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Chapter 88: Battle Against the ‘Multi-Headed Dragon’ Hydra Lord

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I thought I would be able to take it easy this time, but… Good grief, to think I was walking along with such a spineless party. However, from here on, it was my turn.

Now that Ikeda had ended up like this, the Levia Guild will likely no longer function.

If that is the case, then this is my chance to do as I please… no, rather, my chance to act freely.

“Hey!”

I called out to Shiina, who was standing some distance away.

“W-what is it!?”

“I’ll handle that guy. While I do, go treat the injured. And give your leader over there a hand.”

“A-are you sane!? You’re going to fight that thing alone!?”

“I’m not alone. I have my companions. Oh, and one more thing… Don’t you dare interfere while we’re fighting. Just stay back and watch.”

After telling her only that, I issued instructions to the other two once again.

“Momiji, cut off all of its heads. Ulysses, support us with buffs. I will analyze it immediately.”

“Understood!”

“I wanna fight too!!”

The moment Momiji finished listening to my orders, she kicked off the ground with force and closed the distance with the multi-headed dragon in an instant. Once Momiji entered the multi-headed dragon’s range, she swung her twin katanas as if performing a dance. In a flash, two or three of its long necks were sliced off cleanly.

For a moment, the multi-headed dragon stood in a daze, unable to comprehend what had happened in an interval too short for a single blink. Then, looking at its own severed necks with its remaining heads, it finally seemed to understand the situation. It began to let out a piercing shriek, as if to broadcast its pain to us. Furthermore, Momiji launched a relentless barrage of attacks and sliced off every single head while the creature was still screaming.

“Be quiet for a moment…”

Having lost its ability to cry out because its heads were severed, the multi-headed dragon became nothing more than a torso, with red blood spraying silently from the eight neck stumps.

I suppose Momiji finished the job before I could finish my analysis… or so I thought, but it seemed it wasn’t going to be that easy. The neck stumps cut by Momiji began to squirm and move, and the flesh of the necks gradually started to regenerate. Then, every head returned completely to its original state.

Coinciding with that, the analysis I had been running reached completion.

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《Appraisal Results》

Individual Name: Hydra Lord

Race: Dragonkind

Danger Level: S-Class

HP: 8500/8500 MP: 3700/4000

Detailed information uncovered via 【True Appraisal】.

Passive Skills: 【Multi-Headed Dragon King】

At the start of battle, increases all stats by 1000 and automatically grants 【Physical Enhancement EX】. Applies skills to each of the eight heads respectively. Increases the power of basic elemental attacks.

: 【Dragon Scale: Rainbow】

Scales that nullify basic elemental skills.

: 【Infinite Regeneration】

If no further damage is taken for 5 seconds after receiving an attack, recovers all damage and HP. (This effect does not activate when HP reaches 0.)

: 【Sovereign’s Stance】

Nullifies debuff effects.

: 【Mastery of Fusion Magic】

Enables the use of fusion magic regardless of conditions.

Attack Skills

: 【Purgatory Breath】 Lv.80

: 【Crimson Breath】 Lv.MAX

: 【Bite】 Lv.50

: 【Entangle】 Lv.50

: 【War Cry】 Lv.40

Magic

: 【Ice Magic】 Lv.10

: 【Lightning Magic】 Lv.8

: 【Wind Magic】 Lv.8

Analysis Skill: 【Information Concealment】  Lv.9

Resistance: 【Physical Attack Resistance】

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As I suspected, it possessed a regeneration-type skill, and a quite powerful one at that. Looking at its other skills, it was lined up with even more potent abilities. That S-class title was not just for show. Normally, this was a formidable foe that would cause an ordinary explorer to faint upon sight, but I couldn’t help but let my lips curl into a smile.

“GUGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”

The Hydra Lord, revitalized by its regenerated heads, let out a massive war cry and formed a circle with its eight heads. As it opened its mouths wide, I could see dark red flames gathering in the center of the circle formed by its faces.

“This attack is… Momiji!! Get back!!”

“!!”

Momiji returned immediately upon my call. I knew by instinct that if she were hit by the attack the creature was about to unleash, even Momiji wouldn’t get away unscathed.

“Momiji, Ulysses, stay behind me.”

“A-wa-wa-wa-wa! Something r-r-really bad is coming, isn’t it!?”

The Hydra Lord, having finished charging the dark red flames, aimed all eight faces toward us at once and unleashed the fire. The accumulated flames rushed toward us in a straight line at high speed, exactly like a thermal beam.

“NUWAAAAAAAAAAAA!? IT’S HEEEEEEERE!?”

“Da-Danna-sama…”

A light as bright as the sun approached us along with a violent roar, but I made no move to stir from my spot. This was because the wind that pushed us forward on our journey was on our side.

Suddenly, an intense gust of wind was generated from behind us. As that wind spread around us, it caught the approaching thermal beam. In the next instant, the barrier of wind exploded and repelled the heat ray. The beam that had been headed for us reversed course, striking the body of its creator, the Hydra Lord, directly and causing a massive explosion.

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The passive skill 【Tailwind】 of 【Traveler God Mercurius】  activated automatically, reflecting 【Crimson Breath】.

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Thankfully, Adam provided a polite explanation of the situation.

Due to the 【God of Travelers】 skill I possessed, 【Tailwind】—which reflects all breath-type skills—had activated.

The massive impact from being hit by its own heat ray caused the Hydra Lord’s boasted scales to peel off, exposing its skin.

Now, the real show begins.

“Momiji! Let’s go!”

“Yes!”

I gave the signal and headed toward the Hydra Lord along with Momiji. We would settle this in the few seconds before its scales healed via 【Infinite Regeneration】!

I drew my weapon and, together with Momiji, began hacking away at the Hydra Lord’s necks. By attacking, we triggered the cooldown for the re-activation of 【Infinite Regeneration】, hindering its recovery. Even if all the heads fell, its HP was not yet zero, because the main body still remained.

“The finishing blow! Danna-sama!”

“I know!”

I took the Spirit Blade held in my right hand, which had accumulated enough instant death stacks, and drove it vigorously into the Hydra Lord’s remaining torso.

“Guo…”

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The boss of the Dungeon has been defeated.

The following items have been dropped.

《Auto-Analyzed》

Item Name: Elixir of Yashiori

Rarity: Legendary

Type: Consumable (Enhancement)

Details: An elixir imbued with the soul of the hero who once struck down a dragon with eight heads. Upon use, grants the skill: 【Dragon Slayer God, Susanoo】.

Item Name: Kusanagi Sword

Rarity: Legendary

Type: Greatsword (Two-handed weapon)

Attack Power: +1000 (Double against dragon type)

Details: A legendary divine artifact said to have been found by a hero of old after slaying a dragon. It changes shape and demonstrates its true power when facing dragons.

All attacks made with this weapon are granted 【Slayer: Dragon】, 【Fiend Attack】, and 【Anti-Regeneration】.

The administrator has vanished. Return is now possible.

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The instant death effect of the Spirit Blade activated, and the Hydra Lord breathed its last silently, without even a scream.

“As expected of you, Danna-sama♡”

“That was totally nothing! You did great, Keita!”

As I thought, that was far too easy.

Such adorable stats…Compared to the Shadows, this was easy enough to be a joke. As I pulled my weapon out of the Hydra Lord’s corpse, the body immediately turned into a massive pile of purple-glowing magic ore.

“You… what… what kind of power is that?”

When I turned around, Shiina, who had been watching from afar, approached after seeing that everything was over. The boss was defeated, but I still had work left to do.

Now then, let’s move on to the next phase of action.

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