CHAPTER 214: CHAPTER 214- WEAK POINT

Kevin dodged the Chimera’s swipe, its claws tearing through the ground where he’d stood a heartbeat earlier. The impact shook the entire sector, debris flying as he rolled to his feet, gripping his glowing light blade tightly.

A guttural roar erupted from the monster, its four heads writhing in fury lion, eagle, turtle, and centipede, each radiating a different elemental energy that burned, froze, and shattered everything in its path.

Kevin glanced over his shoulder, sensing a fluctuation in the air behind him. His instincts prickled.

"Hey, man," Luke shouted, his voice sharp over the chaos, "this thing’s getting nastier by the minute!"

Kevin tightened his stance, breathing out slowly. "Relax. We can still bring it down."

Static crackled in his headset before Rogan’s calm voice came through, his tone steady as ever.

"I’ll handle support from here. You just focus on the attack."

Kevin nodded, eyes never leaving the Chimera as it gathered energy in its lion’s maw.

"Copy that."

Luke scoffed, ducking under a streak of plasma that scorched the ground beside him. "Focus on the attack, huh? Easy for you to say! This monster’s got endless energy!"

Rogan’s voice returned, measured but tense.

"Cindy, have you figured out its weak point yet?"

Cindy’s irritated voice replied through the comms, her tone edged with frustration.

"Still analyzing it, so stop rushing me! You try decoding a creature with four separate mana cores while it’s trying to eat your friends!"

Kevin smirked slightly despite the chaos. "You heard her. Just hang on a little longer."

Luke gritted his teeth as he charged a blast in his gauntlet. "Then we’d better buy her the time she needs, before that thing learns how to breathe fire and ice at the same time!"

Luke slammed his palm onto the ground, activating his Mirror Field. Crystalline shards burst into the air, splitting like shattered glass suspended in time. Each fragment shimmered, reflecting the chaotic light of the battlefield before absorbing the residual energy from the Chimera’s previous attacks.

"Let’s see if you like this!" Luke roared.

He snapped his fingers, and the mirrored shards pulsed with stored energy before releasing it all at once. dozens of light beams ricocheted between the fragments, forming a chaotic net of refracted destruction that converged on the Chimera’s chest.

The monster howled, its lion’s head bellowing so loud the ground quaked. But when the light faded, its scales barely showed a scratch.

Luke cursed under his breath. "Damn it. It’s like hitting a wall of steel, this thing’s not even flinching!"

Kevin narrowed his eyes. "Then we’ll just have to make it feel something."

He extended his hand, light gathering around his arm until it formed a glowing spear of energy. With a swing, he unleashed it—

A concentrated beam of blinding radiance tore through the air, striking the Chimera dead-on. The impact exploded in a wave of heat and light, scorching the ground.

The beast screeched, enraged, its centipede tail whipping around with terrifying speed. The segmented appendage lashed out, wrapping around both Kevin and Luke, squeezing with crushing force.

"Not good!" Luke grunted, trying to break free as the tail constricted tighter.

But just as the Chimera’s lion head charged its next attack—its maw glowing with molten light, preparing to fire—

A single shot cut through the air.

A bullet of pure precision pierced directly into the beast’s open mouth, detonating in a burst of kinetic disruption. The Chimera’s beam exploded prematurely, the energy backfiring into its own body and making it stagger backward in pain.

Up on the ridge, Rogan lowered his sniper rifle, his right eye glowing faintly blue from his Hunter’s Eye skill.

"Target neutralized—temporarily," he muttered through the comms. "Don’t waste my cover. Hit it while it’s stunned."

Kevin grinned, golden light flickering in his eyes. "You don’t have to tell me twice."

Luke cracked his neck, smirking. "Let’s fry this bastard."

The battlefield turned into a storm of dust, blood, and radiant energy.

As Kevin and Luke charged in, the Chimera roared, spreading its grotesque wings, black feathers streaked with molten red veins, each beat of them shaking the air. The creature lifted off the ground, its shadow swallowing the ruins below.

"Great," Luke muttered, shielding his face from the gust. "Now it flies too."

"Less talking," Kevin said, his eyes flashing gold. "More burning."

The Chimera’s tail lashed downward like a whip, forcing them apart. Luke jumped back, sliding over debris, while Kevin leapt upward, his body coated in radiant light. He thrust his hands forward, launching multiple orbs of condensed energy that streaked like comets toward the monster.

The explosions lit up the sky—BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—but when the smoke cleared, the Chimera’s shell, a grotesque layer of turtle-like armor covering its back and shoulders, gleamed unscathed.

Luke whistled. "That’s new. Guess shooting light at a walking fortress isn’t working."

Then, before Kevin could reply, the Chimera flapped its wings and dove, its eagle talons glowing crimson as it swiped through the air, sending out shockwaves of wind blades.

Kevin crossed his arms, summoning a radiant barrier that cracked under the pressure, while Luke created a reflective panel midair, using his Mirror Shift to redirect part of the attack back toward the Chimera’s flank.

The redirected wind slashed across the Chimera’s side, drawing blood at last.

"Gotcha!" Luke shouted, only to see the creature twist midair, its snake tail lunging at him.

"Luke! Move!" Kevin yelled.

Luke flipped backward, but the tail clipped his shoulder, its venom searing through his armor. He hit the ground, gasping, his mirror shards trembling around him.

Kevin gritted his teeth, shooting forward like a beam of light. He slashed upward with his radiant blade, cutting across the Chimera’s chest, the glow searing deep. The creature shrieked, its wings flaring again, scattering dust and feathers as it rose higher.

Rogan’s voice came through the headset, calm but firm.

"Kevin, Luke, it’s adapting. That armor is shifting density based on your attack frequency. Change your rhythm."

Kevin exhaled sharply. "Copy that."

Luke stood up, panting but grinning. "You heard the man. Let’s sync, random intervals. I’ll distort its perception."

Kevin nodded once, and the two of them dashed forward in perfect tandem, Kevin flickering with bursts of holy light, Luke weaving around him with reflective illusions. Every swing, every blast, every flash of light became unpredictable.

The Chimera tried to block, but Kevin feinted left while Luke split into three mirror images, each launching shards that ricocheted around the monster.

Kevin then appeared right in front of its face, shouting, "Now!"

Luke snapped his fingers. The shards detonated, refracting Kevin’s light into a massive burst that blinded the Chimera midflight.

The beast screamed, spiraling downward—its shell cracked, wings aflame.

Kevin landed beside Luke, breathing heavily. "We’re not done yet."

Luke smirked. "Yeah. Let’s end this thing before it grows another head."

Over the comms, Rogan’s calm voice broke the silence.

"Cindy, now’s your cue. Tell me you found that weak point."