240 Celestial Part 1 (1/2)

Wallace immediately returned to the surface after confirming that he has safely stored the machine.

He didn't even bother to check with Veda whether it was the real thing and only trusted his hunch since he had a bad feeling about staying longer on that cramped and dark place.

”Are you alright?”

Yumi asked seeing Wallace was breathing heavily. He wasn't even gone for long.

”I'm good. We have to leave this place...”

”Just like what we wanted...” Yumi smiled as she glanced at the ground.

Wallace did the same and noticed that the previously grass-filled ground was now filled with mosquitoes...

The group was certainly attacked during the short time he went away. This means that this place wasn't really as peaceful as it seems to be.

At the very least, these insects were weak creatures considering that Veda had only warned him about the chimeras that lurk at night.

Wallace leads the way as they quickly left the place. They were still in the forest but their current path seems to have a road that naturally formed through the years of usage.

This path may have been used by either a large number of monsters or a road might have been built here before but it just got covered by ground and some grass that grew in time.

There seems to be no problem traveling for several hours as they avoided any troublesome mana beasts.

Rooaaarr!!

A sudden loud roar halted their movements as the sheer force coming from the sound even bent some trees.

”Let's try to avoid that...” Hannah suggested as she realized that the source of such a powerful roar was surely a strong opponent.

Yumi waited for Wallace to decide since she realized that the man looks to be more accustomed to this kind of place considering his decision-making and unrivaled senses.

Roooaaarr!!

Another loud roar from a beast was heard and this time, the origin of the sound was getting near them.

Clint and Elaine even readied their weapons in case they engaged in a fight.

”Wait, I think we need to try fighting this one. There will surely be a lot of these kinds of creatures in the place where the headmaster was staying at.”

”What kind of creature?”

”Chimeras...”

Crash!

They were about to ask what he meant by that word but as soon as the monster suddenly arrived in front of them, they realized that Wallace meant what he said. It was really a chimera...

Grrr!

A threatening growl sounded as the monster stared at the group of people.

The chimera was a mix of red deer's head, gorilla's torso, scorpion's tail, and lion's limbs. Its skin was even covered by a thin layer of scales.

It was unlike the previous bear that Wallace finished off who only had mutated some of its body to strengthen itself. This one was an abomination of a creature.

Wind Haste!

Mud Ground!

Hannah cast a quick support spell for everyone and another spell to slow the creature.

Luckily, the creature doesn't seem to be proficient in utilizing the mana hidden within its body so they quickly injured the chimera.

Slice!

Hannah used her knife to cut a small part of its skin and utilized its effect. Clint used his gauntlet to land a heavy punch that throws the monster by several meters.

”Raaahh!”

The chimera was hurt by these people as its eyes turned red in anger. Hannah even noticed that her 6th gen mana artifact wasn't effective with the creature.