◈ Episode 290 Chimera Corps (3)
“Stop it!”
A gunshot rang out along with the cry of a knight.
The cops behind the simple barricade vomited all the bullets they had.
The lead of the chimera swarm filling the streets was met with bullets.
A few of the chimeras fell in a pool of blood, but their numbers were minuscule.
Chimeras, with their elastic muscles and hard hide, easily endured a few bullets.
Even dead chimeras were unlucky enough to be knocked down by being pierced through the eyes or being bombarded with too many bullets.
The rest were all very well.
“Shoot, shoot! Keep shooting!”
The police continued to fire even as they contemplated.
Behind the barricades they had set up, citizens who could not evacuate were gathered in fear.
If you break through here, even the citizens will die.
That had to be stopped, so the police tried their best to defend the line.
However, the bullets ran out more and more, and on the contrary, Chimeras came endlessly.
There was a limit to blocking with a gun.
“Get out of the way everyone!”
Then the out of breath wizard stepped out.
Royna Pavlini.
She used her magic to create a huge magic barrier.
The Chimera’s waves collided with the barrier, creating a huge vibration around it.
Roina gritted her teeth and added properties to the magic barrier, turning it into hot flames.
The chimeras near the wall burned in an instant.
But the chimeras were not intimidated by the flames.
Some of them stepped on the corpse of the dead Chimera and tried to jump over the barrier that had turned into flames.
Whenever that happened, the police officers who were waiting shot and killed him.
At that moment, Roina knelt down in a cold sweat.
“Wizard! Are you okay?!”
A knight from Cold Steel, who was in command nearby, approached and checked her condition.
“I am fine.”
Roina said she was fine, but her complexion was pale.
The policeman’s face naturally hardened.
‘He was very tired.’
It would be strange for the 6th tier Lexorer to get tired, but the situation was not that bad.
Roina had already exhausted her mana this way over 15 times.
The survivors set up camp outside the Crystal Palace and blocked the Chimera’s attack.
It was because the Chimeras appeared through the underground passage even there to block it from the inside.
Since the Crystal Palace is the largest tourist destination, it was also a place where traffic was smooth.
So there were not just one or two roads to block.
Roina blocked all of those roads with her own power.
Rather, it was only now that the exhausted Roina looked great.
Miraculously, there have been no casualties yet, thanks to her dedication to burning herself.
That, too, has now reached its limit.
Roina strained her wobbly legs and tried to stand up, but eventually collapsed again.
“I have to get up.”
Chimeras were still pouring in.
At least, the knights were struggling somehow, so Roina made time to rest in the middle.
If it hadn’t been for that, it would have all been swept away already.
“Lady Roina!”
Seen’s students, who couldn’t see it, tried to step out.
Standing at the forefront was the 3rd Princess Erendir, who had brilliant blonde hair.
“We will help too!”
“Oh no. Please go in.”
“We know that our skills are still not enough. But if we work together, at least we can pass the time. Please allow me.”
When the students, along with Erendir, spoke with determination, even Roina couldn’t hold them back any longer.
She knew best that it was a desperate situation even with the help of one person.
“They’re coming back!”
As Roina’s mana ran out and the barrier of flame collapsed, the chimeras that were drooling on the other side moved again.
Hard.
As the chimeras ran at once, the ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
The appearance of the chimeras rushing towards us with bloodshot eyes was literally the demon itself that had climbed up from the bottom of hell.
Considering that the chimera had actually come out of the ground, it was hard to believe that the gates of hell had opened.
“Hold on!”
The field conductor, a female knight of the Cold Steel Knights, shouted at the top of her voice.
The Cold Steel Knights waiting at the barricades in each direction drew their swords and used artifacts to cut down the Chimeras.
The police and the guards of the Crystal Palace also responded.
They gritted their teeth and fired all the bullets at them, swinging their butts at the chimera sticking to the barricade and sticking its head in.
Even the three-year-old students did not stand still.
Together, they worked their magic together.
Since it is not possible to do it alone, it is decided to share roles.
One person builds a wall out of the ground to block paths or block attacks, while the other intercepts any Chimera that crosses or bypasses it.
As if to prove that they weren’t Seorn’s students for no reason, they were doing their part well.
An extreme situation where everyone does their best in their place.
Perhaps thanks to that, the Chimera army, which had been raging like a storm, slowed down a little.
Roina, who played the biggest role, might have tried her best to block it, but it was because the knights and the students of Seorn were also fighting together.
“good! Let’s just go like this!”
“He who is weary, step aside! Shift!”
It was a moment when people had hope.
Krrrrr!
Suddenly the chimeras stopped moving.
Then, it shook the thorns that grew along its back to its tail.
As if interacting with something.
It was the moment when one of the Knights of Cold Steel, who had been fighting on the front lines for that bizarre behavior, was about to feel suspicious.
Kyaoooo!
The chimera in the lead cocked its head, let out a roar, and then swung its tail into the air.
At the end of its two tails, countless thorns were clumped together, and when Chimera wielded them, sharp thorns shot out like bullets.
All the chimeras that filled the streets performed the same action.
“Avoid all…!”
The knight who noticed the situation shouted, but it was too late.
The sharp thorns pierced the barricade and pierced the bodies of the cops behind it.
Chimera’s thorns were far stronger than most rifle bullets in terms of simple power.
“Aww!”
“Cuck!”
The cops fell, spraying blood. Some unlucky people even hit a critical spot.
Thanks to the stopping power of the barricade, the emergency situation was averted, but it was undeniable that the wound would interfere with the immediate battle.
What was even more problematic was that the attacks of the Chimeras did not stop with this one.
“A ranged attack? This is not it!”
“Come again! Stop it!”
Since you can’t completely avoid the thorns that fill the streets, your only option is to defend yourself.
However, unlike the knights, who were prepared for personal defense, the police did not.
Then Royna stepped out.
“Everyone bow down!”
She scraped off all remaining magic and created a dome-shaped magic barrier.
Like a shower hitting an umbrella, the spines shot by the chimeras hit the barrier and bounced off.
The chimeras did not stop attacking. Roina’s barriers slowly began to crack.
The moment the barrier was about to collapse, Flora stepped out.
“Cheryl!”
“okay!”
Like two people who have been together for a long time, Cheryl knew what to do, even though Flora had only called her name.
When she activated the spell she had prepared, spray formed and stood tall like a tidal wave.
Flora’s magic was added to the water barrier.
Whoo!
The pure white cold passed through the water barrier, creating a huge wall of icebergs.
A thorn stuck through the iceberg’s walls.
“Flora! I can’t last long with this!”
Before Cheryl could even shout, Flora’s next magic was manifested.
About 10 spheres of lightning were created around her.
Before long, the ball of lightning stretched and turned into a spear.
As Flora waved her wand-holding hand, thunder spears fell in a parabolic arc onto the chimeras that were shooting thorns.
Blue lightning spread like a spider’s web, scattering currents in all directions.
A huge hole was pierced through the army of Chimeras.
Wow!
Citizens who watched the spectacle shouted, and the same Seoreun students also couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
I knew very well that Flora Lumos was a genius in Ceorn, but I didn’t think that she would freely use her magic in a real battle.
‘amazing.’
Line also admired Flora quietly.
As if Flora wasn’t called a genius for nothing, there was no hesitation in manifesting magic.
In the face of fear and fear, the lines of the spell did not tremble, and the composition was not wrong.
He refrained from consuming mana at least and used the necessary magic like a ghost at the right time.
Even Roina, her mentor, looked at her with an admirable gaze.
‘uh?’
At that moment, Line’s field of vision caught the movements of the chimeras.
I didn’t see Flora, but I saw Line.
A few of the chimeras climbed the outer walls of the building and moved silently over the roof.
‘Why are the chimeras going to the roof?’
Soon, the chimera, which was moving quietly on the roof, looked at Flora and quivered its two tails.
The moment Line saw that scene, she spurned her seat without realizing it.
“It’s dangerous!”
It was almost the same time that the Chimera on the roof fired a thorn along with Line’s warning.
Flora also belatedly discovered the Chimera, but it was too late.
The moment she closed her eyes, Line used magic.
It was a simplified magic barrier using a magic formula.
Non-attribute magic that does not contain any attributes.
Normally, it would have been difficult to use it, but thanks to Ludger, the magic discharge was increased, and now the magic was properly manifested.
A silver-grey circular shield appeared in front of Flora and blocked the thorns.
Some ricocheted off the shield, some penetrated halfway through the shield and got stuck.
However, he succeeded in completely blocking it.
Flora looked at the magic shield with blank eyes, then moved her gaze to Line.
“you….”
“Is your body okay?”
“….”
Flora nodded her head with a complicated face at Line who looked at her with concern.
Seeing that, Line thought that it was fortunate, and brushed her heart, only to realize belatedly that the Chimera was still there.
“Come again!”
“I know.”
Flora answered that and tried to respond.
The Chimera, who was shooting down the thorns again from the rooftop, suddenly lifted her head.
Immediately after, he felt a sense of danger and started running away as if he was trying to get out of the seat.
The people at the scene did not understand why the chimera suddenly behaved like that for a moment.
But soon after, I found out why.
A ray of light suddenly began to descend from the sky full of dark clouds.
The light fell in a straight line, then terribly turned and penetrated the body of the fleeing Chimera.
Crack!
The Chimera screamed and collapsed.
“Look over there!”
Then someone raised a hand and pointed into the air.
People’s eyes naturally turned to one point.
“Mr. Rudgar?”
Flora as well as Line could find someone there.
Rudger Chelsea.
The man floated in the air with the floating magic and waved his hands lightly like a conductor.
Then, countless beams of light that penetrated the chimera on the roof burst out from the fingertips and poured down towards the ground like rain.
“oh my god.”
Seeing that beautiful and majestic sight, Erendir unknowingly exclaimed in exclamation.
Countless lights bent and moved in the air, penetrating the chimeras.
Although it is an imitated light created through magic, light is light.
Its speed was not at a level that a Chimera with the elements of a beast could avoid.
Kyaoooo!
The Chimeras also counterattacked.
They all fired their thorns at Ludger floating in the air.
Countless thorns filling the empty space in an instant.
Ludger’s behavior after seeing that was very simple.
He just held out his other hand in moderation.
At that moment, magic like a whirlpool formed around Ludgar and rotated fiercely.
The flying thorns were swept away by them and bounced off powerlessly without penetrating the target.
The defense magic that Ludgar showed when fighting Grander the other day was unfolded with pure magical power without using Ather Nocturnus.
The magic didn’t stop there.
This time the wind blew.
The thorns that fell from the air began to make a huge flow with the wind.
On the contrary, the spines shot by the chimeras were caught by Ludger’s wind.
Rudger immediately returned the thorns he had gathered with the wind to the chimeras.
Shoot Aaaaa!
The shower of thorns that penetrated the barricade also poured down on Chimera in reverse.
Crack! Yep!
The chimeras died pouring blood, and the citizens who saw the scene shouted.
Just in time, new reinforcements arrived one after another from afar.
The chimeras also backed away while revealing their teeth, as if they didn’t want this to happen.
Upon seeing this, Ludger immediately canceled the floating magic and landed inside the barricade where the citizens were gathered.
Ludger opened his mouth as he saw the citizens, the student knights, and the police staring at him in silence.
“Is everyone all right?”
* * *
A large crowd gathered in the central square of the capital.
Because of this massive terrorist incident, the shelter was built.
Among them, people gathered in the central barracks and talked about the current situation.
“How are things now?”
“Currently, the evacuation of citizens is over, and we are going into defense by building barricades on the main roads where they wander.”
“Since we are responding in earnest, the Chimeras are not reckless. It looks like there is a command object.”
“There is no end to reducing the number. If things go on like this, it seems that only meaningless wars of attrition will continue.”
Following the Liberation Army, Chimera’s extensive terrorism made the capital city a place of misery overnight.
Fortunately, thanks to the help of magicians, knights, police and guards, the situation was finally restored, but the damage was severe.
“The Liberation Army guys. I can’t believe they even made a Chimera.”
Lloyd, lieutenant of the Nightcrawler Knights, muttered as he adjusted his glasses.
Terrina, who occupied one side of the seat, said nothing with her arms crossed.
On the other side, Veronica was receiving reports of various war situations from the members.
At that time, the outside of the barracks was buzzing and became noisy once.
When I looked at the entrance of the barracks, wondering what was going on, someone hurriedly came inside and shouted.
“His Majesty the Emperor of Hua is coming!”
