Chapter 255 (2/2)

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“Uhh…Arthur?”

“What?” I snapped,that would get this thing to open

“They’re…piling on top of each other,” Regis continued

Despiteout of here, I couldn’t resist

My eyes widened in horror at what I saw

The chi on top of one another With my enhanced vision, I was able to clearlyeach other

“How intoxicating to watch,” Regiseach other like that”

“I don’t think so” The aetheric essence enveloping their bodies grew thicker as they continued to eat each other in a pile of flesh and bone

I turned to the door, not wanting to stick around for as to coe and unlike the door to the sanctuary, there were no runes that I could decipher

I slaainst the door in frustration before I turned back toward the monstrosity I would have to face

Luckily, they were still in the

Picking up the dagger beside me, I dashed toward the pile of chimeras If I can’t run away froe as I can before it fully forer in areas where the aetheric essence had gathered the most but aside from the occasional wails of pain and brief spas each other “Come on Just die already!”

Suddenly, another sharp chill ran downred eyes shot open

A split second later, a blast of purple erupted from the mass of chimera bodies and hit me like a lead wall

The concussive force spread, blasting both Regis and I into the air Barely holding ontoone of the divots created by the chi

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Regis tottered toward in’ hurt”

My brows furrowed “That hurt you too?”

That’s not good

Myto think of a plan to kill that hunk of bone and flesh when an earthly roar resounded I looked up, afraid of what my eyes would see this tiined

Like one of those old shooting games I had played with Nico and Cecilia in my past life at the rundown retro arcade, the creatures had ed into its final form

The monstrosity that was close to a hundred feet away towered over the second row of sconces, bringing it up to about twenty feet in height It had three heads and stood on six legs that jutted out from the bottom of its lanky torso

While it only had two arun and crossbowsfrom its forearms The other arm was composed of the ith a spiked sickle at the end that screeched while it dragged on the ground as the creature skittered toward us

The thought of luring it away fro back to the sanctuary crossedthisus to go back—I tightened er and propelled myself forward

The fused chiun at me I could see two of the spiked vertebrae on its forear until it was visible to even the naked eye

Waiting until the last second, I pivoted and veered right just in time to see the two bolts fire, surrounded by a concentrated blast of aether

What I didn’t expect, however, was for the monster’s attack to carry the force of awith the debris froh the attack had ainst the corridor wall

I felt several of my of my ribs crack and my vision blurred for a second as is hovered in front of me, his expression serious, but I couldn’t hear his voice over the sharp ring in my ears

My eyes focused back on the fused chiht for even a second longer Picking up the dagger that had landed a few feet away, I charged forward, paying close attention to the flow of aether around its body

I knew that it would take the ain because its blaster arled lifelessly by its side while the aetheric essence around it dissipated into a purple smoke I needed to make sure that it wouldn’t be able to fire off another one of those attacks

The only problem was that the blaster wasn’t its only weapon The ales of wind and gashes on the ground as it raced toward ot, theskimmed by that sickle, but I continued my assault

I was forced to perform at a speed that far surpassed what a normal human could ever achieve Even I was surprised as I sidestepped, swiveled and pivoted just enough to dodge the weapon capable of slicing thelike it wasthe direction the sickle would cohtest twitch of movement made by the fused chimera

The flow of aether around its whip armana flow With ed to take doo of its six legs before the

It’s now or never, I deter under another swipe from the sickled end of the whip

I stepped forward, turning the serrated blade up and preparing to swipe up as the gray blur of the creature’s whip ar to pull er and the arround in a spray of blood

“Arthur!” Regis’s cry snapped me out of the rabbed the dagger from my severed arm and attacked

The chimera shrieked in pain as aetheric essence splattered fro with part of its shoulder

“Arri aether froh h aether inthat I had seen froet in h worried, flew intoin rip

I knew that aether wasn’t supposed to be manipulated but beckoned or ‘influenced’—as the Indrath Clan put it—but what if there was a way to force it into submission—to make it beckon to my will?

I dashed after the disoriented chi to for on the ground

I let the aether in is laid inside, focusing on the feeling— it

As more and more aura condensed in my left hand, a thin layer of black coatedasto burst here What exactly did you have inin my mind

“Just hold it in until I say so,” I said through gritted teeth It felt like I alking deeper and deeper into a pit of tar as ainst me, but I was alo any closer, one of the chi two heads twisted to look atwhip and sickle arm to attack me, it seemed…wary

All six of its eyes concentrated onhand

Al squeezed by two boulders as et in range to unleash it, the very room quivered and the sconces flickered off

I could feel the aether in the atmosphere tremble as a baleful aura spread fro purple

It’s using the aether in its body and in the at aura

My luck finally seeh Whether it was because of this body, or because oftwo lives, the aetheric intent had little effect

Ignoring the intensifying pain radiating from the stub of my cleaved arm, I dashed forth

The chi its whip ar on the flow of aether to detered one last time and ju ht underneath its three heads as a blast of black and purple erupted froth had been sapped clean froround just beside the rerew heavy as I succurasp of sleep when a loud cry suddenly snapped is whooped in glee

Despite the near-death experience we had just overco an arh

Barely pulling myself up to my feet, I inspected the fused chimera I couldn’t tell whether I had used space or life aether, but I hadmost of its head as well

“Good job,” I said to my companion just in ti to the next stage unlocking

“So, pretty boy, did you want to consuis asked with renewed confidence

“Not quite,” Itoward the fused chimera corpse “You kno you said that even asuras have mana cores that sustain and power their bodies?”

“Yeah?” Regis tilted his head “But your mana core is broken”

“Yup” I looked back at hirained inan aether core?”