Chapter 304 Cut off one head, two heads grow - Long live Hydra! (5k)
“Puff! Puff! Puff!”
Two long swords and a long spear rushed forward like lightning, catching the three twisting snake heads off guard.
Without waiting for the snake's head to fall to the ground, Atalanta struck the bowstring one after another. Three arrows hit the target accurately, carrying the three heads dozens of meters away and nailing them to different tree trunks. Then the explosive runes on the tips of the arrows took effect, blowing the three heads and the tree trunks behind them into pieces.
The overall coordination of the four people and the connection of their attacks were smooth as flowing water. The dragon-snake-like monster with three heads became confused before it could even react.
But just when they thought the dust had settled, Loen saw the flesh and blood on the broken neck beginning to wriggle and disintegrate. His eyelids twitched and he immediately shouted loudly.
"Be careful, it's not dead yet!"
The twin brothers turned around subconsciously and saw that the dragon snake whose head they had chopped off had grown a new head.
And, it’s not three, it’s six!
Cut off one head and two more will grow? Is this really a replica of Hydra?
Seeing this, Luo En's heart sank.
Something is definitely wrong with Arcadia, and it's probably related to Typhon's divinity!
“Roar~”
At the same time, the dragon snake regained consciousness and realized that it had just died once. The six new heads roared angrily and spewed out dark green venom from their mouths. Although the twin brothers managed to avoid the venom with their flexible movements.
However, after a large amount of venom fell on the ground, it instantly rose into a large amount of thick green poisonous mist.
The twin brothers inadvertently took a puff and suddenly felt dizzy and their vision went dark. They could hardly hold the swords in their hands.
Even Hercules, the future giant in his prime, and Chiron, the immortal sage, could not withstand the poison of the nine-headed Hydra.
The venom of this three-headed dragon snake is just as strong.
Seeing this, Medea and Helen, who had already escaped from danger, quickly waved their staffs and chanted divine words at high speed to provide assistance.
Two fierce gusts of wind swept forward, trying to blow away the poisonous fog accumulated in front, but the effect was minimal.
The thick green mist was sticky and heavy, like ink sticking to objects, and it would not stop until it had extinguished all life in the surrounding objects.
“Bang!”
With crisp cracking sounds, the two crystal bottles that were thrown from a distance were smashed to pieces under the feet of the twin brothers. The grass-green potion evaporated quickly in the air, and the poisonous fog around the two brothers also became much lighter.
Their drowsy minds suddenly became clear.
"Antidote! Go ahead, drink it!"
Following the voice in the fog, the two brothers instinctively raised their hands, caught the two medicine bottles thrown to them again, and drank them with trembling hands.
However, the dark green poisonous fog did not fade much. The two brothers were only awake for a moment before they became drowsy again, and their skin gradually turned green and black.
The antidotes that Loen took from the God of Medicine's hut are all universal versions, and their effects on common poisonings are immediate.
But faced with a divinely powerful poison, he seemed powerless.
At the same time, Loen also vaguely saw that there were countless tiny dark green particles in the air that were madly rushing into the bodies of the twin brothers through air exchange, skin contact, and the flow of ether.
It's not just breathing, skin contact and ether exchange will deepen the poisoning state.
"Bang!"
A thick black snake tail swung out from the poisonous fog and slammed the drowsy twin brothers roughly into the mud. Six snake heads roared and pounced on the two people on the ground.
"Goddess Artemis, please listen to this and bring destruction upon my powerful enemy!"
The solemn chanting of gods echoed in the air. Atalanta leaned back with her body in an exaggerated arc, and shot two arrows, one gold and one silver, into the sky.
After the arrows rose to the top, they vibrated and hummed, echoing with the stars and the moon in the sky. One became two, two became four, and in an instant they turned into millions. Densely packed arrows of light fell like a meteor rain on the six twisting snake heads and the monster's huge body, and the sound of flesh tearing was endless.
After this attack, the monster's hatred was attracted to Atalanta in the distance. The twin brothers lying on the ground escaped temporarily, but with the invasion of the poison, they no longer had much mobility, and blood was oozing from their eyes and mouths.
I didn't expect that I would collapse here before reaching Arcadia.
If their friends and relatives in their hometown knew about this result, they would definitely laugh to death.
The two brothers, whose consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred, looked at each other with wry smiles, their expressions filled with regret.
Seeing that the dragon and snake heads had vented their anger everywhere in vain and then turned their attention to them, the two brothers closed their eyes helplessly and prepared to wait for death.
"puff!"
A whistling spear hit the dragon snake's heart directly, blasting a big hole in its chest.
“Buzz!”
At the same time, a vast tremor came from the starry sky, and several golden streams of light streaked across the sky like falling meteors, falling one after another to the ground where the twin brothers were unable to move.
“Dangdangdang!”
The crisp sound of metal components colliding came one after another.
As the last impact sound ceased, two balls of dazzling golden light exploded from the dark green fog. The dragon-snake monster felt a stinging pain in its eyes due to the stimulation of the strong light. It let out a low growl and staggered back.
Two figures wrapped in golden light slowly stood up from the ground and looked in astonishment at the two sets of armor on their bodies that were golden in color and gorgeous in shape.
"This golden armor was specially brought from the God of War Mountain to save your lives."
Loen walked out from outside the poisonous fog and threw four or five bottles of antidote to the twin brothers beside him.
The two men, who still had a lot of residual poison in their bodies, hurriedly took it and drank the antidote in no time. They felt much better and cast grateful glances at their savior.
They had heard of the "Sacred Armor", which was an extremely precious divine weapon. Among the large number of graduates from the Academy of Athens, the highest institution of learning in Greece, only the best one or two were eligible to receive this reward each year.
Moreover, they are often in colors like bronze and silver.
Few people have ever seen this kind of golden-looking holy garment.
Moreover, it is said that holy garments of silver or higher rank generally have the function of recognizing their master. If they are given to one person to use, the current user often needs to die before they can be passed on to the next user.
Although I knew from last night's conversation that the people in front of me were teachers and students from the Academy of Athens, it was obvious that handing such a valuable item to them would require taking on a lot of responsibility and pressure.
"Can you move? Do you want to walk out by yourself, or let them help you?"
Lorne walked forward and asked casually.
The holy garment cannot detoxify, and its poison resistance effect is also average. Its biggest function at present is to filter out toxic air and magic power, allowing the user to form an internal circulation of ether and create a small universe in the body.
Because the incident happened suddenly, it took Loen a lot of time to get this thing from the God of War Mountain in advance, which led to a lot of toxins accumulating in the bodies of the twin brothers.
The two brothers looked at each other and raised their hands together.
"Where's the antidote? Three more bottles!"
The result of the choice was self-evident. Loen didn't waste any words and threw six more bottles of antidote to the twins beside him.
The two brothers immediately drank their respective antidotes, and most of the toxins in their bodies were cleared out.
After all, this dragon snake only possesses a similar divinity to Typhon, and is not a direct blood relative of Typhon like the nine-headed Hydra.
"Let's go together and kill it!"
The two brothers turned their heads and looked grimly at the dragon-snake monster whose flesh had healed again and was crawling up from the ground again. They immediately picked up their weapons without hesitation and rushed forward together.
At the same time, Loen's eyes were fixed on the exposed scales under the monster's neck. He held a bronze shield in his left hand, pulled out a spear from behind with his right hand, and followed closely behind.
As it approached, the dragon snake growled, and six ferocious heads covered with dark green scales pounced and bit fiercely.
The three people who were well prepared leaped forward to avoid the rows of sharp fangs.
"boom!"
The dragon-snake monster's head moved forward, plowing a gully of dozens of meters on the ground. The sand, rocks and dead trees along the way were turned into powder under the terrifying bite force, and the venom dripped from its gums to the ground, making a squeaking sound.
"We're here to help too!"
Helen, Medea and Atalanta on the periphery immediately launched long-range suppression with archery and magic. Arrows and spell bullets fell, and blood splattered everywhere.
The dragon-snake monster raised its neck and roared, enduring the severe pain, and opened its mouth to spit out a large ball of dark green venom towards the mountain path.
Green raindrops shot out, and the magic shield that Medea and Helen subconsciously held up was instantly melted through.
The eerie and decaying smell was approaching rapidly. The three men acting as artillery positions on the mountain road seemed to see the dark green raindrops transform into the shape of an angry dragon in the air.
This is... the original divinity! He didn't hesitate to release the fierce poison tempered by the original divinity. No wonder he couldn't defend himself!
"It's going to fight to the death!"
Atalanta shouted a warning while pulling Helen and Medea out of the range of the venom spray.
“Shhhhhhh!”
Like the muffled sound of water drops falling into boiling oil, the plants hit by the poisonous rain quickly rotted and disintegrated until they shrank into wisps of scattered ashes.
“Puff! Puff! Puff!”
Before it could continue to fight back, the three snake heads felt excruciating pain.
The monster struggled to look down, and saw three small figures holding swords and spears, waving their weapons engraved with divine patterns and slashing at its head.
So hard!
Seeing the two long swords stuck in the neck of the dragon-snake monster, the twin brothers' faces changed slightly.
Loen looked at the bronze spear in his hand, which was severely corroded by the poisonous blood and only half of it was left, and the only fallen snake head, feeling helpless.
After the head was regenerated, not only the defense of this thing but also its toxicity was greatly improved.
“Get out of the way!”
Accompanied by shouts from afar, Atalanta, Medea and Helen reorganized their formation and launched long-range suppression again.
But this time, both the arrows and the magic were bounced off by the black and hard scales on the dragon-snake monster's body and the surging divine light patterns, leaving no trace or damage.
The twin brothers took the opportunity to draw their swords, and with their own flexibility, they moved their bodies interweaving and flashing, and slashed more than ten times with the sword in a row, but the dragon-snake monster just retreated again and again under the impact. As the smoke and dust dissipated, it seemed that there was only a bloody wound, which healed in the blink of an eye.
What’s even more terrible is that the flesh and blood on the neck of this thing where its head was just cut off began to wriggle again, and soon two more snake heads grew out.
Now it's a seven-headed snake.
However, after suffering more than ten heavy blows in succession, the dragon snake seemed to be unable to bear it. The divine patterns on the surface of its body gradually dimmed, and its life breath began to weaken.
But then, before they could be happy, the monster lowered its head and bit off tons of soil and swallowed it directly.
After just a few seconds, the divine patterns on its body gradually began to brighten.
Oh my god, can the divinity of the earth be used like this?
Looking at the giant snake monster that successfully recovered by eating dirt, everyone felt that their three perspectives were shocked.
Can this thing really be defeated? The twin brothers couldn't help but waver.
"Give me some time. I will break the divine protection on it!"
Atalanta's roar was heard in the distance, and then she stood on a commanding height with a good view, slowly pulled the bowstring, and murmured chanting.
"Let's go!"
The twin brothers couldn't help but burst out with a fierce fighting spirit, and attacked from both sides, passing through the two front legs that supported the dragon-snake monster's body.
Bang!
Amidst the dull sound of impact, the divine patterns that emerged on the monster's body shook violently, and its body staggered backward, crushing several huge trees.
Then, the two brothers nodded in unison, resonating with the divinity in their bodies, and stepped forward in unison.
The two swordsmanship masters dodged and moved, attacking the monster's joints, eyeballs, heart and other parts as fast as lightning, and their swords stabbed, chopped and struck out like flowing water.
Flesh and blood flew everywhere.
At this time, they were no longer looking for a fatal blow, but to delay the dragon-snake monster's actions as much as possible, forcing it to consume its divine power for regeneration.
When the last sword was thrust out, the two brothers, whose bodies and minds were completely synchronized, suddenly had an inspiration. They raised their swords high, and the stars twinkled in response to the sky's command.
"Be afraid!"
"Respect it!"
"The existence that shines in the sky, the guiding star!"
"We are here!"
"——Hymn to the Two Gods!"
The two figures rushing forward first chanted in an alternating manner, and then shouted out the last verse in unison. Two golden whirlwinds carried their bodies and swept forward. The sharp sword blades swept across and instantly dismembered the lower body of the dragon-snake monster into minced meat on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Lorne, who was paddling on the edge of the water, nodded with satisfaction.
Great, Gemini is on! The first zodiac sign finally has its first post.
At the same time, Atalanta began her final chant.
"Burning shadow, arrow with the back of the moon, bear the curse of Artemis - Dark Sky Eclipse Shot!"
The huntress’ bow was like a full moon, and the flaming black arrows pierced through the sky.
With a crisp sound similar to that of broken glass, the golden divine pattern collapsed, and the arrow penetrated deeply into the six heads of the dragon-snake monsters, splashing red and black blood.
“Puff, puff, puff!”
The moment the arrow penetrated the monster's flesh, a surge of red and black flames spread out thorns, bringing cruel secondary damage.
Oh!
The dragon-snake monster screamed in pain, and the divine light patterns flickering on its body gradually disintegrated and dimmed. Its magic power uncontrollably leaked out, and its scarlet vertical pupils looked at Atalanta with resentment and horror.
It's a curse, the curse of Artemis, the goddess of hunting!
The moon often has many sides to its divinity. Artemis is not only the goddess of the forest, representing the abundance of nature, but also the goddess of disease and death, representing the harshness of nature.
And now, the huntress Atalanta brings the cruelty and punishment of the dark side of the moon.
As long as the mark is planted, no matter how strong the monster is, it will be a prey that can be killed and punished in front of the hunting goddess.
I don't want to die! I want to live!
The monster lost its mind, dragging its still movable upper body, roaring and charging. The twin brothers swung their swords and easily tore open its scales and pierced its flesh, causing it pain and damage.
But even so, the vitality of this monster is still ridiculously strong.
The half thing that was pierced into a hedgehog and covered with scars, dragged its scars and constantly falling body parts, and rushed towards the direction where the female hunter was with great momentum.
Atalanta bit her lower lip with her teeth, and even though she felt tearing pains in every part of her body, she still stubbornly raised her longbow, pulled the bowstring to its full extent, and started a duel with the oncoming monster.
The purpose of her trip is to stop the beast plague in Arcadia from continuing to wreak havoc. It is also the duty she must fulfill as a hunter.
"roar!"
The dragon snake raised the only living part of its head, its eyes bloodshot, and struggled to spit venom at the little thing that had dealt it severe damage.
"laugh!"
But as soon as the monster opened its mouth, everything around it seemed to slow down. A strange gray-black arc of light flashed, and a strong sense of dislocation came from the space.
"Bang!"
The hideous head broke off the neck and hit the ground.
"It's finally solved."
Loen shook his head and stomped on the head, whose last glimmer of light was gradually extinguished.
"Teacher..." Atalanta murmured as she looked at the figure standing in front of her. She could no longer hold on and fell forward.
Lorne stretched out his arms and gently held his fallen kitten in his arms, then turned to look at the other people who had rushed over.
"Deal with the pollution and blood here. We need to leave as soon as possible!"
Having just experienced a fierce battle and nearly lost their lives, everyone nodded in fear.
Then, the twin brothers blasted a big hole in the ground with their swords. Medea and Helen, who were spellcasters, stepped forward and used spells to move the corpses on the ground to the big hole, where they were burned and buried. At the same time, they cleaned up the surrounding toxins and bloodstains to prevent later comers from getting into trouble due to their improper handling.
After briefly handling the scene, the six people decisively remained vigilant while moving towards the Arcadia Royal City.
You know, in the current team of six, there are three descendants of the great god Zeus, two outstanding students from the Academy of Athens, and a more professional teacher.
Even with such a luxurious lineup, they almost failed when facing a dragon-snake monster that came out of Arcadia.
Although I don’t know how many monsters of this level there are in the mountains, there is only one of them.
But it is obvious that the problem of [Beast Disaster] has become very serious, far beyond their expectations. They must join forces with Arcadia's resistance forces as soon as possible, and it would be best to contact the King of Arcadia directly!
(End of this chapter)
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