Chapter 723 Darkbound's Growth!



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CLAAASH! CLAAASH! CLAAAASH!

The furious White Werewolf, Claw, attacked Darkbound back with wrathful and rapid attacks. His claws were as hard as metal and his kicks shattered his limbs one by one.

Despite being as strong as he was, Darkbound simply stood no chance against such a strong S Rank being such as Claw, and his army of Warrior and Knight Skeletons were being devastated by Claw's army of Werewolves and Beasts his tribe controlled.

BAAAM!

Darkbound barely resisted a powerful kick into his chest, falling into the snow-covered floor. His Magic Core slightly began to shatter with each hit, and his hard black armor began to tear down slowly...

"Hahahaha! What's wrong, skelly? Are you already tired? You seem like you're tearing down!" Claw laughed. "See boys? This is the problem with useless Undead. They're weak, lifeless, and stupid. They crumble apart instantly. They're pathetic. And the worst part is that they don't even leave some good meat to enjoy afterwards..."

Claw slowly walked towards Darkbound, as the two of them suddenly noticed a loud light explosions encompassing the city.

BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!

"G-Graaaah!!" Darkbound panicked, looking like Mercury evaporated against a power the metal slime couldn't defend against. "Groooaaggh... M-mer... mercury..."

"Oooh! It seems those bastard humans are doing their job now!" Laughed Claw. "Looks like the city you're trying to defend so hard is about to get destroyed. This is so sad."

"GRRRROOOOHHHH!"

The furious Darkbound unleashed the rest of his phantom and magical power, swinging his shattered sword against Claw!

CLAAAAAAASSSHHHH!!!!

"Oi, oi, what are you doing? Let me enjoy the moment your tiny little place gets ravaged..." Claw laughed, having easily stopped Darkbound's attack with one of his legs, and then shattering his sword completely.

Crack, crack... CRASH!

"G-Groooohh..." Darkbound saw his precious sword shatter into pieces. The hundreds of souls that composed his own screamed in disappointment, fury, anger, sadness, and many other emotions.

"Useless walking pile of bones." Claw smiled, licking his lips. "You're going to die just like what you are, a worthless thing nobody cares about!"

He quickly started crushing Darkbound's entire body with his legs, shattering his legs, arms, his torso, and his skull, which quickly broke apart into tiny bony bits.

CRASH! CRASH! CRAASH!

"OOOOHHH..."

The souls cried, agonizing not over their own death, but the rampage the city was going to go through.

Claw raised his torso, tearing apart his armor and seeing his magic crystal stuck inside his ribcage. The werewolf smiled looking at the magic crystal with a bit of hunger.

"I see, so this is your core, huh? It is a decent snack; I give you that." Claw laughed, grabbing the crystal, and tearing it apart from the bones.

The souls screamed in agony as the wolf opened his big jaws, about to swallow them all.

The memories of being raised, and given a new chance began emerging one by one through Darkbound's mind.

How he was used to become an enemy of that city, how he was defeated, and then risen back again.

How Maria always treated him nicely.

The children in the city climbing him while he remained still, watching over the gates.

The nice people that treated him well despite him not being able to talk or being a terrifying undead.

"OOOOHHH! GRUOOOHHHHH!!!"

Leaving them behind... it pained him more than his own death.

However, in his last seconds... a vision.

A beautiful pale lady with red eyes and long gray hair.

She resembled Maria a lot, yet it wasn't exactly her.

But at the same time, he could feel Maria within her, as if both were the same.

ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "Do not fear, my child. For those that endlessly strive for greatness shall receive my blessings."

Her darkness embraced him.

Ding!

[You've received [Hel's Divine Protection]!]

[Due to the accumulated power reacting to [Hel's Divine Protection], Evolution has begun!]

FLUOOOOOOSHHH!!!!

"Ungh?!"

Claw was suddenly thrown away as an explosion of darkness erupted from Darkbound's Magic Crystal! He fell into the floor, glaring at the crystal floating in midair overflowing with new power.

"W-What kind of bullshit is this?!" Claw roared in shock

TRUUUUUUUUUMMMM...!

Suddenly, the darkness materialized into new, black metallic bones. A giant, five-meter-tall skeleton made of pure black metal emerged, his ribs encompassing his core tightly, while armor made of shadows and phantom materialized around his body, a long red cape, a horned black helmet, and then... a giant black longsword.

However, he also felt several of Maria's familiars flying into his body, merging with him and giving him even more additional power. It seemed that Maria had finally arrived in time as well.

Ding!

[You have evolved into a [Legendary Abyssal Skeleton Hero (S- Rank)]!]

[All your stats have increased!]

[You learned new Skills and Titles.]

[Due to the grace of [Hel's Divine Protection], a new body, armor, and weapon have been created.]

Darkbound has been reborn.

"W-What?! You evolved, damn skeleton?!" Asked Claw in shock. "H-How come...?!"

"I am not simply a skeleton. My name is Darkbound. The name my liege has given to me." Darkbound finally spoke, with a loud and firm voice. "Claw, leader of the Werewolf tribe, if you strive to harm my people, I have no other option than to defeat you."

"Y-You can speak now?! As if you could even compare to me, dipshit!" Roared Claw, rushing forwards.

CLAAAAAASH!

His sharp kicks and slashing attacks were easily reflected by Darkbound with his new, enhanced strength and his powerful new Black Longsword.

CRAAASH!

"Unnggh?!" Claw groaned, stepping back as he saw his own claws slowly beginning to shatter into tiny pieces. "Y-Youuu...!"

Darkbound didn't waited for him to say another word, jumping towards Claw with his immense new physical strength and then clashing against him from above, using all of his enormous heavy body weight against him.

CLAAAAAAAAASSSHHH!!!

"Unnggh...! Agh! You're so damn heavy now!" Claw groaned. "Have you evolved into an S Rank monster?! T-That's impossible!!!"

Claw roared furiously, unleashing a powerful Aura of Frost and Winds, impacting Darkbound and pushing him away.

BAAM!

Darkbound fell into the ground, but quickly stood up yet again. His bones, now made of incredibly hard black metal had yet to even again a single scratch or crack.

"I'll show you the difference in strength between you and me...!" Claw roared, his entire body exuding a large quantity of divine power, as he finally decided to use his true strength.

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