"Perfect."
Ignotus activated his Beholding Eyes.
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[Name: Chimera]
[Rank: Youngling]
[Runes: Two]
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Two runes were expected; this thing looked a lot stronger than those he slaughtered earlier, maybe on par with those Pythons he barely survived.
It'd require some effort... maybe a lot.
He could work with either, tough would always be fun, especially when faced with death.
Ignotus stepped forward and started his favorite kind of warmup, figuring out whether its attacks were the same as the other ones he'd once dealt with or not.
Chimeras were widely different from each other, so he wasn't sure this time.
"Alright, weird pup. Show me what you've got."
The Chimera answered with a roar that sounded somewhat like a broken horn and then lunged forward, much faster than he expected.
Ignotus twisted aside, his boots scraping the dirt as its jaws clamped down where his chest had been a moment earlier.
Beneath them both, the ground dug in.
