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Chapter 40. Chimera Hunt (3)
5.
One of the abilities required of an adventurer was the ability to identify monsters with certainty.
This ability included none other than numbers.
Because of this, skilled adventurers could estimate the number of monsters in front of them at that moment.
That’s what Grandel did now.
The moment she followed Umar’s instructions and exited the secret passage and explored the new secret laboratory area, she saw the cube slime swarming in front of her.
“10,000.”
The moment they heard those words, the faces of the Signus Knights changed to a color they had never seen before during this expedition.
It turned pure white.
It wasn’t just because of the ten thousand cube slimes. That was clearly a huge number.
The problem is that that’s all you can see right now.
‘There is more that is unseen.’
That means that the number of Cube Slimes here had to be more than that.
Needless to say, this was not something that could be cleaned.
Grandel said without hesitation.
“Step back.”
There was no answer to her words.
Everyone quickly moved in the direction they had come from, towards the entrance to the secret passage.
“ASAP.”
Moreover, there was no silence during the process.
I moved as fast as I could, risking a bit of a commotion.
Pavabat!
Cancancan!
The sound of footsteps, clashing armor, and exhaling breaths filled the quiet interior of the laboratory.
Of course, the cube slimes didn’t miss the sound and quickly rushed in the direction of the sound.
Qyuu!
Making an incredibly cute sound.
Kukuku!
However, the sound and vibrations produced by over 10,000 cube slimes moving simultaneously were not cute at all.
It was as if an earthquake had occurred.
At that point, several of the Signus Knights exchanged glances with each other.
‘We are left.’
The moment when those who will sacrifice their bodies to buy time when there is not enough time to escape are decided.
But they had nothing to sacrifice.
To be exact, there was no opportunity.
“uh?”
thud!
Umar, who was moving at the forefront as a guide, knocked on the wall and said.
“What, what is it?”
thud!
“Hey, there should be a door here?”
The wall that the Grandel party had clearly climbed over a few minutes ago, the entrance to the secret passage, had become a solid wall.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At that fact, Umar repeatedly knocked on the wall with a panicked expression on his face.
It wasn’t just like that.
Everyone, including the Knights of Signus, had a look of confusion on their faces, big or small.
Because the only exit from this hell was gone.
Umar said about that fact.
“This, this has never happened before! This, this last time!”
To defend myself from this despair.
“it’s okay.”
Grandel did not blame Umar for that.
It was certainly difficult to understand the current situation. I had never heard of an exit disappearing like this.
But this is Magatia’s underground laboratory, still full of unknowns.
“No matter what happens, it’s not strange.”
It wasn’t unusual for the exit to suddenly disappear.
Above all, what we should do now is not to knock on a door that won’t open.
“All ready for battle.”
Qyuu!
Cleaning up that incoming cube slime.
“If we stay in one place, we’ll be surrounded. We’ll move around and take out as many of them as possible.”
The eyes of the Knights of Signus changed at Grandel’s command.
“L.”
At the same time, Grandel said:
“Please protect Umar.”
With those words, the cleaning of the cube slime began under Grandel’s command.
The cleaning that started like that surprisingly went very smoothly.
“Orbital Flame!”
The Flame Wizard spells used simultaneously by six Flame Wizards, including Grandel, were basic but incredibly powerful.
Phew!
Every time I used magic, the cube slimes in front of me disappeared.
That wasn’t all.
“Rising Sun!”
“Falling Moon!”
Armored knights and soul masters easily blocked the approaching cube slimes.
“Gust shot!”
Behind those Soul Masters, the arrows of the Archers and Windbreakers of the Knights of Signus rained down.
In front of the power created by the powerful people of the 5th Circle and the 4th Circle, Cube Slime could only become an ordinary slime.
The firepower was that overwhelming.
But no one smiled at that firepower.
‘I don’t know how long I can hold out.’
In normal cases, you could fight like this, quickly clear the path, and escape, but this is not a place where that is allowed.
That is, no one knew how long this type of battle would continue.
But that didn’t shake me.
Those here are those who are worthy of the name of the Knights of Signus, and have overcome all kinds of difficulties and adversities.
“Pierce the left!”
“yes!”
Without any change or hesitation, I followed Grandel’s instructions and reduced the number of cube slimes.
Even after two hours of fighting, the Knights of Signus were still unwavering, though they were taking damage.
“ah.”
But the moment I saw it, things couldn’t help but change.
Kyaaaa!
“Key, it’s a chimera.”
6.
chimera.
“Chimeras are all different. They are creatures created by combining several creatures.”
A living being created through life alchemy, each one’s external appearance is different.
There was one thing in common.
“The only thing that’s similar is that it looks like all kinds of monsters were torn off and pasted together.”
The sight is so grotesque.
Of course, it was by no means simply a combination of several monsters in appearance.
“The problem is that there is a high possibility that it will also have the characteristics of the monster it was made from. That’s what makes Chimera scary.”
Those abilities were also combined.
That was a real headache.
What if the chimera you encountered was a combination of boss monsters? Its strength would be beyond imagination.
Even without that, it was nearly impossible to gauge the power of the Chimera just by looking at it.
There was only one possibility.
“Anything is incredibly strong. I guarantee it. You should consider it as strong as a green-grade boss monster.”
Even the weakest chimera is so strong that it cannot even be considered a threat to the level of 4th circle adventurers.
Kiyaayaya!
Such a chimera appeared in front of the Knights of Signus where Grandel was now.
Moreover, the chimera that appeared was quite large.
The height that can be seen right now is over 5 meters!
“I’m wearing a cloak.”
What was most troubling was that the bastard was now hiding himself in a rag-like cloak.
As mentioned before, a chimera is a monster that has the abilities of the monster that was used as the material for synthesis.
But if you cover your body like this, it becomes even more impossible to visually determine what abilities you have.
Kyaaaaah!
But one thing was certain.
Doo doo doo!
“oh my god.”
The moment Chimera lets out a strange sound, the surrounding cube slimes rush in.
Chimera has the ability to summon cube slime.
“He controls the cube slime!”
And Umar made sure that fact was impressed upon everyone.
It forced those who tried to avoid the truth, even just a little, to face the truth, whether they liked it or not.
“Fuck.”
The burning will to fight that was burning brightly began to fade away at that truth.
And as the will to fight faded, the slim possibility of survival also began to fade.
In fact, all of the Knights of Signus, even Grandel, thought about it.
‘finished.’
Death.
That was the moment.
“Fire Arrow.”
El Palm, he moved.
7.
“Fire Arrow.”
El Palm, the moment he recited the spell, there was only one person who took it to heart.
‘You’re cornered, so now you’re making a move.’
Umar, he laughed at the sight of El Palm.
It was literal.
‘Well, even a rat struggles before it dies.’
Umar thought that El Fam was just struggling to survive, his last struggle.
In other words, he was sure.
‘We’re all going to die now.’
That today this place will become everyone’s grave.
‘As planned.’
And that was what Umar wanted.
‘shit.’
It wasn’t what I wanted from the beginning.
Unless he’s an idiot, there’s no way he’d reveal that he’s intentionally creating a chimera and make the Knights of Signus his enemies.
‘If I hadn’t been caught, I wouldn’t have had to do this.’
The whole reason was that someone found out that he was secretly creating chimeras.
To be exact, the existence of the chimera that Umar had created was discovered, and at that moment, Umar thought.
He said he had no choice but to step forward.
Of course, it was impossible for Umar to deal with the Knights of Signus who were coming out to subdue the Chimera right away.
So Umar made a plan.
‘This is the only way to buy time.’
A plan to annihilate the incoming Signus Knights party.
The reason for their annihilation was simple.
If there are survivors, the Knights of Signus will think about it.
I think we just need to form a stronger party.
But what if we are wiped out?
‘If we are annihilated, we will have no choice but to send a large number of people with skills higher than 6th circle next time.’
In that case, since it was impossible to gauge the power of the Chimera, there was no choice but to dispatch an overwhelmingly strong force of knights rather than a slightly stronger force.
‘That can’t be easy.’
The problem was that the 6th Circle Knights were a very important force to the Signus Knights.
It wasn’t a power that could be sent at will.
What if there’s a problem after I send it?
From then on, things will get very troublesome.
In many ways, the Knights of Signus were bound to have a hard time, and that was an opportunity for Umar.
‘We’ll create more chimeras during that time. Everything is ready.’
A chance to prepare for them.
And Umar was convinced.
That his plan was perfect.
Now everyone here is going to die.
‘El, I’m done being bothered by this fucking chatterbox.’
That the talkative guy next to him is no exception.
“O Lord Umar.”
El Fam spoke to Umar, who was holding back a smile of conversion that was about to form at that fact.
“Do not worry.”
“yes?”
When Umar heard that, he was at a loss.
Of course, the English translation was soon known.
Phew!
‘uh?’
Because Umar could see.
Phew!
‘Huh, huh?’
El Palm, his fire arrows flying around like swallows, piercing the incoming cube slime like a sheet of paper.
“Fire Arrow.”
‘Huh, huh, huh?’
Even the moment El Palm recited the second spell, his fire arrows became four, and the four began to dance simultaneously.
“Fire Arrow.”
Soon, the six fire arrows began to dance, and Umar could no longer continue his thoughts.
It wasn’t just Umar.
“ah.”
Everyone, including Grandel, just watched as the thought stopped.
El Palm, the sight of cube slimes being cleaned so easily in front of his fire arrow.
It was El Palm’s words that moved their thinking.
“D, K.”
El Palm, he said to Divo and Kiri.
“The road is now paved.”
“How long is it?”
“The road to the chimera.”
fantasy,
