Chapter 432
Chapter 432
Chapter 432
RUMBLE!
When Azmund released the power limit using the Language of Oaths, an unusual reaction occurred in the Chimera's body.
KEUREUREUREUK!
Making a grotesque sound, its entire body suddenly started to swell.
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
First, its arms and legs swelled up, then soon its entire torso grew larger and its face changed.
KWAAAAAAAK!
Its skin became like dragon scales, tusks like those of a wild boar protruded from its face, and its body resembled a tiger.
Zeke raised Bahamut as he looked at the Chimera that had transformed into a monster.
'One of the Four Fiends, Dohl. It must be an experiment that received that power.'
It was certainly created by mixing the cursed blood of the demon dragon with the corrupted bloodline of the Four Fiends to create a bizarre creature that shouldn't exist in this world.
Zeke felt deep revulsion toward the Nostra Family's Chimera research that desecrated life.
Azmund smiled maliciously as he watched the fully liberated Chimera.
"Chimera! Kill them all!"
When Azmund commanded, the Chimera opened its mouth wide, let out a threatening roar, and charged toward the Black Sword Knights.
Diego, who was at the front, swung his dual swords to deflect the Chimera's sharp claws, and Aster thrust his spear toward the Chimera.
KWACHING!
The spear bounced off, unable to penetrate the Chimera's tough scales.
Then Felix, who was behind them, gripped his sword and drew up his energy.
WOOOOOONG!
Felix, having gathered his energy, displayed Agamemnon's Golden Sword technique.
"HAAAAAAT!"
The powerful Aura of the Arch Paladin residing in his body combined with the Golden Sword technique, causing a brilliant Aura Blade to surge from Felix's sword.
His sword penetrated into the Chimera's scales.
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
Felix's sword slashed across the Chimera's flank, inflicting a wound from which green blood gushed out.
CHIIIIIIIK!
The Chimera's acidic blood emitted smoke as it melted the floor.
Not missing this opportunity, Reina and Liam rushed in together and launched sword strikes toward the wound.
SHWIIIIIIK!
Reina's lightning-fast attack and Liam's heavy sword strike simultaneously struck the wounded flank of the Chimera.
KWADEUDEUDUK!
The Chimera's body tilted and fell sideways from the powerful strike.
KAAAAAAAAK!
The Chimera screamed as if in pain.
Azmund, who had been watching from behind, was startled and wiped the triumphant expression from his face, replacing it with an anxious one.
'To think that mere knights under Zeke Draker could be this strong.'
All members of the Black Sword Knights, being Blue Knights or higher, were battle-hardened warriors worth a hundred men each. Azmund had completely failed in his analysis of them.
As a result, Azmund's plan to subdue them with the Chimera and escape had gone awry.
Zeke slowly approached Azmund while holding Bahamut.
"Is that all you have? It might be better to surrender before this gets any more tedious."
Azmund gave a bitter smile at Zeke's words and steadied his breathing. He was tense, not expecting to have to use this method.
"Zeke Draker, this isn't all I have."
Simultaneously, Azmund began to chant something.
Watching Azmund muttering in an unfamiliar language with a low, strange tone, Zeke noticed something odd.
'This is?'
A strange language he'd never heard before.
However, it was similar to the language spoken by the shadow figure that had appeared in William Jiemens' seal.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
When Azmund chanted the bizarre spell, Ajitahaka sword that Zeke had stuck in the ground showed an unusual reaction.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
Suddenly, the sword wriggled and opened a huge mouth wide.
And the stretched mouth of the sword surprisingly flew toward the Chimera.
KWADEUDEUDUK!
Ajitahaka sword that bit the Chimera began to burrow into the Chimera's body.
Then the Chimera began to transform into yet another form.
KAAAAAAAAK!
The Chimera, screaming as if in pain, first began changing its body color.
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
The surface color of its body changed to black, and the wound inflicted by Felix quickly healed.
JJEOJEOJEOJEOJEOK!
After the color completely changed, the Chimera's face split into four parts, revealing sharp teeth densely packed inside.
Simultaneously, something surged from behind the transformed Chimera.
CHWARARARARAK!
Tentacles covered in sharp teeth protruded out.
Zeke frowned as he looked at the tentacles that emerged from the Chimera's body.
'That's an Outer Being?'
It resembled the Outer Being seen in the Forest of the Forgotten.
Seeing the Outer Being features emerge in the Chimera that merged with Ajitahaka sword, Zeke could make one guess.
'Could Ajitahaka power... be related to Jiemes Apollion?'
Jiemens Apollion had sealed the Earth God's soul in the Forest of the Forgotten, and the magical beast guarding it was an Outer Being.
Additionally, the mysterious language that appeared within William Jiemens' seal was connected to traces from Jiemens Apollion's ruins. And now, it was Ramon Jiemens' Ajitahaka sword that transformed the Chimera into an Outer Being.
Zeke felt there must be a close connection between Jiemens Apollion's power and Ajitahaka power.
KAAAAAAK!
The Chimera, now completely transformed into a flesh-eating beast after merging with Ajitahaka sword, roared at the Black Sword Knights.
Azmund spoke while looking at Zeke.
"Even you, a Knight of Salvation, won't be able to handle this flesh-eating beast that's never satisfied no matter how much it devours."
As Azmund spoke meaningfully, dozens of tentacles sprouted from the flesh-eating beast's body and attacked the Black Sword Knights members.
Seeing this, Azmund spoke to Zeke.
"Zeke Draker, I'll make the offer one more time. If you join hands with me, we could take over Rom..."
But then.
CHWARARARARAK!
One of the tentacles that sprouted from the flesh-eating beast wrapped around Azmund's ankle.
"Wh-what?"
The tentacle wrapped around Azmund's body and lifted him into the air.
"N-no! S-stop!"
While Azmund knew the spell to create the flesh-eating beast, he didn't know how to stop it.
The flesh-eating beast that truly devoured anything didn't even recognize Azmund, its commander, and seemed to regard him as merely meat to be consumed.
The tentacle brought the wrapped-up Azmund toward its body and suddenly opened a mouth that had formed on its back.
"N-no!"
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
With a final scream, the scheming Azmund Varios disappeared into the flesh-eating beast's mouth.
Only the cruel sound of bones and flesh being crushed could be heard from behind the beast.
After devouring Azmund, the beast licked its grotesque tongue and looked at the Black Sword Knights and Zeke as if still hungry.
At that moment, the Komodo lizards and dragon warriors waiting in the back charged toward the flesh-eating beast.
KAAAAK!
KEUREUREUREUK!
Dozens of lizards and dragon warriors drove the flesh-eating beast back.
However, the beast also had dozens of tentacles, which wrapped around the lizards and dragon warriors, restraining their movement.
Just as the flesh-eating beast opened its mouth to devour the shadow spirits,
SNAP!
When Zeke snapped his fingers, the shadow spirits' summons were dispelled.
The flesh-eating beast paused briefly, then turned and approached Zeke's direction.
All the Black Sword Knights members stood in front of Zeke and formed their battle lines.
Zeke spoke to the Black Sword Knights members.
"I'll handle this one. You all deal with the remaining Crab Palace knights in the Imperial Palace."
When he snapped his fingers, ghost knights, golem knights, and the Cayman Unit riding lizards appeared.
Zeke specifically addressed Liam.
"Liam, lead the unit and clean up the Rom Imperial Palace."
Liam nodded at Zeke's order.
"Yes, my lord. Everyone, follow me!"
Although Liam wasn't the oldest or strongest among the Black Sword Knights members, perhaps due to his talent as a former Mercenary King in his past life, he skillfully led the Black Sword Knights members.
After sending the Black Sword Knights members away, Zeke faced the flesh-eating beast, equipped Theia's Hersion, and drew upon his Soul technique while holding Bahamut.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
Sensing the extraordinary Soul technique , the flesh-eating beast bared its teeth and let out a threatening roar.
KAAAAAAK!
Tentacles covered in teeth flew toward Zeke.
WOOOONG!
Zeke quickly moved using Wind technique , avoiding the incoming tentacles.
However, as the number of tentacles targeting him rapidly increased, realizing there was a limit, Zeke rose into the air using the Dragon Wings skill and, while avoiding the tentacles pursuing him, launched Holy Light Force toward the flesh-eating beast's main body.
PAJIJIJIJIK!
Lightning of light flew toward the beast.
KWAKWAKWAKWANG!
The beast dodged the lightning of light with swift movements.
Then, running along the wall with sharp claws, it charged toward Zeke.
KAAAAK!
Suddenly its arm stretched out, and the beast swung its whip-like arm covered in sharp claws.
SHWEEEEK!
The beast's claws sliced through the air as they flew toward Zeke.
KWACHING!
Zeke blocked the beast's claws with his body protected by Soul technique , then immediately flew through the air and charged toward the beast.
"HAAAAAAT!"
With his entire body suffused in Holy Light Force, Zeke held Bahamut forward and once again launched lightning of light toward the beast.
PAJIJIJIJIK!
When the powerful lightning of light poured down, surprisingly, the beast's body began to scatter like mist.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
But moments later, the scattered beast's body reformed and appeared behind Zeke.
CHWARARAK!
The beast extended its tentacles and wrapped around Zeke's body.
Suddenly ensnared by the beast's tentacles, Zeke became completely immobilized.
CHIIIIIIK!
Acidic liquid flowing from the tentacles tried to dissolve Theia's Hersion.
However, the Hersion made of Orichalcon couldn't possibly be dissolved by the beast's liquid alone.
When Zeke's armor remained intact, the beast became angry.
KWAAAAAAK!
Simultaneously, its face split into four parts again, revealing a massive mouth.
The beast swallowed Zeke whole, still wrapped in its tentacles.
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
Finding it difficult to chew through the Hersion with its protruding teeth, the beast decided to swallow Zeke first and try to digest him in its stomach.
After completely swallowing Zeke and feeling satisfied, the flesh-eating beast soon noticed something strange.
GEUREUREUK!
Its stomach began to writhe.
GEEEEEK!
Suddenly the flesh-eating beast opened its mouth and began to vomit something.
KEEEEEEK!
Half-melted bones, flesh, and armor fragments endlessly poured from its mouth.
The beast opened its mouth wide in apparent pain and scratched at the floor.
KWAKWANG!
At that moment, a massive explosion occurred in its stomach.
KAAAAK!
The beast spewed clear liquid from its mouth again.
Unable to endure any longer, it opened its mouth on its back.
KEKEKEKEKEK!
Groaning sounds of agony came from that mouth as well.
At that moment, golden aura burst forth from that mouth.
WOOOONG!
Unable to withstand the light of purification, the beast began to vomit again.
Then its stomach heaved once more and a sword suddenly protruded out.
KWADEUDEUDEUDEUK!
The sword split the beast's stomach and Zeke slowly walked out.
‘Whew, what kind of creature is this anyway?’
In Zeke's hand as he emerged from the beast's stomach were its internal organs dissolved by the power of decay.
Shaking off the completely dissolved organs from his hand, Zeke held his sword, looked at the flesh-eating beast and said.
"Your stomach's going to hurt a bit. Come on then."
The beast, its insides thoroughly ravaged by Zeke, weakly rose to its feet and roared as threateningly as it could.
KAAAAAAK!
But such a feeble threat would never work on Zeke.
He raised Bahamut and deployed the Elemental Sword Water Field.
CHWAAAAK!
Though the threatened beast extended its tentacles, the wave blade unleashed with Soul technique cut through all dozens of approaching tentacles.
KEEEEEEK!
As Zeke approached the beast suffering from both internal and external damage, he raised a brilliant blade of light.
The sword light flashed from Zeke's sword, condensed with purification power.
His sword struck precisely at Ajitahaka sword embedded in the beast's body.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
As Ajitahaka power maintaining the beast's body was shaken by the purification power, the beast could no longer move.
In this situation, as if proving it was no ordinary sword, Ajitahaka sword abandoned the beast's flesh and separated itself from the body.
The beast's thoroughly mangled body returned to its original form and collapsed to the floor, leaking green fluid from all over.
No longer a sword, Ajitahaka sword took on a spherical form and floated into the air.
Zeke's eyes gleamed as if he had been waiting for this.
TSUTSUTSUTSUTU!
Soon, a massive shadow rose behind Zeke.
That shadow wrapped around and swallowed Ajitahaka sword whole.
Simultaneously, a message appeared before Zeke's eyes.
[You have absorbed an Outer Being imbued with the power of an evil disaster god.]