Chapter 120
BOOM!
Following Zeke’s words, Big Foot gathered warriors not only from the Rock tribe but also from nearby tribes.
Dozens of barbarian warriors, each one no different from a deadly weapon, gathered in the village.
Looking at the gathered barbarian warriors, Zeke said to King Fist.
“King Fist, need stone spears.”
“Why stone spears? Just beat them.”
“That’s a perfect way to die.”
Even the tribal chief Big Foot had to step in to persuade the stubbornly disobedient barbarian warriors.
Zeke had them prepare five stone spears per person for the barbarian warriors.
After bringing the stone spears that were polished to be harder and sharper than iron, Zeke personally applied horse-tail flower oil to each blade.
“Why put this on?”
“It’s lethal to snakes.”
Although unsure if it would work on the Hydra, Zeke wanted to try every available method.
Based on what he saw at Kaisir’s sanctuary, he thought he could handle it sufficiently with the Elemental Sword, but being careless in a situation showing unusual signs would be foolish.
Zeke led the barbarian warriors outside the fortress.
Then he connected his Dragon Eye with the map to find places where the beast monsters and Hydra might be.
Unexpectedly, Richmond proved helpful.
“M-Master. I sense strange energy from that direction.”
“What exactly do you mean by strange energy?”
“Well, that… tingling? The back of my head feels numb.”
Zeke realized Richmond was talking about demonic energy.
He felt proud as he realized Richmond was a moving demonic energy detector.
‘This will make finding beast monsters easier.’
He led the barbarian unit toward the place Richmond mentioned.
Zeke found a huge cave where rocks were piled up under the cliff in the direction Richmond pointed.
While examining it, he discovered something unusual.
‘What’s that?’
The appearance of the monsters standing in front of the cave was strange.
They were closer to beast monsters than regular monsters.
Zeke mentally asked Richmond.
‘Richmond, have you seen monsters like these before?’
‘N-No. This is my first time too. They seem to be mutants like chimeras?’
If even Richmond, a monster expert, was seeing them for the first time, they were likely monsters contaminated by demonic energy.
Zeke spoke to King Fist behind him.
“Please handle monsters over there. I go inside.”
“No. Want to hunt Dragon too.”
“I’ll tell your father.”
At those words, King Fist nodded glumly.
Zeke took out a dagger from his chest and imbued it with the will of explosion.
Then he threw it at the monsterified beasts.
THWACK!
The dagger stuck in the monster’s back.
“GRR?”
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
After a moment, loud explosion sounds occurred, and the monsters reacted to the sudden explosion.
“KYAAAAA!”
Following Zeke’s words, King Fist lured the monsters away.
“Richmond, watch the situation outside and let me know if anything unusual happens.”
“Y-Yes, understood.”
Zeke drew Bahamut and entered deeper into the cave where the Hydra was.
‘What is this smell?’
The cave was filled with a foul stench.
It was similar to the smell from the cave where he had found the Meins before.
The stench got worse the deeper he went.
That’s when it happened.
GRRRRRRRR!
A massive roar that shook the entire cave was heard.
Zeke moved forward cautiously.
Soon a huge cavity appeared, and inside it, he saw the Hydra crouching.
‘There it is.’
The heads that Zeke had cut off seemed to have already recovered, as it still had nine heads.
Zeke, hidden by stealth, tried to think of a way to catch it in one go before the Hydra noticed.
‘Need to strike the vital point in one hit.’
Even when catching the Master of the Swamp, he had barely managed to finish it off after piercing its heart.
Zeke examined the Hydra’s weaknesses with his Dragon Eye.
Then a message appeared.
[Detected a corrupted dragon species completely tainted by demonic energy.]
‘Complete tainted?’
Zeke recalled the Master of the Swamp he had faced before.
The Master of the Swamp had also been completely taken over by demonic energy and had transformed from a dragon into a beast monster.
Unlike when he saw it before, the Hydra also seemed to have been completely tainted by demonic energy like the Master of the Swamp.
‘Those Imperial bastards definitely did something in the meantime.’
Zeke first equipped Hersion.
Then he drew Bahamut and aimed at the Hydra’s heart.
Woong woong woong!
Energy gathered in Zeke’s sword.
He launched a dragon-slaying technique aimed at the Hydra’s heart in a surprise attack.
Dragon Slaying technique True Dragon Sword technique
Chapter 6 Verse 2
Dragon Heart Pierce
A massive aura burst from Zeke’s sword and flew straight toward the Hydra’s heart.
GRRRR!
The crouching Hydra sensed the ominous energy and moved its nine heads.
KAAAAK!
The aura blade Zeke unleashed struck the Hydra’s body directly.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The aura vortex tore the Hydra’s body to shreds.
‘It worked.’
His surprise attack had succeeded.
The Hydra with a hole in its body staggered backward.
That’s when it happened.
RUMBLE RUMBLE!
Black energy surged from the Hydra’s pierced body, and the wound quickly closed up and healed.
Zeke wore a perplexed expression seeing this.
‘That attack shouldn’t have healed so quickly?’
Kaaaaaaa!
The Hydra screamed at Zeke who had launched a surprise attack.
The nine massive heads charged at Zeke while spewing poison mist.
The poison mist seeped through the gaps in Hersion.
[Hydra’s poison detected.]
[Failed to neutralize poison with Poison Immunity constitution.]
[You have been poisoned by the Hydra’s poison.]
Poisoned by the Hydra, Zeke felt his limbs gradually becoming heavier.
Since he didn’t know how much the Healing Factor could handle, Zeke judged this situation to be dangerous.
“Damn it!”
Zeke quickly escaped outside the cave using Wind Sprint.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The cave shook violently, threatening to collapse from the Hydra’s massive body.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As Zeke came out of the cave, he swung his sword to collapse the entrance to buy time.
But it was useless.
The Hydra’s heads pushed through the collapsed rocks and immediately burst outside.
“KAAAAAAK!”
The nine heads were still spewing black poison mist wildly.
Though the Hersion Zeke was wearing blocked the poison to some extent, he didn’t know how long it could hold up.
The Hydra had already escaped from the cave and revealed its full form.
Its body was much larger than when he saw it at the Hero King’s ruins.
‘Damn, what exactly happened during this time?’
Zeke quickly summoned Bucephalus.
NEEEIGH!
Zeke mounted Bucephalus and flew into the sky.
“Bucephalus! Lightning Strike!”
At Zeke’s command, dozens of lightning bolts shot from Bucephalus’s horns to attack the Hydra.
Crackle!
The lightning bolts struck the Hydra’s body, but the wounds healed quickly again.
The black organism flowing through the Hydra’s body seemed to be filling and healing the wounds.
‘It seems different from demonic energy, but what exactly is that.’
Zeke used Light Mace, a newly acquired skill, against the Hydra.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The massive light mace struck the Hydra’s body.
KAAAAK!
Surprisingly, unlike other attacks, the area hit by the light mace didn’t properly heal.
“Whatever it is, seems like the healing is related to demonic energy.”
Having gotten a feel for it, Zeke pulled out chains from his wrist and deployed Soul Binding technique.
WHOOSH!
The chains extended infinitely according to Zeke’s will and wrapped around all of the Hydra’s heads.
“KAAAAK!”
When the unbreakable chains wrapped around its necks, the Hydra thrashed its nine heads.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The mountain shook as if it would collapse when its massive body moved.
“UGH!”
Zeke gripped the chains with golden power and charged in while striking the Hydra’s body with the light mace.
Boom boom boom!
KEEEEK!
While the Hydra writhed in pain, Zeke rode Bucephalus to charge in again and raised an aura blade to cut off one of the Hydra’s heads.
SLASH!
Black smoke rose from the wound cut by the aura blade.
The Hydra tried to retreat while suffering.
Zeke circled through the air and charged at the Hydra again.
“Where do you think you’re going?!”
The light mace struck the Hydra again.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The Hydra hit by the light mace trembled, then its body suddenly started to boil.
Zeke retreated at the Hydra’s sudden reaction.
‘What’s that?’
Suddenly, small beast monsters started bursting out of the Hydra’s body.
Kieeek!
Hundreds of winged beast monsters shaped like giant bats charged toward Zeke.
“Oh no!”
Zeke rode Bucephalus to circle through the air.
Then he rained lightning strikes at the beast monsters.
CRACKLE!
The beast monsters dodged all the lightning strikes from Bucephalus and charged at Zeke through the air.
SPLASH!
The beast monsters spewed poison from their mouths.
Hissss!
Though it had no effect on Hersion, Bucephalus’s spirit body was damaged when hit by the poison.
NEEEIGH!
Zeke retreated while glaring at the beast monsters.
While he dealt with the beast monsters, the Hydra was recovering its wounded body.
‘Damn.’
Then Zeke remembered a newly acquired skill.
“Light Shield!”
As he activated the skill, a massive light appeared in front of him.
It formed into a huge shield shape.
Not knowing Zeke had created a shield, the beast monsters charged at him while spewing poison.
Crackle!
The beast monsters that charged at the shield were enveloped in light and disappeared into black ash.
Half the beast monsters vanished in an instant.
Zeke stretched out his hand and threw the light shield toward where the beast monsters were.
WHOOSH!
The massive shield flew to where the beast monsters were.
CRACKLE!
As the shield turned to light, the surrounding beast monsters completely turned to ash and flew away.
“Wow, that crown was an amazing artifact!”
After dealing with the beast monsters, Zeke turned back toward the Hydra.
That’s when a strange reaction appeared in the Hydra’s body.
CRACK!
Huge horns started sprouting all over the Hydra’s body and heads.
KAAAAAAA!
The head that Zeke had cut off was already regenerated.
The Hydra raised its nine heads high, revealed its densely packed sharp teeth, and roared at Zeke.
Rather than looking like a wyvern, it was closer to the large magical beasts I had seen in the records of the Terakan Drakers.
‘First those bats that came from its body, and now this – this isn’t normal regeneration. Even for something completely tainted by demonic energy… What the hell did those Imperial bastards do?’
Zeke circled through the air, gritting his teeth as he searched for a weakness in the abnormal Hydra.
That’s when it happened.
GRRRRRR!
Energy began concentrating in the Hydra’s nine mouths.
Zeke noticed the ominous sign and pulled back.
Simultaneously, nine breaths burst forth from the Hydra’s mouths.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
In an instant, the forest vanished, cliffs crumbled, and rocks shattered.
KAAAAAAK!
The nine heads fired breaths in all directions.
Zeke broke into a cold sweat as he watched the surrounding area become completely devastated.
‘Insane…’
That’s when it happened.
Wings erupted from the Hydra’s body.
WHOOOOSH!
The Hydra flapped its wings, attempting to take to the air.
Zeke felt a sense of urgency.
If that magical beast were to move down from here to below the mountain, the city would instantly become ruins and tens of thousands would surely perish.
‘I have to stop that thing somehow.’
He could somewhat understand how the Terakan Drakers must have felt when facing dragons and magical beasts during the Liberation War.
Zeke pulled out chains from his arms again.
Then he concentrated his soul energy into his sword.
‘There’s only one way to kill an abnormal magical beast in one strike.’
In his previous life, when Zeke went hunting magical beasts with his master, the Forest Hermit, he had seen how his master dealt with abnormal magical beasts.
‘A magical beast showing abnormal signs has completely deviated from the world’s laws. To eliminate them, you must shatter their very vessel with the power of the soul.’
A Single Spell of soul energy strengthens the power of the physical realm by breathing will into incantation.
But Double Spells are different.
It’s a realm that directly handles the power of the soul.
Even beings that have deviated from the world’s laws cannot maintain their form when their soul itself is attacked.
“Hoo…”
Zeke steadied his breathing.
‘I’ll cut away the Hydra’s soul in one strike with a Double Spell.’
KAAAAAAK!
Zeke pointed his sword toward the airborne Hydra.
Bahamut’s heart beat violently, filling his middle diantan point with mana.
WOONG WOONG WOONG WOONG!
Zeke breathed incantations into his vibrating soul energy.
His mouth slowly opened.
“Double Spell, Severance.”
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