I Level Up by Killing Gods - Chapter 24: Those who Failed.

... inging to it like a second skin. It was human – or at least, had been once.

Now it was something far worse.

The man's face, gaunt and hollow, was stretched tight over his skull, his eyes sunken pits of black. His lips were cracked and bleeding, pulled back into a grin that showed sharp, bloody teeth.

Kael's heart raced as he gripped his sword hilt, his knuckles white on the black hilt. The whispers, which had been just a maddening hum before, were now clear as day, voices ...