442 Four-headed Chimaera

Andoine told Lin Li many things about the Black Current when he was in the Sunset Mountains. However, Lin Li could not understand the horror of the Black Current, as he did not experience it firsthand. He could not get why Andoine would want to avoid the mountains temporarily when it happened despite being a Legendary-realm mage.

Now that it was incredibly rare to find people who were in the Sanctuary-realm, people in the Legendary-realm were considered the most powerful people in the world. Was there anything they could be afraid of?

However, Lin Li understood everything now…

The beam of light projected when the Spacetime Beacon Spell activated was like a mirror. It reflected everything that happened during the Black Current. The Sunset Mountains before their eyes were dark and gloomy. There were not only gray clouds, but also countless flying magical beasts. The scene was a foreboding omen of a storm. There were Thunderbirds, Dragon Hawks, Gryphons, and Wyverns. Countless violent magical beasts spread their wings and swooped to fill the air. They nearly covered the entire sky. Their piercing whistling resembled that of mad winds, just as though doomsday had arrived.

Cracks started to appear on the ground, and boiling lava seeped out from within. The trees and the other plants started to catch fire. The vast greenery before them became an orange area where flames surged wildly. Huge groups of magical beasts were fighting one another, causing strong magical waves to growl amidst the fire. It was as if the entire world had turned into a pot of boiling water.

It might be tens of thousands, or perhaps hundreds of thousands. Nobody would be able to count the magical beasts present in that scene. Since the Spacetime Beacon Spell had its limitations, what they could see in the projection was not the entire Sunset Mountains.

The projected image made Lin Li admit that the Black Current was a phenomenon that even Legendary powerhouses should avoid. There were far too many magical beasts. The thought of it would give one goosebumps all over his scalp. Hundreds of thousands of Ghost Sabers could easily appear as a group, and create a lot of trouble for people in the Legendary-realm. And, that was just one of the less threatening groups of animals in the Black Current. There were many stronger and more daunting magical beasts present. If one did not escape with the Power of Flight immediately, even if he were at the Legendary-realm, he would be in for great trouble.

"What a monstrous place…" The doomsday-like scene instilled fear in Lin Li. He was thankful for his luck that day. If he had encountered the Black Current, he would have been devoured by all those magical beasts…

Just when Lin Li was secretly grateful for his good fortune back then, the scene in the mirror changed abruptly. When the flames surged into the air, there was a gigantic figure that swooped past the sky. Lin Li looked up in shock, only to see that there was a huge beast that flew above all the fire.

"Damn, that's the four-headed Chimaera!"

He was right. It was a four-headed Chimaera that was flying above the forest!

The Chimaera made frequent appearances in a variety of folklore of Anril, one of which was that during the Dark Age, the High Elves had many Chimaeras to guard the seven Sky Castles.

Chimaeras were like Dragon Hawks. They were dragons that inherited the blood of the Wyrm. Yet, they were much more powerful as compared to the Dragon Hawks. In reality, the Chimaeras were the only type of dragon in Anril that had an ability that was closest to Wyrms'. What they had inherited was the magical force of the Wyrms.

Every Chimaera was born with a pair of wings and a head that were similar to the Wyrm's. However, their magical force was still very weak, and they could only cast one type of low-level spell. It would take the Chimaera a century to grow its second head, and thus become capable of casting another type of spells. Only at that moment would its magic ability be raised to level-5.

In that case, the magical force of the Chimaera was similar to a Magic Shooter's, but with the wind-like speed it was flying at, and the innately strong resistance to magic, two Magic Shooters wouldn't defeat this double-headed Chimaera.

The third head would make a Chimaera really invincible as it would be able to instantaneously cast most spells that were under level-15. Then, it would have the ability to master three types of magic and be known as the overlord of the air. Having Combat Energy of at least level-18, 10 three-headed Chimaeras would be a nightmare for somebody in the Legendary-realm!

The type of Chimaeras the High Elves used to guard the Sky Castles was that with three heads…

However, no one—not even the High Elves—had managed to tame a four-headed Chimaera. What was a four-headed Chimaera? Every four-headed Chimaera would be at least 1000 years old. It had mastery over four types of elemental spells, namely earth, water, fire, and wind. Apart from its inability to create Magical Domains, its ability to cast spells was comparable to that of a level-20 Legendary-mage. In an actual battle, a level-20 Legendary-mage might not even have the ability to fight it.

It was fortunate that it was rare to meet a four-headed Chimaera. There weren't many that appeared in the history of Anril. After the Dark Age, it was commonly perceived that the Chimaeras had lost the ability to grow their fourth head.

Lin Li would not have thought he would see the figure of a four-headed Chimaera appearing in the Black Current in the Sunset Mountains.

It seemed that the four-headed Chimaera was gravely injured as well…

Although the fast speed with which the four-headed Chimaera flew made the figure blurry on the projected screen, Lin Li could identify two bright balls of fire that circled the wings of the Chimaera. He had no idea what caused it to happen. The two balls of fire did not seem to extinguish when the Chimaera swooped at top speed. In fact, they grew stronger amidst the mad winds…

However, this four-headed Chimaera had a critical wound in one of its head.

Yes. The four-headed Chimaera that had the ability to use four types of elemental magic had lost one of its heads. Lin Li could see it reflected very clearly on the mirror the Spacetime Beacon Spell created. There was a head that resembled a Wyrm's handing floppily at the side of its neck. There was fresh purple blood running down its neck as well…

The four heads of a four-headed Chimaera did not only take charge of one type of elemental magic each. They affected the ability of a Chimaera to cast spells. Once it lost one of its heads, the Chimaera would not only lose the ability to use one type of magic, but also fall from the Legendary-realm immediately. That was the most critical point. The Chimaera would strive to protect all of its heads in any battle so as to prevent itself from suffering any critical hits. The inability to protect its head could only mean one thing: its enemy was far stronger than it…

"Damn, what other magical beasts could be so powerful…?" Lin Li muttered. He really could not think of any other magical beast with the ability to make the four-headed Chimaera cut such a sorry figure.

However, Lin Li got his answer very quickly…

It was not a powerful beast that wounded the Chimaera. It was a human. To be exact, it was a human mage…

When the Chimaera was soaring above the forest, Lin Li could see a black figure flying out from the woods. If not for a long black robe and the magic staff the figure held in his hands, Lin Li would have thought that it was a magical beast that flew out from the forest. He could not help it. His speed was too fast. He caught up with the four-headed Chimaera almost immediately, and landed on its back like a black thunderbolt…

What followed was Hell Fire.

The Hell Fire that covered an area of 10 meters square was like a red-hot piece of soldering iron that landed on the back of the four-headed Chimaera with no apologies. At that instant, there was a thunderous growl that suppressed all the sounds of panic made by the countless magical beasts…

It did not stop there. No one knew where that human mage managed to get such an abundant flow of mana, but he did not take an extra breath before he cast the Starfall Spell immediately after Hell Fire…

"What a pity…" Lin Li gasped as he saw brilliant sparkles erupting above the forest. He could not help but sympathize with the beast. To be honest, the four-headed Chimaera was definitely on the peak of the food chain in the Sunset Mountains. The ability of a level-21 was not to be trifled with. It would even have the chance to defeat two Legendary-mages alone.

Unfortunately, the luck of that four-headed Chimaera was still on the worse end to have encountered such an unreasonable freak. The two spells he cast were namely the level-22 Hell Fire and the level-23 Starfall. Even Apophis would need to take 30 minutes of rest before he regained his energy to cast the next spell. However, the freak before him cast Starfall immediately after he cast Hell Fire without a pause. Yet, there was not a hint of tiredness in his expression. It was as though he did not cast two spells that were above level-20, but rather took two sips of plain water…

One could only blame the Four-headed Chimaera for having such a bad luck to meet a freak like that.

"W-who… Who's that?"

"He is Geresco…"

It was Tutankhamun who replied to Lin Li.

The mention of 'Geresco' made Lin Li take in a mouth of cold breath. After a moment of silence, he spat out one word…

"F*ck!"