Record of a Thousand Lives: Chapter 24

The 5th floor was the most remarkable space in the Chimera Dimension.

The sun, moon, and stars were all visible in the sky.

At the same time, a bluish, Milk Way like river flowed on the ground.

Smiling widely, Sally gathered star dust in her hands.

She quickly ran to Kang Yoonsoo.

 “Daddy, daddy, look at this.  So pretty!”

 “It’s fake.”

 “Awwwww!  Mommy!”

Shannette had to console Sally, whose childish heart had been shattered.

White displayed his fangs, looking around the area in search of prey.

 “Kareeeeung…!  Rarumarcro?”

The space beyond the river wavered as a blurry shape suddenly appeared.

The shape appeared to be similar to a human, but it was clearly unnatural.

It had no hair, and every part of its body appeared pitch black.

But the most attention-grabbing part was the sword that was held in its hand.

A sharp long sword was attached to its right palm.

Then came a cracking voice.

 “You foolish…… Alchemists….”

[Alchemical life form Homunculus Lavian (Boss, level 132) has appeared!]

The boss monster of the Chimera Dimension.

Homunculus Lavian nodded his head slowly, causing the expansive space to twist.

 [Lavian is the being that rules the Chimera Dimension.

 If you defeat Lavian, you can escape from the locked Chimera Dimension.]

The only way to survive was to kill the boss monster.

At this time, they had to put everything into the fight.

 ‘Lavian is not a monster that can be killed with a single swing of the sword.’

This fight must be fought for the long haul.

Kang Yoonsoo extended his right arm.

 “Summon 54 dark land worms.  Summon 400 evil chimeras.”

Gnashing their teeth, the dark land worms and evil chimeras appeared.

It was a force made up of over 400 undead.

Kang Yoonsoo pointed at Homunculus Lavian.

 “Kill him.”

A fierce battle broke out.

Sally shouted as she twirled flame around her hands.

 “Arm with flame!”

It was a Salamander’s magic, which coated a weapon with fire.

Remarkably, every member of the undead troop was now covered in flames.

As the undead did not feel any pain, engulfing them in fire did not harm them at all.

In fact, as soon as the flames engulfed them, the rate of their attacks became faster.

The fire-coated land worms and chimeras fiercely attacked Homunculus Lavian.

 “Annoying… you petty beings….”

Homunculus Lavian swung his left arm downwards through the air.

As a part of the dimension split open, ferocious chimeras spilled out of the tear.

The chimeras collided with the flame engulfed undead army, causing flesh and sparks to fly.

The chimeras summoned by Lavian used restraining or confusion skills to wreak havoc on the battlefield.

The undead army collectively pushed forward, overrunning any lone individuals.

Kang Yoonsoo swung his great sword and cut off a chimera’s head.

Shannette, who was beginning to harness the power of the shard of strength, focused her enormous strength towards cutting up the chimeras.  

With a hurricane-like pace, White dashed toward Lavian, the strongest being in the field.

His beastly thirst for blood would not be satisfied by attacking the other weaklings.

 “Urenokra~!”

White’s claws swung towards the Homunculus’ neck.

Lavian quickly swung the sword on his right arm.

Chaang-!

As the sword clashed against its claws, White growled in anger and pulled back.

Lavian wasn’t an adversary that could be defeated in a one on one battle.

Besides, Lavian’s sword was beyond extraordinary.

Had it been an ordinary steel sword, it would have been shattered by now, but Lavian was able to use it to push back White’s claw attacks.

 “Laughable….”

Putting on a small smile, Lavian moved his left arm.

After making a small sign, the homunculus shouted.

 “Alchemists, look…!  The fearsome power of the remnants which you’ve thrown out…!”

Blue magic flowed around Lavian, before it soon dispersed throughout the space.

In a moment, the chimeras’ corpses began to wiggle.

Everything, including the heads, legs, and arms which had all been dismembered, wiggled.

The pieces of the corpses attached to the undead and attempted to dig into them.

Then, Kang Yoonsoo shouted.

 “Corpse explosion.”

Kwaang-!

 “Uuuuk…!”

The chimera corpses, which were gathered around Lavian, all exploded.

The force of the explosion was powerful, and the wiggling pieces of the dead chimeras vanished into powder.

Corpse explosion was a powerful skill, but each attack used a lot of magic power.

However, Kang Yoonsoo used it repeatedly without any hesitation.

 “Corpse explosion.  Corpse explosion.  Corpse explosion.”

Kwang-!  Kwaang-!  Kwaaang-!

A series of corpses exploded with each shout.

Although the remaining body parts still wiggled about, they could not cause much damage.

With murderous look in his eyes, Lavian stared at Kang Yoonsoo.

 “You… You are trying to sabotage my revenge…!”

Lavian, who had maintained his position at the back of the chimeras, finally took a step forward.

The long sword on Lavian’s right arm was pointed at Kang Yoonsoo, as if it was seeking his blood.

However, Kang Yoonsoo did not engage in a one to one battle.

 “Life drain.”

Greenish white energy flowed out from the tip of Kang Yoonsoo’s sword, and it began to absorb Lavian’s longevity and life force.

Feeling even more agitated, Lavian swung his sword fiercely.

However, Kang Yoonsoo dodged every time Lavian drew close.

It was as if he already knew which direction Lavian was going to come at him from.

Kang Yoonsoo caused an explosion by throwing a small bomb.

Kwaang-!

The heat from the explosion engulfed Lavian.

Every time a bomb exploded, part of Lavian’s body took damage, causing him to continue to lose health.

“You, rat, bastard…!”

Lavian stabbed the sword on his right arm into one of his chimeras.

The stabbed chimera shrieked in pain as it dried up.

Lavian’s life force was recovered after his attack, and his sword became even more destructive and powerful.

 “You’ll… All die…!”

Indiscriminately, Lavian sliced up the undead army.

This was the terror of Homunculus Lavian.

Even if his life force was depleted, he could immediately recover stamina and magic power through the sword.

He was certainly a difficult adversary, worthy of being the boss monster of the Chimera Dimension.

The countless undead were pulverized into powder by Lavian’s strikes, and many chimeras fell as well.

However, with the collaborative efforts of Kang Yoonsoo, who was continuously throwing bombs and using life drain, and his allies’ attacks, Lavian’s health was quickly depleting.

It was when the fight was about to end.

Four people appeared in a flash of light on the far side of the battlefield.

 “Phew, we’re finally up here… What!  What’s going on?”

Shocked, Lee Kanghyun could not close his mouth.

His companions were in the same boat.

The fight against the boss monster was much fiercer than they had anticipated.

The area was messy, filled with so many chimeras’ corpses it seemed more like a war than a boss battle.

 “We should join them.  I’ll take care of the rear, you take the front.”

Shin Hanyul said calmly.

His companions nodded in response, calming down.

 “Sword’s spirit!”

The swordsmen all used high level skills before joining the battle.

While the swordsmen worried about Kang Yoonsoo’s safety, Shin Hanyul was thinking about something completely different.

‘The boss’ stamina has reduced quite a bit.’

Lavian was still fighting hard, but he also looked exhausted.

His attempts to absorb life force from the surrounding chimeras was often thwarted by Kang Yoonsoo throwing a bomb.

At this rate, Shin Hanyul would lose the accomplishment of hunting the boss monster, and therefore lose the sword, to Kang Yoonsoo.

 ‘That cannot happen.’

Biting his lips, Shin Hanyul took out a rolled piece of lamb skin.

It was a mid-level magic scroll.

Since it could cast magic simply by being torn, the scroll was sold at a very high price.

After promising that he would shortly reach level 100, Shin Hanyul had received it from the Clan.

If he used it poorly, Shin Hanyul would be scolded by the clan, let alone feeling it was a waste himself.

‘But I don’t have time to think about it right now.’

Shin Hanyul ripped the scroll without hesitation.

A strange magic power flowed out of the scroll and coagulated in the air.

Finally, an electric spear appeared in the air. 

It was the mid-level magic lighting javelin, a spell useful for nimble, quick attacks.

Blue electricity could easily be seen flowing through the spear.

Shin Hanyul didn’t stop there, shouting.

 “Mana flow!”

It was one of the high level skills of a sorcerer.

By channeling his mana for a period of time, Shin Hanyul could greatly strengthen a spell. 

The lightning javelin grew in size, big enough to strike across the battle field.

‘I can get him with this!’

Shin Hanyul looked at Lavian in the distance.

Although he was quite far away, Shin Hanyul was sure that he could hit Lavian.

 “Everyone disperse!”

When Shin Hanyul shouted, the people in the battle field split to either side.

He threw the lightning javelin with all his might.

The electric spear left behind a trail of blue electricity as it flew.

His magic accurately landed on Lavian’s chest.

Pazzzz-!

Powerful lightning engulfed the area, causing a stream of black smoke to rise.

Lavian had been about to die, and the area fell silent as if he was now dead.

Shin Hanyul smiled with relief.

‘It’s done.  I’m sure.’

At that moment.

A large hand waved away the black smoke.

Homunculus Lavian stood up, not having suffered a single injury.

That wasn’t everything.

Having absorbed the electricity, Lavian grew bigger and stronger.

A powerful electric current also flashed around the edge of his sword.

 “You, foolish ones…!  You are asking for death…!”

[Homunclus Lavian has absorbed the mid level magic lightning javelin.

The potential of the sword has awakened, and Lavian’s lost life force has recovered.]

Everyone, including Shin Hanyul, looked shocked.

He absorbed the magic?

The information they had gathered didn’t include the Homunculus having such a trait.

Shin Hanyul’s secret magic had, in fact, helped the boss monster recover to his original strength, even though he had been almost dead moments before.

Instantly, everyone appeared to have lost their fighting spirit.

However, there was one exception.

When everyone hesitated, unsure what to do, one man moved forward.

Without saying anything, Kang Yoonsoo pointed his great sword at Lavian.

Lavian snickered.

 “You want to face me, after I’ve become this powerful…?  You’re a fool….”

 “The reward is better if I kill you after you absorb magic.”

Lavian’s face crumpled.

 “You must not… Value your life…!”

Lavian fiercely swung his lightning-cloaked sword.

Lowering his stance, Kang Yoonsoo dodged.

At the same moment, a brilliant light flowed out of his silver mane wrist guard.