Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Zach didn't know how Usurpation worked, only that it had killed the Fifth and Seventh Children because he wanted them dead. He recalled those feelings and desires of wanting to tear apart something and directed them at the First Child.

He wanted to skin him, break his bones, and remove him from history.

Zach also thought about how it would be impossible for him to break the seal, even if he crashed into it at his current speed. So, he stopped worrying about that and just focused on the First Child's back. That was his last thought before arriving at his destination.

The top of Zach's barrier hit the center of the First's back. Instantly, the rest exploded outward and plastered the First to the wall of ice that was the Hydra's seal.

Then, it was Zach's turn to reach.

His fist was wound tightly and filled with world essence energy. His arm was fully extended.

Like a needle, Zach's fist punched through his barrier and the First's back before finally sinking a thumb into the ice.

Zach's hand, arm, and shoulder was numb, and his bones were broken in several places. But the First's insides were ruined.

His face was pressed against the ice wall, and Zach was pressed against his back. Still, the First managed to glance back with blood dripping from his mouth again.

"There you go." He chuckled slightly. "But it's too late."

The life faded from the First's eyes.

The force behind Zach's punch and the world essence energy had ravaged his insides. He also wasn't in a good condition from before. With Zach using he power of Usurpation as best he could, the First couldn't cling to life.

Zach couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. It felt like the First had died to easily after tricking them into thinking he was dead the first time.

Just to be safe, Zach grabbed the First's head and ripped it off.

Zach raised a barrier to ward off the inevitable spray of blood, but hardly more than a drop flew out along with the First's head. Zach frowned in confusion and looked down at the First's body rapidly drying up like a withered husk.

Zach also felt something on his forearm.

The First's blood was flowing along his hand, using his arm as a bridge, into the Hydra's seal.

The First had given his life to break the Hydra's seal. That was why he had died so easily. He knew that now that he had lost, the only one who could keep his other siblings safe was their mother.

It was the only thing he could do in the situation.

Yanael and Mandra caught up and stopped on either side of Zach and the First's corpse. They helped pull Zach's arm out of the ice cube and the corpse.

Right in time for a crack to spread from the mark his fist had made. The ringing and echoing sound of ice cracking on a large scale reminded Zach of the sounds Blizzard had made when flying.

It was a haunting sound, even more so when it preluded the release of a monster like the Hydra into the world.

Zach's expression was grim as cracks continued spreading from the imprint. He slowly backed away.

Yanael and Mandra turned around and grabbed an arm each before flying away from the ice cube and back to the others.

They should not stay close to the seal when it broke. Even if they could survive, it was an unnecessary risk.

Lexi looked at Zach when he returned with his two familiars at a blistering speed.

"...What happened?" She asked, fearing the worst.

"Let's just say I was right."

"...What's that supposed to mean?"

"Let's just say that being right isn't always the best."

"Zach…"

"Let's just say that I and the First cracked the seal. The Hydra is in the process of doing the rest."

It was about what Lexi had feared, but hearing Zach confirmed it made her freeze on the spot. She knew Zach's plan was to defeat the Hydra before the others and prove that they were wrong while he was right, but she also knew that he had been planning to recover and prepare after fighting the Children and before going for the Hydra.

This situation wasn't optimal. Several of them were weak and tired from the fight against the Children. Soara was even a little injured still.

Lexi could feel it.

"S-shouldn't we get out of here?" She asked.

She was starting to panic.

She had come face-to-face with lethal situations many times. She had almost died many times. It was just something that happened during training or when fighting strong opponents in the search of strength, adventure, or treasures.

However, she had gone through all of those times with the awareness that there was always a chance for her to live. Never had she been in a situation where she was guaranteed to die.

Never had she been in a situation as dangerous and impossible to overcome as this one.

And it wasn't just her life that was hanging by a thread. Her brother and his familiars were also in trouble.

It was a situation that, for the first time, took her calm.

She couldn't help it.

As soon as the cracks reached a certain depth, the Hydra's presence had started seeping out.

It was overwhelming.

It was like breathing in certain death.

It was like she was an ant standing before a mountain—a living mountain about to stomp her to death.

It wasn't something staying calm could do anything about. It was to the point where her instincts had stopped telling her to run.

This wasn't something she could run from.

She could only hope it was quick and painless.

She didn't even have the energy to sink to her knees.

However, something to her side offset the ominous pressure from the Hydra.

Slowly, she turned to look.

There, she saw Zach. He was staring straight at the Hydra without a hint of fear in his eyes.