Chapter 67
Gladwyn moved forward to meet the chimaera, catching its leaping strike against his shield with a reverberating clang. The impact had enough power to send him backsliding a couple metres. Before he came to a halt, it had already surged around him and aimed for James.
Holy shit it’s fast!
The wandering eye on Adam’s necklace was locked onto the creature, making it easy for him to focus. He shot all three barriers at the panther serpent before it could turn the Spellblade into mincemeat. The spikes hit its scales and knocked it aside so that its claws barely missed James, however the spikes failed to pierce and small cracks formed along them from the impacts, indicating that the chimaera’s scales were incredibly tough.
As it tumbled away from James, Gladwyn slapped his Grafted Tail into the floor to get its attention while also banging on his shield and yelling, “Look at me! I’ve got your tail, scaly!”
Despite the situation, Adam couldn’t help but laugh. Then the chimaera turned on him and leapt.
“Oh fuck! Your taunt’s not working!” he exclaimed, summoning new barriers in front of himself and stacking them on top of each other. The chimaera bounced off after striking with both front paws, but it managed to crack all three of them and trigger Last Stand’s Fervour.
At least I was right about Fervour still being able to trigger despite the necklace’s negative effect.
Adam immediately separated the barriers and sent them into the panther serpent, shoving it away from him. James didn’t waste a second and moved forward with a downwards slash of his crystal sword. The aura around his blade grew as he pumped Mana into it, and he managed to clip the chimaera’s left hind leg, even though it dodged out of the way. The scales broke where he’d cut through them, but no blood was spilled.
With a loud crack its scaly cat-like tail snapped forward, striking James in his leg and knocking him to the ground with a yelp of pain. The chimaera pounced forward, but before it could sink its claws into him, Gladwyn suddenly came flying, smashing his large shield into the creature and slamming it into the bookcase behind it with enough force to knock several tomes out of the shelves.