The Sage Summoned to Another World: The Cheat Items of the Unneeded Storage - Volume 4

Volume 4 Chapter 14

「……You knew exactly how to beat such a monster…….」

「………… 」

Natalie had her hand on her chin as she pondered, but I did not bother to entertain her, I moved on with other matters.

「……This room is supposed to be the guardian’s room……. 」

At that moment, the wall at the back of the room slowly slid down, revealing a passageway to the back.

「I didn’t think there was a pathway beyond this one……. 」

「Let’s just carry on. You’re not that tired, are you? 」

Our last attack consumed a lot of magic; even walking might be a challenge for them I suppose. We each carry our own magic potions for such occasions.

Myra was the only one to reach for her’s and drink it to recover. Char and Natalie didn’t seem particularly bothered.

I led the way into the passageway that appeared.

The passageway was laid with bricks, with torches burning on both sides, giving it a different atmosphere from a cave.

After about 10 minutes, we came to a staircase leading down to the bottom.

I kept a watchful eye as I continued to lead the way down the stairs.

When we reached the bottom, there was a more striking door than the doors we had encountered. It was about five meters high and carved with a strange, but not vivid, pattern.

「I didn’t expect to find a new layer……. 」

「Yeah, and more importantly, it has a more magnificent door than to the boss’s room we just left……」

Everyone had a serious look on their faces.

This might be it, the last guardian’s room. If it’s the same as in the game……. We should prepare to face a Dragon Hydra.

We have to keep in mind to avoid friendly fire during this battle, a direct hit will cause damage and possibly death unlike in the game.

A single mistake could potentially lead to death.

「I won’t let anyone die……. 」

I made up my mind and placed my hand on the door. With a light pressure, the door slowly opened.

「Be on your toes everyone, we don’t know what kind of monster will appear 」

「「「「 Yes! 」」」」

Behind the door was a large arena.

And at the back of it, our objective, the dungeon core, was placed on a pedestal.

But just before it, as I expected, a SS-ranked monster — more vicious than the Rock Dragon we encountered moments ago, the Dragon Hydra, was asleep.

It has seven heads and a tremendous regenerative ability, even if its head is cut off, it is soon regenerated.

Each of its heads can release a wide variety of magic, which works to confuse adventurers.

「……. It is a Dragon Hydra after all……. 」

「I can’t believe it, there’s a Dragon Hydra in this dungeon……. 」

「I’ve never seen an SS-ranked monster before……. 」

My words were followed by the sound of Liese and Myra’s terrified voices.

But there was only one person who was thrilled – Natalie.

「Oh, Touya, it looks incredible. It should bring me closer to becoming a Sage 」

I couldn’t help smiling at her excitement.

「To defeat it, we have to cut off all its heads. Be careful because the heads can regenerate, and each head shoots a wide range of magic 」

Everyone nodded.

This is way above the level of monster Liese and Myra can face. Even though Al is the strongest knight in the Lunette Empire, she does not stand a chance against a Dragon Hydra.

As we all entered the room, the door promptly closed, as it was before.

— In that moment, one of the Dragon Hydra’s heads rose and had us in its line of sight.

With a huge body, over 10 meters long, its heads must be several meters thick each, about the thickness of a log.

I thought nothing about it in the game, but seeing it live, I was almost cowering in fear.

—-This is a real raid battle…….

I gritted my teeth and gripped my sword tightly.

「Liese, please cover Myra. Al, cover Char and Natalie too. Don’t get too far ahead!　You guys use magic to keep it in check!　I’ll take care of it! 」

I gave everyone instructions and rushed toward the Dragon Hydra with my sword. Its seven heads were scanning for prey.

Two of them spotted my approach.

Without holding back, I applied boost to myself and swung my sword hard at one of the heads.

Despite the neck being as thick as a log, my sword of excellent making that I used to use when I was Berserker, within a split second, had sliced off the head.

With a deafening scream, the rest of the heads came at me.

Quickly, I put some distance to evade their attacks.

But that was unwise.

The base of the neck of the decapitated head was bubbling up and slowly but surely the head was regenerating.

It took less than a minute for the complete regeneration.

「…… That was faster than expected……. Then as I thought, there is only one way……. 」

In order to defeat the Dragon Hydra, the base of the neck needs to be cauterized to prevent regeneration.

— The simultaneous use of swordsmanship and magic is the way to defeat this mythical creature.

It is a method that probably only I can do.

I regained my grip on my sword with my right hand and accumulated magic power in my left.

Same as before, I ran towards the beast.

The other heads were somewhat injured by the attack magic from Natalie, Char and Myra, but they were far from being fatally wounded.

Upon being at close distance, I cut off one head with my sword and burned the base of the neck with fire magic.

Ggahhhhhh!

A scream unlike any I’ve heard erupted from the Dragon Hydra.

I simply dodged the erratic heads that were intending to snap a bite of me.

Unlike before, having burned its neck, no regeneration had occurred.

This time, however, instead of being distracted, it recognized me as an enemy, and the six remaining heads focused their attention on me.

The Dragon Hydra was getting serious.

The remaining heads, with wide mouths, released fireballs, blocks of ice, and vacuum blades in a ceaseless attempt to take me down.

I cast Water Wall to block all attacks.

In that instant, a magic shot from a particular direction landed on one of the faces of the Dragon Hydra.

「With your eyes fixed on Touya, allow me to attack you with all my might with my magic! 」

Natalie laughed proudly at the monster as she unleashed her magic. Myra and Char were also shooting magic at it, and perhaps feeling vexed from the magic attacks from the three girls, it began to move its heads unpredictably.

This was our opportunity.

As I began to attack, Al and Liese were right behind me.

After taking one other head down and burning the base with magic, I looked at them and saw them teaming up, and slashing at the other head. However, their attack was insufficient and they could not take it down.

I jumped in to assist them to cut it completely and burn the neck.

I immediately signaled the two girls and we at once jumped away.

A fireball shot from the Dragon Hydra and scorched the place we had been.

「Now there are only three left 」

「My attack can’t completely take it down like Touya’s……”

Al looked a little frustrated, but not dismayed.

After all, she is dealing with a monster that could be called a superior monster.

It did not take long for us to take down the three remaining heads.

And the huge headless body collapsed with a thud. With glowing particles, the body disappeared, leaving behind a monster stone larger than other monster’s.

「We did it…… 」

「We really defeated…… the SS-ranked monster 」

Liese and Myra were shuddering with emotion at the thought of having defeated the guardian of the dungeon.

We were all relieved. Char and Al had taken a break and were sitting. I put the magic stone, which filled both my palms, into Dimensional Storage. And then I went ahead and took the large round dungeon core, about one meter in diameter, displayed on the pedestal at the back of the room, and placed it in Dimensional Storage.

With this, the dungeon will produce a smaller core and start growing. It will be years before it can flood again.

I let out a small sigh.

Right on cue, the door slowly opened.

「Hey …… How did you arrive before us ……? 」

Five people entered the room. The one who inquired loudly was Larx; he and his group had arrived.