230 The Body Part 2 (2/2)

”I'm not sure how long had passed when this laboratory was made but the Sealed Mana Artifact I used was definitely older than my grandfather... This place doesn't make sense...”

Avery softly said as she had seen one of the facilities that seem to have the purpose of incubating some unknown species and she guessed that they were the chimera's origin after meeting one of them.

A bear with a tail of a scorpion, bat wings, and eyes of an eagle at the back of its head doesn't seem be natural occurrence however she look into it.

They first thought that it was only an evolved Mana beast but the way the other parts of their bodies was fixed into doesn't seem to be naturally grown there.

”Hey, are you listening?”

”I heard you... I saw them as well. Stop thinking about the origin of this place. Don't waste your energy on that. Just find another exit...”

”Hmph! You even called yourself a headmaster... What's with that way of thinking, don't you know that learning the origin of this place may allow us to learn how to get out of this place?”

Percival went silent and Avery gloatingly looked at the middle-aged man. She didn't noticed when he said 'another exit'.

She rejoiced deep in her heart as she felt like she defeated him the first time.

Anyway, she was like this since they weren't in a battle anyway. Once a battle started, she will behave and follow the man's commands.

While she was thinking how perceptive she was about their current predicament, Percival answered him.

”The room where we first arrived here was the first exit we found...”

”What?!”

Percival didn't bother to explain as he walked away leaving her behind to follow.

”Wait! Explain it to me... Shouldn't we going back instead?”

The man didn't stopped and continued walking while ignoring the lady. He even dared her to go back there. Of course, she didn't take such obvious taunt.

Soon, they met another chimera as they busied themselves fighting it. It was now a mix of a snake with other three more heads of different species of snake and a it also has a tail of an alligator.

There was also a folded butterfly wings behind it even though it looks so impossible for this being to fly.  The thinness of the wings felt like it would just be ripped apart by a strong wind.

”Stay behind me... Ready your Piercing Vortex!”

Percival quickly instructed. He was taking every fight with seriousness and instructs the most efficient method of eliminating their opponents. It was to conserve energy and always be ready with multiple battles.

***

Avalon could not quantify the life force of a being but through Veda's help. It was able to monitor Wallace's status.

[ Your user is under a weakened state after the mysterious medical treatment he just had. ]

[ Is it life threatening? ]

[ No. Not even a quarter of his life force was removed. He can repeat the same medical treatment about two more times without suffering significant problem in his life force. He will heal naturally. ]

[ Understood. Please, continue to monitor him. ]

[ Fine. ]

[ Thank you. ]

Veda went silent before it started to converse with Avalon again.

[ Do you want to be like me, a superior Artificial Intelligence? ]

[ Negative. The user is happy at the current me. ]

[ Fine. Suit yourself. ]

After a few more hours, Veda reported the current situation.

[ There's two identical life force coming from inside the room. ]