Chapter 533: Chimera

Julius turned to stare at the chimera, which was roaring at the sky, and smiled.

The moment he saw the creature, he knew he wanted to fight it. His blood sang with excitement, and he only held back because of how people were around. Also, his number one priority had been to keep his friends safe.

However, now those issues have been solved. He could have some fun.

He charged his body with so much mana, kinetic energy, and aura that it felt like it was breaking apart. And it felt absolutely exhilarating.

He used one quick [Void Step] to appear right in front of the creature’s face, slamming the monster with a [Void Strike] along with all of the kinetic energy he had managed to siphon from its last attack.

The flesh of the chimera’s face was really tough. It was no wonder that Isaac and Eren had some trouble. However, with all of the power he put into his blow, the monster’s face now sported a large crater in it. Unfortunately, since it was so large, there was only so much damage he could do.

The injury was relatively small compared to its massive size. But that didn’t deter Julius; he was already charging another attack while he watched the flesh of the beast regenerate at a visible pace.

He attempted to use some of his ruinous aura to stop whatever skill it was using, but he was unable to. He might have slowed it slightly, but the creature had an enormously powerful willpower.

It didn’t have any finesse or real level of control, but with its unusual soul, it must have inherited an absurdly strong will or something similar.

He had already created armor around his body. Azure colored mana flowed from his chest to his hands. Beautiful wings sprouted from his back, flaring dangerously with flames. He could feel his red eyes shining brightly with each movement of his aura.

His crown, pulsing slowly atop his head, seemed to breathe with life.

It was funny. For the first time since he got the item, he didn’t feel it fighting against him. If anything, the crown seemed like it was just as excited as he was.

“Ah, so you are a battle maniac too, huh?” He asked the crown quietly.

All he got in return was an emphatic flare of blue flames from it.

Then, with a wild, wild grin, he disappeared in a flash of blue light. He hadn’t teleported; he used sheer kinetic energy to propel himself forward, using his own speed to cycle even more kinetic energy from his movements.

He slammed into the creature’s face once more. This time around, he used [Void Strike] alongside his ruinous flames. Now that it was motivated, the crown was much easier to use.

He was able to feed fire mana into it with an ease he had never experienced. The mana that came out of it was just as easy to control. He fed it into his fists and armor, letting the destructive force vibrate under his willpower.

The strike was powerful. Really powerful. The fifty-foot monster was knocked off balance for the first time and cried out in pain as it fell to the ground. Its six legs thrashed around as it tried to get back to its feet.

Julius was forced to blast himself upward into the sky when it tried to smack him with its tail. He had learned from watching Isaac fighting earlier that while the chimera wasn’t that swift, considering its size, its tail was another story.

The ridiculously long limb moved with shocking speed. He was just barely fast enough to ignore it. He flew high up, ready to strike once again.

However, he stopped himself when he sensed a glowing white missile slam into the downed creature. Isaac must have stayed inside along with Julius and used his body like a missile, slamming into the creature’s exposed belly.

The force of the blow was immense and exploded a small chunk of flesh from the chimera. However, it was clear that Isaac didn’t have anything that prevented the monster’s healing factor. Unlike the wounds that Julius had just inflicted, the scars of the belly were almost already healed in a matter of seconds.

The chimera let out a roar, and Julius widened his eyes in astonishment when an invisible blast smacked him right in the face. He had no idea what kind of attack this was. It might have been some kind of telekinesis attack, but he was sure.

Thankfully, he absorbed most of the force. Still, it forced him back and required him to take some time to stabilize his flight.

Isaac, on the other hand, was tossed a hundred feet across the field. Julius watched as the large teen got back to his feet once again, holding back a sigh. It would appear that, for as powerful and fast as Isaac was, fighting strategy wasn’t exactly his strong suit.

It wasn’t even like Julius himself was particularly skilled in this aspect, but Isaac had been doing the same thing over and over for the past several minutes. Not changing a single thing. He just kept on running in, got a good hit on the monster, and then got blasted into the ground. It was only because of his pretty good healing skill that the man wasn’t dead yet.

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Even then, Julius could see the teen’s healing slowing. The white light was a little dimmer, and several minor wounds weren’t healed. Julius suspected that part of the issue was that the monster wasn’t using plain mana attacks to hurt Isaac, which meant there wasn’t enough mana to absorb to heal.

Yet, Isaac continued to run headfirst into the beast without any regard. Julius had his fair share of headbutting into walls until he succeeded, but that was when he was holding back or when he knew he had some advantage he could use.

Isaac seemed a little… special.

Julius didn’t know why, but it irritated him more than it should have.

Still, Isaac was at least doing something, so he ignored the guy and dashed back to the chimera. This time around, the chimera had targeted him as a threat, and the difference was dramatic.

The spikes on its back glowed red once again, but it wasn’t like the previous attacks. Instead of a single strong attack, he found himself assaulted by hundreds of small beams of light. They were extremely fast and unbelievably nimble.

He used his wings to help him dodge the attacks. The wind tore his face as he used kinetic energy to flash across the sky. His flight abilities were so much better than they had been several months ago, but they still weren’t the best. It was expected as well.

Humans weren’t supposed to fly after all. Thankfully, he had a lot of kinetic energy to play with, so even though he wasn’t the most graceful, he was quick.

Unfortunately, it was like the chimera had locked onto his mana signature. Every single attack tracked him with worrying precision. He created several barriers around him, using them to block the few attacks that he wasn’t able to dodge.