The chimera's head slammed into the wall and stayed there for a second, dazed and shaking. Asher didn't give it any chance to recover. He grabbed the creature by its throat, lifted it up, and smashed it down again. The floor cracked under the impact.
It tried to blink away, but its void core was flickering and unstable now. The teleport stuttered—half formed—then failed completely.
"Not this time," Asher said and drove another punch straight into its chest.
The core pulsed violently inside the cracked metal.
Across the hall, the Abyss Dragon Knight held the second chimera down with its boot, pushing hard enough to bend the creature's spine. The pinned chimera spat blue fire upward, trying to melt through the knight's armor, but the dragon scales didn't budge. The knight raised its sword and stabbed downward again.
The blade pinned the chimera's arm to the floor this time.
