Change of plan, Garnett. With Alexia (that guy) around, we can do this more reliably.

　He hurriedly met up with Alexia on the high ground while a widespread smoke screen blocked Mother Hydra's view.

'Oh, did you come up with a good plan?'
Just in case. We don't have time for this. I'll explain it to you.
Yes, sir!　Whatever it is, I'll show you how to do it exactly right!

　I immediately break the fusion of Garnet and Ice Wolf (Hattie)'s medallion and return it to my prosthetic hand (Migiude), while simultaneously activating the medallion of the Flame Wolf (Skoll).

　The ears and tail from Garnett's body turn gold, and the quality of the magic it wears also changes.

　The Mother Hydra rushes through the fading smoke screen to the high ground we're on.

"Hold us back a bit!　Just get ready to go!

　The garnet struck one of the Mother Hydra's heads in a straight line, caving in underneath its feet with the recoil of its leap.

　Furthermore, using its head as a foothold, it began to fight with the other heads as well, stopping Mother Hydra's main body from approaching towards us.

　If we used our swords, we would invite neurotoxic bloodshed.

　That's why I dared to try to stall it with blows, but with this, it's impossible to make a decisive strike.

　However, with Alexia's arrival, the situation changed.

''Did you bring high-powered spell armor?　Preferably with fire incendiary bombs. Get all the ammunition you can.
'Of course. Which neck would you like to tap into?
No, I'm going for Garnett.

　Alexia stopped moving with a snap, looking like she was about to take a spell shell out of a large case, and looked up at me with a roll of her eyes.

　I had explained the plan to Garnett before we moved to higher ground, but I hadn't told Alexia yet.

　But I didn't have time to be surprised or argue with her.

　I just need to convince her as soon as possible.

''The most effective way to defeat a normal-sized hydra is to cut off the cut(──) face(──) and burn(──) the face(──) in any case. It can be as simple as cutting off the head and immediately pressing the torch against it. We can deal with regeneration and poisonous blood all together.
"...... Oh!　Oh, right, Skoll's medallion of the Hexenbiest!
'The garnet now can absorb the burning heat it's exposed to and put it on its own attack. Far more efficiently than trying to hit a cut surface with an incendiary bomb.

　Alexia instantly understood the plan that Garnett and I had set up, and loaded the large crossbow (Scorpion) with a large firepower incendiary spell-loaded arrow round (bolt).

　He decapitated the head with a scorching sword - in theory, the most efficient method of attack to defeat the hydra.

　The burned-out wound greatly inhibits regeneration, prevents bloodshed, and seals out all of the reasons the Hydra is a threat.

　Of course, in front of a substandard hulking body and fast regeneration like Mother Hydra's, an ordinary slash and heat would not work.

　However, if it was Garnet, which had obtained the Demonic Beast Skol Factor, it should be easy to give it an effective strike as long as it was given enough heat.

''Loaded!　Here we go, Mr. Garnett!　The inventory you brought in, I'll pump all the bullets into it, so please accept it!
'Oh!　Get your ass over here!

　Alexia fires a series of cursed bullets with a familiar movement.

　They fly at high speed as if to snatch the garnet, and as they pass by, they are cut in both directions by the mithril alloy blades, scattering the blasts of the built-in scorching magic power.

　One, two, three - all were cut down without exception, and each time the swirling scorching heat was sucked into Garnet's body, making his golden fur shine even brighter.

''I'm not even close to being hungry, but ...... this guy is enough!

　A glow like a drop overflowing from the sun landed on the root of one of Mother Hydra's countless necks and ran up the neck in the blink of an eye, creating a blinding afterglow.

　Then, even faster than the neck could act defensively, a slash with scorching magical power cut both sides of the neck, slashing the massive head down under one sword.

　Not even a drop of blood spurted out of the burning wound, and there was no sign of a new head growing out of it.

　Without taking a breath, Garnett jumped to the next neck, and this time, he cut both heads lengthwise and held his breath.

'Alright, it's just as planned!

　I clenched my fists tightly as I watched Garnett's battle from the high ground.

　The Demon Beast Mother Hydra is a monster that extends the characteristics of the Demon Hydra to the extreme.

　Therefore, it also inherits the weaknesses that Hydra has, and if it is a countermeasure with a reasonable increase in output, it can strike an effective blow - my reading was not off.

　The unexpectedly damaged Mother Hydra roared with all its necks, and then began twisting its entire body, including its torso and several tails, and began to writhe around with a momentum as if a rocky mountain had been turned upside down.

'Mr. Luke!　I'm going to shake off the garnet!
I know, we're on our own now.

　I hold my clenched right fist in front of me and put magic power into the built-in Hattie medallion.

''Demonic beast factor, limited release--[Synthesis] begins.

　A thick, piercing layer of ice covered every surface of the prosthetic hand from fingertips to shoulder, forming a form that resembled an ice gauntlet.

　And, just like the medallion, the internal materials are used to create ice bolts of the size of a scorpion.

I'm going to borrow it. I'm sorry, but you'll have to aim at it.

　I pulled my left shoulder up to Alexia and loaded the ice arrows bullets (bolts), and then the entire large crossbow (Scorpion) was also clothed in ice magic.

''...... I know it by heart. Let's get this done before your right eye gets out of hand.
Is it really that bad?
''Isn't it bad, or don't you realize that? Right now, Luke-kun's right eye, magic power is still spewing out of the cracks around it.
'What ...... then I'm aware of that.'

　In the meantime, Alexia accurately aimed at the large crossbowl (Scorpion) and shot an ice arrowhead (bolt) right below the writhing mother hydra.

　As soon as it landed, an intricate web of ice thorns, like the branches of a large tree, struck the Mother Hydra, causing its massive body to float slightly and robbing it of the freedom to move its neck.

　Quickly, the garnet runs a scorching blade.

　Furthermore, several heads that dance in the air.

　If this is the case--just when I thought that--a crack suddenly appeared in Mother Hydra's torso, her back split in two and something flew out from inside.

　It was a huge, but dwarfed by the Mother Hydra, a single Serpent that was dwarfed by the Mother Hydra.

　My 'right eye' had indeed caught its true identity as it arced with the momentum of its emergence and tried to escape into the lake.

''Garnet!　The medallion is in his head!　Don't let him get away!