Chapter 34 - Bravado and Hope (1/2)

—Raust—

「Why……」

As the hydra approaching, I let out my hoarse voice.

「… What? Is this real?」

「Why there is a hydra here! Monsters shouldn’t be able to use the transfer formation, right!?」

「… No, that’s a mutated monster. That hydra comes here from the deep into the meadow by itself.」

「Huh? You’re joking right?…… That hydra, if it’s by human legs standard, it would take a week of continuously moving at that speed from that distance!」

「This is hopeless……」

And then, a bit later than me, the adventurers also noticed the hydra and became agitated.

「What the, why a mutated hydra…」

……While others were agitated, I muttered so.

From its six heads, it was clearly hostile at me.

It showed that hydra was the one I cut two of its heads off.

And if it was indeed the same hydra, the time it took to mutate was too short.

Certainly, when injured, the rate of a monster absorbing magic power from surrounding would increase, which would shorten the time it would take for them to mutate.

Even so, it still would take somewhere around three to four months.

No, in the first place, for that hydra to still alive was stranger.

Mutated super-high difficulty monsters’ abilities were incomparably stronger than its pre-mutated state.

That was why, it was common for super-high difficulty monsters to be subjugated before it was mutated.

What happened, why the hydra came to this place, as I started to think that……

「Run away! Now!」

「… It’s useless. Look at that speed, even if we run now……」

「Shit! Why at this time!」

I was brought back to my senses from the other adventurers’ scream.

「Kh!」

Right, this is no time to ponder about that.

The important thing is that a mutated hydra is coming this way, not why the hydra is mutated.

… Also, it was obvious it wouldn’t take that long for the hydra to arrive here.

「Shit…」

Staring at the incoming calamity, I felt my knee about to buckle from the despair and fear.

…… This hydra, I was certain that even if everyone currently here fought this, we still couldn’t win.

During that time I made a certain decision. While the hydra is approaching, I must do what I can to protect the existence I want to protect the most.

「Narsena, run away by yourself.」

「Kh!」

When I looked back after saying that with a smile, I saw Narsena’s face distorted in fear.

It couldn’t be helped.

After all, even me was cowering in fear from the hydra.

「But, Onii-san will……」

However, even in that state, Narsena worried about me more.

Perhaps, Narsena really wants to run away from here.

but in a situation like this, she is worried about me.

… With that, I already satisfied.

「Please, go.」