Chapter 206: The Beginning of the End

It has been several months since the attack of that cyclops and the phoenix. I'm researching about hybrid monsters. I've already gathered a great amount of army so I already did what Zieglind asked me to do. So I have all this free time to do my research.

So as to what I found, hybrid monsters cannot spawn normally. They are a crossbreed between two different monsters by either using a soul fusion or forcing the both of the two mediums to breed.

Soul Fusion is a type of method wherein the souls harvested or released from a living being gets fused with another soul. For the Phoenix that Precia got, it'll be Faye and that phoenix. I'm pretty sure that's a Soul Fusion since they aren't forced together. Faye can come out of the phoenix whenever she wants so there's that.

The force breeding method must've been the cyclops. But what did it get fused with? As far as I remember, cyclops doesn't have a regeneration ability.

And those tentacles that are in its arms were powerful. Hmm... A sudden thought then came into my mind that I was not expecting at all. "Haha... no way..? Right? That's... Hmmm... No, no. I don't think so."

I was thinking of the kraken, living under the sea water. A gigantic monster that looks like a squid. Its gigantic tentacles manages to create tsunamis in the seawater. Able to crush ships with its grip strength with ease. Its power is something to be feared. Is there even water inside Tartarus for that to happen? A breeding between a kraken and a cyclops? Hmm... the more I find something out, the more questions I have.

But I have one more question that I have to solve right now. About Faye and the phoenix. If my theory is right and they were used for a Soul Fusion then that means someone must've taken the souls from them and joined them.

The breeding method can be done naturally by two living beings. But for the Soul Fusion, you need to get their souls. And once a soul is extracted from something, their physical bodies won't be able to move.

Then does this mean that someone used both of their souls to conjoin and fuse it to form that monster?

I'm tired of thinking of this. This is the first time that I learned about this way of creating monsters.

"Zeta... I think something's wrong with me?" Greta suddenly told me.

I instantly got worried since she never told me something like this before. "Huh? What's wrong?"

"I'm feeling sick these days lately."

"Just rest for the rest of the month or something. We're already done with our quest. We're just waiting for Zieglind for our return."

The door then opened and several guards were outside. "My lord, the elders need you."

"Alright." I replied. "Send some maids here to take care of Greta."

I left Greta there to rest for a moment. I followed the guards to wherever they were taking me. And I was brought to the conference room. Some of the elders were all sitting around waiting for me.

They all gave me the information they needed. It seems that they've noticed that I've been researching on hybrids for some time now and they've become curious on what the creation of it.

I gave them the information they needed about Soul Fusion and breeding and they seem to take it well.

About several hundreds of kilometers away from this place, they seem to have said that they found something interesting there. Similar to a hybrid. All of their scouts that was sent there didn't return within the allotted time given to them so they went there themselves but only saw a figure of the monster.

It was giant, around a few meters tall and it was said that the place where its resting is filled with bones from different species so going there would be incredibly dangerous.

"I know you're strong yourself. But this is a quest for the ruler of our kingdom. You must know how dangerous this creature is so that we won't attract any unwanted attention." Is what they said. So they're placing their hopes on me since they don't know how powerful this monster is.

I set off by myself and tried to find this monster they were looking for. They said that it was the east of where we were. So I began to search which took me some time. About several hours. I saw bones lying around formations of rock so I got ready. "Camouflage, Noise Reduction."Camouflage will make me blend to the environment to hide myself to whatever that monster is.

I began to scavenge far deeper in the ocean trying to find where it was. After some looking, I found the next the elders were talking about. The nest was pretty big and they were right. Its filled with a lot of bones from different species.

In the distance, I could see a gigantic hydra with several heads feeding on what seems to be a soldier on the kingdom that I'm ruling.

I was going to go in but a giant shadow was over me. It filled where I was standing with complete darkness. I looked up and saw a gigantic monster. It had no face. It was just like a giant worm. And the front of it? Was nothing but a gigantic circular mouth.

Terror was felt throughout my body.

That absolute hideous form, its tentacles lashing out everywhere, it was completely disgusting. And terrifying.

One word came out of my mouth as I noticed what monster that was. "Cha...rybdis..." But why is a god spawn here!? Thousands of questions flew in my mind but all I could feel at this time is absolute fear.

I must run. I MUST. I need to. I NEED TO! I no longer cared for whatever quest Zieglind gave me or what the elders gave me. A god spawn is nearly impossible to be beaten or killed. And its Charybdis out of all the monsters. That hybrid monster, eating living beings wouldn't be able to hold a candle to Charybdis.

I no longer cared what is the aftermath. I just need to escape here. With Greta.

I flew back to the kingdom but no matter how much faster I try to release myself, I felt like I was being sucked in by something.

The Charybdis opened its mouth and I could see each and every disgusting part of its mouth. The triangular teeth, the disgusting flesh and the remains of the other things that was in its teeth. I couldn't fly or move anywhere. And if I let go, I'll be completely sucked in.

A giant vertical whirlpool then appeared on its mouth, sucking everything that was near it. The hybrid that even the elders feared? Were nothing but a mere food for this god spawn.

The Charybdis bit on the hydra's head but the hydra instantly regenerated. The hydra tried to fight back by spewing out flames, ice and dark magic. And the hybrid that it was combined with was a fire elemental.

It spawned it hundreds of other flame elementals and began to shoot fireballs at Charybdis. But the monster didn't feel a single ounce of pain as their hits weren't doing anything.

The whirlpool got stronger and stronger, until the hydra got fully devoured. In an instant.

That hydra was feared by everyone in the kingdom. But this thing was on another level. Even I, could feel the oppression, the fear, the absolute terror.

Its disgusting appearance, its humungous body, its incredibly powerful skills... It was a monster, out of this world.

I tried all of my best trying to get out of the whirlpool he was creating. But I couldn't think of anything. "Teleport!"

My eyes turned blurry then regained my vision back. I was back at the underwater kingdom. The elders then appeared in front of me. "That was quick." The head of the leaders stated.

"We should run." I immediately suggested.

This angered every single one of them. "What is this? Have I been gone from the surface for too long to the point that I don't understand jokes!?"

"You haven't seen what I've seen. The hybrid wasn't the problem. There was a predator there, far too large and far too strong. To the point that even if we gathered every single one of our troops we won't be able to win."

"What's with this preposterous and over the top expla-"

"THERE'S A GODSPAWN!" Everyone went silent. "A monster created by the gods. Its Charybdis... the devourer of the seas."

"Wha-"

"ZETA! ZETA! YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS!" Someone interrupted the elders.

"We're having a talk with the King! Show some respect!" One of the elders responded.

"Its fine. The monster is still far from here. We'll talk about it later. What's this about?" I asked the one who was calling out to me.

It was the maid assigned to Greta. "Greta... Greta is pregnant!"