Chapter 2219 Chimera <TOC> Chapter 2221 The Wind in Memory
Translator: SumTLMan
Although Angel is unlike Toby who can transform into a griffin to enrage the enemy with emotion, he can utilize nightmare illusions to guide and change the emotions of his enemies ensnared in illusions.
Thus, Angel employed a nightmare illusion right from the start, not only conjuring an illusory double but also, through emotional manipulation, infuriated Chimera to test its abilities.
Amidst its rage, Chimera found it hard to distinguish illusion from reality, unwittingly revealing its capabilities.
Now, having deciphered Chimera’s abilities, Angel found it exceedingly easy to handle it.
In less than two minutes, Angel had restricted Chimera within a minimal area, rendering its three types of wind columns utterly useless.
However, by this time, Chimera had caught on to some of Angel’s tricks. Realizing Angel was deliberately provoking it, it began to forcefully suppress its emotions, attempting to calm down.
Eventually, Chimera regained a semblance of calm, its thoughts returning to normal, but at that moment, Angel’s eyes suddenly shone with a ghostly light.
Unwary, Chimera looked up just in time to meet the eerie glow of those eyes.
Its body stiffened, panic evident in its expression.
Nightmare Fear Spell!
Originally suppressed emotions were overwhelmed once again by the attraction of the nightmare, combined with the fear spell cast by Angel. This time, Chimera faced fear instead of the rage that previously endowed it with berserk strength. It was now dealing with the worry about its comrades’ fates, the fear of defeat in battle, and the dread of death…
Under the shadow of the fear spell, Chimera fell into a brief lapse of cognitive control.
In this moment, Angel effortlessly approached Chimera, targeting the lion head’s brow with his fingertip, and the power of the heart illusion rushed into its body.
After doing all this, Angel also glanced at the goat head on Chimera’s back and the snake head of its tail.
Unlike the three-headed lion dog, Chimera’s goat and snake heads seemed to lack individual intelligence, but, just to be safe, he decided to deal with them too.
With a triple heart illusion cast, Chimera was completely engulfed in an inescapable illusion.
Then, led by the external misty illusion, Chimera, now lost, left its original spot and vanished into the vast white fog.
After Chimera’s departure, Angel abruptly paused, turning his gaze towards the southeast.
Just five seconds earlier, Angel had received a mental message from Eremy.
According to the message, Eremy and Harlequin were still engaged in battle, both sides being exceedingly powerful and unable to overpower the other, resulting in a stalemate. During their deadlock, Harlequin noticed something wrong in this battlefield and seemed intent on breaking into the misty battlefield.
This meant that Eremy was not only trying to block Harlequin from finding Toby but also trying to prevent Harlequin from entering the misty battlefield.
Eremy could hold him off for now, but as the misty battlefield remained eerily quiet, Harlequin’s restlessness grew. If he decided to burst into the misty battlefield with all his might, Eremy might not be able to stop him.
Therefore, Eremy sent the mental message to alert Angel here.
After receiving Eremy’s message, Angel, while slightly more solemn, showed no other signs of emotional change. He had anticipated this situation from the beginning, considering Harlequin had brought nearly a hundred subordinates. Yet, all these subordinates entering the misty battlefield without causing any stir was suspicious in itself.
Moreover, with the three wind generals also within the misty battlefield and yet no significant energy fluctuations, it was bound to make Harlequin suspicious, worrying that something might have gone awry inside.
Therefore, Angel had anticipated this scene. It’s just that he hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly.
Now, if Harlequin were to break into the battlefield shrouded in mist, with its strength, it should be able to dispel the illusions of the mist in a very short time.
However, since Angel had anticipated the current situation, he certainly wasn’t unprepared.
From the beginning, he decided to use a combination of heart illusions and external landscapes, trapping the three great wind generals within the battlefield, not only to limit the three great wind generals but also to use the control of the heart illusions to turn the three great wind generals into special illusionary nodes, integrating them as part of the entire external landscape.
By turning the illusionary nodes of the landscape into a special triangular structure, as long as the triangle is established, the energy level of the landscape would instantly increase.
By then, even if Harlequin breaks into the misty illusion, destroying it would not be so easy.
Now, in this triangular structure, Chimera and Lobert have already taken their positions as special illusionary nodes, leaving only the last wind general, Kraken.
Therefore, the most pressing matter for Angel now is to race against time with Harlequin, to deal with Kraken before Harlequin realizes something is wrong and madly rushes into the battlefield shrouded in mist!
As long as Kraken is also controlled, once the triangular structure is formed, the balance of victory will once again tilt in their favor!
Thinking of this, Angel glanced at the battlefield from afar, ensuring that Toby and Eremy were still safe, before turning back and merging into the mist.
…
At this moment, the mist on the battlefield had become increasingly dense. Although Kraken was not as intelligent as the other wind generals, each of its flights released a large number of Air Rings capable of dispersing the clouds and mist. However, now, although the surrounding mist was also diluted by the air rings, it would be replenished in just a few seconds. This peculiar situation clearly started to deviate from the naturally light and suitable clouds and mist, resembling more a mist deliberately controlled by someone.
Kraken couldn’t help but look towards the running “Angel” ahead. Was it his doing?
Kraken recalled what Chimera had said: They only saw the moving figure of that humanoid creature but did not sense the airflow generated by his running, which was very odd.
During the pursuit, Kraken also deliberately paid attention to the noise made by the humanoid creature.
Nothing.
Not to mention the airflow generated by flying, the surrounding mist didn’t even churn, as if the figure ahead didn’t exist at all.
This made Kraken also doubt whether Chimera’s statement was true? Perhaps the figure ahead was merely an illusion.
Although Kraken had many doubts, unlike Chimera and Lobert, it lacked strong decisiveness. Even upon discovering something odd, it hesitated and did not immediately abandon the pursuit of the figure.
Because of this, when Angel approached Kraken, what he saw was still the same: a giant squid continuously releasing air rings, chasing after his illusion.
Angel breathed a sigh of relief, his previous judgment was correct; compared to the other wind generals, Kraken was indeed more stubborn and dull-witted. It was correct to deal with it last.
However, Kraken’s dull-wittedness wasn’t entirely good news for Angel.
This meant that trying to resolve Kraken through emotional influence was not going to work. As for fear spells and similar tricks, they were unlikely to be effective. Angel was told by Sanders when he first learned fear spells that if the opponent was too dumb or dull-witted, fear spells would not only be ineffective but might even cause the opponent to go berserk.
If Kraken were to go berserk, could it be considered a kind of emotional influence? But in reality, it was of no use because Kraken, even in breathing, released powerful air rings, and its air rings were an omnidirectional group attack. This meant it was impossible to find a gap to approach Kraken through emotional influence, and going berserk would only make Kraken’s air rings even more terrifying.
Because of this, Angel couldn’t find the best way to deal with Kraken for the moment.
Reflecting on Harlequin’s potential attack on the mist-shrouded battlefield, Angel found himself with little time to devise strategies and decided to confront Kraken directly, seeking vulnerabilities during the fight.
Although Angel had resolved to intervene directly, he still sought the right moment, aiming to maximize the current advantage.
Soon, Angel found his opportunity.
At this point, the illusion had reached the edge of the battlefield, with no wind creatures nearby, making it the optimal choice to battle against a wind creature as uniquely gifted as Kraken. Thus, Angel began to slow the illusion’s speed.
Seeing the illusion’s speed decrease, Kraken thought he was exhausted and took a deep breath, releasing a massive ring of air, accelerating its speed several times over in an instant.
At that moment, just after releasing the air ring, Kraken had a brief vulnerability.
Angel’s eyes lit up, seizing this chance without hesitation and charging forward…
After a thunderous noise, Angel was pushed back several hundred meters.
He indeed noticed a gap in Kraken’s air ring, but the window was incredibly short. Even at full speed, he couldn’t get close to Kraken before a new air ring appeared, forcing him to retreat.
Angel’s attack also caught Kraken’s attention.
It turned sharply, spotting Angel standing tall among the clouds in the distance. Kraken paused, looked back in the previous direction where the illusion still lingered.
Two Angels appeared?
Although confused, Kraken uttered a curious “Eh——” but recognized the rare opportunity, beginning to manipulate the hundreds of tentacles beneath its air sac, launching an attack on Angel.
After several exchanges, Angel was forced back dozens of meters.
It wasn’t that he was injured, but he found that Kraken’s tentacles could also release air rings, with each segment capable of doing so. A single tentacle could release over a dozen air rings, and with hundreds attacking simultaneously, the number of air rings was daunting.
Most importantly, while these air rings affected each other, they had no impact on Kraken itself.
Even if the air rings collided, causing a massive explosion in front of Kraken, it remained unharmed. In contrast, Angel, facing so many air rings covering almost every angle, had no choice but to retreat.
Observing Kraken enveloped in countless air rings from afar, Angel sighed deeply.
This giant squid, though not very bright, had a terrifying talent.
If Angel were to summarize the three wind generals, Lobert would be a walking cannon, frightening in targeted damage; Chimera would be an elemental cannon, not always active but effective in certain scenarios; and Kraken would be a sweeping cannon, constantly launching group attacks. While its targeted strength might be average, it was the perfect tool for area control.
Facing such an adversary, perhaps wizards with bloodline abilities would have an easier time, as the power of the air rings was formidable, but bloodline wizards, shielded by their abilities, might not be harmed.
“If Toby were here, dealing with Kraken would likely be much simpler for him than for me,” Angel mused regretfully.
Toby, capable of transforming into a griffin, would essentially be immune to the air rings, thanks to the griffin’s resilience. Meanwhile, Angel, facing the air rings, would undoubtedly sustain injuries, even if not severely wounded.
As Angel dodged and contemplated a strategy against Kraken, he received a second mental message from Eremy.
Recently, Harlequin had sent several gusts of wind towards the mist-shrouded battlefield, seemingly attempting to contact the wind creatures within to inquire about the situation. However, there was no response.
Harlequin became anxious. During the battle with Eremy, his focus on Eremy diminished, while his attention to the mist-shrouded battlefield increased significantly.
Eremy estimated that Harlequin might have already decided to break into the fog of war.
Angel knew that Eremy’s thoughts would not be unfounded; he must have realized that he might not be able to stop Harlequin, which is why he issued a final warning to Angel.
This meant that his time was running out.
Taking a deep breath, Angel said, “It seems this is the only way.”
After making a certain decision, Angel looked up at the enormous figure of the giant squid opposite him, his figure flashed, and he charged directly towards it.
Seeing this, Kraken immediately released a huge air ring. Faced with the attack of the air ring, Angel no longer retreated as before but continued to charge toward Kraken while trying to dodge as much as possible.
Now, there was still some distance to Kraken, and he could avoid the air ring, but as he got closer to Kraken, the air ring became harder to dodge. When he got within a hundred meters, the air ring released by the tentacles, coupled with the air ring released by the air sac, would become a net of heaven and earth, completely trapping Angel.
But even so, he did not back down.
Originally, Angel thought about using some method to find Kraken’s weakness or gap, to control Kraken while dodging the air ring. He was confident that there was a way and that he could come up with it.
But time was too tight; if Harlequin really broke into the fog of war, the consequences would be hard to imagine.
Therefore, Angel decided to face Kraken head-on.
Even if he was injured for not being able to dodge the air ring, as long as the injury was not fundamental, there would always be a way to recover.
The real situation was almost as Angel thought; when he was still a bit far from Kraken, he could dodge the air ring, but when he started to approach Kraken, the air ring became very difficult to dodge.
He had exerted all his strength to dodge in a small area, but he was still hit by a wind ring, directly shattering the clothes on his right shoulder, leaving the shoulder red and swollen.
Seeing Angel injured, Kraken became even more excited, releasing more and more air rings.
At first, Angel was really hit by several air rings.
However, as time went on, Kraken found that the probability of Angel being hit by the air rings was getting smaller and smaller. If it was said that Angel was moving away from it, it could be explained, but Angel was clearly approaching it.
The closer he got, the air rings should have been easier to hit.
While Kraken was puzzled, it didn’t notice that the aura around Angel was changing…