-- I thought I had pushed the signs away.

　The voices should never have been too loud either.

　However, the many heads Mother Hydra possesses, each with their own independent sensory organs pointing in all directions, making it difficult for us, who don't have any special skills, to escape the search for the enemy.

'Oh shit, Luke!　They're on to us!

　One of the necks caught our figure, and all the heads changed direction in conjunction with it.

　And the huge body, including the root, rushed in with a raging force while the earth rumbled.

''Konnyaro......!

　Garnett used his shoulder to hold me up and jumped to higher ground with an all-out leap.

　The Mother Hydra crushed the spot where we had been a moment ago, crushing the trees around the channel with a flourish.

'What are we going to do, Luke!　Let's pull out once!

　I answered Garnett's question while activating my 'right eye'.

　How many times today would I use this thing?

　I don't even know if the discomfort in my right eye socket is just fatigue or a bad omen, due to the continuous on-off switching that rarely happens.

''No, I can do something about it with [Restoration] to the extent that the waterway is broken, but I'll have to involve Alexia and Hild in the battle as well!
And then Ulysses!

　If there were only Travis and Chandler on the other side, I would have chosen the tactic of running away and luring them out without any hesitation and smashing them with all my strength.

　But with people who can't get involved in a fight with such a big guy, I have to hesitate to lure them to the back with ease.

The only thing I can think of is that I'm not going to be able to get my hands on any of them. Can you let them have it until then?
Can't I just hide you somewhere?
They'll find out instantly and concentrate on the attack.
Shit!　I knew it!

　Mother Hydra rushing in again.

　Garnett leaps over its huge body, holding me in her arms.

　But this time, as if to say it's as I'd read, several heads change their trajectory and bite into us in the air and bare their fangs.

"Rook!
I know!

　I put my magic power into my right arm that grabbed Garnett's shoulder.

　Inside my right arm, which I dared to leave as a prosthetic hand, is planted the Demon Beast Hattie's Medallion.

　Rather than using the medallion of the demonic beast Skoll that he carries in his pocket, this one should be more effective now.

　The demonic beast factor produced by the medallion spread throughout Garnet's body, generating wolf ears and tails like white snow.

　Then the cold air that converted Garnett's own magical power swirled around, sealing the jaws of the fastest approaching Serpent with ice.

　The ice itself was immediately chewed up and destroyed, but it not only stopped the attack, albeit temporarily, but also used it as a foothold to leap again in a direction where there were no other heads.

'If it's a stall, it's still Hattie (here)!　Let's just freeze him in place.
'Don't be too reckless. Unlike Skor, Hattie's medallion sucks up your magic.

　The Demonic Beast Skol Medallion absorbs external light heat and converts it into its own scorching heat.

　Therefore, at the time of activation, it is merely a physical enhancement, but it can absorb and nullify common means of attack, such as flames, and can use powerful scorching heat-clad attacks almost without consumption.

　And the Demon Beast Hattie I'm using now, on the contrary, can use a special ability right after it is activated, but its energy source is Garnet's own magic power.

　The Mother Hydra turns towards us and attacks us, baring all its fangs.

　Garnett has created a number of icicles in front of him and stopped Mother Hydra's rush as if to entangle it, but he was unable to completely stop the massive mass and was crushed from one end to another.

'd*mn it ......!　I don't like this kind of stuff.　It's your territory to create!
Garnett, that would be ......

　I overheard my next plan as Garnett supported me and kept his distance from Mother Hydra.

'...... I hope you're okay,'
I can hold my own for a little while.

　I landed on open land near the lakeside and took my hand off Garnet's shoulder to get some distance between us.

　Then Garnett left me here, closing the distance between me and the Mother Hydra in a full speed rush, and jumped on its back, scraping through the interception of its neck.

'How about this!

　The tip of the sword with Hattie's power is thrust into her back.

　The magical power of the immense frost unleashed directly into the body generates several huge, pointed chunks of ice and penetrates the Mother Hydra's body from the inside.

　If it was a true creature, instant death was a certainty.

　Even a medallion demonic beast would not be able to escape a major blow.

　However, the information transmitted from the 'right eye' conveyed the reality that it was still far from being settled.

''No!　Come back!
d*mn. ......!

　Garnett didn't interrupt my words at all, and jumped back with force, almost as much as a conditioned reflex.

　A moment later, a new Serpent's head grew tremendously and bared its fangs as the cutting edge pierced the protruding wound.

''That's not even an ant!　This is not going to be a high-speed replay!
'A normal hydra would grow a slashed head so quickly that even a normal hydra would grow a new head from the severed surface ...... as expected. I've never heard of anything like that.

　Although the Hydra is a monster with excellent regenerative powers, that is too much, no matter what.

　However, since it is also a medallion monster, it must have a weakness in its core.

　In order to find out where it is, I put more magic power into my right eye, knowing that it was getting close to being abused.