Fighting a Hydra Lizard by the water was by no means a wise move.
Eric didn't hesitate, turning and rushing into the forest behind him.
He constantly leaped between the tree branches.
His arms were held back, maintaining balance at his sides.
This posture reminded him of Naruto, which he had watched in his previous life, where ninjas also traveled this way.
The Hydra Lizard behind him had already entered the jungle.
Just as Eric had guessed.
The jungle's trees couldn't stop its advance at all.
With a shoulder height of 3 meters, a shoulder width of 4 meters, and a body length of 12 meters.
It charged through the forest.
There was no difference between it and a derailed steam locomotive.
The old trees in the jungle were directly pushed down, emitting 'rumbling' cries for mercy, and small animals scattered everywhere, making it seem like some kind of natural disaster.
"I wonder if the Mad Frogmen's ability to control traps is reliable."
Although Eric had explained the trap requirements many times before the battle, and this trap wasn't complicated.
But recalling the Mad Frogmen's big, round, intelligent eyes...
Eric suddenly felt unsure.
He deliberately slowed down.
Just so that jungle bulldozer behind him could keep up with his pace.
Should he turn around and shoot an arrow, fish around, and draw the Hydra Lizard's aggro, lest those five dumbfounded heads be lured away by other small animals?
But it seemed unnecessary.
Finally, next to a thousand-year-old ancient tree in front, Eric saw Margaret, holding a shield and gesturing to Eric with her longsword.
"Are you ready?"
Eric looked up.
Above the ancient tree, a giant log was suspended, pulled by vines.
Several Mad Frogmen were pulling the vines, constantly adjusting the angle at which the log would fall.
"Hope nothing goes wrong."
Eric quickly sprinted, jumped down from the tree, and ran to Margaret's side.
"Are you ready?"
Margaret raised her wooden shield, gripping her longsword tightly, and said,
"Ready."
Eric nodded.
The plan had reached this point; whether Margaret was ready or not, she had to face the first wave of impact.
Eric pulled his cloak, a flash of moonlight passed, and his figure instantly vanished.
Margaret struck her wooden shield with her iron sword:
"Come on, over here."
The Hydra Lizard, already enraged by Eric's disappearance, became even more furious when Margaret provoked it again.
Enduring the stinging pain from a dozen arrows on its body.
The Hydra Lizard raised its head.
Its huge body charged straight forward.
The middle of the five heads suddenly shot out, biting towards Margaret's waist.
Margaret did not panic.
She raised her wooden shield and swung it fiercely at the giant head of the Hydra Lizard that was biting at her.
The wooden shield heavily smashed into the Hydra Lizard's snout, black blood splattered out, and this head instantly retreated.
No matter what creature, the nose is very fragile.
But Margaret was not without cost.
As the wooden shield impacted, it immediately shattered into fragments, some even piercing into Margaret's flesh.
And the Hydra Lizard's splattered nosebleed directly splashed onto Margaret's body.
A strong acidic smell of corroding flesh emanated.
Immense pain struck, and Margaret's eyes widened.
Acid?
Why would the Hydra Lizard's blood be acidic?
Margaret was puzzled, but she couldn't think much now.
She had only repelled one head; now, there were still four.
Another large lizard head bit towards Margaret's side.
"Heavy Chop."
Margaret roared, gripping her longsword with both hands, and chopped it down on the biting lizard's giant head's chin.
This Chop did not sever the chin.
Without relying on magic, the sharpness of the refined iron longsword was not enough to cut through the Hydra Lizard's thick scales, but the force was heavy enough, and the bone could not withstand it.
A dull "crack" sound still caused the second head of the lizard's chin to completely droop.
"Retreat."
Eric's voice came from above.
Margaret did not hesitate.
The intense pain had made the Hydra Lizard stop, and it had also stopped in the trap Eric had set for it.
A giant log fell from the sky, smashing heavily onto the Hydra Lizard's body.
The angle of that giant log was very tricky.
It smashed onto the Hydra Lizard's spine, like a giant rolling pin, rolling from the front of the Hydra Lizard, crushing over the five thick noodle-like snake necks.
Eric was already standing high up.
He had devised the entire plan.
He looked down; as the log rolled over, the Hydra Lizard's necks were pressed down, smooth and bald, its scales gleaming black under the moonlight.
Wasn't this like the heads waiting to be chopped off before the guillotine?
The short sword at his waist had already been drawn.
All of his magic power had also been infused into the short sword.
Eric leaped down, and under his urging, the magic power began to emit a piercing "buzzing" sound.
"Chop."
A white light descended.
The Hydra Lizard's first head was directly severed.
Eric didn't stop, drawing the remaining magic power, and as he turned, he transformed the magic power into Wind Element.
"Second strike, Gale Slash."
The second head fell.
There was still magic power remaining.
Or rather, the magic power was still under Eric's control.
This magic power had the blessing of the moonlight, the increased magic power limit given by Judy's ring, and the inertia from the previous descent.
In Eric's perception, he seemed to have completed some kind of ultimate breakthrough.
"Third strike, Gale Slash Wave."
A white light blade slashed out, extending beyond Eric's short sword's attack range, and directly shot towards the neck of the Hydra Lizard's third head.
【Gale Slash (Beginner) => (Minor Accomplishment)】
Three heads fell simultaneously.
These three slashes were so fast that no blood even spurted from the severed ends.
And Eric had already leaped away.
The Mad Frogmen controlling the trap above, looking at the severed necks of the Hydra Lizard below, their huge eyes instantly fell into a daze.
Margaret also had her eyes wide open.
Having directly blocked two attacks earlier, Margaret deeply knew how tough the Hydra Lizard's flesh was.
Three strikes, three heads.
Especially the last Wind Element blade that was slashed out.
The current Eric, if placed in any city, would be a honored guest of nobles and a guest at the banquets of prestigious families.
And he had only learned this for four months.
Margaret murmured:
"How is this possible...?"
For a moment, besides the Hydra Lizard's roars, everyone else on the battlefield was distracted to varying degrees.
And the restriction of the log on the Hydra Lizard had also been lifted.
"Hot oil, pour the hot oil!"
An anxious shout pulled everyone out of their horrified daze.
It was Eric, who had already jumped to the side.
The Mad Frogmen, while croaking, pulled the vines, pouring barrels of brown oily substance onto the Hydra Lizard's body.
A torch fell, and the Hydra Lizard's body instantly became a giant fireball.
"Roar—roar—"
The Hydra Lizard's remaining two heads roared.
The clumps of blood emerging from its severed necks were also forced to stop growing due to the burning oil on its body.
Eric looked at the last two heads, greatly relieved.
The plan succeeded.
Margaret forced the Hydra Lizard to stop.
The log restricted the Hydra Lizard's movements.
Eric went forward for the first wave of weakening and used burning oil to restrict the Hydra Lizard's regeneration ability.
Finally, everyone completed the finishing kill.
So far, everything was perfect, and Eric even overfulfilled the task.
"Judy, blast off its remaining two heads."
As soon as Eric's voice fell, a huge, black-glowing orb, constantly emitting a terrifying aura, violently blasted towards the giant lizard's head.
Eric also raised his short sword.
Enduring the high temperature of the burning oil, he rushed towards the remaining head.
Then, a column of black liquid steam sprayed out from the Hydra Lizard's remaining mouth.