Before I knew it, I was lying down with a headache. As I got up, I noticed the damage around me and thought maybe I was only knocked out for a short moment.
I stood up, but I noticed that Titan was above me, which made me realize it took the full brunt of the attack for me.
"Titan… Titan!"
I called out for him, and he nudged his head toward me.
"Haaa good. Let's get out of here. But as I was about to get out, it suddenly showed up."
In front of me was a huge bear-like creature, but I am pretty sure that this isn't in any catalog of monsters.
Because it only looks like a bear, but there are also parts of its body that are being mixed and matched with those of other monsters.
If I am not mistaken, this monster is a chimera based on the fiction stories I read.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I ran away from it with Titan at my back, leaving behind my stuff.
There is nothing I can do about this. I need to go back. This type of monster is here, meaning someone or a group of people are doing an experiment near the kingdom, or there is a ruin in the area.
I might be wrong, but it is best to escape here and choose another route of escape.
As I was running back to the teleportation altar, the chimera bear was already ahead of me and swinging its arms.
Dodging it, I was still hit by its shock wave, which blasted me far from my destination.
"Nngh haa-huu-haa, the heck, this guy is so strong, chimeras are really strong."
Breathing heavily, I grunted as I stood up.
"Stay here, Titan. I'll take care of this bastard as much as I can."
I activated my mana domain and charged towards the chimera bear. I realized this earlier, but my mana is easily replenished.
When I used this technique when looking for Titan, I didn't have a core yet, but now that I do, it resonated with my bloodline ability and replenished my mana very fast.
And one more thing I noticed: my core has a certain function I haven't tried yet. And that it has three functions, and the function I am currently using is warrior mode.
It feels like my core has become a gear that changes and rearranges depending on my will.
So changing gears to a magician, my mana burst like a dam, strengthening my domain.
I have to thank you for this chimera bastard.
It was during the shock wave that I noticed the three functions and realized the core is more focused on moving a single function while the others are passive.
"Now then, I'll beat you into a pulp as a thank you, you bastard."
I charged at him by using my mana domain as a recoil force and flew at him.
And as I was close enough, I blasted him with a spell.
Then he was forced to block my attack, resulting in a huge burn.
Earlier, it took me time to charge my spells, but now it is extremely fast, and the strongest spell I can conjure in an instant right now is at least rank three.
"So changing the gears in my core can have such an effect, huh?"
I don't know what rank this monster is, but it is at least rank C since the wolves from earlier were easily defeated.
I felt bad for it, but I don't have time to waste my time worrying about something I won't benefit from, so for now I need to beat this guy and get the heck out of here.
After the last hit, I continued to accumulate some damage on him.
It is not much, but it stopped its movements.
Which is good since I also have something for him prepared.
As the battle continued, I noticed that my previous shallow attacks were healing.
I knew that this guy has healing ability, huh. Not to mention it's fast.
But not fast enough, and that is not only because of my spells but also because of my domain.
It doesn't just act as a radar, but it can also restrain an enemy if needed.
So as I attack, I create a huge amount of damage in areas that he can't reach, slowing down its movements even more and also affecting his healing abilities.
And suddenly he caught me with his two hands, and he raised the other two, preparing to attack.
But I already expected this because, during the last attack, I slowed down my movement to catch it off guard.
Now that the preparation is complete, I activated a rank 4-spell explosive discharge.
Blasting him away.
"Take tha-ugh that's lethal."
As the monster flew away, I suddenly dropped on my knees.
"I guess I used too much mana, huh."
During the battle earlier, I used too much mana, and even with my fast recovery, there is still a limit during its recovery process.
Plus, the attack earlier was a dangerous one.
The attack I used didn't need the principle of gathering mana to my body to release.
What I did was use my mana domain as an extension of my body to create the spell.
How? By creating a magic circle, of course.
It's like a trap that can be carried anywhere, and as long as the timing is right, it will be successful.
But this is bad since I used too much of my concentration and mana, which I need to recover.
Thinking so, I sat down as I took deep breaths. And when I felt that I rested well enough, I stood up and tried to walk in Titan's direction.
I don't know if what I did just now was a blessing or bad luck, but the battle isn't over yet.
Because when I relaxed my guard and turned around to go to Titan, it suddenly stood up.
With a huge amount of energy in its mouth, ready to kill.
There, I noticed too late and turned my head back due to the sudden rise of killing intent behind me.
I stood in silence as it glared at me, opening its mouth wider as it released the energy.
But before it opened its mouth wide, my mind went into overdrive, and many thoughts came to me.
Is this what they mean when they say your life is "flashing before your eyes"? because everything feels slow.
This is really funny. I want to escape, but this thing happened to me.
Dying in a place I don't want to, but maybe it's for the best after all I might just die if I stay there.
Guess this is all I have in me, huh?
It would be cool if I had a sudden power-up like in anime, but I feel empty.
I wish instead of a lightning ability, it was better if it was a space talent.
Although I can move fast using lightning elements I haven't tried it yet since I only use the magic that I was taught.
And I can't experiment on my body right now if only I can release a stronger power in an instant.
Since I can't cast that high-rank spell any faster than I did earlier, not to mention the distance.
It attacks fast and is fully concentrated, and if it weren't for Titan, I would die from that beam of light.
Wait! beam of light, speed of light. It's not much, but I can try it.
I pulled out a coin made of mythril.
And charged my arms and the coin with a high density of electrical mana elements.
Yes, like in that certain anime where it flicks a coin to create a rail gun.
But in case I use one for charging the coin with high-density positive energy.
While the other is a fist containing a high density of the same energy.
And in that instant, I use my mana domain to create an elaborate vortex that contains electric elements that have both a negative and a positive charge.
Not only does it work as a pathway for this attack, but it can also increase its momentum.
And as I hit the coin, all noise became silent.
And when it came back, a huge wave of energy was released.
The mithril coin was flying fast and straight into the monster.
Destroy its beam of light and vaporize its existence.
When I saw what happened, I suddenly blanked out and fell over.
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I don't know what happened after that, but as I woke up, I was near the teleportation altar.
I was surprised, and when I looked around, I saw Titan sleeping peacefully beside me.
Seeing him like that just made me warm inside.
"I am really glad you're okay."
Now to clean up this mess.
I stood up and saw the damage that had been done.
Mainly what I did. Good thing the beam's direction is not near the altar; if it were, this altar would be discovered.
"Guess I have to erase our tracks and prevent people from seeing the altar."
As soon as I said that, I started working on it.
And when I was done, I returned home.
I mean, how can I continue my travel if I lose my luggage?
"Good thing it's still the first thing in the morning. I'll just say that I was working hard today as an excuse if Kiara intends to ask."
Saying that I got back and received a few scoldings.