Kace's eyes went wide with shock! He never expected such a large beast to bury itself. What made their current predicant so dire was the fact that the ground level was slowly rising! This ant that the creature must have just woken up and was currently in the process of getting out of bed! They would be unable to deliver the damage they hoped for before the Hydra noticed them with their current position.
"This is. Perfect!" Grugda roared enthusiastically, soliciting a loud hiss beneath their feet as the Hydra beca alerted to their presence.
Kace was gobsmacked that the eljein could make such a mistake! 'In what way is this perfect! This is horrible!' Kace complained in his mind until he realised that Grugda was quickly gathering mana for a massive spell. That was when Kace realised what he had failed to take into account of their situation. Grugda specialised in Earth-type magic, which ant that the Hydra had basically covered itself in a weapon prid for Grugda to exploit!
Kace smiled with a wicked expression as he felt the earth beneath his feet rising faster. Unfortunately for the Hydra, Grugda was a step ahead. He unleashed his spell into the ground, a series of loud, ear-piercing shrieks echoed out from neat them. Clearly, whatever he had done had been effective. The enthusiasm from a mont before disappeared though as Grugda's expression changed into a frown.
The eljein quickly began to gather more mana for another large scale offensive. This worried Kace. The last spell should have been potently devastating. However, according to Grugda's expression, it did not have the desired result. Kace opted to keep his balance on the rising landmass. If they lucked out, then they would be on the beast's back when it erged, which would give him a pri opportunity to do so damage.
Kace quickly used his skills to change Sylvan's shape into a spear while adding his debut magic to him. It would be essential for him to inflict deep, piercing wounds in the creatures hide while also reducing its abilities as much as possible before leading it on a chase. As the first part of the Hydra's massive body ca into view, Grugda unleashed his second offensive.
This was followed by infuriated screeches, allowing Kace to guess that this one had been more effective. A spiked ridge began to erge, which singled the centre line of the Hydra's back. It was just a few steps off from where they were, which allowed them to grab ahold for so much-needed support quickly.
It took less than thirty seconds for the Hydra to erge in all of its glory from that mont on. The loose earth tumbled from its fra effortlessly as it rose to its feet. All five heads erged quite closely together and imdiately scanned its surroundings. Kace took note that the creatures hide held quite a few white marks that looked fresh. 'That must be from Grugda's first spell. It looks like it barely scratched it!'
That revelation left him feeling shaken. Kace knew that Grugda's magic held a stronger punch than what he could deliver with his weapon. If the creature's hide was capable of stopping that, then he held no hope of creating a wound from its back. He still decided to make a valiant attempt at it despite that fact.
Just as he thought, the hide easily deflected the tip of the spear. It was not all bad news, though. His spell's effect was still applied to the beast as he quickly launched a series of attacks. Bringing the stack of effects up to its maximum value. The curses all managed to decrease the Hydra's endurance, but Kace could not pierce the skin even with that. This process had taken ten seconds at most, but that was enough for Hydra to fix its steely gaze on the duo.
It hissed in outrage at them before snapping at each one of them with a pair of heads each. Grugda had been prepared for that and had already leapt for the ground. At least there he would be able to take full advantage of his spells if Kace kept it busy. On the other hand, Kace chose to seal the first gaping maw with his Spider Thread before sending an Ice Spear down the other's throat.
The one that now looked like it suffered from brain freeze seed actually to be in pain. Which ant that it had taken damage from that spell. However, the other head had no issues in exerting its jaws to rip apart the webbing around its mouth easily. As the fully-functioning head hissed at him, he noticed a sliver of purple liquid leak out from the mouth of the one that ate his ice.
The liquid bubbled as it struck its own skin and released a faint smoke that indicated that it was corrosive. However, the Hydra seed unfazed as it simred on its hide. Kace mistook the trickle for a warning sign of an attack and hastily backed off. Which only tempted the other head to try and snap him up again. The head was much faster than he was, which forced him to lunge with the spear at its open mouth to try and scare it off.
Sylvan's tip glanced off go the sturdy fang that he aid at delivering no damage to it at all. However, as the spears montum was driven upwards by the clash with the creature's fang, it soon lodged in an unexpected place! It drove deep into the monster's gums that held it fangs in place. Causing the creature to flinch and retreat from its committed attack quickly.
When Sylvan was freed from the beast's gums, Kace noticed the sa purple liquid from before leaking from the hole. Sylvan seed to be in a sorry state as well. He was screaming in pain in Kace's mind as the wood near the tip smoked and lted. 'Shit! The fucking things blood carries a corrosive poison! No wonder nothing tries to hunt it! Their inside would be cooked just from taking a bite!' His eyes glead at the thought that he could gain this natural defence chanism
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