Chapter 259: The Water Dragon’s Demise

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Chapter 259: The Water Dragon’s Demise

The Midgard Wyrm wriggled its body as it rapidly darted through the sea at an incredible speed.

Fortunately, the Algieba wasn’t its target. It was instead headed straight for the water dragon warship, seemingly because it wanted to attack the monsters in its vicinity.

Or at least that was what I’d thought at first.

「Nn? Midgard wyrm disappeared?」

『Did it dive out of view or something?』

Wait, wasn’t it supposed to be heading straight towards the kraken and water dragon?

The midgard wyrm resurfaced the moment I questioned its actions.

「Gyagogoggoooooooo!」

It attacked the still entwined dragon and kraken from directly below, a tactic likely derived from its instincts rather than its intellect.

The midgard wyrm raised their bodies about 10m into the air as a testament to its brute strength before leaning itself on the water dragon warship. Unable to handle the monster’s ridiculous weight, the symbol of Sheedran’s might creaked and snapped in two.

The resulting shockwave caused the ocean’s tides to turn violent and rock the Algieba as would a heavy storm.

「Uwawawawa!」

「Don’t fall into the sea!」

The midgard wyrm’s sea anemone-like mouth once again emerged from the ocean with a water dragon’s neck and several kraken tentacles hanging from its mouth.

「Kuooooon...」

The plesiosaurus-like monster, which normally would’ve had the might to decimate a large city, whimpered feebly. It was no longer capable of action.

「Gyoooooooo!」

The midgard wyrm’s proud cry echoed throughout the sea, as if to declare its victory.

「This is looking bad. Hurry the ‘ell up, you bilge rats! We need to get outta here immediately!」

「Yessir!」

「Can we actually escape a midgard wyrm, Captain?」

「No clue. It’s way faster than us, but we might be able to get away if it decides to attack some more kraken instead of chasing us down.」

「Nn! Thunderbolt.」

「Grooooowl!」

『Flare Blast!』

We fired spells at the midgard wyrm’s exposed back so we could draw its attention away from the ship. I figured that, if we were lucky, we’d be able to draw its attention to the barrel—but we weren’t.

『Damn it! It’s totally ignoring us!』

It was too big. Our weaker strikes were too insignificant for it to note.

『How about this then!? Thor’s Hammer!』

A thunderbolt struck the midgard wyrm dead on and caused an explosion, but not even that was enough to stop the creature’s charge. It cared much more for eating than it did for our attacks.

(Master, what now?)

『Well... Honestly, our only hope at getting its attention is probably going to be getting between it and the ship. Looks like it’s either sink or swim.』

Fighting the midgard wyrm head on was our only choice. I wasn’t confident we could beat it, but we didn’t need to. We just needed to hit it hard enough to stop it in its tracks.

We went back to the ship and told its captain that we were going to hit the monster really hard. We also made sure they were aware that Fran would end up exhausted thereafter. She wouldn’t be able to fight anymore.

「Don’t be ridiculous! There’s no way you could beat a midgard wyrm, is there!?」

Jerome was shocked by the suggestion.

「Might at least slow down.」

「I guess you’re right... Our only choice is to leave it up to you.」

「No problem.」

「Make sure you come back in one piece, alright?」

「To adventurers, own life most important」

「Gahahaha! Good point. Then do your best. Show that thing hell.」

「Nn!」

The task entrusted to us was a simple one. All we had to do was put all our power into one attack and blast it right at the midgard wyrm before retreating.

『Urushi, focus all your efforts in making sure Fran stays safe on her way back, alright?』

「Woof.」

And if worse comes to worst, I’ll think of something and hopefully handle the situation myself. But enough of that for now. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.