll take care of the Colossus first.’

ThechillingFrost Demon spread his wings out in the hot, dry desert, and Kang Yoon-Soo flew upinto the sky. He could clearly see the entirety of the battlefieldasweapons clashed and blood was spilled.

Dudududu…!

The Sword of Revelation trembled, andits originally pure white bladesuddenly turned black, starting from its hilt.

‘I can’t use the Sword of Revelation while in demon form.’

The Sword of Revelation was a holy gift from the goddess to her groom, and itwould loseall its powers at the hands of a demon.

Kang Yoon-Soo sheathed the Sword of Revelation and flew toward Acle. He called out, “Acle.”

“Damn it! Why are you bothering me in the middle of a battle…What?! How are you suddenly flying around?! Did you fornicate and crossbreed with a bat or something?!” Acle shouted in surprise.

“Make eight swords out of ice for me,” Kang Yoon-Soo said.

“Tsk!I’m makingthemsoyouwon’t bother me later, okay?!” Acleexclaimedas he gathered his powers and created eight swords out of ice.

Kang Yoon-Soo equippeda swordoneach of his fingers, wielding all eight of them in both of his hands. Heflew up once again, and the skills he had temporarily obtained after transforming into the Frost Demon popped up.

[Demon’s Overwhelming Strength(Lvl11)]

[Cold Armor (Lvl9)]

[Summon Hell Creatures (Lvl8)]

[Ice Touch (Lvl12)]

[Absolute Zero (Lvl10)]

“Summon Hell Creatures,” Kang Yoon-Soo muttered.The space beside him distorted for a moment, andhideous-lookingmonsters ran out of that space.

“Kruwwwwwaaaaah!”

These were monstersthat had goneberserk after inhaling the air of Pandemonium. They includedkobolds that had horns growing all overtheir bodies,and goblinscovered in purple spots.

‘These guys won’t listen to anyone.’

The hell creatures that had appeared were incredibly strong, but there was no way to control them.However, theycharged at the Colossus even though Kang Yoon-Soo did not bother giving them a command.

“It’s big!Puhahaha!Meat! There’s a lot of meat!”

“Kruuuwwaaaah!Thanks for the meal!”

TheColossus’ muscleswere filled with toxins that hell creatures loved. Theymanaged to bite off chunkafter chunkof the Colossus’ skin and muscle, that even the elves’ arrows had failed to leave a scratch on,with their razor-sharpteeth.The Colossus roared in pain, shaking its legin an attempt to shake off and step on the rodents munching away at its leg.

Kwachik!

The Colossus slammed its legdown onthe ground, and numerous hell creatures explodedfromthe impact. However, Kang Yoon-Sootook theopportunity to landonthe Colossus’ abdomen and entered its belly button,whichwas as deep as a cave.

‘The life I lived as a miner and conquered all seventy-seven jewel mineson the continent…’

Kang Yoon-Soo used the eight swordson both ofhis hands to dig away at the Colossus’ muscles. The Colossus that was still fighting an intense battle against the mighty dragon suddenly screamed in pain.

“Kuuuoogh!”The Colossus twisted its body tightly in an attempt to shake off the invader, but all it achieved was to create an opening forIgnusto attack and bite its arm.

Crack! C-Crack!

Kang Yoon-Soo dug through theColossus’ rock-hard musclewith his swords. The feeling of having a needle pierce throughone’sbelly button would betorturous for anyone, and the Colossus was noexception. Kang Yoon-Soo thought,‘It’s still a humanoid no matter how large it is.’

“Kwaaaah!”The Colossus let out a deafening roarand started topunch its own abdomenwildly. Eventually, itmanaged to successfully remove the intruder from within its belly button.

“Kwaaaaah!”The Colossus roared and swung its hand at the intruderwhofell from its belly button.

Kang Yoon-Soo tilted his wings and shifted his flight trajectory inmid-air,then muttered, “Dance of Death.”Hewildly swung all eight of his swords and slashed away at all five fingers of the Colossus’ hand.Ignusmanaged tounleash herdragon breathatpoint-blankrange thanks to the distractionKang Yoon-Soo caused.

“Kruuwaaaah!”The Colossus roared in pain as theblazing,intense dragon flame burned its eyes.

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Kang Yoon-Soo flew so high up that he started to have difficulty breathing, muttering, “The Colossus’ weakness is between its eyebrows.”

Ignusgrimaced as ifshefound the human to be annoying, butshestill openedhermouth andspat her dragon breath between the Colossus’ eyes.

Fwaaaaaa!

The Colossus hurriedly covered its face with both hands,thenthrew a punch at thedragon’s jawsafter swatting away thedragon'sbreath.Ignuslost five ofherfangs, andthe Colossus grabbed her by the neck.

Kwachik!Pukeok!Pukeok!

The Colossus fiercely pounded the dragon withits fist, and the cruel sounds of the dragon’s scales breaking reverberated across the desert. Blood dripped down on the battlefield, andIgnus’face was bruised and battered beyond recognition.

“O, LordIgnus Dragon!”the Spartoicried out,butallthey could dowaswatchhelplesslyas the Colossuscontinued to smash the dragon’s face.

The Fire Trolls and the elves watched the one-sided beating the dragon was receivingfearfully. They were witnessing the defeat of what was known to be the mightiest creatureonthe continent.

“Die, dragon!” Kartheon shouted in glee as he raised both of his hands.

The Colossus raiseditsbloodied fist high in the air as it prepared to deliver the final blow and put an end to the dragon’s misery,buta demon suddenly landed between its eyes.

“Absolute Zero,” the demon muttered. Anintense cold suddenly enveloped the spot between theColossus’ eyes. The Colossus roared as it slapped the spot where the demon was standing, but Kang Yoon-Soo nimbly avoided its hand with the help of his wings.

“Ice Touch,” Kang Yoon-Soo muttered. His hands were enveloped with an intense chill, and his ice swords were further reinforced, becomingeven sharper.

“Abyssal Sword,” Kang Yoon-Soo said as he attacked the Colossus’ weakness. His attack managed to break through the Colossus’ thick, strong skin.His eight ice swordswere drenched in theColossus’ blood andshone an eerie red.

“Kwuaaaaaah!”The Colossus roared in pain as it releasedits grip on the dragon’s neck and wildly slammed its hand into itsface.

However, Kang Yoon-Soo flew around its face like an annoying but menacing bee, pouringout attack after attack.“Abyssal Sword. Abyssal Sword. Abyssal Sword.”

The bloodied ice swords let outwavesof sparkling blood wheneverKang Yoon-Soo swung them.Hesuccessfully ripped apart the thick skin between the Colossus’ eyes, suddenlyrevealinga large jewel. The Colossus’ only weakness was finally exposed.

“Grwaaaaaah!”The bloodied dragon charged at the Colossus while dripping blood all over the battlefield, and bit the Colossus between its eyes with her bloody fangs.

The Colossus screamed and flailed its arms wildly as it attempted to shake off the dragon, butIgnus held on as long as shecould until cracks started to form on the jewel embedded in the Colossus’forehead.

“Kwuuhooooo!”The Colossus roared as it staggered back.Itlooked at Kang Yoon-Soo with pleading eyes that seemed to say ‘Please, don’t!’

However,Kang Yoon-Soo dove down and stabbed the jewel with his swords, muttering, “Die.”

Kwachiiiiiiik!

The jewel embedded in the Colossus’ forehead broke, andits bodyfell backward. The desert ground shook as if an intense earthquake had occurred,and the desert wasengulfedin an intense sandstorm caused by theenormous giant’s collapse.

Baaaaaaaam! Thud!

[You have destroyed the Colossus’ guardian stone.]

[You have dealt the final blow against the Colossus.]

[It is an unbelievable achievement thathasneverbefore been accomplishedby a mere human.]

[You havedrawnthe interest of the forces searching for a Demon King candidate.]

The Colossus haddied, and the Fire Trolls and the elves hadwitnessed a scene they could not believe eventhough it hadunfolded right in front of their eyes.

The first to open hismouth was the bloodied and ragged Yanak. He shouted,“Wooooaaaaaaa!”

TheFire Troll’s victory cryreverberated across the battlefield. It was only then that the other troops of the coalition army snapped back to their senses and let out their own victory cry, the sound sweeping across the battlefield.

“The Colossus is dead!”

“We won! We’ve won the war!”

“We’ve avenged the deaths of the elves!”

The surviving coalition troops rejoiced and embraced each other, and the ancient king’s armystopped their attacks and withdrew from the battlefield.

The Ignus Dragonclosedhereyes in exhaustion and said, “I will eat you if you cannotbring my child back to life after all of this.”

“Don’t worry, I will,” Kang Yoon-Soo said nonchalantly.

“Donot get too friendly with me, human,” the dragon growled.

“Isn’t it about time?” Kang Yoon-Soo replied.

Ignuslet out a laugh, as ifshefound the human in front ofherunbelievable.

Kang Yoon-Soo stared down at the Colossus’ corpse and thought, ‘It’s a relief it was just an old Colossus that was asleep for so long.’

The Colossus they faced this time hadexerted less than a tenth of a Colossus’ true power. The Colossi residinginthe magic tower were not beings that even a dragon would be able to face. In fact, if this Colossushad been aproper Colossus…Everyone and everythingonthebattlefield would have immediately beenannihilated.

‘I gained quite a lot of experience points,’Kang Yoon-Soo thought. He hadonly dealt the final blow, but he had gainedawhopping25 levels.

Just as the coalition army was drunk on victory, however, the sound of clappingsuddenly silenced the whole battlefield. The silence that fell across the battlefield felt so natural, it was as if someone had quieted a rowdy crowd before making a speech.

Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap.

The sound of a man clapping was the only thing that could be heard across the battlefield.

“Amazing! I am sincerely amazed!” Kartheonexclaimed.The ancient king’s voice reverberated across the entire battlefield, and the coalition army raised their guard as they looked at him.

Kartheon did not pay heed to the onlookers as he looked up at Kang Yoon-Soo and said, “To think you would turn into a demon on top of calling a dragon to your side. Amazing! I will definitelyuncoveryour identity after this war is over!”

TheIgnus Dragongrowled and said, “Shut your mouth and accept your defeat, you insignificant creature from the past!”

“You are right; this ismy defeat,” Kartheon said nonchalantly. However,his voice suddenly turned cold as he said, “Thatis why… Let usdo it again.”

The ancient king extended his left hand toward the dead Colossus and said, “Time Resurrection.”

[You have consumed 50,000units of temporal power.]

[You have consumed a great amount oftemporal powerto bring a creature back to life.]

[The target creature is too powerful.]

[The resurrection timer hasincreased.]

[Remainingtemporal power: 60,213]

The space around the dead Colossus started to distort, and it lookedas iftime were rewindingfor the Colossus alone.

[The dead Colossus, Raujan, is going back in time.]

[You will lose all experience points gained if the Colossus is successfully resurrected.]

[500 seconds left until the resurrection of the Colossus.]

“W-what the hell is that?!”

“The Colossus we went through hell to kill is coming back to life?!”

“Damn it! We have to stop it!”

“It’ll all be for nothingif that Colossus gets up again!”

The elves cast their spells anddrewtheir bows, and the Fire Trolls risked their livesto throwthemselves toward the ancient king. However, Kartheon was already prepared for any attacks, commandingthe mummies to surround and shield him from them.

“Grwaaaaaaah!”Ignusroared and charged toward the ancient king.

However, Kartheon leisurely muttered with a smile, “The walls are strong!”

The mummies released a barrierasthe ancient king cast his spell. Itextended all the way into the air as it blockedIgnus’ claws. Ignus unleashed herdragon breath, but it failed to create a dent onKartheon’s barrier.

“This barrier will remain standing for half an hour, and nobody will be able to break through it!” Kartheon confidentlyexclaimedbehind the protection of the barrier and the mummies.

The wounds on the Colossus’ body started to regenerate, and itslowly began to rise to its feet.

The coalition army despaired in the overwhelming presence of the ancient king.Who couldwin against that?

“Now, letusstart the party again, shall we? Letus see who will die this time!” Kartheon shouted whilecackling.Therewere fewer than fortyseconds remaining before the Colossus was fully revived.

Kang Yoon-Soo suddenly said out of nowhere, “Youwill die.”

“Whatiswith your baseless confidence?” Kartheonaskedwith a smirk.

“It’s not,” Kang Yoon-Soo replied.

Kartheon suddenlyfelt killingintentapproachinghim.

Slash!

A mummy carrying a black scythe suddenly slashed towardthe ancient kingfrom behind. The Time Resurrection spell on the Colossus was nearly interrupted, but Kartheon managed to keep channeling the spell.

‘What?!’Kartheon thought inwardly.Hehad managed to avoid sustaining any critical injuries, because he had detected the attack before he was hit.

However, a mummy in front ofKartheonsuddenlyspread manathreadsout toward him. More thanthirty combat dolls suddenly popped up out of nowhere and charged towardthe ancient king.

‘Damn it!’Kartheon thought.

The other mummies ranup toKartheonto shieldhim from the attacks, but one of the mummies suddenly lunged at the ancient king and slammed his head downinto thesand.

“Kuheok!”The ancient king gasped at the sudden attack.It was a ridiculously strong blow that caved in his head.

[The Time Resurrection has been canceled.]

[Thetemporalenergywill not be refunded.]

Onemummy suddenly said, “I thought I was going to die of suffocation.”

“I know, right? Even though it’s called ‘infiltration’, we’ve been dressed asmummiessince the start of the battle,” the mummy carrying a scythe said with a sigh.

Henrick undid the bandage wrapped around his body andwondered, “But why did that punk turn into a demon this time? Although it suits him too well…”

Kang Yoon-Soo stared atKartheon’s bloodied bodyon the ground, and told the ancient king somethinghehadnever heard before from anyone.

“You can regress as much as you want.”