Doomsday Pillars

"ARIEF!!!" shouted Alex with all his might as he watched the Heavenly Group bastards backstabbing Arief.

In Alex's previous life, there were a lot of powerful and famous fighters, who died in order to let the others know the best way to defeat the last monster that guarded the Abyss. After countless trials and failures followed by uncounted sacrifices, the fighters in his previous life had finally found the perfect approach and defeated this abomination.

Therefore, it was for this exact reason Alex made sure the representatives from these countries could find out about it in his life this time. So there were no more casualties when these people tried their respective Abyss Holes.

Actually, if they already knew how, Alex was sure that it would not be difficult to defeat this giant monster. If these people watched how he took care of this monster, they would realize that defeating this Chimera beast only required the cooperation of at least 15 fighters. That figure was insanely small compared to the number of fighters needed to fight other boss-level monsters, which could easily need more than 50 people.

Now, these were the way to take down this 10 meters high and 60 meters long Abyss creature.

First.. Restrain its movement. 

Because this Abyss creature had wings and its frame was huge, it would be easier to defeat it while it was still in its nest, where there was very little space for it to fly and maneuver freely. 

Next, instructed a few fighters to approach the beast before they grabbed and pulled the chains dangling around its neck. This action would send the beast crashing to the ground, further restricting the beast's movement and immobilizing it.

Second. Recognize the threats. 

During the battle against this beast, they needed to always observe and pay attention to the four threat sources that could easily kill the fighters. Those things were the mighty claws and ear-piercing roar of the lion's head, the two heads of the ice and fire snake, and the razor-sharp stinger's tail.

Third. Prioritize beheading the goat head.

The goat head of the Chimera had the special ability to swiftly regenerate all wounds suffered and received by all other parts of the body. Hence, it was of the highest priority to remove this head from the board.

With all of this valuable information in his mind, Alex proceeded to make a plan and explain it to others before the expedition began. He then assigned the fighters with the highest physical strength to pull the chain and held the lion's jaw, preventing it from using its [Lion's Roar], while the other fighters would attack the two snake heads and hold the Chimera's tail.

Everything had gone according to the plan. But unexpectedly, right at the critical moment before they cut off the goat head, the Heavenly Gate fighters moved out of the plan and betrayed them. Those five people in red robes attacked the fighters who were near the goat head, causing them to be distracted, while the 4 other people attacked Arief.

"Arief!" screamed the others when they realized the situation..

The attack of the five people at first glance looked like they were aimed at the goat head, but they were actually aimed at Jerry and the others, forcing them to dodge and thwart their strikes on the goat head.

Meanwhile, on Arief's side, one of the four people who attacked him managed to sink his sword at his back. However, they all managed to land their blows on the colonel, Alex not sure how many times the colonel armor could hold the attack when a loud sound suddenly resounded and the head of one of the red robed men burst like a watermelon.

When the three other attackers were startled by the sudden death of their companion, five short swords could be seen flying violently at the group. Two people were stabbed by the flying swords in the head and chest, while the last one who managed to recover himself was able to ward off the attack.

The source of the loud explosion's sound and the one that popped one of those bastard heads obviously came from Aria, who aimed and fired her rifle from afar, while the five swords came from Theo's signature sword formation attack.

Theo, who was still livid when he saw the actions of the Heavenly Gate people, immediately catched up with Alex, who now heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I'm really sorry, Alex. You've told me to watch their actions closely, but I wasn't fast enough and let you down."

Shaking his head at one of his closest friend's words, Alex said, "Let's just make sure nothing happened to Arief." Hearing that, Theo nodded and followed Alex, who was approaching Arief.

The last person who managed to block Theo's swords turned around and planned to give the last blow. However, Aria, who was still watching him, quickly fired another shot. The bullet went out of the rifle's barrel and zoomed towards the man's chest, ready to take his life, but the man surprisingly managed to move his body slightly to the side with a sidestep. 

As a result, the bullet missed its target and instead hit the person's shoulder, completely destroying it. The man was flung backwards from the impact of the bullet as his body spun in the air before falling to the ground.

Normally, a person shouldn't be able to get up if their shoulder were destroyed, but it seemed that these strange fanatic people could still move, as they had shown before. Their unique yet strange regeneration ability made them extremely tough, so much that they could still move even with severe injuries. The other two who had been stabbed by Theo's swords and should have been badly injured also got up and continued their attacks.

Seeing this sight, Alex could only curse loudy, "Those damn crazy people!"

However, as the three men leaped and carried out their attacks, the lion's head mouth suddenly moved. Seeing the incoming attacks, Arief shifted his body to the side, putting his body out of the path of attack, while the three fanatics who lunged forward at him were greeted by the sight of a wide open giant mouth.

Evidently, Arief had taken out the sword that was holding the creature's mouth, allowing the creature to use its mouth again. The lion's head, enraged by the things that happened to it, quickly opened its mouth and bit down the first people who found in its path, in this case, the three red robed humans.

Seeing the frightening sharp teeth inside the lion's mouth, the three men panicked and tried to retreat. Unfortunately, it was too late for them and they could only scream hysterically as their bodies were chewed and swallowed by the lion head.

Seeing the gruesome scene, Arief immediately moved a few steps back, while Theo, who had been nearby, quickly healed his back with [Healing Ray] spell. Alex, who was also there, eyed the lion's head.

Seeing Alex was only a few meters ahead of it, the monster quickly moved to devour him, however, the dozens of fighters once again pulled the chains to bring the monster down. Alex also didn't stand there and doing nothing, he immediately sent several [Smite] spells on the monster's head to make sure it remained on the ground.

Meanwhile, the fight next to the goat head went awry thanks to the five Heavenly Gate people who instead of attacking the monster, they protected it.

"What the fuck do you think you are doing?!!" screamed Ardeth in extreme anger.

"You all infidels don't belong to the new world God has prepared for us. Therefore, you are destined to die in this hole. This is the will of god." said one of those fanatics.

Just as Ardeth was about to beat up those people, he saw the Chimera's tail lifted into the air. Seeing that, the faces of Ardeth, Jerry, and the others turned pale as they quickly retreated and ran back as far as possible.

The Heavenly Gate people who had their backs against the Chimera's tail did not see the sight and were confused by the sudden retreat. However, their confusion was soon answered when they felt pain on their whole back.

Just like the information that Alex briefed before, the Chimera, who had raised its tail, launched the hundreds of poisonous spikes attached to it. The spikes flew in all directions like a fountain and attacked the fighters.

The fighters who managed to maintain their distance dodged the attack, while those who didn't run far enough immediately used their shield to block or casted [Mud Wall] or [Ice Wall] spell and hid behind it. 

Those poisonous spikes flew faster than bullets in very random paths, difficult to predict. Thanks to this, it was very hard, almost impossible, to dodge these spikes in close distance. The most appropriate course of action would be to retreat and stay far away from the monster.

As for the five Heavenly who were near the goat head and oblivious to the attack, their bodies were 'graciously' gifted with dozens of poisonous spikes. Alex and the others saw that they were still alive and grimaced in pain. Their abnormal regenerative ability turned against them and only served to prolong their suffering. 

Alex and the other fighters just stood there, coldy watching them suffer, until the Chimera's fire snake suddenly burned them to a crisp.

Turning his head around, Alex said, "The show is over. Let's go for round two now."

When the others began to attack the Chimera again, using the same pattern, Alex stared at the back looking for Anas, the Heavenly Gate leader who had secretly left the area.