Chapter 36
—Raust—
「FU————u!」
The hydra roared .
Narsena wasn’t reflected in its eyes at all .
It was turning all of its hostility towards me, I involuntarily smiled wrily knowing that its killing intent was so strong it made my skin tingle .
「But this is convenient . 」
This situation was an advantage for me and Narsena .
Our battle style was me defending and stopping our enemies while Narsena attack .
In other words, for the hydra to only concentrating on me meant Narsena could freely attack .
「If so……」
That was why, I let out a sigh of relief .
Honestly, the only attack I could do while devoting myself to defense was something that could only act as a diversion .
I couldn’t draw its attention long enough before it was mutated, and now it was mutated, if it decided to attack Narsena first, then I wouldn’t be able to do anything .
Hence why, this situation could be said to be the best situation I could hope for .
「FU————u!」
Because I knew that, even when the hydra attacked using one of its head towards me, I was calm .
In addition to magic detection, I also had thought acceleration activated, as the hydra’s head came closer, a smile formed on my lips .
Its movement that was captured by magic detection was perfectly identical as when it was yet to be mutated except for its speed .
In other words, just like with its pre-mutated state, I would be able to deal with its attack .
「………Ha?」
… However, I who should have defended against that attack was floating in the air .
「Onii-san!」
With Narsena’s scream that came from some distance away and the floating feeling my body experienced, I finally understood I was blown away by the hydra .
「Guh!」
When I fell to the ground I was able to recover my stance quick, however, the distance between me and the hydra got bigger .
The close-range magic detection allowed me to grasp everything in the radius of 10 meters, in return, I was kinda blind outside of that radius .
In fact, I currently didn’t know where the hydra was, that was why I disabled the magic detection temporarily to get back to the hydra .
「Wh!」
…However, before I could do that, the magic that was thrown at me made me flustered .
I rolled on the ground and somehow managed to dodge the magic, it was too late, but I understood the hydra’s threat now .
It was true that its movement didn’t change compared to its pre-mutated self .
But its basic ability had enhanced significantly .
I was sure I could parry that attack .
…And yet, it easily blew me away .
Its strength was incomparable to its pre-mutated self, it was strong enough now to blow me away even if I parried its attack .
Furthermore, the magic from before .
How long did it take me to recover my stance after getting blown away?
It should be quite short .
Despite that, the hydra built and then released its magic at that short time .
……As far as I know, only Master can do that .
The hydra high physical ability and the too advanced magic technique .
I understood what kind of existence this mutated hydra was .
……If nothing changed, this was not something we could defeat .
「What about it?」
——Even though I knew that fact now, I was strangely not shaken .
「Stop! Come at me!」
Desperately hitting the hydra with her skills, Narsena tried to distract the hydra .
With the huge body of the hydra, the shockwave from Narsena’s fist unable to reach the hydra’s internal organs, the hydra kept moving, ignoring her .
Still, Narsena, for the sake of helping me, threw her punch over and over again .
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「Hahaha . 」
And I was laughing in spite of it .
The hydra was ignoring Narsena to come at me, and if this kept going, we would surely be defeated .
And yet, the heat I felt propel me forward .
I remembered how deeply I was moved knowing I obtained a companion .
——If Onii-san is with me, there is no way we can lose!
I recalled Narsena’s words .
「Ahh, I really believe so . 」
We can’t win against the hydra as it stands .
「In that case, we just need to put more power than we do now . 」
But with that as a reason, I didn’t intend to stop now .
It wasn’t that easy to just increase our power out of nowhere .
I understood that much .
In fact, I kept facing my limit in my desperate attempt to increase my ability, I understood that better than anyone else .
—— Despite that, I believed without a doubt I could easily surpass my limit .
「FU—————u!」
The hydra came at me while ignoring Narsena’s attack .
How long will it take for that hydra to reach here?
「That’s enough time for me . 」
Clearly aware of the time I had, I laughed .
I activated magic detection, however, I didn’t activate thought acceleration .
The amount of information magic detection sent to the brain was huge, for a normal person, they would lose their consciousness in an instant .
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That was why, I processed the information while activating thought acceleration, with that, I was somehow able to take advantage of it in battle .
「Gahh . 」
……However, to process the information from magic detection without thought acceleration, even me, who was somewhat accustomed to it, was overloaded by information .
My head felt like it was split into two and I got a nosebleed .
There were too many information, I understood instinctively that if I didn’t carefully process the information, my mind and consciousness would shutdown .
「But, I can, think properly . 」
Still, I was smiling .
I can think, hence I can still fight .
After thinking that, I reinforced my body with ki .
I understand the hydra’s movement perfectly, even if I’m not using thought acceleration I would still able to handle its attack as long as I have physical strengthening active, or so I believed .
「Gii-」
…But the next moment, my headache became more intense I was almost collapsed .
At that time, even my self-consciousness was gone .
Some question like what am I popped up in my mind .
「Onii-san!」
「FU————u!」
Narsena’s scream resounded and before I noticed, the hydra was approaching in front of me .
I have to move! I thought so, but alas, my body didn’t move .
While I felt a sense of crisis, I also accepted what happened .
After all, handling magic power and ki at the same time is difficult .
Even just using both at the same time is hard .
There is no way I can change the way I use it in an instant .
While thinking so, I smiled .
「Even so, I have decided to do this!」
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「FU—u!」
The hydra seemed to upset with me who had clearly reached my limit but still smiled regardless .
「Uooooooooh!」
I put my strength toward my body while shouting .
Even trying to move my body a little, my head hurt like crazy and my consciousness was about to fly .
However, ignoring that, I put more power into my body to take action .
「FU————u!」
「Guhah-」
And then, I, with a feeling of breaking through something, completely warded off the hydra’s attack .
It was really close .
If I was late to move just a little bit, I would have been poisoned by the hydra .
No doubt I would be dead then .
「From here on is the real thing!」
And yet, even when I knew that, I still said that without being shaken .
「FU———u！」
「…………Huh?」
…However, the next moment, the hydra turned away from me and started to head toward Narsena .
After a moment of confusion, I felt my blood drained from my face .
I was ready to receive the hydra’s attack, but there was no way I could stop it from going toward Narsena .
「Narsena!」
And then, I let out a scream……