OP System The Hero Backup

Chapter 1.5: Dealing With a Hundred Hand Monster (2)

[Quest Held Begins]

[Defeat The Prisoner of Tartarus, Hecatoncheires]

[Difficulty Level: Very Difficult]

[Reward :???]

It seems that I managed to attract the attention of this one hundred heads fifty hand monster, the proof was that hundreds of eyes were staring angrily at me and now the steps were fixed here.

I looked towards the hologram screen. A hecatoneseirese? What the fuck is his name? Did he just throw random letters at his name and end up being like that? I don't know, but calling him by his real name would be troublesome, so I'll call him by the name of Mr. Hecaton from now on.

Yep. Mr. Hecaton sounds like a good nickname. Humu, humu's. I nodded confidently because of my intelligence in thinking about his name.

Now my question is whether he can talk or not. Because if it could, it would be a good opportunity not to do a futile fight.

Maybe I will lose some levels and some other Skills, but if I die here, all those Skills will be for naught. By the way, Mr. Hecaton is getting closer. His gaze looked angry but it seemed like it was his real face.

"Oi! Are you ... can .. get out of here?! You ... almost ... step on .. my house! We ... no need ... fight ..., okay?!"

I explained in one word at a time hoping that he would understand my words. I also make movements that increasingly affirm my words like waving, pointing in the other direction, until giving a thumb.

"...."

He lowered his head and brought that much of his head closer to me. Dozens of pairs of eyes focused on me, while the other heads paced to watch the surroundings.

I just kept quiet and raised both hands to prove I was harmless. But after a moment of watching me, Mr. Hecaton suddenly shouted. In front of my face anyway.

"NOT GAIA !!!!"

All the smelly breath and mucus from his mouth that he had almost flew towards me. After shouting, some of his hands slammed right at me and wanted to crush me. But I'm still quicker to jump from the top of a tree.

And the poor tree had to collapse because of the attack from Mr. Hecaton.

Well .. I expected it, anyway. It couldn't possibly be that easy, let alone that there was already a quest to defeat him. Of course he is a dangerous monster. Moreover, the level of difficulty given by the system to defeat him was [Very Hard]. It's harder than surviving a Gaia attack.

By the way, Mr. Hecaton's nickname is the Prisoner of Tartarus. Did Mr Hecaton escape from prison and walk here? And moreover, he shouted 'Not Gaia!' to me. What did Mr. Hecaton mean was that legendary dragon, huh?

Hmm .. There's something strange here.

The poor tree that had fallen down was suddenly in front of my face. "Eh?" But the tree just passed by without hitting me.

I was just daydreaming for a while, but he didn't give me a chance at all. You impatient monster! I jumped from one tree to the other. Mr. Hecaton also still continued to throw at me with the trees.

"Tch."

God fucking. His many hands made the trees that were thrown as if there was no end. It looks like I have to make a gap to get close to him.

"[Shadow]"

After chanting the mantra, the shadow below me began to move as if it had a mind of its own then split into three. And after that, I did not avoid throwing this one Mr. Hecaton tree.

My body was thrown together with the tree thrown by Mr. Hecaton. He who realized it then stopped throwing for a moment because he thought that he had hit me.

He silently stood up as if pensively puzzled as his goal was done. "??!!" But his eyes widened when he knew that this fight was not over. Mr. Hecaton looked down behind the trees, something black that was moving swiftly towards him.

"It's not Gaia!" Mr. Hecaton shouted back.

"That many eyes are really troublesome, are they all connected to the same one brain?" muttered.

I darted quickly and within a short time had been beside the giant foot of Mr. Hecaton. With the [Martial Art] Skill I tried to hit him, but it didn't make him flinch at all. His skin was so hard it was like hitting a rock.

But I grinned. "I knew this was going to happen." Hard skin is indeed the defense of most monsters, therefore I am not too surprised. I have even prepared something now.

"Dazzle up! [Dark Wave]"

My fist that was still attached to his foot channeled a full-strength [Dark Wave] capable of punching holes in the cliff, so I was sure that this could hurt him.

The shock power of the black aura [Dark Wave] directly hit Pak Hecaton's feet and exploded on the spot, producing dust that soared high up to Pak Hecaton's chest. Did I manage to hurt him?

"Check, uhuk! Hah .. I should have put on a mask."

The flying dust began to disappear along with my cough that subsided. But I can still feel that my fist hasn't moved and is still touching something.

When I saw it, my initial confidence was already very high as if it was thrown back to the ground. My eyes widened in shock when I found out that the skin in front of me was not even scratched, Mr. Hecaton's skin was only dirty because of the dust that flew before.

"No-can't be ...."

While I was still in shock, dozens of hands hit me so hard and fast. Makes me not have time to dodge— even see the direction of the attack did not have time, because I was too surprised.

Mr. Hecaton can hit me again. But it seems he is still not aware of my game that I was playing. He raised dozens of his hands that had previously hit me, but there was no blood or any part of my body left there. There was only a black aura that decomposed and flew away carried away by the wind.

"???"

The two 'me' that had been defeated by Mr. Hecaton before were only shadows of the results of the [Shadow] Skill alone, while I was still healthy walafiat here.

Where do you ask? More precisely in the sky! Quite far from the head and hands of Mr. Hecaton could reach me. I jumped in full force earlier and was now in free fall in the air.

Moreover, the [Shadow] Skill I currently have can only cast three shadows at once. If it's more than that, then my MP will run out quickly.

And even though I have trained it, even now I can only use [Dark Wave] three times. More than that then 'No' is big! Because I'm gonna faint right away from running out of MP.

Even so, the [Dark Wave] from close range could not even injure him at all. I know that he is hard, but if it is that hard, has it not entered the realm of unreasonable?! Come, system! Give me a little break!

I'm just a teenager who doesn't want to die, why should I feel this? Is it really that the pay for not dying is this hard?!

Even though I kept complaining and doing nothing, I was actually waiting. Yep. My one remaining shadow is now doing its work below. How could I know? Because I can feel her presence. I know what he's doing, what skills he's using, and what injuries he's getting.

Besides, he's still a part of me. So there's no way I don't know. By the way it looks like he's going to make it.

My shadow below is now united with the trees, not too far from Mr. Hecaton's feet. He then opened his palm and cast a Skill.

"[Dark Marble]"

A number of dense black ball-shaped aura of marbles was now created in his palm. Then he rolled the small aura ball to the back of Mr. Hecaton's foot.

And after completing his task, he disappeared and merged with the shadow of the trees.

"??!!"

All righty! I have felt that my shadow has done its job, now that I am in freefall can immediately dart there. I'm coming Mr Hecaton!

Mr. Hecaton quickly realized my existence and his entire eyes focused on my free-falling self. I'm the center of your attention, aren't I?! But unfortunately you are off guard at one moment! I formed a gun pose with my hand and cast a spell.

"Dazzle up! [Dark Marble]"

A dense black aura shot out from the tip of the index finger and shot down rapidly. I deliberately pointed it slightly forward so that Mr. Hecaton would retreat and slip by the [Dark Marble] that had been previously rolled by my shadow.

[Dark Marble] continued to accelerate fast and straight without any significant obstruction. But Mr. Hecaton still continued to stand unmoved by the [Dark Marble] that led to him.

Hoho .... Do you want a brave ass, Mr Hecaton? I know that this [Dark Marble] is just a marble, but what if I make it like this! I flicked my finger and shouted back.

"Greaten!"

It was one of [Dark Marble]'s abilities, he could raise his marble balls into many folds. Now! You have no choice but to dodge, Mr. Hecaton!

"Eh?"

Though it was bigger than before and the number was also many, but why did Mr Hecaton not move at all? He still continued to look towards the [Dark Marble] that fell to him calmly. Does this monster have no fear?

When I was confused, suddenly all the [Dark Marble] that had been enlarged were easily pushed aside by Mr. Hecaton. While the edge of the [Dark Marble] earlier shot in a random direction and smashed around the one he hit.

"A ... What's he doing?! The gkh?!!"

Now I too am in free fall heading right over Mr. Hecaton. Dozens of his hands were now ready to catch and hit me. Lothawat! I can't escape!

BRAAKKH...

"Arm ...!!!"

My body managed to move and dodge in the final moments, but my hands were not fast enough to follow my body movements so that Mr. Hecaton managed to catch my hand and grasp it firmly so that I could hear the crisp sound of crushed bones.

Not finished there, he also hit me several times towards the ground until I felt the bones in my body falling apart. I can't let this keep happening! Must ... do .. something!

CRAASHH...

Mr. Hecaton was confused as he wanted to hit me to the ground once more, but his hand grip suddenly felt light. He looked at his grasp and realized that all that was left there was only his hand. Without body.

While I decided my hand intentionally only to escape while holding the shoulder of my broken hand. Like an autotomy done by a lizard or lizard, but the difference is now my hand can not grow anymore.

After feeling that Mr. Hecaton had lost track of me, I stopped for a moment— more precisely fell on his stomach to the ground. God fucking. Losing a lot of blood really cannot be underestimated even in this world.

"opens ... Status."

I opened my status and realized that my MP had stayed a little, I could only create some [Dark Marble] and [Dark Wave] once again. I don't even know if it would be useful to fight him or not. I mean, an attack from a very close range alone can't even hurt him.

Then I looked towards the HP bar. Slowly it is dropping towards the critical direction. Blood loss seemed to be what brought my HP down periodically. I have to find a way to keep my HP from going down.

But I don't have any healing skills, even [Healing] hasn't finished progress. Damnit. Mr. Hecaton just came without warning making me have nothing to prepare. A lot of these days are SP. All this time I didn't know what the point was and I also never lacked SP to get to the zero stage, so I don't think it really mattered that much.

"Now ... how am I to survive in this situation?" muttered.

In my confusion, I realized that there was an apple right next to my body.