Chapter 00: The First (part 2)

I never meant to hurt anyone. I hid because I was hideous.

I had no skin nor flesh. I had no idea why I won't die too. I had no lungs, no heart, no nothing.

The cave where I stayed was well hidden, and nobody knew I was there for a few decades.

When suddenly, someone came into the cave. A human.

Sick Human: "(Cough) (Cough)!"

It sounded like he had a terrible disease. He was coughing loudly, and blood was coming out of each cough.

Sick Human: "Damn it... I can't believe that I would die here..."

He was going to die anyway, but I decided to approach him. It was far too long since the last time I talked to someone. It might a good change of pace.

The First: "...Hello."

Sick Human: "Huh? Huh!? D-d-death, is that you?"

The First: "I am not Death, or anyone related to him. However, I do not know what I am, even."

Sick Human: "Hah....hah... You are the demon!?"

The First: "Bah... I'm no demon. That guy is long gone. I'm just a human without flesh and skin."

Sick Human: "How are you alive then? Something evil is possessing you for sure! (Cough) (Cough)."

He coughs again. With lots of blood this time.

The First: "Well... This dark energy inside me does feel evil. I believe it is the reason why I am still alive. It keeps my soul tangled to this skeleton."

Sick Human: "Damn... (Cough). I can't believe this. Please!"

The First: "Yes?"

Sick Human: "Make my....(Cough)! Like you! (Cough)!!! I don't want to die yet!"

He made an outrageous request.

The First: "Make you like me? I don't even know how I became like this."

Sick Human: "Then just put that dark energy inside me...(Cough)! It's my last chance!"

I haven't tried manipulating the dark energies before. I wanted to control it, like how I managed to with the shadows.

The First: "Hmm..."

I don't have anything to lose anyway. Same with him.

Sick Human: "(Cough) (Cough)!"

This guy doesn't seem he's going to live any longer than a minute anyways.

The First: "Here we go..."

. I tried to copy spell using dark energies.

The First: "Oougghhhhhh.....Ahh....."

A dark hand came out from the ground and enveloped him. The darkness covered his entire body.

Sick Human: "....."

In the next few minutes, there was nothing but silence.

The First: "I tried. (Sigh)."

I felt somewhat disappointed, but It was entertaining for a while.

Sick Human: "Crrkk... Oooogghhh... Aghhhhh..."

The First: "Hmmm?"

Just when I turned my back on him, I heard weird noises from his direction.

The First: "What the?"

It was more shocking than I thought it would be. The human was there standing.

Skeleton: "Hrmm... Ah... I'm...."

As a living skeleton.

Skeleton: "I'm....alive?"

The First: "Yes, you are."

Skeleton: "Thank.... you..."

It must be hard for him to speak. It was the same for me. The moment I realized I do not have lungs anymore, I tried to breathe, but nothing came.

I felt I was suffocating, until the time I found out that I did not need to breathe anymore. Learning to speak came right after.

For the next few weeks, it was just him and me. He talked to me about the recent events in the outside world.

How he described the darkness that covered the entire world before, it was Shadow God's fault.

A lot of people died when the temperatures suddenly dropped, and nobody could see anything. They were thankful to whoever took away the darkness. Nobody knew it was me.

Skeleton: "How about you, Skeleton..."

The First: "Hey. You're a skeleton as well. You call me by my name, *****."

Skeleton: "Fine fine. *****."

I told him my story—the entire thing, except for when the darkness shrouded this world.

Skeleton: "It must have been hard... Being betrayed in the end."

The First: "Yeah..."

I just explained that I became like this because a cursed sword possessed me. Not the Shadow God.

As we were sitting, letting the time go by. Someone, no- A group went inside the cave.

Cougher 1: "(Cough) (Cough)!!!"

Cougher 2: "(Cough)!!!"

There was a group of 5 humans coughing like the previous guy. It must be a disease.

Skeleton: "Yeah. It has spread now. These guys are the sick people outside of the villages now."

The First: "What has spread?"

Skeleton: "There was this powerful spell cast by a witch. It's torturing the villagers by inflicting disease on them. This disease would force them to cough and cough until they die."

Witch huh... When was the last time I heard that word?

Skeleton: "Let's approach them, *****."

The First: "Oh? Hmm. Fine."

I thought that they might run away the moment they see us. But that was not the case.

The First: "Hello."

Cougher 1: "Hmm...(Cough).."

Cougher 2: "Oh....(Cough)! Hello. A monster..."

Cougher 1: "This must be the...(Cough)! One responsible for killing the sick. Please make it quick."

Skeleton: "Hear that, *****? The coughers said to make it quick."

The First: "Okay. Here we go."

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Arms made from the darkness came from under them and slowly covered their entire bodies.

Cougher 1: "Gluhhuhhhkkk...."

Cougher 2: "Ahhh...."

Cougher 3: "Finally! No more coughs. ahkkk!!!"

The five people stopped coughing once they were covered entirely. A few minutes passed.

Skeleton 2: "Wha-...."

Skeleton 3: "How... are we... still alive?"

Skeleton 1: "Thank the boss, *****."

Boss?

Skeleton 2: "T-thank you..."

Skeleton 3: "Thanks... boss..."

The First: "Look at yourselves first. I did not save you; I turned you into monsters."

Skeleton 2: "You did save us... We don't want to die that way..."

Skeleton 4: "Hmmm... Ahhhhkkk!!!"

One of them tried to breathe deeply and suffocated instead.

Skeleton 4: "W-what is... this..."

The First: "Don't breathe. It'll work."

Skeleton 4: "F-fine...."

Skeleton 1: "Yeah... We don't need to breathe. We're already dead."

Skeleton 2: "But aren't we alive...?"

I was asking myself that question too. Am I dead, or am I alive?

Nob: "Then how about calling ourselves the undying skeletons!"

This guy. The first one to turn into a skeleton. I knew he was kind of weird. I called him Nob.

He wouldn't give me his real name.

The First: "Undying skeletons? That sounds stupid."

Skeleton 2: "Yeah. Skeletons aren't supposed to be alive anyways."

Nob: "Then what's your suggestion, boss *****?"

The First: "How about the dead... the un-dead. Because you know- We're dead, but not quite."

Nob: "Hmm... Yeah! Undead! That'll work!"

The first: "It's decided then."

We called our weird group, The Undead.

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(A few months later)

There was a considerable amount of exiles coming from the villages. At first, the sick people were accidentally going inside this cave, and I was turning them into Undead to save them.

However, just recently, I could see some of the other skeletons are leading the sick people to this cave. They all wanted to live as a skeleton rather than die coughing.

Well, not all. Some died coughing and refused to be turned.

The First: "How are things, Nob?"

"It became hectic, and the worker groups were able to widen the area inside the cave. They can dig day and night, so we were able to finish the plan quickly."

Nob became my second in command. We needed to widen our cave to accommodate all these exiles.

The First: "By the way, Nob..."

Nob: "Yes, lord?"

He's been calling me lord since we became a much larger group than before.

The First: "How many are we right now? Count everyone. The scouts, the workers, and the soldiers."

Nob: "Around 500."

We're that many already? I trained some of the skeletons to be soldiers since there were times that our cave gets attacked by monsters, especially since our group has reached 500 already.

Skeleton Scout: "Lord *****!"

The First: "What is it?"

A scout came into the cave running. It must be something terrible.

Skeleton Scout: "A group of human mercenaries is coming this way! I heard from a hunter nearby that there was a rumor of our cave containing treasures. They are coming to check the cave."

The First: "Don't panic. Soldiers!"

The soldiers who were just nearby suddenly came near me. They assumed the positions I thought them. They lined up neatly in front of me.

The First: "A group of humans is coming this way. They are not sick, and they seem to be armed. Prepare to ambush them."

Skeleton Soldiers: "Yes, milord!"

The soldiers quickly went to work. They picked up the wooden spears and rocks nearby. I had the workers create spears and shields made from wood.

They can get wood from the trees outside of the cave.

But as for iron and steel materials to create powerful equipment, I had some worker groups searching for mining deposits of metals.

So with leather and hide armor made from animals and monsters, my soldiers prepare for the ambush.

Their grip on their wooden spears is firm. I know they are nervous, but they will not be shaking since they are skeletons.

There were at least 150 soldiers. No matter how strong the mercenaries are, a lot of them will fall after being hit by 150 wooden spears.

Skeleton Scout: "Here they come!"

The scouts outside the cave rushed to position themselves behind the soldiers.

The First: "Wait."

Skeleton Soldier: "Milord?"

The First: "Let us try to resolve this without bloodshed."

I ordered my men to stay put, and I will talk to them first.

The First: "If they attack, you can attack, but please do not attack first. I do not want to make enemies."

Nob: "Yes, milord."

Nob supervised the others and relayed my orders to them.

I jumped in front of the mercenary group.

The First: "Hello."

Mercenary 1: "Ah!!! ARGHHH!!!"

Mercenary 2: "M-monster!"

The First: "Calm down, please."

I tried my best not to surprise the mercenaries, but I guess that won't work.

Mercenary 1: "P-ppllleeeasee. Don't kill me!"

The First: "Oh."

They were terrified. The mercenaries' weapons started dropping on the ground.

Mercenary Captain: "Ahhh!!! RUNN!!!!"

Nob: "Kill them! Don't let them run!"

Nob shouted.

The First: "Stop!"

A thunderous voice resounded in the entire cave. Everyone stopped in their tracks, paralyzed.

Some of the mercenaries even fainted.

Was my voice that scary?

The First: "You, humans. Come here."

Mercenary Captain: "Y-yes, as you wish."

He was shaking, but he still came forward.

There are 12 of them, and only 3 of them are awake right now.

The First: "For what reason are you scouting this cave for?"

Mercenary Captain: "W-w-we-"

The First: "Calm down."

Mercenary Captain: "(gulp)."

I think that made him even more nervous.

Mercenary Captain: "We... receive reports of people disappearing in this cave... Also, some animals and livestock that went through here disappeared."

That would be us then. These lost animals were victims of my experiments, and all of them are now Undead.

The First: "I am very sorry then. The animals and the people that got lost here are all like me now."

Mercenary Captain: "Wh-wh-what... They've all become monsters...."

The First: "We are not monsters, I assure you. Come out, men."

A few seconds after, my men surrounded them because of their numbers. You could see the horror in the mercenary's eyes.

The First: "We are Undead. And we are civilized like you humans. I do not wish to make enemies with your superiors and just want to ask them to leave us alone. Did you get that?"

The purple flames in my eyes flickered when I asked the question.

This gesture made the Mercenary Captain flinch.

Mercenary Captain: "Y-y-y-y-y-y-eesss!!! L-l-lett us go, men... Carry the others... Wake up, oi!"

Some of the mercenaries waked up and carried their unconscious allies away from the cave.

Nob: "Milord..."

The First: "Yes, Nob?"

Nob: "Is that really all right? They might come back here in force. I do not know how strong they are, but I do know that being a human myself before, that they have much more soldiers than us."

The First: "I know that, but if we killed them all here, another group, much bigger than that, one would come here with the purpose of revenge. We must try to establish neutrality, even if we fail."

Nob: "Ah... I understand now."

A few days passed, and another human group came to our cave. This time, they were around 200.

Nob: "Milord..."

The First: "It seems that I was wrong..."

A human representative wearing heavy armor went out.

The men behind him wore similar armor. They must be soldiers of a nearby kingdom.

Human Representative: "Come out! The leader of "Undead"!"

The First: "Here I am."

Human Representative: "Ahh!!! Ahhh..."

He was terrified, like the other mercenaries.

Human Representative: "Ahh... !"

A spirit of a lion roared behind him, and I could sense him regaining his composure.

Human Representative: "You beast, To produce an aura of , You must be a demon! Surrender your monsters! Or we will be forced to wipe all of you."

The First: "I... believe you already made your decision."

Human Representative: "What!?"

The First: "You came here armed. With a huge number of soldiers. I doubt you came here to ask for our surrender."

Human Representative: "Hmpf. So be it then! You refused our kindness! Men, Attack!"

They charged at us. I was at the entrance of the cave, and the humans were just outside of it.

The First: "There sure are a lot of you..."

However...

Soldier 1: "Ahhh!!!"

Soldier 2: "Gluckkkkhh!!!"

Soldier 3: "Aghhhhkkk"

They fell into the pitfalls my soldiers prepared these past few days.

Human Representative: "What!"

The First: "I give you my permission, Nob."

Nob: "Thank you, Milord. Men! Your spears!"

(Swish) You could hear a hundred spears soaring through the air.

Human Representative: "No!!! Raise your shields, men!"

Some were able to raise their shields to block the wooden spears, but a lot of them were busy looking on the ground for pitfall traps.

Human Representative: "You! Cunning worm."

The First: "Come. Let us test your strength to see if you are worthy of insulting me."

Human Representative: "Yearghh!!!"

He charged blindly at me.

Human Representative: "Take this! ! !"

He buffed his physical strength right before he made his attack.

Shadow... Follow my commands.

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A hand came out from nothingness and grabbed the enemy commander's weapon.

Human Representative: "Wh-what? How can you block my strongest attack?"

The First: "This is it?"

I held him immobilized while my brethren charged at the confused enemy soldiers. The soldiers were so bewildered. They would stab my skeletal soldiers and would be surprised that none of them is going down.

The First: "I asked you to leave us alone."

Human Representative: "Hmpf! We do not negotiate with monsters!"

He released his grip on his sword. He took out his backup sword and stabbed me with all his might.

Human Representative: "Take this! Hahahaha!"

The First: "You fool."

I was wearing a robe, so only my skeletal face is showing. I took it off.

Human Representative: "What... is this?"

His sword pierced nothing. It went through my skeletal body without doing any damage.

The First: "It's time for your punishment. I hope this is the end."

Human Representative: "You-! L-l-let me go! I-i-i-i I can give you- money! Money!"

The First: "I have no need for material gains nor any treasures you might have. Now die."

Human Representative: "NO!!!!!"

A black dagger came out from a small black hole in the air. I took my signature weapon and stabbed him in the neck.

He was so terrified that even with , he was still paralyzed by fear.

Human Representative: "Ahhh.... noo....my money..."

He bled to death.

Soldier: "The captain fell! Let us retreat! Everyone!"

Nob: "Kill as much as you can! Do not let them run!"

Nob was really into this. He kept throwing spears at the retreating soldiers without mercy. He would pick up the spears stuck on the ground and threw them non-stop.

The First: "That's enough."

Nob: "Yes. Everyone, let's go back."

The entire group went back to the cave.

Nob: "We did it, milord!"

The First: "Hmm.."

The soldiers were celebrating. We won without any casualties.

The First: "Let us prepare for war."

Nob: "Milord?"

The First: "This is just the beginning. Men!"

Nob: "Yes!"

Skeleton Soldiers: "Yes!"

All of them responded with a loud voice.

The First: "I need your help. The next battle would be the biggest one yet. I want you to turn the corpses outside into Undead. I will teach you how to make more of us."

Nob: "Is it possible?"

Nob was curious.

The First: "Yes. Every one of us has that dark energy residing in our skeletal bodies. If we impart some of it to a corpse, we will make another skeleton soldier."

Nob: "I see. Let's get to work!"

Skeleton Soldiers: "Yeah!"

The men went outside to turn the dead human soldiers into skeleton soldiers.

The First: "Nob."

Nob: "Yes!"

The First: "We need to pick up all the equipment dropped by the human soldiers. We also need to arm everyone with at least some leather armor."

Nob: "Yes, we will work on it as fast as we can."

We were not able to find any steel deposits in this area. We can only make wooden spears with stone tips and make armor from animal and monster hides.

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Two weeks later.

I thought there would never be another attack, but my relief was quickly taken away.

A group...no an army with shining armor marched towards the cave.

You could see the light coming out from their armor. It must be enchanted with magic.

Nob: "Milord..."

We had around 400 men right now, but the enemy has about 2000 to 2500 heavily armored soldiers.

Wooden weapons would not damage those. I tried my best to teach my soldiers how to manipulate the dark energies to make an attack.

However... They only learned how to cast .

It produces a small dark orb that can damage living things and burn away their flesh.

The First: "Nob, is it ready?"

Nob: "Yes."

That is good.

Blonde Human: "Hello!"

The shining army reached the front of the cave. A representative wearing plate armor with no helmet came forward.

He looked young and had blonde hair. Incidentally, he looked a lot like the old knights that I've fought when I was a human.

The First: "Hello there, human."

I came out of the cave slowly. Each of the human soldiers readied their weapons once they saw me except for the blonde guy.

We stared at each other. I thought the blonde guy would start the conversation, but it looked like he was waiting for me to ask.

The First: "Why are you here?"

Blonde Human: "We are here to make an agreement with you."

The First: "Agreement?"

What kind of scheme is this? He does not look like a thief that would lie, but this seems shady.

Blonde Human: "We honor your request to leave you alone. We have observed your kind and concluded that you do want to stay here. We have thought of fighting you, but you did not make a move towards our kingdom and had stayed put."

He took out a paper. Or is that what they call a scroll?

Blonde Human: "We just need you to sign this agreement. Signing this means that you would not attack us nor our territories, villages, and caravans, and in exchange, we will be neutral towards your race."

The First: "I see."

I feel horrible about this. I don't know if it is coming from the blonde guy, but I think someone glaring daggers at me. It might be his entire army.

The First: "You will go here. I would not risk myself to be surrounded by your large army."

Blonde Human: "Agreed. I was going to go there in the first place. Please do let me keep a personal guard of 5 soldiers."

The First: "Hmm... sure."

His group slowly walked towards our cave with their weapons sheathed. My skeleton soldiers inside the cave stared at them, unmoving. They had their spears ready. Some prepared to cast .

Nob: "Be careful, Milord."

Nob was right beside me, and the 400 hundred skeleton soldiers behind me, hidden by the darkness of the cave.

Nob wore the armor of the previous human commander. He also used the commander's sword.

The blonde guy finally reached the front of the cave.

Blonde Human: "Please sign this."

The First: "Okay."

I moved my skeleton hand to get the pen from his hand and sign the scroll but-

Guard: "Die you monster! You killed my brother!"

One of his personal guards shouted this and aimed a spell at Nob.

The First: "You bastard."

Blonde Human: "No, this is not-"

Betrayed! Once more! Even after all those years, these humans are still traitors.

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I blocked the of the human soldier with a huge spell of mine.

Darkness came out from my mouth and enveloped them along with the spell.

Guard: "AHHHH!!!!"

Guard 2: "NOOOO!!!!"

The blonde guy was able to jump back.

Blonde Human: "This was not our intention; please stand down."

I opened a large hole from the Void, and various dark creatures and weapons came out. Spears and arrows made from darkness attacked the enemy commander.

Formless monsters attacked him at the same time.

Blonde Human: "Tsk! This is not what we wanted."

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A pillar of light appeared under him and decimating the things that I've summoned.

Blonde Human: "You will lose this battle. Think about it! Skeleton King!"

King. Yes. I am the Skeleton King! I would not let my skeletons die here!

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I pushed him back by releasing a massive wave of force coming from the Void.

Blonde Human: "Paladin Lord! Everyone, attack!"

The First: "Skeletons! Release your !"

Hundreds of black orbs attack the approaching human army.

A lot of them went down from taking too much damage from the orbs.

Even their enchanted shields were destroyed after blocking too many dark orbs.

However, they were too many of them.

Twenty of them reached the entrance too quickly. The spears and orbs were being thrown at the army in the distance.

It's my responsibility to take care of the soldiers that we're able to pass by the barrage.

The First: "Yeaghhh!!!"

Blonde Human: "Fall, you monster!"

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Five of them simultaneously cast the same spell. I could already feel my body burning before it hit me, but-

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Darkness came out of the group and swallowed the light that they threw at me.

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I cast a similar spell to . Their magic was made of light, but mine was made from the darkness.

It was large enough to hit 5 of them, and their bodies turned into skeletons.

Blonde Human: "What!? Even the holy armors are decimated..."

The First: "Do not lose hope! Attack!"

They were using weird weapons. Warhammers, they called it. It seems like I won't be able to avoid a melee battle.

The First: "Take this!"

Blonde Human: "It cannot fight us in a melee battle!"

They thought that because I cast spells, I was weak in close range battles.

They have never been so wrong.

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I took out two daggers from the Void in time to block two attacks which each hand.

Blonde Human: "What!?"

The First: "Daggers."

Dropping the daggers mid-air, I produced more from the Void and stabbed the bewildered humans in their stomachs.

Paladin 1: "Guhh!!!"

Paladin 2: "Wha--gcckkk..."

Another four came at me at the same time.

Paladin 3: "He won't be able to dodge this!"

I haven't used this skill for a long time.

Paladin 3: "What?"

Paladin 4: "Ugoohh!!"

They crashed into each other.

The First: "Hmpf."

I was above them and planted my daggers on the top of their head.

Two heads first and then took out daggers from the Void to finish off the other two.

Paladin 3: "Who is this agile magician!?"

Paladin 4: "I do not know! Use at him all at the same time!"

I do not know where these humans got this power. They were like harnessing light into magic power.

It's especially effective against us the Undead. I wonder where they got it?

Well, I do not have time to be curious. I will use the spells I learned throughout the decades.

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10 or 11 of them cast the at the same time, but all of them were blasted away by my along with their spells.

Nob: "Unbelievable. You are indeed the King."

Nob was amazed. He was watching me all this time.

The First: "Watch out!"

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A shield made of darkness protected us from the incoming from the enemy army. They decided to barrage us with spells instead of charging us.

Skeleton Soldier 1: "No..."

Skeleton Soldier 2: "Aghh...."

Skeleton Soldier 3: "Milord...."

I could hear the voices of the Undead in the cave. They are being obliterated by the thousands of they cannot beat the enemy in a spell fight.

Around 2000 was using at the same time.

The First: "I cannot let you all die here in vain."

Never again.

Nob: "What?"

Nob was confused.

The First: "You go. Escape with the secret passage that I ordered you to make. It is ready, right?"

Nob: "But... You are our king! We cannot leave you here!"

The First: "Can you protect me!? If you can't protect my children or me, I cannot allow you to stay here."

My children... Now I know what Mot felt before when he took us in.

Nob: "Hmm... I..."

The First: "GO!"

May you lead our brethren to a safer place.

Now to cover their escape.

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I summoned a monster made from the darkness. I created this monster in the Void for the past decade. I knew I was going to need it in a critical time. I was glad to have made the Void Giant.

The First: "Cover the entrance."

Void Giant: "Yes, Lord..."

The Void Giant was large enough to cover the entire entrance of the cave. The cave's entrance was not small in any way.

Hundreds of men could go through the entrance at the same time.

Void Giant: "Gooohhh. Aggh...."

The Void Giant took all the with his body. You could see his body being shaved down by thousands of holy spells. Some of the enemies were using and .

Stay put... Void Giant. I need some time to cast this spell.

Blonde Human: "Stop him!"

Paladin: "Paladin Lord?"

Blonde Human: "The monster inside is casting a huge spell! We will be obliterated if he can cast it!"

I was covered by the Void Giant and was inside the cave. Hundred of soldiers was now charging the Void Giant.

However, it will not go down without a fight.

Void Giant: "Grahhhh!!!!"

He swept hundreds of human soldiers with his massive arms.

Paladin 4: "Noooo!!!!"

Paladin 5: "Arghhh!!!"

They flew far away from the force.

And some were crushed by the force while the others had their fleshed burned by the darkness.

They had a Paladin Lord, so these soldiers must be called Paladins.

Who are these people... I must kill them all here, or they will chase my children until they are gone from this world.

(Sigh) Just when we were getting used to living as an Undead.

Blond Human: "Take this!"

The Paladin Lord himself flew towards the Void Giant and smashed its head with his Holy Warhammer.

Void Giant: "Goooohahhhhh. I apologize. Lord..."

The First: "Good work. Go back to the Void."

The Void Giant was defeated after another barrage of holy spells.

The First: "It is time."

Blonde Human: "Nooo!!!"

The Paladin Lord rushed at me with unbelievable speed, but he was too late.

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This is the spell.

This is what the person in my past was talking about. I used it once in a faraway place when I traveled a few decades back.

It destroyed the entire region and turned it into a wasteland.

The First: "Now... Goodbye."

Blonde Human: "GAHHHHH!!!"

BOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!! GUUUUSHHHHHHH!!!!

A continually expanding explosion that came from my position was now destroying the entire area.

The cave was crashing down, and everything that was caught by the explosion is turning into ash.

I wish... Nob and the others have already escaped.

Paladin: "AAHHHHH"

Other Paladins: "NOOO!!!!"

More Paladin: "HAHHH...AHHHHH!!!!"

I could hear the endless screams of the human soldiers who are desperately trying to run away.

That is impossible, though...

This is not an explosion; it's a black hole. It was going straight to the Void.

Blonde Human: "I will not let it end here!"

The First: "What!?"

It was my turn to be surprised. While everything was continually sucked into the Void, the Paladin Lord was floating above me.

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He used a spell. It's protecting him.

He's like a sun in the endlessly dark universe.

Blonde Human: "Begone! You monster!"

He flew straight at me.

The First: "I still have some strength left human!"

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I produced thousands of spikes made from shadow to halt his advance, but it did nothing. His mantle was reflecting all of them, and none did any damage.

Blonde Human: "Giyahhh!!!!"

The First: "YAHHHH!!!"

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I summoned my original weapon. The one I got from Mot. This assault is my last attack!

He made a downward smash with his warhammer. I dodged it by using to move to the right.

Blonde Human: "What!?"

The First: "TAKKEEEEE THIIS!!!!"

YAHHHHH!!!!

I roared. Both my body and soul shouted.

I put all of my strength into this attack.

! I named it myself!

GSHHH!!!! BZZZZ!!!!! BOOMMMM!!!!

It was trying to break the .

However... Unfortunately... This was to be the end for me.

Clank! Sshhh....

The Legendary Void Dagger broke and shattered. It disappeared.

Goodbye, Nob.

Blonde Human: "YEAGGHHH, FOR JUSTICE, FOR THE HUMANS!!!"

He made another smash towards my side. My body bent from the force and hit a nearby wall.

Blonde Human: "GIYAHHH!! GIYAHHH!!!"

He kept smashing my body again and again and blasting some holy spells in the middle of the attacks.

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Finally, when my body was crushed, he defeated me, using the pillar of light. My body was burned and turned into ash.

This is all that I remember.

- The First Skeleton King.