Reaper's Resurgence: A System Reset

Alexia

Our battle continues for hours as the two of us each send attacks at the other. With me dodging most of the hydra's attacks through teleporting away from them and blocking the bigger attacks that cover too broad an area to get away from. And the hydra just tanking every hit I send his way.

The biggest issue I'm having though aren't his attacks or his defenses.

It's the fact that the hydra keeps quickly regenerating any damage I deal to him. Within seconds of getting any wounds in fact.

I narrow my eyes at the large hydra I hesitate to call a person considering his berserk state. But I don't stop bombarding him with quantum bolts while teleporting all over the place.

Once in a while I transform into my True Form as well. Albeit without actually using my scythe against him or the powers of my True Form to battle.

I just use my scythe to slice open a path to the quantum realm. One of which a flood of quantum energy enters the dungeon through.

And I do that over and over again periodically throughout the battle. Just entering my True Form, opening a hole to the Quantum Realm, then turning back again after refilling my energy tank for combat.

All while wondering how much fucking mana this damned hydra must have to continue going on a rampage after I would've already run out of steam multiple times.

Because by now we've been going on and on like this for nearly an entire day.

And things are starting to notice.

I glance to the side when a loud roar echoes throughout the oceanic planet, only for my attention to return to the hydra when I finally land a major hit that cuts off all nine of his heads at once. Then, while the heads are still growing back, I blast a hole straight through the hydra's nine necks and into his body straight towards the nine hearts I saw in him while fighting over the past day.

Yet even with that, the hydra continues to regenerate.

He regenerates everything except for one heart, which finally gives me an idea on how to kill him.

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At the same time though, I notice something else along with that heart being gone for good.

The eyes on one of his heads – after it finishes regenerating – are no longer berserk. They look like they're level-headed.

Perfectly clear of his prior berserk state.

Interesting. Does that mean his hearts have something to do with his berserk state?

I keep that in mind as the other eight heads seem to dominate most of his body in their continued berserk state. Even if he has one head that is no longer berserk. And is noticeably weaker than the other heads now, both in regeneration and in straight up power.

So he can't really do anything with just one of his nine heads thinking straight now. Even if he wants to, which I don't know if he wants to or not.

I glance to the East again when I hear that roar return. A very familiar roar that is echoing out over the ocean here.

An ocean that is, by the way, covered in giant bits of obsidian that are sinking downwards to the bottom. And has quite a few storms brewing, with waves aplenty as well. Most likely because of the fact that the water level here has been sinking for a while now thanks to Ignivara evaporating the water of the ocean.

I repeat what I did before in cutting off all of Ignivara's heads before targeting his eight hearts, and just like the last time, all of them except for one regenerate. Leaving him with just seven hearts left while another one of his heads regains clarity and loses the berserk boost.

Looks like this is the only real way to kill him.

Stupid hydras and their stupid regeneration.

Except Astrid, of course. Her having hydra regeneration is a good thing after all.

I do it two more times until the hydra only has five hearts left, with four heads having been snapped out of their berserk state. And it's at this point that Ignivara finally manages to wrestle some actual control over his body and stop just attacking everything in a frenzy.

But it's too late.

Because I can see the boss of the oceanic world now.

And he's not happy. Especially after taking some direct hits from the berserk hydra.

I glance between the massive hydra and the even larger shark. Then I give them both a firm nod even as five of the hydra's heads continue attacking everything around him while the other four look rather upset about the situation. And without hesitation, I begin teleporting away to go watch the battle between the shark and hydra from a distance.

Because maybe I'll be able to take them both down with this. Despite the level gap between me and the shark.

If not? Then I should at least be given a show before killing the hydra.

Assuming the hydra isn't just killed.

So I just transform into my True Form and begin flapping my wings after teleporting far away while the hydra is drawn into a fight with the shark. And then I go ahead and start watching the show from here without much of an opinion on which way I want it to go.

After all, if the Ancient Terror is killed by the shark, then I can just leave and not really care. What with the fact that I'm not really getting a reward from this battle either way.

And I honestly doubt I will be able to kill the shark even if Ignivara weakens it a little. Not with my level only being a bit over 1200 right now.

I cross my arms while tapping a finger against my arm as I watch the battle begin.

With the shark taking a giant bite out of the hydra immediately.

That looks like it hurt.