A moment after instructor Ava gave her suggestion and left to treat the injured students, one of the instructors who heard her words had a strange expression.

Since they would also have to mention their incompetence for not being able to protect the students and even lost one instructor in their report to the military.

But there was nothing that they could have done in that situation and so, the instructor pondered for a moment and commented in displeasure:

"Tsk! How humiliating!

"

And then he said afterward:

"Just tell them that we couldn't protect the students from the unknown monster since it appears to be stronger than us! And also, instructor Liu… Don't forget to mention that we also lost an instructor to the unknown creature and that he was also one the strongest among us. That should make them become fully aware of the situation that we're in.

"

"…Alright, I transmitted the voice message to them just now.

" Instructor Liu responded after a while of speaking into some radio device.

…

On the other side.

On the constructed path in the Beast Forest, far away from where everyone else was, Randy was currently riding the wind as he continued running back to Sky Rise City utilizing his full speed.

However, all of sudden, he felt like something was tailing him and immediately turned around to search for the source, but he could not find anything behind him.

'Was I imagining things? Or is something really following me all this time? No, with my heightened senses while in this state, I shouldn't be wrong about my intuition. But then where are they coming from?' Randy wondered as he continued to pick up the pace without stopping in his tracks.

"Bang!

"

"Ugh!

"

While he was running, something suddenly smashed into him, or rather, he smashed into something, and then he was bounced backward.

Due to the momentum that he was keeping as he ran forward, even though he saw a blurry figure at the last moment, he could not stop himself in time and could only helplessly bump into them.

"What the hell was that…?

"

Randy who fell on his butt suddenly questioned but he immediately shut his mouth as he saw the creature that was standing not far away in front of him.

'What the **! Isn't this the chimera monster from before? Why did it follow me all the way here?! Shouldn't it be massacring everyone back there instead?' He inwardly exclaimed in shock and bewilderment.

A moment later, the huge creature approached him with its wide opened mouth as it bared its fangs and claws.

'Shit! This is troublesome! Why does it look like this thing was after me the whole time? I don't recall killing its child or anything, so why is it after me?'

Randy wondered as he quickly got up from the ground and assumed his battle position.

Whoosh!

At this moment, the chimera monster suddenly vanished in front of his eyes, shocking him greatly.

"What?! It disappeared?

"

The next moment...

Slash! Slash! Slash!

"Ugh!

"

"Why is it so fast!

"

Before he could even react properly, he was already slashed on his back multiple times by the chimera monster, with his blood spilling on the ground.

If not because of his assimilated state, he would have already succumbed to serious injuries just from the relentless attack from the chimera monster.

"Fuck! That hurts!

"

Swoosh!

Randy turned around and swung his claws at the chimera monster in annoyance.

And then he proceeded to glare at the creature before shouting in a furious voice when he noticed that his blood spilling on the ground.

"Why are you attacking me all of sudden?! What did I ever do to you?!

"

In response, the chimera monster started muttering incoherent words outwards, almost like it was deranged.

"Kill… Must… Kill… Smell… Must Kill Smell… Must kill Ran… Die… Smell Simi… lar…

"

"What the hell is it saying? Must kill who?

"

Hearing this, Randy was instantly confused by these words from the chimera monster.

But he did not have the time to think about such things as the chimera monster suddenly disappeared again, and just like before it aimed at his back with its claws.

"As if the same thing will work on me!

"

Randy sneered as he maneuvered himself using his footwork technique to easily dodge the other party's claw attack.

Chasing Tiger Steps

But the attacks did not stop there as the chimera monster used its other hand to form into a fist and threw it at Randy's face faster than he could react to it.

"Bang!

"

"Ugh!

"

Randy was sent flying a considerable distance away with blood spraying from his nose.

'What the hell? Why can't I see its movement just now?! Maybe I should use my double enhancement now. Otherwise, I will die to this monster before I even know it.'

Thinking about that, he immediately activated his dual-assimilate state.

Assimilated Mode Activated

Assimilated Type: Stealthy Python

Currently in Dual-Assimilated Mode

All your basic statistics and other statistic have been increased tremendously by the effect of your dual-assimilated state

'Hmm… Just in case, I should add this too.'

"…Body Enhancement!

" He muttered shortly after.

'Alright, this should be enough! Right now, my basic statistics should be above a normal S-Rank awakened. I refuse to believe that this creature is stronger than an S-Rank combat power in terms of speed.'

Thinking this, Randy immediately adjusted his fall while neglecting his bleeding nose.

And without wasting any time, he charged forward towards the chimera monster who was only a few meters away from him.

He did not want to be on the receiving end all the time and would rather be the one doing the attacking instead.

Within a few seconds, he instantly appeared in front of the chimera monster, and after charging his fist with his magical energy, he quickly threw his punch at the chimera monster without hesitation.

Void Rippling Punch

The chimera monster did not move and only reached out with its palm to take on his all-out attack.

"BAM!

"

A moment later, his punch landed on the other party with ripples forming within the surroundings as if there were shockwave residues forming from just his fist attack alone.

'That should do it!' He thought.

However, the next moment, he was shocked to find the chimera creature unscathed as it took on his attack.

At this moment, it held his fist its palm as if his attack did not even cause it any damage at all.

This left Randy shocked since no one had managed to completely negate the effects of his fist technique besides the sunglasses man who held on for a while during his onslaught.

But even he was eventually defeated after accumulating more damage from his fist technique.

'Just what is this monster? I thought using the dual-assimilated state would drastically improve my combat prowess, but it seems like it is meaningless in front of this monster. I never struggled that much even when I fought multiple people at that time with the sunglasses man and his men. So why does this creature make me feel like I am nothing in front of it?

"

Randy silently thought in frustration upon seeing that his all-out attack did not even leave a scratch on the other party's body.