Free Web NovelChapter 322: 322 KonoSuba 47
From that day on, the Chaos Hydra didn’t shoot anything, but its physical stats were monstrous, and it had an overwhelming regeneration ability. In the original story, Kazuma and his party used Drain Touch to absorb its mana to prevent regeneration, then finished it off with Megumin’s Explosion magic. But we didn’t seem to need to go that far. Including myself, there were four mages who could use magic: Megumin, Yunyun, Nerimaki, and me.
"Mages, aim for the heads as much as possible!!"
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When I shouted that to the mages, Yunyun and Nerimaki began firing magic wildly at the hydra.
"Light of Saber!!!"
"Light of Saber!!!"
They created blades of magic energy and attacked the hydra’s necks. Yunyun, with her high level, was able to cut cleanly through the hydra’s necks, but Nerimaki, still somewhat lacking, sometimes couldn’t completely sever the thick necks. Still, it was certainly a good distraction. Having many mages who could use advanced magic definitely made things easier.
"Cursed Crystal Prison!!"
I wasn’t staying still either. I froze the entire lake where the hydra was to prevent it from escaping.
Groooohhh—!!!!
The hydra wasn’t staying still either. It opened its massive mouth wide as if to swallow me, the closest target, roared, and swung its heads to attack. Its mouth was so large it looked like it could swallow a small house whole.
"Taejin!!"
BAM!!
Just then, Darkness stepped forward and blocked the hydra’s attack. Darkness might be a masochist, but she was solid as a shield. That was probably one of the reasons Kazuma’s party had survived this long.
"Iai!!"
SWISH!!
In that opening, I jumped, cleared Darkness and the hydra’s head, and used Iai to cut off its neck.
But even with its neck severed, the hydra quickly began to regenerate. As expected, fast regenerators were annoying.
"Taejin, the hydra is already regenerating!"
Darkness began to worry seeing that. I quickly called out to Megumin.
"Megumin, now!! Other mages, provide fire support too!"
"Got it!"
"I’ve been waiting for this!!!"
I delayed the regeneration by firing off consecutive Gale Slashes until the mages’ Explosion magic was ready.
Shing shing shing shwing—!!!
"Grrraaaahhh!!!"
The hydra writhed in pain from the countless attacks. Thanks to freezing the lake solid in advance, it couldn’t escape back into the water and was flailing on the ice. However, because its body was so massive, no matter how solidly frozen the lake was, it was already starting to crack and break apart, so I couldn’t hold it for long.
"We’re ready!!!"
When the mages gave the signal, I quickly hugged Darkness and jumped back.
"Explosion!!!"
"Explosion!!!"
"Explosion!!!"
KABOOOOOM!!!!
I quickly set Darkness down in a safe place and added my own firepower. In the original story, the Chaos Hydra was a monstrous creature that could survive even Megumin’s Explosion magic. When it had taken this much damage, it was best to finish it quickly.
"Explosion!!!"
KABOOOM!!!!
As we poured out consecutive Explosion spells, a magic circle so large it covered the sky spread above the hydra’s heads. In an instant, an explosion erupted with a earth-shaking roar, the air split apart, and a brilliant flash consumed everything. Seeing that many Explosion spells falling at once was certainly spectacular.
After the explosions continued for a while, the dust gradually settled, and the Chaos Hydra’s body began to appear. All eight heads were gone without a trace, its body was blackened, and about a third of it seemed to have been completely blown away. But this creature, still having some mana left, was twitching and slowly regenerating what remained of its body.
"Wow... that’s incredible. Even after taking all that magic, it still tries to regenerate."
Our party members, seeing that sight, were also astonished, their faces hardening and frowning.
"No way..."
"How is it still alive after that explosion?"
Just then, Darkness, who was near me, asked,
"Taejin, what now?" freёwebnoѵel.com
"What else? We finish it."
I quickly climbed onto the hydra’s body and began using Drain Touch, Energy Drain, and the [Bat Bat Fruit Model Vampire] ability to absorb as much of the hydra’s mana and life force as I could. The hydra’s life force and mana were being drained rapidly, but fortunately, due to the massive damage it had taken, it couldn’t resist at all. The other mages were also out of mana and couldn’t attack, just watching, so I could absorb in peace.
After absorbing for a while, the hydra’s body stopped regenerating. At a speed that would have turned an ordinary person into a mummy in an instant, this creature’s life force and mana were indeed enormous.
"Nerimaki!"
"Huh? Ah, yes, yes!"
I thought I’d absorbed enough, so I called Nerimaki, the party member who needed the most experience points. She was flustered for a moment, then quickly came to me.
"It shouldn’t be able to regenerate anymore since it has no mana, so finish it off."
"But I don’t have any mana left."
"I’ll give you some. Don’t worry."
I put my hand on Nerimaki’s back and used Drain Touch to transfer mana to her.
"Oh~ my mana is filling up."
"It’s mana I stole from the hydra. Tell me when you have enough mana to use Explosion."
"Got it."
I could have taken the kill myself, but the Chaos Hydra’s only special ability was mana-based regeneration, so I didn’t particularly need it. And since I had already absorbed enough life force and mana, I thought there was nothing more to gain. Also, Nerimaki needed to grow quickly in preparation for the battle against the Demon King, so giving her the experience points seemed better.
"I’m ready."
"Good. Step back a little before using it."
"Yes!"
We stepped back a little. Then Nerimaki immediately began chanting Explosion.
"Explosion!!!"
KABOOOM!!!!
With another explosion, the hydra’s remaining body shattered into pieces and began sinking to the bottom of the lake. Just to be sure, I examined it closely with my Eyes, but it was definitely dead.
"Done. We got it."
"Alright! We finally got it!"
"Well done, Nerimaki!"
"Not bad, Nerimaki! But you still have a long way to catch up to me!"
Nerimaki looked extremely embarrassed by everyone’s praise.
"Alright, since we’re at a different lake now, let’s go swimming. And grill some meat too."
I took out a griddle, meat, and vegetables from my subspace bag. The others were overjoyed.
"Wow~ as expected of Taejin. So well prepared!"
"I didn’t think you’d even brought meat."
"But I didn’t bring a swimsuit..."
"So what? We’ll just swim and wash our clothes in them."
"I suppose."
We swam in the lake, grilled and ate meat, played happily, then went to the guild and reported the Chaos Hydra’s subjugation. The guild was in an uproar.
Wow wow~~!!!
"Wow~ amazing! They defeated the Chaos Hydra. That hydra was known to be nearly impossible to defeat."
"As expected of Silver Flash’s party. At this rate, they could be called a hero party, don’t you think?"
"I agree. And I’m a fan of the new party member, ’Kurohime.’ Isn’t she really cute?"
"Yeah, yeah."
At some point, Nerimaki had also been given the title "Kurohime." She didn’t seem to dislike it. But Cecily, who had joined our party earlier, still didn’t have a title. Probably because she was an Axis Church follower, people subtly avoided her.
"This request needs to be reported to the kingdom, so it’ll take some time for the reward to come through."
"Got it. Thanks."
"And well, to be honest, I’m starting to get quite big now. I think I need to stop working and rest at home."
"That’s a good decision. I was a bit worried too. Let’s go home together today."
"Okay."
Luna, being heavily pregnant, seemed to be finding work difficult. Apparently, she had already discussed with the guild that she would stop working for a while.
Our party members and Aqua decided to have a drink at the guild before going home with Luna. Since we had already eaten a lot of grilled meat, we ordered vegetables, fruit, and shuwashuwa, eating and drinking lightly.
"Wasn’t our teamwork a little off today?"
When Darkness said that, the others agreed.
"That’s right! Today, I feel like we accomplished a truly amazing request. My heart is still pounding. With this, I think I can add another brilliant page to the legend of Megumin!"
"Megumin is right. Today, we defeated a monster really impressively. And swimming was fun too."
"Yeah, yeah."
I also had fun swimming, and chatting, eating, and drinking happily made it enjoyable.
After some time, the guild receptionists began cleaning up and heading home. We also got up to go home, but Aqua had drunk too much and couldn’t stand straight, so Darkness carried her on her back, and I supported Luna as we returned home.
On the way back, there was an incident where Aqua vomited on Darkness’s armor, but everyone was in a good mood that day, so it was let slide.
The next day, everyone was suffering from hangovers, so I made a slightly spicy soup dish and prepared a meal.
"Ahhh~! That settles my stomach!"
Aqua said, sounding like an old man.
From today, we had a new household member: Luna. Helen would live in the house and take care of her. Also, the slime bath was finally completed, and Cecily was overjoyed.
"It’s finally finished! I’ve been waiting for this! Megumin! Yunyun! Nerimaki! Get ready!"
"What are you talking about! I don’t like that kind of thing!"
"That’s right, I’ll just wash with regular water."
"Me too..."
"Haaang~! You’re all so mean!"
When everyone refused, Cecily looked disappointed. Then Darkness tapped Cecily’s shoulder and said,
"Um... heheh, if it’s okay with you... slurp!"
"Hmm... Darkness isn’t really my type, but since it’s come to this, it’s better than being alone."
This girl was now openly appealing for her ideal type.
"Anyway, speaking of which, isn’t Kazuma’s mansion almost complete too?"
Kazuma, who was assembling items to sell to Vanir with Megumin, answered my question.
"There’s still a bit left. Building a mansion isn’t that easy, apparently. Still, the exterior is somewhat finished."
"True, it’s a large mansion, so it would take time. But what you’re making now is a lighter."
"Yeah. It’s fortunate we have a mage, but many households still use flint to start fires. Honestly, isn’t flint a bit outdated? I think these will sell well because they can start a fire quickly."
In the original story, Kazuma also made lighters and sold them successfully. He really seemed better suited to business than to adventuring.
Anyway, our party decided to rest and resupply for a while. We had been working hard, we’d just defeated the Chaos Hydra, and we needed to take care of Luna. Helen helped with the housework well — probably because I packed her a lunchbox every day for her to eat with her children on her way home from work.
Several days passed like that, and then people from the royal palace came. This time too, Sena and some knights visited and handed over the bounty for the Chaos Hydra: 1.2 billion eris. The kingdom had added 200 million to the original 1 billion.
"Captain, congratulations. I hear you defeated the Chaos Hydra this time. I might truly be witnessing a legend."
"You flatter me."
"As humble as ever. The kingdom is also relieved and everyone is delighted."
"That’s good to hear. By the way, is everything alright in the kingdom?"
"Yes. The Demon King’s army is just maintaining a standoff with no particular movements, and the kingdom is running stably."
"I see. Please, come in. You’ve come a long way, so let me at least offer you a meal."
"Thank you. This is a bit embarrassing, but honestly, I have occasionally missed the meals you used to make for us, Captain."
"Really? I appreciate that."
I prepared a meal for Sena and the knights. They ate well and returned. From what I heard, Sena still didn’t have a man. I didn’t know Sena very well, but it was probably due to her authoritarian personality.
I gave 200 million eris to Kazuma’s party as promised, and our four-person party split the 1 billion among ourselves, 250 million each. Now, not only me but anyone in our party, as long as they didn’t get scammed like Aqua, probably wouldn’t have money problems.
Kazuma’s party split 200 million excluding Kazuma, so each of them got 66 million. Megumin said she needed to send money to her family, so we decided to use Teleport magic to go to the Crimson Demon village — Nerimaki, me, and her — and hand the money to their families.
Megumin, as promised, gave her money only to Yuiyui. Nerimaki handed 100 million eris — a huge sum — to her parents, telling them to use it for store operations. Her parents were astonished by the large amount. I also gave a ton of sweets to Kommeko and then returned home.
We were spending time peacefully at home when suddenly someone came to visit. Priest with short black hair and a tear mole under her eye.
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Nice to meet you. I am a priest named Seresdina. You can call me ’Serena.’ Silver Flash."
