Chapter 681 - End of Monster Legion 1 (1/2)

Kuek! Kuek!

Kiiiiik!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Large monsters such as trolls and ogres were beating the Gigants, which had their shields unfolded.

They pulled out the rocks and trees around them to knock down the Gigants, but the 18 Knights class and Warrior class Gigants didn’t move. They were like a solid wall that wouldn’t collapse.

Rather, the ogres and trolls ended up getting wounded and collapsed because of the counterattack, in which the Gigants would occasionally stab through the shields.

“Wh-why can’t we get through?”

Lenuk, who was watching the situation from behind, tapped his chest because of a bad feeling.

For the past few days, they were under the attack of the Symphonia troops which were blocking their path, and the damage from the monster legion increased every day.

That didn’t mean that they didn’t try for other methods.

They tried using various methods such as dark magic attacks and sending the monsters in roundabouts up the mountain, but everything failed.

In the end, he couldn’t help but come up with another decision.

“Bring out the Chimera monsters.”

“Huh? You really mean that? But it wasn’t part of the plan to use them…”

At Lenuk’s order, the subordinate warlock was shocked.

“Kuek! Since you incompetent men can’t do your jobs properly, why not send those ones in to break through those bastards! Go and let them out! Let them out!”

At Lenuk’s furious words, the subordinate went to give out the signal.

And then, monsters of quite bizarre shapes began to emerge from behind.

Grrrrr!

Kikkkkkki!

A monster with the head of an ogre, body of a troll, and limbs of a saber tiger.

A monster with two heads and six limbs.

They were monsters made by attaching the bodies of various monsters together, like a rag doll.

They were known as Chimera.

Among the forbidden magic of ancient times, there was a section of study which explored the origin of life.

And the school that studied it was Camaria.

However, the wizards of Camaria school went down in later times and forgot the original purpose of life and got obsessed with creating stronger forms of life.

And what appeared from their obsession was the Chimera, a man-made creature.

However, due to the unethical means and cruelty involved in the study, which included humans as subjects, they were taken down by the Holy Arthenia Empire 300 years ago.

The El Kassel denomination and many other denominations defeated the Camaria school’s abomination.

But the Chimera, which was said to have disappeared, was appearing again!

“Kukuku, one Chimera would be enough to deal with two or three Gigants. It is a pity that I ended up using them. I wanted to save them till I meet Luke, but I can’t help the situation I got in.”

A hundred years back, a magic book from the extinct Camaria school accidentally flowed into the Veritas Magic Tower through the black market.

It was Lenuk’s teacher who studied its contents.

Lenuk too used to help out his teacher and invested considerable time in the Chimera research, and the result of it was the synthetic Chimera made by extracting the best traits of monsters.

However, the other elders of Veritas or Arsene didn’t show much interest in the Chimera.

They thought that the undead like the Death Knight and Lich was better than the crafter monsters.

It was because the Chimera was at a disadvantage when it came to mass production.

However, Lenuk didn’t accept their words.

Even a Lich and a Death Knight weren’t easy to mass produce in the beginning.

It was his thought that if one was interested enough, then they could come up with a breakthrough method in mass production.

‘At this point, I will use all the Chimera to sweep away the Symphonia Kingdom and show that my teacher’s choice wasn’t wrong!’

How powerful the monsters would be if they possessed the sharp and agile movements of saber tigers, the regeneration of the trolls, and the strength the ogres.

That would be able to tear up quite a few Gigants with just its strength.

At Lenuk’s instructions, the Chimera screamed and ran toward the Gigant.

“Huh? What is that?”

Rogers retreated for a brief break and maintenance.

He seemed somewhat puzzled since it was his first time seeing such a monster. They looked like a monster but weirder than normal.

“They, they are Chimeras!”

The executive of the Katarina Magic Tower, who was there for support, seemed startled and screamed.

“Chimera?”

The wizards hurried and explained to Marquis Rogers, who didn’t seem to understand it.

Rogers, who heard the explanation, couldn’t help but show his displeasure.

“The Chimeras are that powerful?”

Although large monsters were strong, they were always inferior to Gigants.

Even since the invention of the Gigants, mankind had defeated several kinds of monsters, and the performance of the Gigants was always increased.

However, they didn’t think that monsters that were made using other monsters would outperform the Gigants.

“According to the rumors in the magic world, Gigants are like insects in front of them, and they are known to heal quickly. So we can’t rush in!”

Gigants today were far superior than that of 300 years ago.

It was because the magic engineering and technology had developed over time.

However, the making of the Chimera too had evolved, so it seemed like being headstrong wouldn’t be the right option.

“If that is the strongest the enemy has, I’ll have to deal with it myself.”

Rogers boarded his Orion and approached his camp, just in time before the Chimera could barge in.

Bang! Kwang!

“Kuak!”

“Tch, they are so strong!”

The moment five Chimera’s were about to bit the Gigant’s shield, six Gaius, who were shoulder to shoulder a moment ago were on the ground. The same thing happened with the Warrior class Gigants who were in the back supporting them.

Mayne Gigants were down, and those who were lucky managed to avoid the attack.