Beat the Boss Mob

10 – Hydra Hunting

“Is this near the northern mountain? The scenery… It’s different from anything I’ve seen before!”

“That’s right. The forest… It’s kind of weird.”

“Hey, this isn’t unusual.”

Of course it would be strange. It is said that ‘Hydra’, not other demons, inhabits it.

Wasn’t that the minimum amount of study about demons?

If you don’t know this much, why are you doing that when you enter the tower later?

You know what? Hydra you have to catch?

Even if you can’t catch it, you should at least give it some effective hits. This is not a bus

All kinds of nagging was itching at the corners of his mouth.

“It seems that the energy of the hydra is stronger than I thought. Originally, it emits miasma only within its range of activity, but I would have thought that not only the mountain but also the nearby forest would have been covered with weak miasma.”

On the contrary, Enlil pointed out one by one.

As a senior hero, about real situations that don’t come out in books.

“Uh, uh?! Then, shouldn’t we detoxify with mana from here right now?!”

A female cadet steps forward with an urgent tone.

Hydra’s poison is enough to cause death if you drink even one sip properly.

In the past, a huge city was turned into a ghost town by a Hydra.

Tens of thousands of people who lived there became rotting corpses of the poison.

“Whoa….”

Rion let out a deep sigh.

If you have time to say such a thing, it would be nice if you started using mana.

Isn’t it something that even kids can do on their own?

He said he was rich in mana. It’s a world full of What was it that you were not doing?

“You can do it from now on. Now, everyone knows how to decipher mana, right?”

“Yes, Lord Enlil!”

Thankfully, Enlil stepped in again, so Rion’s bitter voice did not come out.

At this point, you’re seriously confused as to whether you’ve brought the warrior candidates or the squeaking chicks.

… Maybe the latter is really right.

Looking at it this way or that way, no matter how you look at it, the kids are so gentle and kind.

It might be a good thing to see as a candidate for a hero in this world.

However, you cannot survive even for a moment in the tower, which is hell itself.

A righteous heart, an upright belief, and a noble spirit of sacrifice are all good.

Everything is good, but first of all, isn’t the most important thing to win, to knock down the tower?

What do you do if your skills are good? Everyone’s hearts are too flowery.

‘… Be patient, be patient You are an instructor. A position assigned to teach the children.’

I must be frustrated like this, but Enlil who went through the tower must be very sad.

With that thought, Leon continued to advance into the forest.

“Twenty minutes break here.”

“Go, thank you!!”

The cadets, exhausted from the long hike, sit down.

It’s not physically weak, but it’s hard to use both the body and mana.

“The venom is still not strong here.”

I found a decent place in the poisonous forest.

Perhaps that mana-filled brook acts as a purification water.

It won’t last long. At most three or four days.

‘How did you find this place so quickly?’

Enlil began to look at himself with twinkling eyes.

Feeling burdened by that, Leon quickly decided to leave her seat.

“Enlil.”

“Yes, Instructor!”

“I will look around for a while and come back.

Leaving behind Enlil who told her not to worry and go, Leone entered the forest.

After that, when the distance is appropriate, I stomp her foot lightly.

Passasa!―

Leon quickly distanced himself from Enlil and her companions.

When you reach the target point, slow down slowly.

He began to stare into the distance with sharp eyes.

“….”

A sharp smell of poison felt far away, beyond the valley.

Shady and shady. Malice that hides its ugly, ugly true face.

The chicks and even Enlil don’t know yet, but Leon does.

The fact that a death greater than expected is crouching over there.

‘Hey, this is a bit… Could it be dangerous?’

I wondered why even the entrance of the forest was faintly permeated with poison.

Anyway, the hydra that has settled here seems to be a pretty strong guy.

The chief instructor seems to have thought it was an ordinary hydra, but it’s not at all.

At this level, professionally skilled monster hunters should come.

If the lack of cadets arrive, the damage will increase like a snowball.

‘The level of our kids is… Hmm.’

Imagine the cadets resting at the resting place.

Chicks. They are also very gentle and cute chicks.

It’s just that the skills are poor, that’s not the case.

The ability to handle mana, the attitude to deal with demons, and self-awareness.

There is no problem with all three. It’s just that I’m a little bit worried.

I thought about it for a while, but in the end it was futile.

They are the cadets of the Hero Academy, the candidates to climb the tower.

The outstanding ones are selected as warriors and head for the tower, which is hell itself.

Those who are less outstanding will remain here and work as monster hunters.

There are differences, but in the end, both have to risk their lives.

Life comes and goes with one mistake. Small is yourself, large is the whole world.

What they need is more experience.

And what Leon needs is a warrior who will break through the tower based on his experience.

I could see that there was only one answer in the end.

You have to hit it. Even if it breaks and bleeds a little.

“Ah, are you here?”

When they return to their seats, Enlil greets Rion.

Looking at the situation, it seems that they were taking a break and preparing for departure.

Obviously the instructor was Leon, but Enlil was doing his job.

‘… Not bad.’

To be honest, Enlil is more expert in this than I am.

All she did was sit in the tower for 100 years.

Or else, she met Enlil and simply hit and froze and fought.

Enlil has the upper hand in everything about the current demon subjugation.

“Oh, I… In case I went ahead without permission from the instructor….”

“Don’t worry, I don’t care. Your advice will be more meaningful to them.”

“… Is that so?”

Judging by the way he speaks, it seems that ‘that part’ is the problem.

Others call themselves warriors, but they themselves returned to life unwillingly.

No matter how desperately he tried, he begged for his life and fell down the tower.

It was clear that Enlil regarded himself as being dishonorable.

“There are only two roads. Do you destroy the tower alive or die and become the tower’s vengeful spirit? So I keep going to the top. For me to finish, or for me to meet the end.”

Looking at it like this, is it true that the training of warriors was wrong?

You should think about surviving and winning, why do you think about dying first?

Does fame bring down towers? Or save the world?

Nobility is sometimes positive, but not now.

Your world is really dangerous. Wake.

I didn’t really like Enlil’s attitude, so I tried to shoot him.

I couldn’t do it in the end because my expression was so bad.

The slight vibration I felt also played a role.

Koo Goo Goo!―

“Ah!?”

“Is it an earthquake?”

“… An earthquake would be better. It doesn’t seem like that. Cadets.”

It seems that the Venomous Snake noticed this presence earlier than expected.

Otherwise, there is no reason to suddenly move from the nest you have chosen.

This means that very annoying people have entered their territory, so they will treat them with their own hands.

“Hey, Hydra is approaching….”

“This doesn’t sound like a good position to fight! Let’s move!”

“That would be nice. It is a terrain that is difficult to even move right now.”

As Leone said, the candidates weren’t very chicks.

At first, he looked a little flustered, but he soon regained his senses and did his job.

Look at the terrain to fight, form formations, and even prepare a battle plan.

If you look at it like this, they are very desirable warriors.

Has the will to break through while facing the reality without losing courage.

He definitely knows who he is and what he has to do.

The only problem is that such team play is impossible at the top.

Someday, it is said that 10 people will have to do the work alone.

Already aware of that, Enlil silently looked at the cadets.

‘I hope this real battle will serve as an opportunity to realize that and work harder.’

And in the case of Leone—

‘Okay. The conclusion that this does not mean that the main body’s power is leaking even a little bit.’

To be honest, I was very worried the whole time.

Anyway, the body doesn’t even listen to poison, so I have to pretend that the poison works.

For that reason, I had to raise my mana to the fullest and show the detoxification.

Then, I wondered if the body’s power would leak out.

If that was really the case, not only Enlil beside him, but even Hyde, who was approaching from afar, would have immediately turned around and bounced in the opposite direction.

No matter how powerful a demon is, it is of no use in front of the owner of the tower.

‘Be careful when sleeping or waking up.’

There is absolutely no reason to go out in the open from the start.

I came to look after the cadets anyway.

Even if the hydra is strong, there is only one individual.

On the other hand, there were only 10 students, excluding Leon and Enlil.

This isn’t an overwhelming advantage, but it’s not a disadvantage either.

I don’t think there’s much to worry about as long as it’s a battle with a demon.

I thought it would be over if someone rescued me if it was a bit dangerous and fought for it instead.

‘Or is it okay if I show you the mana refined with the mana technique while hitting the last one?’

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‘… There was a sick person who thought it was. f*ck. The last hit is what kind of last hit.’

Why am I arguing with Hydra?

Why is Enlil fighting alongside him?

Why are all the cadets who were supposed to fight the hydra lying facedown!