"Hmph, you're still not dead..."
The beast continued to move. A closer look revealed that seawater was constantly flowing into its wounds and mouth, seemingly causing the wounds to heal in a rewinding motion.
"Could it be that as long as there's seawater, it can regenerate infinitely?"
"In that case, the fastest way would be to destroy the magic stone... Master, can you see?"
Hearing Tio's question, Hajime shook his head. He didn't know why, but his eyes seemed strangely greedy, as if he was judging the beast.
"No, I didn't see any magic stones. Just like the evil food, the whole body looks black and red."
"As expected. Ancient monsters are completely different from demons. So, in principle, we should aim for the head..."
"But it's struggling fiercely. In order for Hajime-san to aim for the head, Tio-san and I will stop it! Okay?"
Shia asked, leaving the final decision on the battle plan to Hajime. She felt her skills would finally be put to good use, and her morale was high. However, Hajime didn't look at her, and dropped something.
"...Mr. Hajime? What did you just lose?"
"I have an idea. Although I can't eat bad food, this snake should make good food."
The conversation suddenly changed topics, and Shia and Tio were surprised, but it seemed they heard correctly.
While loading the third shell, Hajime licked his lips.
Seeing him like this, both of them understood.
The reason why he looked at the divine beast with inexplicable hunger just now was because he planned to enjoy the divine beast and continue to improve his strength while breaking into the enemy camp.
Ordinary monsters were no longer sufficient for Hajime's sustenance. While the pterosaurs and the like were stronger than monsters, their strength-boosting effects were likely limited, making them unworthy of his time.
However, the mythical beast before him was another matter. A strange creature capable of controlling the weather and space, and possessing the power of regeneration...
"It looks delicious. Don't you think so?"
It seemed that Shia and Tio were not the only ones surprised.
At this point, the beast's regeneration was 70% complete, and it emerged from the sea once again. Its eyes, originally filled with anger, changed immediately upon meeting Hajime's.
Wait, what's that look in your eyes? I've never been looked at like that before—the divine beast shouldn't have muttered that in its heart, but it was probably true that Hajime's unknown gaze made it more confused than angry.
Taking advantage of the beast's confusion, 'AA' once again displayed its power. This time, its target wasn't the beast's head, but rather its body, which had risen above the sea in a whirlpool.
Once again, its scales were unable to withstand the cannonball, and a large hole was once again pierced through its body. The beast seemed more accustomed to the pain; this time, it didn't wail loudly or struggle violently. Instead, it seemed more lucid, opening its dragon mouth in anger once more.
It had no idea that something that Hajime had just thrown down had already invaded its body through the hole it had just made.
The beast shot out another breath of water. Hajime manipulated Orestes to swallow the breath through the "Gate of Space-Time" and then shot it back at the beast through another "Gate of Space-Time," intact.
The beast's spear and shield clashed, and the shield seemed to outperform. Although the dragon's breath struck its head, it caused almost no damage.
Meanwhile, the wounds on the back of his head and on his torso caused by the second shell completely healed. The seawater that had been surging over his body retreated and flowed downwards.
Just at this time.
Part of the divine beast's body suddenly exploded from the inside.
—Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?
The beast roared loudly, its head straight up, and flames spewed out of its mouth.
That wasn't some new inherent magic displayed by the mythical beast.
"Master, what have you done?"
"When dealing with giant sea creatures like these, you should destroy them from the inside. Isn't that a general rule? So, I'll have Arachne invade its body through the wound."
After the invasion, Arachne released a large amount of tar from her built-in "treasure house" and set it on fire.
What would happen if seawater were poured into your body while it was already filled with a raging fire at 3,000 degrees Celsius?
Looking at the beast struggling in pain below, it is not difficult to imagine the answer.
"Is there a way to prevent any seawater from entering my body while I'm in the ocean? If I can't, I won't be able to dive again because my body will explode with steam."
"It's also impossible to allow seawater to flow into the body to regenerate. Moreover, seawater will flow in through the blasted parts, causing a series of explosions."
In fact, this is happening right now.
Due to the continuous explosions inside its body, the huge body of the divine beast kept twitching like a spasm, wailing and struggling loudly.
Of course, in order to completely kill it, Hajime fired 'AA' repeatedly.
Although the beast miraculously escaped a headshot, its body was riddled with holes. It tried its best to keep itself afloat, its wounded parts spewing flames.
"How brutal."
The scene before her was so horrific that the hairs on Xia's rabbit ears stood on end.
"The only worry was that Arachne might be blown out of her body by the first attack. But they successfully entered her body, spraying tar everywhere with great energy."
"Master, are you planning to make it into a Kabayaki-style sacred beast? It sounds wonderful—well, I mean, it sounds terrifying."
"The truth is out. Just how deep is your karma?"
Tio might ask Hajime to torture her from the inside in the future. Hajime was trembling with fear at the thought. At this moment, Shia cried out, "Ah!"
The divine beast let the part of its body near its tail float out of the sea, and then it leaned forward to bite.
It bit a deep notch there, shook its head roughly, and spit out water dragon breath to blast that part off.
"That guy actually sacrificed his own body to expel Arachne from his body."
The remaining flames still raged within the divine beast, causing explosions. It was already severely injured and on the verge of death.
However, Hajime didn't think it would end so easily.
Thinking of how tenacious the evil food he had dealt with in the West Sea was, he became even more certain.
"Tsk, there's nothing we can do! Let's work together. We have to take care of it while the explosion inside it continues. You two go and restrain its movements. I'm going to snipe its head."
"Ah, so you heard all the battle plans we just discussed?"
"As long as I can eat, anything is fine."
Thus, the second round of battle began. After all, if they didn't defeat the beast, they wouldn't be able to stop the storm, and if they did, they wouldn't be able to reach their destination.
In this case, it would be better to completely defeat the beast, eat it and turn it into your own strength.
With such desire and murderous intent in his heart, Hajime stared at the divine beast.
Having suffered such humiliation, the divine beast must have been filled with anger towards the three people—
──Beep.
The three of them were stunned when they heard the inexplicably cute chirping sound.
The divine beast was retreating with a roar. Perhaps it wasn't an illusion, but the gaze that had once been filled with oppression was now drifting.
The look was no different from the way humans would cautiously run away when encountering a bear in the mountains.
"Hello."
Hajime subconsciously called out to the beast, causing it to twitch all over. This wasn't an illusion; it was genuinely startled.
The beast itself seemed confused by its own actions, and it raised its head timidly to meet Hajime's eyes.
At this moment, the divine beast finally understood.
The eyes of that tiny being radiated an intense light that inexplicably unnerved him. The emotion hidden within them wasn't simply hostility or murderous intent, but rather—appetite.
In other words, it finally understood that what it was facing was not an enemy, but a predator.
The divine beast was very sure that if it continued to fight, it would definitely be eaten.
And in fact, I have been forced into a desperate situation, this is an indisputable conclusion.
For the first time in his life, he experienced an emotion—‘fear.’ It was an emotion the divine beast at the top of the food chain had never faced before. This unfamiliar feeling completely crushed him.
It has completely lost the will to fight.
The divine beast's reaction speed is very fast and surprisingly sensitive.
It turned its body suddenly, and it was so agile that it was hard to imagine how such a huge body could do that, and it dived into the sea from the head.
The burning heat and explosions continued to torture its entire body, and the wounds all over its body caused it extreme pain. However, it still ignored all this and tried its best to escape.
Like a rabbit, the beast was completely focused on escaping, ignoring everything else.
The strongest monster had abandoned the battle so decisively, leaving even Hajime unable to react. The Divine Beast's retreat was so spectacular, you could almost hear the "whoosh" sound.
"Stop, stop! Don't run! My flesh! Don't you dare run away! Don't you have the dignity of a divine beast?!"
Instantly, the beast glanced back, looking up from the sea at Hajime.
It saw it. The predator, eyeing its flesh, met its gaze with bloodshot eyes.
—Beep!?
The beast trembled violently, as if it had seen something it shouldn't have, and turned and fled again. It seemed it had no self-respect.
In reality, this mythical beast, long ago, was beaten half to death in the West Sea by the world's most irritatingly talented and beautiful magician. As it sank to the bottom of the sea, it was taken away by Esid, apparently because "it would be a shame to let it die." Thus, it became a collection within the [Divine Realm] and the guardian of the Transmigration Gate.
In other words, this was the second time the divine beast was nearly killed by a being far smaller than itself, and the other party was planning to eat it.
──Beep~~~~~~~~!!
The divine beast let out a cowardly cry, as if saying, "Humans are so scary! I will never go out again!" Finally, its figure disappeared into the dark deep sea.
At the same time, the storm subsided and the dark clouds dispersed. It was as if saying, "I won't stop you, leave me alone!"
"Damn it! How is it possible that a monster of that level would flee immediately?! I missed a great opportunity to significantly increase my strength on the battlefield!"
Hajime stamped his foot in anger on the ceiling. Shia and Tio looked at him helplessly.
"Alright, Master. The storm barrier has been lifted, so let's just leave it at that."
"Yeah. As a result, it saved a lot of time, so I should be satisfied. Look, there's an island over there. The portal to leave this dimension might be there."
Looking in the direction Xia pointed, there was indeed a big island about seven or eight kilometers away.
Judging by the naked eye enhanced by the Magic Eye Stone and physical enhancement magic, although the island is large, there are no mountains on the island. It is almost an entire flat land and is completely covered by forest.
Although Hajime was very dissatisfied, he still carried "A·A" on one shoulder and supported it with one hand, while taking out the compass with the other hand to check.
"It's definitely in the center of that island."
"Also... it's quite far from here, so I can't confirm it yet. However, seeing the monsters on the island from this far away means they must be quite large, right?"
"Is that... a large monkey? There are also snakes, dragons, and spiders... about twenty in total."
It seems that this space contains some super-large monsters.
From here, you can see several giant creatures popping their heads out from above the forest and moving back and forth across the island.
Although still far away, he could sense its extraordinary power. Although not as powerful as a divine beast, the oppressive feeling it exuded was quite close to that of a divine beast.
As the dark clouds that caused the storm disappeared, the pterosaurs above also began to pay attention to Hajime and his group.
"Shia, Tio, you guys still want to warm up? Just hold me off for a minute and don't let those guys up there bother me."
“Ah… Mr. Hajime, you’re not planning to…”
"Indeed, engaging in close combat with such a gigantic monster isn't the best strategy."
Several pterosaurs croaked and charged down at the same time. Shia and Tio shrugged.
Hajime's assessment was actually reasonable. With so many near-divine beast-level monsters on the island, and their power unknown, a head-on confrontation would likely take considerable time. If they could unilaterally reduce their numbers from a distance, that would be the best approach.
After understanding Hajime's intention, Shia and Tio turned to face the wyverns attacking from the sky. At the same time, Hajime raised "A-A" once again.
After injecting magic power into the weapon, the bracket below the middle of the barrel - the folding inverted V-shaped tripod (tactical tripod) separated from the barrel, and the two tripods deployed at the front to form an air barrier. At the same time, the length of the tripod was adjusted using "Alchemy".
At the same time, Hajime looked through the scope and used the "Information Perception" function of sublimation magic to confirm the exact distance to the target and the location of the magic stone, and began to gather energy.
"Unleash lightning-fast precision bombardment from beyond the perceptible range... Don't dodge it."
It soon became clear that Shi's worries were in vain. He took a breath and, after a beat,
Sparks, loud noises, bright red flashes.
Then, the dragon's head vanished. Shot at an angle from above, the bullet continued to plummet into the forest, blasting the ground and the surrounding trees to ash, leaving a large crater.
The next bullet clicked and was immediately loaded. The monsters seemed to be getting agitated by the impact of the first bullet, so Hajime attacked before the monsters could move, and blew off another monster's head.
What you do next is almost the same.
The monsters had no way of recognizing the death beams that flew from a distance of approximately seven kilometers. Consequently, the monsters lingering near the transfer gate exploded one after another, their corpses falling to the ground. It was so easy that it was absurd.
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