Chapter 174: Challenge (Part 1)
Nicola walked slowly towards that paradise. Such a place would never be abandoned and ready to be taken, for sure there was something powerful enough that took over that place for itself. On the surface of that mountain, Nicola was able to see the existence of an opening that was the entrance to a cave.
From inside Nicola could feel a very strong beast aura, maybe as much stong as his one, but he didn't hide and just walked closer to the entrance, after all he didn't come to steal, but he came here to claim these own lands, so he would have to challenge and defeat the old owner to be considered the new owner of that place.
As he got closer, he released his powerful imperial aura, along with his intention to kill and the demonic energy he absorbed not long ago. From there, was an immediate reaction from inside that cave, a guttural roar emerged from the throat of the being that lived inside, then a voice came from there, not one but several voices at the same time, different male voices, as if there were more than one monster inside the same cave.
What came out of the hole was a reptilian head full of greenish scales and with a long, long neck, very similar to a snake. Soon other heads appeared from the same hole. "Get out of my territory, stranger" one announced. "I will kill you and enjoy your meat". A more aggressive head said. "You will not steal my treasures" a snake that was further down wrapped itself around its herbs and used the body to hide them. Nicola found it strange that several snakes lived together sharing the same home, when he fought the black snake it was alone and there was no other monster nearby.
But soon after that he understood the situation, a draconic body emerged from there, very reminiscent of a dinosaur body, large and heavy with stubby legs and a long tail at the end. It was something he had only read in the academy's books, it was a hydra, a lesser dragon that had seven snake heads and a very heavy and powerful body, although it cannot launch a dragon breath through its mouth or fly, like the real full dragons, they should not be overlooked therefore, its strength was far above what any other common monster could achieve.
Another trait they shared with their dragon ancestors was greed for precious things. Wherever someone found a hydra lair, they would certainly find many precious things there, they usually lay on gold coins and kept ancient magical artifacts that were lost from distant times.
"I came to challenge you for the right of beaing the lord of that territory" Nicola said loud and clear so that the hydra would understand its reason for being there.
"So get ready to die!" It responded by attacking. Its large body moved completely out of the cave, as a silver-level magical beast possessed was sentient and each of the heads could act on its own, even launching different attacks. The hydra attacked from many different sides. Some of it heads attacked directly trying to bite Nicola and all they managed to do was just bite the air where he was a second before.
The tails on the monster back was not there for decoration, the hydra attacked Nicola wherever he was.
He had realized that speed was not the monster's best attribute and he could use it against his enemy. He tried to stab one of the heads when it went to bite him, but the dagger only managed to scrape a little scar from the scales she had on his body. An absurd defense that Nicola had never faced.
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