Chapter 156: The Adaptive Monsters

“We are chimaeras.” Potolo said with a bow.

“Chimaeras?” Matthew had heard of them before.

The chimaera that Matthew knew originally was a creature with the body of a lion, a tail of a snake and also a goat head sticking out of its back. However, in this world, Matthew learned that chimeras were essentially a creature that has a composite DNA of multiple creatures and exists as one being.

A chimaera in this world, according to books, was only a lump of meat with no fixed features and a vicious appetite. It will eat creatures it comes across by absorbing their prey into their body. Then, depending on what they ate, they will morph to take their prey’s shape, features, intelligence and even abilities.

Their origin was unknown but research about them had proved that they were very dangerous creatures. There had been multiple chimaera rampage cases in the past. However, most