FU─────u!

Hydra roars.
I don't see any narcena in his eyes.
It's just that he's turning on me alone, and I can't help but wonder how much he resents me for the killing intent I can feel tingling on my skin, and I can't help but smile at the corners of my mouth.

'But it's convenient,'

However, the killing intent was only convenient for me and Narsena.
Our fighting style is that I'm defending and stalling and Narsena is attacking.
In other words, it's terribly expedient if the hydra is concentrated on me alone, making it easier for Narsena to attack.

'This would be: ......'

So I feel a slight sense of relief.
Honestly, the only attack you can do in a defensive state is a check.
Even before the mutation, that check wasn't enough to draw enough attention to Hydra, but after the mutation, there's nothing I can do about it if the attacker, Narsena, goes at me first.
That said, I'd say this is the best thing that could happen to me right now as far as I could hope for.

FU──────u!

Because of this understanding, I remained calm when the hydra pointed one of its heads at me.
In addition to detecting magic, I also performed thought acceleration, and I couldn't help but smile at the hydra's head that was approaching in front of me at that moment.
I'm sure you'll be able to understand the movements of the mutated hydra that I understood from the magic detection, it's exactly the same as before the mutation except for the speed.
In other words, it shows that the same way as before the mutation is sufficient to deal with the Hydra's attacks.



What about ............?



......... but the next thing I knew, I was floating in the air, supposedly defending myself.

''Brother!''

At the sound of Narsena's scream from somewhere in the distance and the floating sensation in my body, I finally recognize that I'm being blown away by the hydra.

''Huh!''

When I fall to the ground, I manage to take a passive position, but I'm far enough away from Hydra.
Thanks to my magic detection at close range, I can deal with anything within 10 meters, but I can't see anything further away.
In other words, I don't even know where Hydra is now, so I stopped detecting the magic and tried to return to Hydra once.


''Nah!''


...... Before I could do that, I had to let out a shudder at the presence of the magic that was being released at me.
Rolling on the ground in an exaggerated manner, I managed to dodge the magic as I managed to understand the threat of the hydra after all this time.
It's true that Hydra's movements haven't changed much since before its mutation.
But its basic performance has changed significantly.
I did indeed parry the Hydra's attacks.

...... but it was blown away so easily.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find a way to make it to the top of the list or not.

Furthermore, the magic just now.
I'm not sure how long it was before I was blown up and took a passive position.
It's not a long time between them.
And yet in that time, Hydra was building and releasing magic.

...... The only person I know who can do that is my master.

Hydra's unbelievable enhancements and unbelievably advanced magic skills.
And I now understand what a mutated Hydra is like after all this time.




......... that it's an entity that can never win if it continues to exist.




'What about it?'



And yet, I was curiously unaffected by this revelation.

'Stop! Look at me!

Desperately hitting Hydra with his skills, I can see Narsena trying to halt him.
That fist, with its huge torso, doesn't reach the hydra's internal organs for impact, and the hydra doesn't stop moving at all.
Even so, Narsena still shakes her fist desperately to save me.

''Haha,''

I couldn't help but laugh at the sight of it.
The Hydra was ignoring Narsena and coming towards me, and I knew that I would lose if I didn't.
But I felt something so hot that even that thought slipped my mind.

I was moved by the companionship I had finally gained.

ー ー With me and my brother, there's no way we can lose!

Narcena's words come back to me.

'Yeah, I really do.'

We can't beat Hydra at the rate we're going.

Then you'll have to go above and beyond.

But that's not the reason why I'm not going to stop now.

I'm sure it's not easy to produce more power than I have now.
I understand that much.
It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get the best out of it.


And yet, now I believe without a doubt that I can easily surpass my limits.


FU───────u!

The hydra is coming towards us without paying any attention to Narsena's desperate stalling.
How many more seconds until that hydra reaches me?

That's all you need.

I was clearly aware of that countdown and laughed.

The next moment, I activated my magic detection, but I didn't activate my thought acceleration after my magic detection.
The amount of information coming into the brain from the magic detection is enormous, and an ordinary person would lose consciousness in an instant.
That's why I had managed to process it by activating Thought Acceleration and managed to utilize it in battle.

''Oh,''

...... But trying to process the information obtained from the magic detection without thought acceleration is a terrible burden, even for me, who has some experience with it.

A splitting pain in my head and blood flowing from my nose.
There is a lot of information power, and I instinctively know that if I'm not careful even a little bit, I won't be able to process it, and my thoughts will stop and I'll stop being conscious.

'But I can think, properly,'

And yet, I can still laugh.
I can think, which means I can still fight.

I assumed that, and the next moment I strengthened my body with chi.
I understood Hydra's movements perfectly, so I assumed that if that was the case, I could deal with it without thought acceleration and with body strengthening.

''Geez,''

......... But in the next moment, the headache became more acute and I felt like I was going to collapse in place.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get away with it.
The question of who I am, that's what comes to mind.

'Brother!'

FU──────u!

Narsena's screams echoed, and before I knew it, Hydra was right in front of me.
I must move, I thought, but my body didn't move.

While the fact of it made me feel threatened, on the other hand, I was also convinced.

After all, magic and chi, they are terribly difficult to handle.
Just using both at the same time is a terrible level of difficulty.
There was no way I could change its use in an instant like this.

But thinking about that, I laughed.


'Still, I decided to do it.


FU-U!

Clearly, I've reached my limit, and even in the midst of it all, Hydra lets out an upset to me laughing.

''Ooooh!''

And at that moment, I was screaming and straining my body.
Even if I tried to move my body just a little, my head hurt so badly that I felt like I was going to lose consciousness.
But I ignore it and force my body to stand up.

''FU──────u!''

d*mn it.

The next moment, I stood up with a feeling of something huffing and puffing, and the next moment I had completely parried Hydra's attack.

It was a last-minute evasion.
If I had been slow to get up for a few more rounds, I would have received all of Hydra's poisonous fangs.
I'm sure I would have died if I did.

Now it's time to get to work.

But while I understand this, I still tell Hydra so without being upset at all.

FU────u!


............ yeah,


......... but the next thing I know, Hydra turns away from me and starts running towards Narsena.

After a moment of confusion, the blood drained from my face.
I can't stop Hydra from heading towards Narsena, just to receive Hydra's attack by myself.

''Narsena!''

Next thing I know, I let out a scream: .........