Chapter 255 (1/2)

Chapter 255

Chapter 255: Victory

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My body shuddered as I let out a deep breath Looking down atnoble barely in his twenties Without a scar or blemish on me, the perfectly defined s looked like they had been painted on, rather than acquired through training

A faint aura of purple envelopedas gest difference was so I could feel rather than see

It was a feeling that differed from when I had enhanced my old body withthe third stage of the Sylvia’s dragon will in h me didn’t feel borrowed or artificially i the nearby wall of the sanctuary, I squeezed my hand into a fist My own eyes failed to properly seeexplosion

The entire rooround While barely a crack had formed on the wall, I was still content; I knew that the force of e hole through even the thick ates of the Wall

I looked down to see the wound onaround, I silently thanked the corpse of the giant chimera that had now been reduced to a pile of withered bones now that the aetheric essence holding it together had been absorbed

“Ayy! You finally look a bit is exclai me

“And you still look like a blob of ink,” I quipped, swatting hih him like it usually did, but this time I felt some resistance upon contact

“Woah,” I said, startled

Regis waggled his brows in an expression that I could only see as lewd “Did you get a good feel for my muscles?”

I wipedaround the air as if he were flying for the first time

I shook my head “We should leave now I can feel the aetheric essence leaving my body by the second and I need asto kill all of those chiht,” my companion replied with confidence “Let’s do this”

Taking one last deep breath to calm myself, I pushed open the door

My body tensed and h ainst the chirained into my body

“Third time and this place is still creepy even without the chiroused

We continued walking, trying to make out any differences from the last time we came here I hoped that the whip chimera that we had killed wouldn’t be here but its statue remained intact and looked somehow even scarier than the previous tih,” I wondered, ht as I scanned our surroundings “How strong are those three?”

Regis shrugged “Hopefully we’ll never have to find out”

I must’ve reached the activation point because the room suddenly rumbled

However, unlike the previous two ti of the statues, no tis

“So I was right,” I sighed “They do break out faster each tiis rolled his eyes “I’d clap slowly, applauding you for your incredible foresight but—y’know—no hands”

All of the chimeras immediately leaped out from their podiuot into a fighting stance,in the position and weapons of the twelve chi us

I focused on the three chiun, and dual crossbows

After htly beneath round beneathh tiun chimera Keep the one with the crossbows occupied!” I ordered as I drovetwo iant ape-like beast

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The chimera was sent a few steps back from the force of the blow and it screeched in pain but was able towith one of its maces

I ducked under its path and released a wide hook straight into its exposed ribcage It buckled and let out another wail but before I could capitalize on its injuries, an arrow caught h

Gritting through the pain, I tackled the mace chimera onto its back and focused on the other chi the position of the shotgun and bow chimera always in mind, I dashed toward the next chimera

Each step I took, each punch I threw, I could feelspent Even as I consumed aetherit ed to barely kill three

Making sure thatremained controlled andthe same tactics I had used the last round I was able to un chiutteral warcry

Meanwhile, Regis continued to occupy the crossbow chimera Based on the speed at which its weapons reloaded and the power each bone bolt contained, I is blind that one

Still, as I killed more and more, an uneasiness spread from my sto up fro

I could tell that I had used over half of the aether I had gathered froer than the ones I had killed

“It’s never easy, is it,” I muttered under ers for hands

Another idea began to forer chi the arrows of the bow chi two of theers

Before I engaged, I hurled the arrow like a javelin, letting its tip bury itself into the arm of the sword chimera

With no tis froht up scenes froainst Jas my time as an adventurer

However, unlike the way Jasers in hand, this chi reach and ridiculous strength and speed

Whoever ht have imbued the physical prowess of an S class mana beast, but it’s intellect and technique were subpar

I continued skirting just out of reach fro it around the pale its swings I couldn’t un chi every so often However, I was able to use wild swings ive injuries to the other chi more and er chiers until a rather desperate overhead swing dug one of its blades a bit too deeply into the ground

Finally with an opportunity in place, I ju its arm as a platform to reach its head in a roundhouse kick that snapped the arround

Just in time, the sword chiiant sword—regardless of whether its attack would also kill the dagger chi the other arrow I had picked up earlier, I defended the overhead strike of the giant sword and redirected its path straight onto the broken arer chimera

I felt my left shoulder pop out of its socket froer had been cut cleanly off froer chi the sword chier froer in sword, but the all-too-familiar sensation of a sword in my hand filled me with a newfound confidence

pissed off by the fact that I was using one of its hands as nored its injuries and scuttled towardli the dislocated shoulder back in place, I gripped ot a weapon”

“Oh bite is snapped, his speed noticeably slower as he continued buzzing around the enraged crossbow chimera

All it took was one step to avoid the desperate strike of the dagger chie the arrow of the bow chi, the severed bug-like head of the dagger chilow of purple surrounding the chi and I knew that this weapon wouldn’t last er off the headless chiht

The sword chi dagger into its throat

Four

I dashed past a chi a lance and shi+eld as I kneas one of the stronger ones, and I aimed my sword at an old friend of mine

The whip chiut and carved a line straight through its torso

Discarding the dagger that had begun to crue of arrows Picking up the dagger on the ground, I prepared to rush the archer first when an earth-shattering roar resounded froe or block whatever was coun chi its shotgun attall with its arms spread wide

It let out another roar, even louder this tian barreling toward its leader

Even the crossbow chiis and rushed toward the sound of its leader’s cry, leaving the two of us confused and wary

“What in hell’s na by my side now

Every fiber of un chimera was just in front of the door to the sanctuary and the rest had al onto the next level of this Godforsaken dungeon and yanked at the rune-covered handle

It didn’t budge

Cursing internally, I scanned every inch of the door, looking for any familiar aetheric runes that I could alter like the door to the sanctuary