Chapter 51: 51.0: Chimeras And Arcanists.

[Port city of Neima. Subway tunnel network (25 m (82 ft) underground). 12:35 P.M]

'Huff... That took a little longer than expected.' Marcus thought as he wiped the blades of his swords which were covered in blood. When he was done, he looked up and looked around. 'Aaah, I think I overdid it.'

After entering the room and killing a couple of people, Marcus had involuntarily gone into a murderous trance and slaughtered everyone present. He was only able to regain his sanity once everyone was dead.

In short, the room had become a horror movie set. Dismembered and decapitated bodies, the walls stained with blood and gray matter, severed limbs and organs everywhere, broken and splintered weapons lying on the floor...

More than a battle this had been a one-sided massacre.

'Tch, this isn't helping too much.' Marcus thought and at that moment, a black mist began to emanate from his body and entered inside the corpses of the Black Lions until dark veins appeared on their skins. A few seconds later, the mist stopped.

The main reason Marcus had decided to attack the Black Lions was to try to calm his undead nature, which was a constant nuisance, and to practice his combat skills. However, so far things had not progressed as he had hoped.

Even though Marcus had killed more than a hundred people so far that night, except for the [Marksmanship] skill, the rest of his combat skills had not leveled up. As if that wasn't enough, even after killing so many people his bloodlust had barely calmed down and he was still unable to control his murderous trances.

Also, because most of the gang members were only between levels 6 and 12, Marcus hadn't collected enough XP to level up and was still stuck at level 34.

'Wait a minute... Why didn't I get XP for killing them?' At that moment, Marcus realized that something was wrong. If the system had not granted him XP or sent him notifications for killing the Black Lions, then it meant that there was still someone alive nearby who had hostile intentions against him.

Marcus looked around, trying to find out if anyone was still in the room. But all he could see were dead bodies and obviously, none of them were breathing or moving.

'A stealth skill?..... Energy Sense.' The moment he activated his skill, Marcus was able to sense any being that emitted any kind of energy and unless the stealth skill was too high he would be able to detect any presence that was near him. That included the three that were still hidden in the room.

'One on the left, one in front.... and one behind!' Marcus turned quickly and launched a kick into the air with all his might. However, instead of hitting the void, his foot hit something solid with such force that it pushed it backward.

*Bam! Crash!*

"Keogh!"

The next moment, some wooden crates in the room were shattered as if something had impacted against them and Marcus could hear a groan of pain coming from the same direction. An instant later, a woman appeared just above the remains of the shattered crates.

The woman was blonde and was wearing light armor. However, parts of her skin were covered in green scales, her pupils were more like those of a lizard and her hands were a pair of sharp claws with which she could probably cut steel like paper.

The woman quickly stood up, got into a fighting stance, and began to slowly approach Marcus from behind.

At that moment, a brunette woman wielding a longsword and a man with a halberd appeared in front and to the left of Marcus respectively and slowly began walking towards him.

'Invisibility? Hum... That's new.' Marcus activated [Analysis] and quickly checked the stats of the three. 'Three rank 3 human chimeras. One level 30 and two levels 31... Looks like coming here wasn't a waste after all.'

Without wasting another second Marcus kicked the ground with all his might and charged towards the brunette woman while swinging his swords to slash her abdomen.

*Clang!*

The woman raised her long sword and managed to block the attack, colliding with Marcus' blades with a thunderous sound and generating sparks in the process.

*Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!*

Marcus didn't stop and made multiple deadly slashes towards his opponent's vital areas. But no matter how fast he moved, the brunette woman always managed to block his attacks with her sword, causing sparks to flash in the air every time the weapons clashed.

No matter how fast he attacked, the woman always seemed to anticipate his moves. She was like an immovable, unbreakable wall. Every time he was blocked Marcus could feel the overwhelming force in his opponent's blade.

At that instant, the blonde woman charged towards Marcus with her claws aimed at his unprotected back. He quickly spun on his heels and raised his sword to parry the chimera woman's claws.

*Woosh... Clang*.

However, the moment the steel sword collided with the chimera's claws, the sword's blade was cut into five pieces like butter. The claws continued their trajectory and five small cuts appeared on Marcus' armor.

Marcus tried to counterattack but at that moment the chimera man ran towards him and swung his halberd intending to cut him in half at the same time as the brunette woman made a horizontal slash with her long sword.

Marcus reacted in time and jumped backward avoiding the blow of the halberd by a hair's breadth.

*Clash!*

The halberd hit the ground with a deafening noise creating multiple cracks in the ground. However, the brunette woman's long sword hit him with such force that it forced him back a couple of meters.

Knowing he was at a disadvantage, Marcus tried to distance himself from the three human chimeras. However, his opponents were not going to allow him to do so and charged towards him unloading a barrage of blows and slashes at high speed.

*Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang! Clang!Clang*

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Marcus swung Uroboros desperately in an attempt to block the blows of the chimeras' claws and weapons as sparks flashed and the clash of weapons echoed throughout the room. However, the blows were very precise and accurate so that some of them managed to hit him, leaving a couple of marks on Jörmungandr.

Overwhelmed by the fast and powerful attacks of the chimeras, Marcus was forced to retreat until his back finally touched the wall.

*SLASH!*

At that moment the blond chimera leaped towards him, extended her claws, and launched a blow. Marcus put all his strength into his left foot and jumped to the side evading the attack. The chimera's claws struck the wall leaving 10 deep cross-cut marks in the solid rock.

'Sh*t! This is turning out to be harder than I thought.' Marcus rolled across the stone floor, quickly got to his feet, and ran to the other end of the room to distance himself from his opponents.

In terms of overall statistics, Marcus was superior to the human chimeras. But unlike him, whose main advantage lay in the ability to use magic, the human chimeras had superior bodies and physical abilities.

If one were to take into account only the INT statistics, human chimeras would barely reach three digits and would therefore only be considered as creatures of the second realm.

On the other hand, their physical stats had already reached 200 points. Therefore their total combat power was higher than a common second realm creature.

For his part, Marcus had put almost all of his stat points into his INT, so except for his stamina, his physique was much weaker than that of the chimeras. So if Marcus didn't use his magic then it would be almost impossible for him to fight all three chimeras at the same time.

'Tch, I wanted to reserve my mana for when I fought the boss, but I guess I have no choice...Necrotic Mantle, Physical Power Enhancement, Agility Enhancement...Acrto, Nesso, Clarmo, Mheric, Klarru.' Marcus stopped running, activated all his magic and enchanted items, and cast multiple strengthening spells.

"Graaaah!" At that instant, the blonde woman didn't wait for another second and ran towards him with her claws aimed at his neck.

The woman launched blow after blow. But no matter how hard she tried or how fast her attacks were, she couldn't land a blow to Marcus' body, who managed to evade her sharp claws by a hair's breadth.

Now that he had activated his strengthening and speed enhancement spells, Marcus' physical stats were on par with those of the chimeras. So evading and blocking their attacks was no longer a problem.

'Enhanced Edge, Necrotic Edge!' At that moment, Uroboros' runes began to glow and a layer of sharp purple energy enveloped the blade of the sword. Immediately, Marcus swung his sword and launched a horizontal slash towards the chimera.

*Slash!*

The moment the energy blade and claws collided, the chimera woman's ten fingers sliced off as if they were made of jelly and her reddish-black blood began to emanate from her wounds.

She wanted to scream because of the unbearable pain she felt, but in that instant a large cut opened in her throat, making her unable to scream and the blood began to emanate like a fountain. The next second she collapsed from the loss of blood.

The woman was shocked by this. After she had transformed into a chimera her skin had become much tougher and had acquired a great regenerative capacity. However, Marcus' sword had been able to almost sever her neck and her wounds would not stop bleeding.

Unfortunately, the chimera woman didn't know that Marcus' weapon was a magical item that was enhanced with spells and also didn't know that her opponent was able to use necrotic energy which blocked her regenerative ability.

Immediately after the blonde woman fell, the burly brown-haired man came within a few paces of Marcus and swung his halberd in a vertical slash towards Marcus' head.

However, Marcus was able to perceive the trajectory of the halberd with total precision as if it was moving in slow motion. He moved his body to the side and then leaned forward with the blade of his sword pointed towards his opponent's chest.

*Shik*

Marcus' sword penetrated through the man's armor and skin and pierced his heart. At that moment, the halberd blade hit the ground and a few seconds later, the body of its owner also hit the ground with a thud.

Marcus quickly pulled his sword out of the man's body and ran towards the last remaining chimera. The brunette woman also didn't think twice before charging towards him at full speed.

Then, when they were both a couple of steps away from each other, the woman raised her longsword and made a swift and lethal horizontal slash towards Marcus' chest.

*Slash*

But before the woman's sword could touch him, Marcus flexed his knees managing to dodge the blow as he slid across the rock floor covered in blood, positioning himself behind the woman to launch a slash towards her legs.

"GRIIIAAAH!" The chimera woman screamed in pain the moment her heels were slashed causing her to fall to her knees on the ground.

Marcus stood up, walked towards the woman, and kicked her hand causing her to drop her sword which slid away from her, making her unable to defend or counterattack.

Marcus raised his sword, ready to pierce the woman's back and end her life. But...

*Tremble*

At that instant, the ground beneath him trembled. It was very slight, but Marcus still sensed it and immediately jumped back several steps away from the woman.

*Bam... Shik Shik Shik Shik Shik Shik Shik*.

In a split second, dozens of pointed rock stakes over a meter and a half (4.92ft) long sprouted from the ground simultaneously covering an area of almost two meters (6.56 ft) around where he was standing a few seconds ago.

Unfortunately, the chimera woman who had her tendons severed did not manage to escape from the area of the spell and her body ended up being impaled and shattered by the rock stakes.

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