Kirin(pov).
Ding ding ding!
// Mission complete.
Weapon token, + 500 points//
I am happy for the mission to be complete but right now my situation can be described only in one word.
screwed.
// Hyrdra hornet (artificial)
Level- high-mortal
Currently fallin' a part cause of chemical backlash.
Skill- toxic fumes, exoskeleton, hive mind
Remark- you are in some deep trouble now//
// Toxic fumes- releases toxic smoke from its mouth and with enough of it concentrated it can be used for detonation//
// Exoskeleton- The queen hornet exoskeleton is very tough, it can close cuts and cracks by melting them together//
//Hive mind- they share the body and senses in harmony there is no main source//
If the first two skills were bad enough the third one takes the cake. This is incredibly bad the toxic fumes will be deadlier in enclosed areas like this to top it off it can even blow up the fumes if there is enough of it concentrated in our place it's practically perfect to fight in closed places. The exoskeleton is not much of a problem the ghost cutter can easily penetrate it the main issue is it can seal the cuts off so I have to aim for the vitals.
The hydra spuse out immense amounts of toxic fumes filling the entire underground base and surprisingly it turns out the red oni mask can filter out the toxic fumes but the fumes leave a burning pain on the skin and the eyes. One of the tables containing experimental supplies I pick up one of the goggles and put it on my eyes.
Two of the hydra heads come from the side and try to bite me but I doge it easily and start to open fire at them with the guns that Yuri had given me. It didn't even scratch it now I have to admit I am at a serious disadvantage. I have no experience in fighting beasts I have always only ever fought people and in my previous lives, I had no idea if I ever fought beasts and the skill gives me the knowledge of my fights from my previous life only when in combat.
the hydra kept on attacking and all I did was doge cause of the ten pairs of eyes they felt no blind spot that I could use so all could do was make distance and fire with the gun i did notice that it was unstable and violent. I have the plan to take it down but it has a low chance of working.
the hydra is getting irritated at this point it finally started to detonate the giant cloud of gas they were in the hydra of Corse would also take damage but it had an exoskeleton to minimise the damage.
My plan began when the explosion occurred I used the quantum scroll that I had got me from one of my previous missions to phase through the ceiling.
I am now on the first floor because of the mass of the explosion and the shockwave the entire building is collapsing so I start running as quickly as I can and excited the building. The constant falling of rubble made it extremely difficult to get out on time but I managed to escape at the last second before the entire building collapsed completely.
" Let's hope a few thousand-ton material is enough to crush that bug" This was my plan the hydra lacked strategic knowledge including a lot of self-awareness since it was activated just right now. The creature was faster deadlier it's stronger than me in almost everywhere my only advantage is my speed agility and small size but due to the hive mind those advantages mean nothing if I couldn't strike.
So my only option was to let it detonate the gas and take the risk.
As I was patching myself up and trying to wipe up all the toxic residue from my body I heard a rumbling and then suddenly with a vicious roar rubble wounded it lost one of the five heads and its wings were burnt to crisp.
This is how I died last time overconfidence, I didn't think of the consequences and dove right into a dangerous situation last time it was a Gang of 100 members now it's a 15 m tall monster.
I am severely weakened because of the toxins and I depleted a lot of my mana trying to protect myself from the acid and the fire from the beasts previously. I don't know what got into me but for some reason, I am still confident about winning against the Hydra even though it's here that I have no winning chance here. As I acknowledge that information I just feel heavy like something is gripping my heart I do not like this feeling I have never felt like this before but still, it felt familiar to me.
The hydra starts to spew the toxic fumes again I am far lower than I was before but this is no longer a confined space.
I pull out the ghost cutter from my inventory this was my perfect use it against right now it just faced a massive explosion and lost one of its heads it's the entire network has been disturbed and this disoriented badly means its attack patterns are a mess and there is a lot of blind spots which I can use to attack it.
I Dodge all its attacks and leap forward and strike it I manage to cut right and to one of the necks of the hydra, it turns out I am going to have to cut their heads completely. The neck is nothing more than a tendril they don't have to be connected by a psychic link. I strike again but in mid-swing the tail comes up from behind I had almost forgotten that I block the stinger with my blade as I crash onto the ground. My vision is getting a little blurry the effect of the toxins is increasing over time.
My skills passive and active affect have helped me completely figure out its attack pattern and weak spots all over its body it did take some time but now it's done. Sadly most of the attack plans that I can think of are not feasible with my condition but the more I fight this creature the better I understand even though it feels like all the cuts that I make it is barely doing any damage at all.
After a minute of struggle, I noticed a few of its platings becoming loose and observation told me that it was deteriorating cause of the genetic problems but sadly it would not last long enough. At this point, it was nothing but dodging again and again and again. My Fury was starting to rise but a feeling that I had long forgotten was returning to me fear.
Looking into its eyes I start to question my strength I start to question ideals, motives and more. I didn't bring any reinforcements cause of my overconfidence in Sebal and send any cause to him my word is the law I said to believe in me and he believes in me without question. Death I don't think I can escape it now. All these thoughts made me fear and the more I feared more I raged.
Finally, a thought came into my mind while looking into the eyes of the beast that had been endlessly striking at me. am I a pery? Those were not my thoughts they felt more like a memory I thought I had once but don't know from where were all these thoughts coming.
I was not going to accept that I was going to lose just like that i have been given a second chance I am not going to lose.
I ran like a madman and started to lash out swinging my katana I cut, stabbed and Perried without stopping my joints started to bleed and my condition was bad but I had my second wind I started to use the toxic air to numb down the pain when I saw the exoskeleton and the flesh of the hydra starting to fall apart quickly and best of all it seems that it can no longer release any more gas.
using its weakness I went for one of the heads that seemed to have the most amount of damage and finally cut it off it seemed like I would win. but then the three heads started to blow the toxic fumes and detonated it sending me flying. the bastard was faking being Exhausted to lure me in 4 heads go figures it would have intelligence higher than your regular beast or monster.
as I lose conciseness I see the hydra looming over me ready to kill right than one of my previous thoughts return to me 'I am a prey'.
"NO!" the world freezes over as I hear a loud booming voice I start to have vision and in front of me is a tall siloate screaming at me i can barely understand him but understand one sentence it says.
" Mugal you are not prey you were never one and you never will"
I start to remember the memories of the second life of my previous nine lives.
Mugal the wild beast.