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Chapter 16 - The Chimeras

Shunk! Shunk!

"Gughh, what is this? why is my throat so itchy?"

"It hurts so much, I'm feeling dizzy."

"Bluggghh Bluggghhh"

Kafka: "N-No, it can't be"

[The two first year students began to vomit green substances, their upper bodies formed lumps that squirmed and squiggled all over their backs, it was as if the masses had a life of its own, then characteristics of their inner beasts form started to appear, although it was deformed, they were forced to morph beyond their limits. One victim displayed the features of a rat, while the other showed the features of a bird. their eyes turned bloodshot and their bodies began to grow in size unevenly, up until they morphed into their final form.]

SHRIEEEEEEKKKK!!!

SHRIEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!

[The amalgamations shrieked in pain and agony, as they shed their furs and feathers every time they moved, their eyes which were protruding out of their eye sockets started oozing out liquid pus—could it have been their tears?—while they drooled the green substances that they had vomited.]

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Swooosh! Fwooosh!!

Clang!! Clang! Clang!!

[Meanwhile Kafka and Alsen were both fighting the other people clad in black, and although they were actually successful in killing two of them, and knocking out one of them. Their leader Robert and the sniper from afar who had now joined the battle, proved to be of a different caliber than the guys that they were fighting earlier, add that to the fact that the monstrosities from earlier which were only on the process of transforming, seemed to be almost done with that process, and were ready to join the fight, so they had two choices, which was either to continue and fight while outnumbered or run away.]

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[Alsen's fight up against Robert was the most intense one, as Robert's anger exuded everywhere, even if Alsen used his aerial advantage and had attacked from all directions, Robert's senses was so sharp that he could put his complete trust in his canine senses, with it he had performed beautiful moves, almost as if he was using acrobatics, barely dodging Alsen's attacks, and had even managed to land a successful counterattack at Alsen.]

Robert: "Die! DIE!! DIE!!!"

Shiiiing! Shiiiiing!!

Kughhhh!

Swipe!! Swipe!

[Meanwhile Kafka was managing to hold his own up against the sniper, which was surprisingly good at close combat. The sniper used his multiple arms at his back, and his ungodly fast reflexes to attack and block Kafka. The only thing that Kafka could trust was his battle sense and fast regeneration to tank the least amount of damage.]

Fwoosh!! Fwooosh! Fwooosh!!

Shunk! Shink! 

[The sniper used his eight arms to keep up with Kafka's attack, then when Kafka was on the defense blocked and tanked some of his arms.]

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Thud!! Thud! Thud! Thud!!!

Crash!! Crackle!

[Then the monstrosities came, creating tremors as they ran, but Kafka and Alsen stood their ground. Why?, because at their backs and in almost all of the directions were the slums, and as they ran past this place earlier they had seen a lot of kids living in this poor area, in harsh conditions. They didn't want to involve them and cause needless casualties, even if it meant sacrificing their lives.]

Thud! Bang!

Swooosh!

[The Rat amalgamation came for Kafka trying to bash his head in, meanwhile the Bird amalgamation came for Alsen, as it jumped and tried to reach him, flapping its featherless wings, imitating, as if it would actually help him stay in the air. However weirdly enough despite the Amalgamations looking brainless monsters, they didn't attack both Robert and the Sniper, so they must have had something on them.]

CRASH!!!!

Shrieeeeeeeeeekkkk!!

SMASH!!! BLAST!! Swish!

[The bird amalgamation quickly fell, creating a strong crash sound, and screaming a long shriek. it was as if its instinct had gone haywire and were not expecting its fall on the ground. Meanwhile the rat amalgamation was smashing everything to bits and pieces, destroying all the obstacles preventing him from reaching Kafka, while also aiding the sniper by letting him attack both in long range and close combat, but despite all of this odds stack up against Kafka he uncannily looked calm, almost as if he was expecting something.]

SMASH!! CRASH!!!

CRACKLE!!! RUMBLE!!! SLAM!!

Sniff Sniff-

...

[Then as Kafka were doing his best fending off the two enemies in front of him, he had finally smelled them, the ones that he were waiting for the most, he decided to run to their direction as fast as he could, however-]

Rampage!! Slam!!!

"Boss!!, he's running!"

CRASH!!

Robert: "Don't mind him!"

WHAM!!!

Robert: "AND JUST KILL THIS F#CKING B@TCH!!!"

[With Alsen seeing what was about to happen, feeling abandoned, although he never knew the man behind the robe, felt that all of his hope of escaping this place alive was lost...]

Robert: "What now?"

Crash!!! Bang!! Rumble!!

Robert: "HAHAHA struggle all you want!, the end result will still be the same"

Swing!! Shciiing!!

Crash!!! Bang!! Rumble!!

[But Robert's words seemed to have resembled that of his father, recalling his memories and remembering his face he was then brought back at that time, and realized that he still wanted to prove something, he didn't give up. Even if the miracle that he was waiting for was slim to none, it was enough to give him energy to keep going.] 

...

[Meanwhile as Kafka was running back, he had finally crossed eyes with the "Empirial Hounds" captain, and also grazing past the first year student who had ran earlier and had reported the entire incident to them.]

"Ma'am Rafael, I smelled a wolf's scent from him, should we chase that guy?"

Rafael: "No, his scent was completely different from Grimmer"

"Understood Ma'am!"

"Understood Ma'am!!"

"Understood Ma'am!"

"Understood Ma'am!"

...

[They then ran to the fight scene, arriving in the middle of the battle between Alsen and the monstrosities with the guys clad in black, they couldn't help but be in awe on how long he had managed to hold up against them, and how far ahead he was as a student, but this was not the time for this.]

Rafael: "Men listen!!, attack them but make sure not to bite them!!"

Clash!! Rip!!

Bang!!! Swooosh!! Crash!!!

Robert: "Tskk, we're retreating for now!"

Sniper: "...."

"Ma'am should I chase after them?"

Rafael: "No!, focus on the enemies in front of you"

Swiiish! Fwooosh!

[As the battle continued on with the amalgamations, it was clear that it was one sided battle, as the amalgamations had truly turned into mindless monsters, when the two people who was with them had left. Furthermore each of the soldiers was incredibly strong damaging them severely with just a single strike, especially their leader Rafael, who had not only managed to hold them down, but also tear one of their limb apart in just a single motion.]

...

[Later, after they were done fighting, and were cleaning up, and looking for anyone who got involved with the battle, Alsen was recuperating...] 

"Have you been bitten by the two monsters earlier?"

Alsen: "N-No"

"Then just to be safe I'll still inject this to you, though it's not a hundred percent effective cure, it'll all depend on your immunity"

Pssssk...

...

Rafael: "Do you mind if a ask you some questions? [As she placed her robe over Alsen]

Alsen: "Okay"

Rafael: "Can you tell me who those monsters were?"

Alsen: "T-They were my classmates" [As he spoke in a nervous tone]

Rafael: "I-I see, I'm sorry to hear that"

Alsen: "Don't worry it's fine"

Rafael: "Then can you tell me the entire story of what happened?."

Alsen: "It all began when-"

...

Alsen: "Ummm, I know I'm not supposed to ask this, but can you tell me who those guys were?"

Rafael: "I can't tell you much since you're still just a student, but we have found out the organizations name."

Rafael: "They go by the name of "The Chimeras""