I Became A Side Character Fated To Suffer-Chapter 51:Saving The Day
"Damn... What the fuck is with this creature?" Revolt roared.
His voice echoed across the control room, but no one laughed and no one replied. Every single pair of eyes was locked onto the screen.
The footage shook violently, with static flickering at the edges as the Chimera tore through the battlefield like a walking disaster.
Cadets who were trained, elite, and confident just minutes ago were being reduced to nothing. A body flew across the screen, while another disappeared beneath a crushing limb. Explosions went off with mana, fire, and steel but none of it mattered.
The creature didn’t dodge. It didn’t defend. It didn’t even react.
It simply walked through it all as if everything in front of it was already dead.
"Shit, do we need to go?" Aesa shouted.
Panic broke through her usually sharp tone as she stepped forward, her instinct already pushing her to move. Her hand tightened around her weapon, and her body leaned ahead, ready to rush in.
A hand stopped her. It was firm and unshakable.
Austin didn’t even look at her, his eyes still fixed on the screen. He was calm,perhaps too calm.
"Calm down..." he said in a low, steady voice that felt completely out of place in the chaos unfolding before them. "There is nothing to panic about."
Aesa turned to him sharply, disbelief flashing across her face.
"Have you gone insane? That’s not a low-level creature. Its strength is similar, but that means it will kill them."
Her voice rose, not out of anger, but out of urgency because people might be dying on the screen.
Austin finally moved, just slightly.
His brows flicked in a small motion, but it carried a strange weight, like he had already seen the end of this.
"Don’t worry..." he said with no tension or hesitation. "It might be a monster, but..."
He paused.
For the first time, his gaze shifted. He wasn’t looking at the Chimera, but beyond it.
On the screen, amidst the collapsing ground, the blood, and the screams, a figure was walking forward.
He moved step by step, unaffected and unhurried, as if the battlefield wasn’t something to fear but simply something to cross.
Austin’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smirk tugged at the corner of his lips
It was recognition, interest, and maybe even anticipation.
"There is a bigger monster in there."
.......
The air changed the moment he appeared.
A heavy, suffocating pressure spread across the battlefield and pressed down on everything like an invisible weight.
The Chimera, which had been raging wildly, suddenly let out a low groan.
Its massive body stiffened.
For a brief second,it hesitated.Its eyes shifted, searching the area.
Then they locked onto him.
Noel stood there, calm and unbothered, as if the chaos around him meant nothing.
The Chimera growled louder, its body twitching in irritation and almost uneasy.
It shifted its stance, claws digging into the ground as it let out a furious roar.
The ground trembled again as it prepared to attack.
Noel glanced at it for a second then simply let go of the pressure.The next moment, the Chimera lunged.
Its claw came crashing down, but Noel had already moved.
He stepped aside smoothly, dodging the blow with effortless movements like he was just taking a walk.
He landed lightly on the ground right in front of Eleanor.
Crouching slightly, his eyes calmly scanned her.
"Are you alright?"
His voice was flat and casual like he was asking about the weather.
Eleanor tried to respond.
Her lips parted slightly but suddenly a loud shriek erupted inside her head.
[My Prince... My prince... He is here...]
[Ahahh... What an entry... It’s damn badass... I love it, I love it..
[Hahahahah.]
Her vision spun.
Her head throbbed, as if something was clawing inside of it.She clenched her teeth and shook her head hard, trying to clear it.
Then her eyes snapped open.
And she noticed something that made her expression change instantly.
"It’s attacking!"
BOOOOOM!
A massive beam shot straight toward them, tearing through the air with terrifying speed.
Eleanor’s eyes widened in fear, and she instinctively shut them.
Another deafening explosion followed as the ground shook violently, filling the air with dust and debris.
But nothing touched her.
Slowly, Eleanor opened her eyes.
Her pupils trembled in shock.
The surrounding ground was completely destroyed,cracked and burning from the impact.
But she and Noel were still there.
Crouched in the middle of the destruction and completely untouched.
Without even a scratch.
"I asked, are you alright?" Noel spoke again, still calmly as if nothing had happened.
Eleanor flinched slightly at his voice.
She looked down at herself.
"My legs..."
Snap!
Noel snapped his fingers.
The next second,her twisted legs suddenly moved.
CRACK!
They forcefully snapped back into their original position.
"BE GENTLE!" Eleanor screamed.
"AHH...!"
Pain shot through her body as she groaned loudly, her face twisting in agony.
"WHAT?"
Two shocked cries rang out at the same time.
Reed and Elderic had just gotten back, and both of them stared in disbelief at what they saw.
Noel glanced at them briefly, his expression unchanged.
"I am just fixing her," he said, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
"Also, come here and take her away."
At that moment, the Chimera roared furiously.
It was clearly enraged now.
Its entire body trembled with anger because it was being ignored.It shot forward and flicked its massive tail through the air with brutal force.
Noel grabbed Eleanor and jumped back, dodging swiftly and somersaulted in the air.
The Chimera didn’t stop.
It attacked again, thrusting forward and slashing with its tail in a continuous motion.
This time it almost caught him off guard.
"That’s a great dance," Noel commented, his tone straight and oddly casual.
The Chimera roared even louder.It had completely lost control now.It swung its claws.
Slammed the ground with its hind limbs sending shockwaves outward.
At the same time, its wings spread wide and shot forward like sharp blades.
Flames erupted around them.
The attack was chaotic wild and relentless yet Noel kept dodging through it with ease.
But holding Eleanor made it harder.
At the last moment his footing slipped slightly.
A wind blade shot toward him.
SLASH!
Blood erupted into the air.
"Noooooo!" Reed and Elderic shouted in horror.
Their voices were filled with panic.
They knew if that blade had struck properly it would have been devastating.
A heavy fountain of blood sprayed out.
Something flew into the air.
And then...
THUD!
It slammed into the ground.
Both of them froze and their eyes widened with horror.
It wasn’t Noel; rather it was the Chimera’s wing blade.
