Chapter 136: Saber and berserker vs archer (2) (1/2)
In the mortal world, Chimeras could be said to be the apex predators from birth.
Thanks to Echidna's power, <<Cursed womb>>, she had memorized the genetic information of absolutely all races and subraces in the mortal world and even obtained the information of some divine beasts.
That's why they were called Chimera.
That's why she was known as the mother of a thousand monsters.
No one knew why she was doing this.
Was it to gain more power?
For more resources?
Perhaps only a few people knew the truth.
At the end of the day, what mattered was that Chimeras were strong.
But, even between all those chimeras, 12 of them stood at the top.
They were known as royal chimera and each of them was represented by one of the 12 constellations.
Though their numbers dwindled quite a bit over the year and about fifteen years ago, they lost most of their numbers when they faced Mars and Lustburg. The cancer constellation, in particular, having been killed by Lilith.
What made Atch so startled at the sight of Nuwa was that, aside from Sechs, all the other royal chimera were supposed to be dead or sealed with Echidna.
What's more,
'A snake?'
Aside from Echidna herself, none of the other royal chimeras had snake traits.
'I should abort the mission.'
He immediately decided to give up and flee.
All dwarves were cowards at heart. The first thing they learned before being taught how to fight or how to make money was how to flee.
In this world where dwarves' sole talent was their metallurgy skills, there had been many instances where the entire race had been treated as slaves by the others.
That's why fleeing when the odds were against them was the most important lesson they learned.
Atch, had a clear code of conduct, 'Be fearless in front of the weak and fearful in front of the strong.'
Facing a royal was no joke. He didn't have fake bodies like Drei and he didn't wish to be resurrected as some kind of mindless zombie either.
But, just as he was about to step back, he suddenly frowned,
”You...Why are you so weak?”
Every time he faced Funf, he felt like he was standing next to an immeasurable mountain.
As a royal chimera, even if that girl wasn't as powerful, she should still be at the Duke level at least.
He decided to probe a little and shot three bullets in quick succession. Two towards Lilin who was trying to sneak up to him and one toward the silver-haired girl.
Even though Nuwa could clearly see the bullet, she was unable to properly react and could only use her hand to protect her face.
Finally, under the worried gaze of Lilin, the bullet collided with Nuwa's hand.
The result?
*Clang*
”The fuck!?”
Seeing the surprising result, he immediately took five steps backward before using the cover of a building to vanish from their line of sight in order to more carefully observe the situation.
Watching him vanish like this, Lilin who felt a little tired, decided to check on Nuwa,
”Are you alright?”
Lilin couldn't help but ask. She had watched how Nuwa stopped the bullet and even now she was still completely astonished.
”I am not. It hurts. I don't like pain.”
Nuwa frowned while massaging her hand. On the zone of impact, aside from some skin's bruise and a streak of blood, there were no other damages.
Seeing this, Lilin could only click her tongue. Then finally asked, ”What was his deal, again? Royal chimera?”
Nuwa shook her head, ”I do not know. I only know that Theresa stole my egg in the royal palace while fleeing.”
”I see.”
Lilin nodded before giving her back to Nuwa once again and taking her stance.
”You aren't scared?”
Even though she wasn't a fighter, she understood what it meant to give your back to someone during a fight.
She couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
”Why should I be? Mother trained me to be omnidirectional. If you try anything fishy, trust me, no matter how tough your skin is, I will still bisect you.”
And like that, all those emotions vanished, ”You are quite honest about killing me.”
”You were also honest about ditching me and running away.”
The two shared a look before chuckling a little,
”Anyway, I know your body is strong. But you should use reinforcement. Otherwise, you are going to die.”
Nuwa frowned, she didn't know how to use reinforcement. But it shouldn't be hard right? it was just about circulating mana in the body, wasn't it?
”So, could you beat him?” She decided to ask the most important question.
Lilin sighed, 'I have one technique, but I still didn't perfect it and I need time to use it.”
”I see.”
Nuwa simply nodded and didn't continue.
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Standing on a building and observing his two targets, Atch began to reassess the situation.
The princess had been able to cut his normal bullet perfectly, but the chimera wasn't even able to react. Though it seemed that her body was extremely sturdy.
Still, this didn't matter. After all, he was now sure of one thing,
”She doesn't know how to fight.”
A large grin split his face.
”Hahaha, this is gonna be fucking interesting. I wonder how Funf will react if I bring back the dead body of her sibling.”
Thinking about that crazy psycho, his smile wavered a little, ”Yeah, let's not kill that girl.”
After all, he knew how fanatical Funf was about Echidna. If she were to learn that he killed what was most likely a direct sibling of her, he was sure that she would kill him even if she had to betray the Wings of Freedom.
Still, even then he wasn't worried. The girl might be weak, but her body seemed to be quite freaky.
The bullet she took on without any mana protection was only a little less powerful than the one that took down the wyvern.
”This is going to be fun.”
Saying so, he touched his ring and nine rifles appeared before floating on the air under his control.
Each of those rifles were made to hold more than 6 bullets at the same time. Though there was a slight delay in the reload time, he was pretty sure that it wouldn't be a problem.
<<Zone: Mind Eyes>>
At that instant, his eyes emitted a golden shade as the world around him began to change.
Zones could appear in all kinds of shapes and effects.