Talisman

The underground cavern was filled with darkness.

Beyond the thick cloud of dust, blood-red eyes flashed.

The moment I met its gaze, it felt as though my heart stopped.

Each time I inhaled, my lungs froze. The blood vessels throughout my body shrank.

Swoooosh⸺

A chill spread from the Demon King's mouth.

The breath of the dead carried such a chill that even the air froze.

Cold sweat ran down my spine.

It was incomparable to any fear I had felt from a demonic beast until now.

'……It didn't naturally resurrect as an undead.'...