Weed waited a while. ‘Despite resisting like that, it won’t be long until it dies.’
For now, he took out the High Elf Bow and only shot arrows.
King Hydra was a stepping stone to his goal, and because there were a lot more enemies he must fight, he didn’t deem it right to use up all his energy here.
Although he has the skill Power to Reject Death, he wanted to play it safe because it was only valid for one use.
He only had to wait for the King Hydra to kill itself from exhaustion!
More than 100 Vejague Tribe members had been eaten.
— Something like you can not kill me!
The King Hydra roared ferociously.
It opened its five mouths and shouted towards the sky.
Although it was pierced with thousands of arrows to the point of resembling a porcupine, and those wounds getting bigger and bigger, it refused to die.
“So was that… really true?”
Weed clicked his tongue as he stood before the majesty of a monster that would not fall.
The legend of the King Hydra.
According to the records of the Versailles Continent, the King Hydra would never die until its nine heads are cut off.
Now, they needed to cut off the five remaining heads.
“But there is a limit to King Hydra’s vitality.”
Thanks to the Sentence of Death, the decapitated heads wouldn’t regenerate. It’d be extremely difficult to cut off all 9 heads, but now it was not impossible.
Weed spread his Wings of Light and flew towards the front of the King Hydra.
— KYAO!
The King Hydra stretched its head.
It opened its mouth and thick teeth that could crunch up iron were visible. Its strongly acidic saliva fell in drops and melted rocks. Anyone who gets swallowed up by this monster would face certain death.
“Master, dodge!” Bingryong cautioned. He was wrestling with the King Hydra, so he couldn’t save Weed.
“Master, it’s dangerous.”
“Avoid it!”
“We’re going to help you!”
“Master, come back!”
Yellowy and the Phoenixes’ commitment were shown one after another.
They were all worried about Weed.
The Weed that his sculptures knew was someone was abused them, made fun of them, and only took the spoils of a battle at the drop of a penny!
The battle fought against Embinyu Church displayed a different side of him, but he almost lost his life because of the faceoff.
Perhaps it was inevitable because of limited vitality and mana, but all of Weed’s sculptures apart from Bingryong saw Weed as someone they needed to protect.
‘This is my battle.’
Weed folded the Wings of Light and fell from the air.
He dodged the King Hydra’s attack and flew to the side of one of the heads to Bingryong’s side.
— Kyaooooooo!
King Hydra’s heads were aimed at Weed like vipers. The four outraged heads were shooting towards Weed.
Bingryong unfolded his wings to try and stop them, but two of the heads still threatened Weed.
Weed avoided the heads by a width of a hair by flying into the air.
There was no room for relaxed movements. Because of the close proximity, it was impossible to move like so without predicting the attacks.
“Bingryong, I need you to do something for me.”
Bingryong replied while biting into the King Hydra’s neck.
“What do you want at a time like this, Master.”
“Let go of the heads.”
“Then you will become its target, Master”
“It’s okay. Let go, now.”
Bingryong believed in Weed. During the battle of the Northern Expedition, Bingryong wouldn’t have been able to hunt down the Bone Dragon without Weed.
As soon as the King Hydra’s heads were free, with strong hostility, it attacked Weed. Weed took the priority rather than Bingryong who was right next to it.
— KUAAA!
King Hydra’s attacks were menacing and dangerous.
Weed stuck close to it and avoided its thrilling attacks.
He flew below Bingryong and King Hydra’s legs and between its armpits to avoid the blows.
When he finished avoiding them all, King Hydra’s long necks were entangled up like as if it went through a washing machine.
Weed recalled his experience with his part time job at the laundromat. The ignorant people that were brutally using automatic washing for good clothes worth more than 100,000 won (~$100)! It was a big mistake to think that putting detergent in would solve everything!
“It is best to hand wash laundry.”
Weed sat down on its neck and raised up his sword.
“Blessing!”
The Ring of the High Priest that he was wearing covered his entire body in light.
– The Blessing of the High Priest has been used.
– Physical abilities are enhanced for 20 minutes.
It’s duration was brief but he decided to use the blessing for the critical moment.
The legendary sword that was said to have cut down an Inferior Demonic Ice Daemon fell and cut down on the Hydra’s nape.
“Sword Kaiser!”
His strongest attack skill.
Weed used his sword to cut down the tangled neck of the King Hydra as if it was a ball of yarn. Of course, the thick leather didn’t tear with a single cut.
“Sword Kaiser!”
Using his single point attack technique, he struck down his sword as if he was splitting firewood.
“There are no necks that don’t get cut after ten strikes!”
Weed did not spare any health and mana for his skills and hit the King Hydra’s neck.
Tied up with Bingryong’s huge body, the King Hydra’s necks were cut off one by one and were pumping out blue blood. It did not revive again.
Then, after all 9 of the King Hydra’s heads had fallen–
– Level up.
– Level up.
The violent monster King Hydra, which dominated the Nopren Swamp, has gone into eternal rest.
For completing a great achievement, Fame has increased by 350.
– Strength has increased by 3.
– Vitality has increased by 10.
He had managed to level up two times for getting the finishing blow on the extremely injured King Hydra.
Of course Weed did not forget what he needed to do; to pick up the spoils.
– A large sapphire crystal gem has been acquired.
– A strangely shaped feather hat has been acquired.
– Sophia’s Great-Spear has been acquired.
– A total of 3,140 antique gold coins have been acquired.
1 Gold and gold coins are usually exchanged at the same rate. However, old coins had antique value to them too.
“This isn’t a bad profit.”
He should also check the other items but the battle wasn’t over yet.
“Yellowy, come here!”
Weed pulled out his sculpting knife after calling for Yellowy.
Slice slice slice.
His hand movements carefully cut the King Hydra for its leather! Although the leather had a lot of scratches, he still put it aside in case there was another need for it.
Weed even made sure to take the King Hydra’s head.
– The King Hydra’s severed head #1 had been acquired.
Five heads!
A normal monster’s body only left useful parts and disappeared, but since these remained intact, he picked them up.
He made Yellowy drag the King Hydra’s leather and its huge heads.
“As expected, there’s a lot to gain from a big monster.”
This must be how a fisherman must feel when he catches a whale.
The story of the old man catching a whale… There even was a famous novel about a man returning back to land after facing a storm and losing his whale meat due to sharks.
How great must have been the old man’s regret that it could resound in hearts worldwide!