Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 317 - Chimera

Now, with the intruder bastards gone, while their leader fled like a tunnel rat, the remaining 110 fighters immediately prepared themselves to once again fight against the giant monster in front of them.

The fight restarted with 10 less problems and plus one extremely furious monster.

This time, the Chimera had not been fooled by the [Blind] spell Alex casted. When the spell was cast, one of the Chimera's four heads closed its eyes. So, even though the other three pairs of eyes were temporarily blinded by the piercing lights, there was still one head that could see its surroundings, nullifying the purpose of the spell itself.

This was the advantage of a monster with four heads and combined with the fact that Chimera was a tier 5 Abyss creature, which made it have basic intelligence compared to lower-tier monsters, the fight would only be harder from now on. Moreover, the Chimera already saw and experienced the strategy Alex used to take it down. Thus, the situation didn't look too good for the fighters.

When the other fighters were about to run forward and tried to grab the chains dangling on its neck, the Chimera suddenly raised its tail again and fired another hundreds of poisonous spikes. This attack made the fighters, who were already rushing forward, stop their advance abruptly and retreat back.

Same problem occured when the fighters tried to grab the chains dangling around its body. The Chimera violently shook its body, sending the iron chains flying around and crashing into the fighters. 

Meanwhile, the condition of the fighters, who were assigned to attack the Chimera's goat head, was also not smooth. Ever since it had seen the fighters focus their attacks on killing its goat head, the Chimera was currently protecting the goat head with all its might.

The fire and ice snakes, which had previously attacked the fighters who were pulling the chains, were now firing their breaths at the fighters who lunged and threatened its goat head. Since the Chimera was not immobilized on the ground anymore, the two snake heads could freely fire their breath towards the approaching fighters.

Thanks to the things that happened, a few fighters were injured as a result of this failed second stage attack.

Seeing their wounded friends, one of the fighters couldn't help but curse, "The Heavenly Gate bastards are making things harder for us."

Fortunately, they were currently fighting the Chimera inside its own nest. The limited space of the tunnel made it unable to exploit its wings and restricted its mobility. Otherwise, the situation would definitely not have happened like now, where their attacks could reach the Chimera.

In Alex's previous life, when the second tribulation began and the Abyss Hole completely released all of its monsters inside it, dozens of Chimera would begin to be seen flying outside . They then began to attack every major city in the world, causing chaos wherever they passed. Therefore, it was really the best opportunity to kill it, while it was still inside the abyss hole.

Right now, the Chimera couldn't go anywhere and just stood and looked at the fighters with its four pair eyes that radiated an eerie vibe, making the fighters feel cold shivers running down their backs. The fighters also stood there, watching the Chimera, showing the monster their unbreakable determination. A strange yet harmonious stand-off happened between these two different entities, each with the same intent to kill the other.

Seeing the stalemate situation and their failed attacks, Alex was forced to change the strategy a little. He told the other fighters to charge forward together and struck any part of the Chimera they could attack. 

The fighters became restless and worried, when they heard the so-called 'strategy'.

"Can this even still be called a strategy?" asked one of the fighters.

Alex only smiled when he heard that. He then took out more than one hundred scrolls from his storage ring and gave one each to everyone. The scroll was [Stone Skin - Tier 1 Earth Spell] magic scroll.

Looking at everyone, Alex said, "With this scroll, you should be safe from the ice and fire breath for at least one minute. Just make sure to dodge the Chimera's tail and the lion's mouth, cause that will be suicidal indeed"

Every magic scroll cost one yellow spirit stone worth of energy. While giving the scrolls to everyone, Alex just hoped his wife would not be angry with this charity act of his.

Hearing Alex's words, everyone finally agreed and were willing to try again.

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After everyone received their share of magic scroll, they immediately went ahead and prepared themselves for the third try.

"Let's move. Attack!" shouted Alex as he zoomed towards the Chimera.

As soon as Alex shouted, all 110 fighters immediately moved. Close combat fighters casted their abilities and spells that enhanced their strength as they darted towards the Chimera, while the long-range fighters instantly casted their spells and fired them at the Chimera. A myriad of different types of spells were seen flying through the air towards every visible part of the Chimera, while the melee fighters followed right behind the flying spells.

The Chimera, who watched all this happen, quickly opened its mouth and used the spell that Alex prevented at all cost, [Lion's Roar].

ROOOOAAAARRRR!!!

Thunderous sound escaped the Chimera's lion mouth and travelled through the air towards the incoming spells and approaching fighters. As soon as the wave of roar touched the volley of spells, the spells were unexpectedly being pushed back and disintegrated into nothingness. Meanwhile, the fighters, who were charging forward, were pushed back by it and received slight injuries to their bodies while their eardrums rang.

After staggering for a moment, the melee fighters quickly got up to their feet and continued their charge. When they reached the Chimera, they immediately began their assault and bombarded the Chimera's body with a flurry of attacks. 

After all, all the fighters in this place were the best from their respective countries. So, no wonder that this second plan could run smoothly. Most were able to read the situation and adjust their area of attack, opening up gaps and providing opportunities for Alex's few selected fighters.

Aleric, the dual element fighters from Germany, Christina with her [FireBlade] spell and Alex himself with his tier 5 weapon, Strokes. The three of them were the main damage dealers. while the other fighters served as support and diversion. The trio immediately did their assault on the goat head.

Alex, who was enhanced by the fourth stage hexagram technique, was able to run around the Chimera's massive body dodging every attack from the beast, while firing shot after shot into the Chimera's eyes. Each time a shot landed on its eyes, the goat head immediately healed the wound as if nothing had happened. However, the shots still managed to obstruct the Chimera's vision, making it unable to respond when it saw a figure jumped and landed on its back.

Aleric, the figure on the Chimera's back, immediately stepped forward and grabbed the goat head with all the strength he could muster. Thanks to the tier 3 gloves he wore and his powerful physique, he managed to immobilize the goat head.

Meanwhile. Christina followed the attack by stomping her legs against the ground and leaped towards the Chimera's goat head. In midair, she quickly used her [9 Sun Manual - Stage 6] technique, which made her shrouded in scorching flames. 

She then dived towards the goat head like a fire comet, while her sword was instantly engulfed with blazing flames. When she nearly reached the goat head, she swung her sword diagonally. The blazing flames immediately left her sword and moved through the air in an arc towards the goat head. The Chimera's ice snake head saw its ice breath destroyed by the fiery arc that continued undisputed towards the goat head, severing it.

The Chimera roared in pain when its goat head was severed by Christina's Fire Blade. When her feet touched the Chimera's back, the goat head already fell to the ground with a loud thud, causing dust to fly everywhere.

After losing its goat head, the Chimera could only receive the fighters' attacks without any hope of healing it. One by one, the Chimera's heads were severed, starting from the ice snake heads to the fire snake head.

The two snake heads tried to fire their breaths at the fighters, but the sheer number of attacks they received made them unable to do so. Their opened mouths would always be greeted by rain of spells or storm of strikes, making them thwart their attacks. The ice snake's head was then torn off by Aleric's hands, while the fire snake's head was ravaged by Alex's bullets.

After the three Chimera's heads were killed, Alex showed the fighters the last head they needed to kill before they attacked the lion head. Unexpectedly, the last head was located behind its tail, hidden from plain sight. 

This was the biggest secret in order to kill the Chimera, they needed to destroy this head to allow them to kill the Chimera. If this hidden head was not killed, then the Chimera would not die, no matter how many hits it received, and would continue to regenerate.

When the last head was killed, the Chimera, who was still struggling, immediately laid limp on the ground. Alex smiled when he saw that, he then approached the lion head to do the last blow.

Raising Strokes in the air, Alex then stabbed it into the forehead of the lion. Followed by a pained roar, the Chimera was finally dead.

The battle was finally over.