"This is.." The two World Class Monsters widened their eyes in shock while looking at the trigrams underneath them.

Each chess piece seemed to be releasing Magic Power, symbolizing a certain power. They didn't understand how this power worked because each of them was different.

'Each of them has a different element?' The dog narrowed his eyes, wondering which road he should use to handle all these elements.

He had fought many monsters with different elements, but this was the first time he fought against a Saint with all these elements. The power difference between them was simply too big.

He had to use all his power to withstand Theo's power.

Meanwhile, the chimera shared the same opinion. 'A net? I don't think my net can withstand all this power.. What should I do then?'

They knew they had fallen into Theo's trap. Although these soldiers weren't that big of a deal, it was different now that they had gotten an element. And the trigrams underneath them had strengthened them even further.

If they were not careful, they might get heavily injured just from these sixteen chess pieces.

Since they were fighting together, the dog and the chimera knew they had to deal with half of them each.

Unfortunately, they had never heard of chess, so they didn't realize that each piece symbolized something.

The chimera handled three pawns, one knight, two bishops, and two rooks. On the other hand, the dog took care of five pawns, one knight, the queen, and the king.

The chimera went straight to the pawns first since they seemed to be the weakest among the group. Their number was the biggest as well, so it was clear they didn't possess a lot of combat power.

The chimera swung his fishing rod, using it like a sword.

The pawns weren't going to be defeated just like that. They clapped their hands, stimulating the energy within them.

The chimera narrowed his eyes, trying to figure out what they were planning to do. But before he could see through their intention, the knight had charged at him, thrusting his spear.

The chimera hurriedly blocked it and tried to cut the knight's hand, but the knight was powered by an ice element. The moment he cut the knight's hand, the ice burst out and froze the fishing rod.

The chimera was surprised at first, but he still maintained his awareness. It was then he found out that the two bishops had been gathering their Magic Power.

"!!!" The chimera felt the fluctuation from below and above him. Instead of elements, the bishops actually wielded the power of Sky and Earth from the trigrams.

Since the chimera had fallen to the ground after being separated by the dog, he had to be wary of an attack from beneath him as well.

The ground started to rise as if they were alive, trying to swallow his legs. At the same time, he felt an overwhelming pressure from above, trying to flatten him.

The chimera gritted his teeth while using all his strength to resist the pressure. He even threw his hook once more to grab the pressure before tossing it somewhere.

But Theo had prepared for this by using the rooks.

They approached from the side and slammed their giant shields.

The chimera summoned the net to capture one of the rooks, which was a successful attempt as Theo lost control of it. Still, there was one more rook he had to worry about. The knight managed to get in front of it and cut that net, so the rook had a clear path to the chimera.

*Bam!*

The rook slammed its shield into the chimera, which was blocked by the fishing rod. The chimera had a muscular humanoid body, so stopping this shield with his strength was still possible.

But this was where the three pawns appeared in front of him.

'What is this?' The chimera was astounded as each pawn was carrying a lot of Magic Power. In fact, the Magic Power hidden in their body far surpassed the queen and the king themselves.

And this was when Theo activated his plan.

"Promotion." Theo smirked.historical

The three pawns gradually changed their appearances into that of a knight, startling the chimera. He never expected that each of them could transform like this. Theo appeared to be giving them the power of his Metamorphosis, but this was only an illusion where he changed the rule of this universe to match the game of chess like the Heavenly Sovereign.

The knights had wind, fire, and lightning elements respectively.

"With this distance, I couldn't use my hook..' The chimera thought while swinging his fishing rod like a sword, repelling all three spears.

The fire and the wind spears merged into one, igniting a blazing fireball that engulfed him.

The chimera skillfully caught the fireball with the hook. There was no distance between them anyway, so he managed to attach it and rip it apart with his hook. But that was when the third spear came.

The third knight threw the spear through the gap and hit the chimera.

The latter, of course, blocked it with the fishing rod, but the spear was far stronger than he expected. He got overwhelmed by that power and got stabbed in the shoulder.

"Aaaahhhh!" His scream filled the battlefield. This might be the heaviest injury he ever got in this battle. And with a hole in his shoulder, he had lost the ability to use his right hand in this battle, which gave Theo a lot of advantage.

The dog turned around and saw his partner got owned by Theo. He was worried that he would die here.

He wanted to help him, but it was impossible as he was also surrounded by eight chess pieces.

The roads had been hovering around him, attacking anyone that came near him. This was probably the biggest weakness of his ability. Those roads might be able to affect a big area, but it would be a different case if there were eight figures at Theo's level trying to attack him. He could spread it, but those eights could easily avoid it while attacking him from a distance.

That was why the dog could only call his partner's name, unable to help him. "Kaimerka!"