[Paul Zero...]

The level 7 Chimera Avenger repeated and nodded in satisfaction. Most of the other Chimera Avengers either had four legs or another two arms coming out of their backs, but aside from his gray skin and his pupil-less eyes, this Chimera Avenger looked no different from a giant human being.

It looked so normal that it was unbelievable it had been created through the fusion of dozens of knight corpses and Golems. Lee Shin-Woo felt jealous once more. Could he become like that if he fused with something else!?

[Are you going to give us that thing now, a name?]

"After those guys are taken care of."

[Indeed. I'll take care of them immediately.]

The level 7 Chimera Avenger nodded and quickly assumed a running position. Then he conjured a spear out of nothing in his hand; there seemed to be traces of Golem left in him after all.

But it does look like the cores have been completely dismantled and absorbed...

Regardless of whether one thought they knew how progression, evolution, and mana manipulation worked, they really didn’t, not in this world. This was good, though. Things were going his way! Each Chimera got ready to charge like the level 7 Avenger, and Lee Shin-Woo ordered them coldly.

"That guy over there. Stop him. He's the Emperor's hunting dog. You don't need to risk...