Summary of the last chapter in three lines
There are lots of monsters, there are also Hydra!
Hydra so stronk———
「Fuu~, Now then, what to do…… I won’t say it’s a stalemate, but it’s quite strong.」
「This thing only attacks the one that approaches the Demon Crystal…… Then.」
Souta turns his back to the Hydra, and heads toward Narasu.
「Narasu, that big thing won’t do anything unless you get close. First, let’s clean up the small fry!」
On the other hand, Narasu sweats profusely, her face is filled with fatigue, she can’t afford to reply to Souta now.
Although not long has pa.s.sed since the start of the battle, the place is overflowing with the corpse of monsters.
To secure his foothold, Souta puts away the body of the monsters in the dimensional storage.
By the time Narasu reaches Souta, the monsters have been reduced to about a fifth of their original number.
「Hahh hahh, somehow.」
Narasu answers while wielding her sword, on her body, there is no trace of significant damage, only minor scratches here and there.
「Here.」
「What are you doing !?」
「I appreciate that, but say something beforehand next time!」
Surprisingly, the wounds actually hindered Narasu’s movement more than she thought, as her attacks become sharper than before.
「Your movement recovered, drink this too, by the way.」
「This is?」
The medicine is purple, Narasu hesitates for a moment and then swallow it all in one gulp.
The taste is so terrible that she unexpectedly raises such a voice, but the medicine work as the feeling of exhaustion disappears from her body.
「Interesting voice you made there.」
When that back and forth exchange happen, they confront the monsters once again.
Although countless monsters have been defeated so far, Souta still hasn"t even received a scratch from them, in addition, he also stores the defeated monsters in his dimensional storage to secure their footing.
Among the monsters that’s being defeated one after another, there is a monster that stops Souta’s Izayoi before, but as the Dragon Decapitation sword is sharper, the blade goes through the monster"s body and cuts it in two.
When aligning their back, Souta applies body strengthening magic from enchant magic to Narasu.
「Almost time, I guess. Narasu, pull back for now!」
Narasu is surprised by Souta’s voice for a moment. Souta looks at the movement of the monsters and sees what he wants to do and then pull back.
The monsters are gathering in one place chasing Souta and Narasu.
Souta confirms that most monsters other than the hydra are gathered and turns his back.
「Yes!」
Narasu creates a fire storm, an intermediate fire magic, while Souta makes twenty fireb.a.l.l.s and simultaneously releases them at the group of monsters.
The monsters are getting caught by the fire storm, some monsters are able to escape in the nick of time, but they get struck down by Souta’s fireball instead.
Swallowed in the blast, most of the monsters in the area are defeated.
「With this, this place is cleared.」
Compared to Narasu’s fire storm, the strength of the fireb.a.l.l.s Souta fired to the monsters is clearly stronger.
「Leave the things you"re worrying about until we finish that big thing.」
They move their line of sight to the Hydra.
You understand so far? Receiving Souta’s glance that seems to ask that, Narasu nods.
「That Hydra is protecting it……. is that what you mean?」
「Either that, or it’s trying to prevent the seal from getting unsealed, I wonder which it is.」
「I don"t think a monster have such a will…….」
「That’s not a far of a stretch that it instinctively protects the object which let it grows so far considering the magic power that leaks out from the Demon Crystal. The other possibility is someone is manipulating it… but it doesn’t seems like it.」
There is no abnormality from Souta’s appraisal result.
「For the time being, I"ll fight the two heads, can I leave the last one to you?」
「I leave it to you then.」
Souta puts his hand Narasu’s shoulder and then reapplies the body strengthening magic.
Once she feels that her body become lighter, she runs toward the Hydra.
In the right hand of Souta who is chasing Narasu one step behind is Dragon Decapitation sword, while in the other hand is his mithril sword.
Narasu heads toward the left head, Souta shots magic at the right head to direct its attention while he himself goes toward the center head.
Going through the blast, the right head tries to bite Souta, but Souta keeps avoiding it while trying to slash at the center head.
「I’m not going to receive that many times.」
The Hydra tries to break it, which is achieved in a sense, the sword crushed to piece in its mouth.
「Guess so, but.」
By not letting it open, the breath which has gathered in its mouth explodes, burning the soft inner side of its mouth.
「If attacked from inside, the damage will be great too.」
With this, one of the three heads withdraws from the front.
While Souta and Narasu are each fighting one head, Narasu in particular is having a hard time.
However, the hydra’s skin is hard enough that Narasu’s attack is unable to pierce it and only leaves a small scratch on the skin surface.
Souta throws another sword at the right head hoping to do the same thing as he did with the center neck, but as the three head share information with each other, the right head avoids the sword instead.
Souta thought it would be easier if it could be defeated the same way as the center head, but in the end, he decides to fight it head on this time.
Souta sets his sword, aiming for a counter in accordance to the bite attack.
Knowing for sure there is no magic power in the sword, the Hydra ignores it thinking that it can break the sword with its teeth like before.
「Gyaooooooooo.」
Although it bends its head backward from the pain, Souta jumps, chasing after the mouth and tears the mouth from the sky as it is.
「This is the second one.」
Souta pierces the second head, giving it a finishing blow, after that he looks at the last head that is fighting Narasu.
t/n: this is a bit late, the job is harsher than i thought (time wise, not effort wise)
in any case, enjoy