Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 222: Book 3: Chapter 73: Queen(s)

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Book 3: Chapter 73: Queen(s) Chapter 73: Queen(s) A single [Wind Lance] pierced through the chest of a chimera with a head that had a disturbingly dog-like appearance. As Alex rushed forward he felt a bit bad about that one, flashbacks of the family dog from when he was a kid coming to mind in the heat of the battle. But the purple-black blood that sprayed from it’s back on the exit wound reconfirmed to Alex that the creature was indeed not his childhood pet, Chu-chu-train. Of course, the hard chitin coating, antennae, rock covered back and humanoid bipedal posture should have been more than enough, but Alex hard trouble getting passed the floppy ears and muzzle of its face. The beast closest to Alex pounced at him, bear claws out and aimed at his face. He ducked under the blow, slamming a fist into the creature’s outstretched arm, and heard a satisfying crack. The chimera stumbled back, only to receive a haymaker to its face, along with an [Aether Burst] which exposed its brain inside its skull, and promptly atomized half its face [Shield] flickered to life as a snake headed chimera attempted to bite him, only to have a spear ran through its throat by Peter. The creature gurgled then fell over off Peter’s blade and onto the grass. Alex gave a nod and was off again, planting a roundhouse kick in the back of another chimera—which had rather wolverine looking features and boiling toxin dripping from its mouth—stopping it from jumping on a distracted Tom-Tom. The Kobold’s ladles were at the time occupied, with the ankles and legs of a Lion-headed chimera with writhing spikes for a mane, which was locked in melee with Henry. Behind the large, stoic middle-eastern man, was Garret. The tank had his shield held high against a descending Chimera with outstretched bird wings, and a wicked sharp lance extending from an arm that looked a lot like a bird’s beak. The same bird-like Chimera that had a flickering black scythe of condensed shadow poised at its neck due to Zach who had repositioned. The wolverine-headed chimera Alex had kicked, was tossed across the ground and crashed into a tree a dozen yards away. Alex didn’t receive a notification, so it must have been alive, but he doubted that would be the case much longer. He moved on to a humanoid deer beast that was causing Cole some trouble with rapid-fire lasers it looked to be firing from its antlers. It had been like this for five minutes now, a slog of humanoid chimeras of varying amalgamations of animals and abilities far too numerous for Alex to ever memorize all of them. But each was humanoid in a way, bipedal, intelligent, and each was Adept Tier, meaning things were not looking good. Peter had helped Alex with the snake chimera, but Peter’s spear arm was already slick with blood from a wound at his shoulder. Zach was assisting Garret, because the tank had a broken arm and couldn’t wield his sword. Tom-Tom was at the ankles of the chimera attacking Henry, because Henry’s chest currently looked like an unrolled ribbon spool of sliced skin. Even Alex himself had various puncture-wounds in his leg from a beast that got a few bites in on him earlier. All around him it was the same. His friends and teammates were wounded and bleeding, but pushing on against the horde of chimeras on one side, and on the other side, the Empire soldiers (those that had regrouped after the Andreia’s crash) pressed in to fight against them both. It was a triangle of carnage, Beast, Strider, and Empire blood spread all around. Where’s the Queen, Obby? We can’t just keep bleeding here, we need to find and kill the Queen. Alex shouted in his mind. “ Scanning, but I’m not finding her. There’s too much going on, too much aether in the air. Pull back and get a better view. ” And leave everyone to die? No, can’t do that. Obby gave a mental head shake, “ Then we will have to wait for her to arrive. ” Fuck! Alex didn’t want to leave the ball in their court. The more time they spent fighting, the more things woul