◈ Episode 289 Chimera Corps (2)
What came out through the sewer manhole was a chimera in the form of a beast.
The chimera, which looked like a hybrid of a tiger and a wolf, easily escaped through a sewer hole much smaller than its own size.
It looked like a cat passing through a narrow hole.
Krrr!
The Chimera salivated at the sight of Rudger, Pasius, and the fallen Liberators nearby.
Wow!
With a shout, the Chimera jumped high and charged.
At the same time, a white flash spread like a net and covered the Chimera.
The chimera’s body, which passed by the flash, was fragmented like a cube and scattered in all directions.
Pasius lightly brushed off the white aura on his fingertips.
‘That’s amazing.’
Seeing Pasius cut the chimera in an instant, Ludger could understand why he didn’t carry a sword when he went out.
In the first place, he didn’t need a sword.
‘If it’s a master-level knight, it’s no different from a weapon by itself.’
On the contrary, Pasius was about to ask what was going on, but kept his mouth shut.
A little while ago, additional chimeras began pouring out of the sewer hole.
Chimeras poured out endlessly, and the number of chimeras that escaped from the sewer increased to nearly 10 in an instant.
It was a shame that there were no people there, otherwise the screams would have burst out.
“This situation is going strangely.”
“Looks like it.”
To Pasius’s words, Ludger replied lightly.
Still, he was using magic.
As soon as the ceremony was completed, stone pillars rose from the ground where the Chimeras stood.
A towering stone pillar surrounded the Chimeras.
A gigantic rock prison, completed in an instant, imprisoned the Chimeras.
Wow!
The chimeras imprisoned screamed and swung their mace-like tails to hit the pillars.
Every time that happened, pieces of stone fell and cracked.
“This is no ordinary Chimera.”
Rudger narrowed his eyes and strengthened the broken column by infusing it with mana at the same time.
The chimeras tried to get back into the manhole cover they came out of when the prison was not broken.
It was probably intended to go to another entrance through an underground waterway.
“Looks like you have some intelligence.”
Rudger did not leave it unattended.
The magic was implemented in the air again, and the magic was manifested at a rapid pace.
What spewed out from the center of the formula was hot flames imitating flames.
The chimeras imprisoned in the rock prison had to be engulfed in the flames.
From the acrid smell that passes through the nose of the burning chimeras and the screams of the chimeras that harass the ears.
Fasius asked admiringly as he looked at the chimeras that had turned to ashes in an instant.
“Is it resolved?”
“I don’t think so.”
Rudger looked up and stared in the other direction.
So was Pasius.
The chimera did not appear only in one place.
They appeared simultaneously where the manhole cover exists.
Aaaaaagh!
Aww!
As if to prove it, the screams of citizens echoed everywhere.
The expressions of Rudger and Pasius naturally hardened.
The first-class agent of the Liberation Army, who saw this, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Khehehe. Foolish bastards. You guys would have thought it was all we needed to stop, but in the first place, we are nothing more than a detached unit to pass the time.”
Using special gunpowder, he causes a large-scale terrorism and draws people’s attention.
When the attention is focused like that, he unleashes chimeras all over the capital and creates a mess.
“I ate one.”
Rudger frowned slightly.
I knew that the Liberation Army had teamed up with the black magician, but I didn’t know that the situation was going this far.
If it’s of this scale, it’s a story that they’ve been preparing for this for quite some time.
The terrifying army of mass-produced Chimeras is certainly a menace.
But Rudger instinctively realized that it did not end there.
The special gunpowder, which is not affected by the silence of fire, is definitely great, and the group of chimeras hidden in the basement of the imperial castle are definitely great.
However, they could not fundamentally completely destroy the majesty of the Millennium Empire.
Even if it shakes and cracks, it is because the system of one country does not collapse easily because of this.
There’s no way the people who made this level of work don’t know that.
That means there are at least one or two more that I believe in.
“What else are you up to?”
“Khehehe.”
The Liberation Army agent didn’t answer and just laughed.
Rudger didn’t expect an answer, so he gave a signal right away.
Fuck!
Pasius punches a Liberation Army agent and knocks him out.
He asked Rudger with a serious expression.
“I haven’t heard everything, is it okay?”
“Anyway, I didn’t know any more than that. If I had known that well in the first place, I wouldn’t have been consumed by discarding like this.”
“Then what will you do now? Do you do what you are given or help?”
Pasius glanced sideways at the commotion in the distance.
“Our job is to find out what they’re up to. Rather, it is highly likely that the basement is empty now that the Chimera has appeared.”
Rudger’s answer was cold.
As if cut with a knife.
At the same time, he also said that he had no intention of stopping the current chimera rampaging situation itself.
Pasius’ expression hardened.
As soon as his eyes filled with disappointment, Rudger continued.
“And this side won’t have to step out.”
“yes?”
“Did you forget? How many elite troops are gathered in this city right now.”
“ah.”
Currently, two of the three major knights of the empire have gathered in the city, and even high-ranking wizards from each magic association have gathered.
Considering their numbers alone, they were strong enough to wage war.
And as long as they are in the capital, they will not leave this situation alone.
In fact, as if to prove it, I felt a series of waves of huge magic power from afar.
I could feel it because it was Ludger, who was sensitive to magical powers, and Pasius, who had a sharp sense of humor.
The fight of those who were already prepared has begun.
Pasius questioned Rudger while admiring it inwardly.
“But no matter how many knights and wizards you have, you won’t be able to protect all that many people.”
“The capital’s police and guards aren’t going to be idle.”
“That’s true, but isn’t there such a thing as a one-in-a-kind? Failure to do so may result in injury to students. Are you still going to stay still?”
“Students can get hurt too….”
Rudger was speechless.
“Certainly that cannot be denied.”
“yes?”
When Ludger readily agreed to this, Pasius felt something strange.
Rather than asking himself back, Rudger replied as if he had waited for this side to say this.
“Although it’s only superficial, as a teacher, you can’t just watch students get hurt.”
“Oh there….”
“let’s go.”
“Where are you going?”
“Chimeras are running rampant in the city. Or are you just going to watch it?”
“…I wish I had just asked to save it from the beginning.”
“Didn’t Sir Pasius tell me? If you do something wrong, you can hurt your students too. I just accepted it.”
When Rudger said that without changing his expression, Pasius unknowingly burst out laughing.
I realized anew why the first princess had said that.
Even if Rudger spoke coldly on the outside, there was a caring mind that took care of others between his actions and words.
In a way, she was similar to Princess Eileen.
Even now.
Saying that he would come forward to save him, he felt ashamed for nothing and used his words as an excuse to move.
“You should be ashamed.”
When I only heard rumors, I thought he was a psychopath without humanity, but now I know for sure.
Rudger Chelsea.
He was more human than anyone else.
“What did you just say?”
“no. let’s go We can’t just sit still and play.”
“For reference, I did not give my opinion, but Sir Pasius said it.”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
Rudger nodded with a slightly unreliable expression.
The two immediately moved towards the place where the fight was taking place.
* * *
“Sissha!”
Whiron raised his fist with a lively voice.
Perong!
The bulging muscles wriggled and created a hole in the air.
The fist hit the air with terrifying speed. Suddenly, a huge hole pierced the distant Chimera’s torso.
The police officers on the scene, seeing the scene, exclaimed in exclamation.
“Awesome. That is the magic release of the magician who has now entered the 6th tier!”
Whiron’s battle method was very simple.
Simple, yet so powerful.
It shoots out by pouring magical power into its fist and releasing it.
Rather than magic, it was a skill close to wind.
At this point, it was hard to even call it magic.
Some of the police who actually saw Whiron fight were wondering, ‘Magic?’
However, Whiron confidently declared that what he was using was magic.
Magic is, after all, using mana to unfold.
His assertion was that the act of punching out mana was also a technique using mana, so it was magic.
It wasn’t exactly wrong in principle, but it wasn’t that there wasn’t a sense of difference.
However, Whiron’s performance was dazzling enough to dispel the sense of difference.
A group of chimeras, which were difficult to deal with only by the police, were being swept away like fallen leaves by a single punch.
Wow!
“Sir Whiron! Dangerous!”
Maybe it was because Whiron was too digging into the Chimera group.
A chimera that was moving along the outer wall of a nearby building rushed at Whiron and thrust its teeth into it.
The double sharp teeth aimed at the area between Huiron’s exposed trapezius muscle and the nape of his neck.
An even more embarrassing thing happened next.
Caang!
Instead of piercing Whiron’s skin, the chimera’s teeth made a strange sound, as if they had collided with hard iron.
The chimera’s teeth, which even ate bricks with its teeth, shattered and fell to the floor.
“huh? Hahaha! look at this cute guy Are you trying to bite me?”
Whiron looked at Chimera looking at him with trembling eyes and stretched out his hand violently. The head of the chimera caught there snapped.
The police were able to realize why Whiron was a 6th tier wizard.
He didn’t need fancy magic tricks or anything.
There was only an unbelievable amount of magical energy, the amount of magical energy that could be discharged all at once, and the indefatigable stamina.
And that was enough.
Phew!
Every time Whiron threw a fist, Chimeras swept away by magic died.
“more! More to come!”
When Whiron shouted, the chimeras caught up in the provocation turned their eyes and rushed at Whiron.
The waves of subtle magical energy carried by Whiron’s shout shook the spirits of the Chimeras.
It was the moment when a group of Chimeras filling a street rushed at Whiron.
Light flashed in the air, and countless magic bullets rained down like bombs and engulfed the Chimeras.
Kwakwagwagwang───!!!
With the explosion, the Chimeras were torn apart or burned to pitch black.
Waiting for the bloody battle, Whiron looked up at the sky with an annoyed expression.
There was a little girl with her hair in ponytails.
Caroline Monarch.
She was there to help.
“Hey little girl. You can’t take other people’s prey at will.”
“Hey, muscle pig. I told you not to call me that.”
Caroline Monarch frowned and descended slowly from the air.
Seeing the floating magic that is detailed but not disturbingly natural, the policeman with knowledge of magic shed admiration.
Either way, Caroline was annoyed at Whiron.
“I’m breaking things with my fists one by one. You just have to stir it all at once with magic power.”
“Uh huh. If you do that, there won’t be any buildings left, so I’m restraining myself. I can’t break it with my own hands.”
“What is self-control? The chance to fight has come a long way, and he must be enjoying it for a long time. Who wouldn’t know?”
Whiron, who was stabbed at the pinnacle, shrugged.
Caroline looked at Whiron as if he was pathetic.
“Anyway, the current situation is the situation, so put off personal impressions. I don’t know what the hell is going on, but it doesn’t seem like an ordinary incident.”
“Looks like it.”
Even though it was erased by magic bombardment once, chimeras started to come from afar again.
How many of them were underground? They were pouring out almost endlessly.
Whiron clenched his fists and took a stance, and Caroline fluttered her hair with the magic of a tyrant.
It was the moment when the two of them tried to counter the upcoming chimera wave.
Flash!
A single flash of light fell vertically from the air.
Caroline and Whiron saw.
A single ray of light that fell vertically changed its direction in the air and pierced the middle of the forehead of the chimera that was running at the forefront.
It was as small as a knuckle, but the terrifying speed and heat of the light itself melted the Chimera’s vital points in an instant.
Not stopping there, the flash deflected again and pierced the next chimera.
In the blink of an eye, splendid traces of light, as if made by weaving constellations in the air, spread out in a dizzying manner.
It was almost at the same time that the chimeras that were running towards them fell to the ground.
“What is this….”
“….”
Whiron widened her eyes and Caroline was silent.
The scene created by the light that spread just before was also a sight, but the two realized at once how great the magic was.
“This is how you handle a single ray of light compressed to the limit?”
In order to defeat that number of Chimeras, they had to use large-scale magic that consumed a lot of mana.
However, the magic power contained in that light magic was not that much.
It was literally all of the Chimera being processed in a way that produced the maximum effect with the minimum amount of mana.
It wasn’t that Whiron and Caroline couldn’t use that method either.
It was a 6th level tier full of mana, so it was only possible if the two of them spent enough time practicing.
In other words, it was said that each 6th tier wizard should spend time and practice.
Just like that, the magic from before had extraordinary efficiency.
And above all magical properties.
‘Anyone who knows how to handle magic as rare as the light attribute… ….’
Caroline raised her head.
Out of thin air was the man.
A black-haired beauty worker looking down at the situation while fluttering a black frock coat.
Rudger confirmed with a blue gaze that there were no chimeras nearby, and then quickly disappeared as if flying over the building.
Rudger recognized this side, but he didn’t say hello.
It means there is no need to share.
“Huh.”
Whiron also laughed as if he was disappointed.
“That kind of person is a teacher. What a waste of talent.”