Volume 6 Chapter 21 Poison Sea
Toxy and Sandra were flying above a vast group of enemy soldiers, the most numerous they had ever seen.
"Woah, impressive! There are so many people gathered here, I've never seen anything like it!"
"Not just humans. Look over there, there's a strange army of monster too."
"True. So, it means the 'Phantom Beast Army' is in command, doesn't it?"
As they gazed down at the military from the giant bird's back, the two of them were talking. This was after they had parted ways with Wade and Clay, and had flown a bit further.
"Ah, yeah. We've flown a bit, but how are we going to do this? This group is a bit far from the Karditsa's main body, and they seem to be causing chaos, but..."
"I heard Wade say 'Bad' about you, Toxy, the Toxic Sea."
"Kippi! "
Sandra proposed with shining eyes, and the snowman, who was also the representative of Ice, supported her. Toxy narrowed her eyes and muttered "Ah~...?"
"W-well...? It's going to be a pretty intense thing, but..."
"I want to see it. And besides, the Toxic Sea is the most efficient in terms of destruction power. As for the remaining parts, I'll take care of them with my Lightning, and if they flee, I'll chase them down with Ice's ice soldiers."
"Well, that's true... but..."
"And besides, Clay is also causing chaos..."
"Uh?"
As they looked, they could see a giant person wreaking havoc in the distance. Toxy widened her eyes and exclaimed "Oh, it's grown so much bigger than before!"
"It was quite fierce during the dragon capture plan. I paralyzed it with lightning, and Clay's Typhon caught the dragon and restrained it, and then the Ice soldiers transported it."
'That time was a real mess, wasn't it...'
The voice of Ice came through the communication ring. Then, Sandra said, "I only had to stun it with lightning, so it was easy, but Clay and Ice looked like they were having a tough time."
'But, Clay-kun's giant, is it big...? The dragon was about half its current size during the capture, so...'
"Because it's too big to catch, Clay said something like that. On the other hand, it means Clay is also doing whatever he wants. Toxy should be able to do whatever she wants too."
"I wonder. Maybe."
Toxy begins to understand and becomes motivated. If everyone is having fun doing whatever they want, it's okay for Toxy to give it her all too.
So, Toxy strokes her shoulder and says, "Hydra."
'Hmm... Are you going to do it, little girl? Hmm, I see, this is quite an interesting crowd to spit poison at. It would be good to dissolve them all at once with my poison, right?'
A transparent illusion of Hydra appears, and Ice and Sandra widen their eyes in surprise.
'Hmm. They are unfamiliar girls, but are they the little girl's companions? But this field of view... Oh, flying in the sky, huh? And this bird has ice magic, right? Kuhaha, talented indeed.'
Hydra looks around curiously and laughs happily. Then, it seems Clay's giant has also been found, and he shouts like this.
'Oh, Typhon! My violent father! You're truly enjoying yourself, aren't you?'
"Wait, is Hydra Typhon's child?"
'Yes. Typhon is the even more terrifying monster in our mythology. The enemy of the gods! However... I see, it seems that it has made a different contract from mine. Truly a summoning.'
Upon hearing this, Toxy tilts her head.
"What do you mean?"
'Well, it's the story of our special nature, little girl. I have been continuously summoned through your body. In other words, it's a transformation of your own nature.'
That's right. That's why Toxy is no longer human.
But Hydra says,
'But I thought Typhon had made a contract to be summoned each time in exchange for a payment. Otherwise, it wouldn't manifest itself in objects like earth.'
"...So, Clay remains human, right?"
'If he remains human, he won't be able to pay Typhon's price. He must have transformed into something else. But it's unlikely that he has become something of the same nature as Typhon.'
Toxy makes eye contact with Sandra. It's a slightly concerning conversation. The nature of heroes or monsters can become life-threatening information depending on the situation. It seems necessary to question this once the battle is over.
"Well, for now, let's put that aside. ―――So, are we going to do this?"
When Toxy calls out, Hydra evilly smiles.
'Yeah, little girl. Let's sink our enemies to the depths of hell.'
"Hehe, ahaha!"
'Kuhahahaha!'
After a brief laugh, Toxy says "See you" to the two and jumps off the ice bird.
During Freefalling, the illusion of Hydra extends wings from within Toxy. At a height of about 20 meters (≈ 65.6 feet), Hydra begins gliding by flapping its wings.
Indeed, some people begin to notice Toxy at this distance and say, "What is that shadow?" "Flying in the sky...? It's not a bird."
'It's like a swarm of insects. We must exterminate the insects. Right, little girl?'
"That's right. Let's do it, Hydra."
'Sure.'
They both chuckle at each other. Then, Toxy raises one hand high, and Hydra tilts its 9 heads upward.
Then Hydra exhales a poisonous breath.
The poison rages. It is endlessly spewed from Hydra's mouth and quickly attacks the enemy soldiers with a tsunami of poison.
"What the... Cough!" "Evacuate! Evacuate!" "Ah, it stings!"
Everything sinks into the sea of poison. A dark purple poison sea. The more numerous the enemy, the more effective this poisonous sea is.
However, there are still those who won't die.
"We are the phantom beast knights! We will defeat the evil dragon and rescue our allies from this predicament!"
'Yes!'
Riding winged horses, Pegasus, and half-horse, half-hawk creatures, Hippogriffs, and Griffins, several dozen knights flew through the poison sea. They approach Toxy.
"Waa, scary! (Stick)"
Toxy jumped a little higher in an evasive maneuver and realized that the Phantom Beast Army was not a small force.
"Huh, there are that many?"
Toxy knew that while thousands and tens of thousands of soldiers were being swallowed by the poison sea, hundreds of Phantom Beast Knights were flying towards them.
Suddenly, Toxy felt a considerable weight on her back and exclaimed, "Whoa!" Startled, she thought it was an enemy attack, but felt relieved by the familiar presence.
"Sandra, don't come out of nowhere like that, it's scary!"
"Emergency. Forgive me, meow"
"Where did that meow come from?"
"Toxy's First night."
"Meowwww!"
Embarrassed, Toxy tried to shake off Sandra, but she clung persistently and wouldn't let go.
"Why do you have to make dirty jokes in this situation?! AAAAAAAHHHH!!"
"Calm down Toxy. The enemy is approaching."
"I know better than you, Sandra! That's why I'm saying there's no time for this!"
"Quite right. That's why I came."
"Okay... I get it. Come on, get to work quickly."
"Okay. ―――Thunderstorm"
A small electric sound was heard as the bracelet Sandra wore amplified and rose into the sky.
Dark clouds rapidly covered the sky. Shadows fell on the Phantom Beast Knights. They noticed the anomaly and murmured, "What is this dark cloud?"
Then, light flashed.
Thunder struck. Like a raging wave, lightning poured down on the ground, the poison sea, and the Phantom Beast Knights.
Without even a scream, everything became prey to the thunder. It was a kind of divine presence.
"Whoa..."
Toxy was amazed at the power, realizing that Sandra's thunder, amplified by an artifact, was on the same scale as her own poison sea, which was a Hydra's ability. It was abnormal for it to crush everything on the same scale.
"...Sandra, you really are a genius."
"? Well, that's true. I may look pale when I'm with Wade, but I'm the real genius."
The phantom beast knights fell without a way to resist. They burned, charred, and sank into a sea of poison.
However, by luck or perhaps by their own abilities, some of them survived. Over a dozen of them approached Toxy and Sandra desperately.
Toxy and Sandra reached out, but immediately realized it was unnecessary.
Because there was someone else here who could be a fighting force.
Over a dozen shadows fell from the sky. They landed perfectly on the remaining phantom beast knights and pierced their bodies with spears, along with the beasts.
Ice soldiers.
Soldiers created from the split ice of a flying ice bird. They were clad in absolute zero, and they surely finished off the remaining phantom beast knights.
If Toxy could sweep the ground and Sandra could swiftly and accurately eliminate enemies in the air, then Ice excelled at killing every last one, even if it took time.
"But, what...?" "Th-that's..."
Receiving a surprise attack of pure free fall, something only humans could do, the phantom beast knights were wiped out. Their bodies were pierced by ice spears, frozen from the center of their bodies, and fell solidly to the ground.
Thus, the central unit of the Fist of the Dragon army, which seemed to number in the tens of thousands, collapsed due to just 3 girls.
At that moment, a snowman made a "kippi" sound. Toxy and Sandra found a figure calmly moving through the sea of poison.
Toxy broke into a cold sweat.
"Wow, we caused quite a commotion. Should we run, everyone?"
"Agreed."
"Kippppi."
Ahead of the 3's gazes was a burly man, half-immersed in the sea of poison, glaring at them intently.
It seemed to be the formidable man who Wade had mentioned, likely Fist of the Dragon.
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