Hitman with a Badass System

Meeting the terrifying Hydra

Hunter and Michael flew towards the Stormville mountain in silence. When they saw the mountain on the horizon, Michael halted his flying.

"Wait a moment," Michael said.  Hunter just nodded as Michael disappeared from his sight.

"Teleportation," Hunter muttered. While he was waiting for Ghost to return, he stared at the ominous mountain on the horizon. The mountain reminded Hunter of mount doom in Lord of the rings movies. The storm clouds and flashes of lightning decorated the mountain.

"Stormville mountain. A fitting name," Hunter nodded. Although he was floating far away from the mountain, he could feel the terrifying energy coming from within the mountain. He didn't like the mountain or the general residing within at all. However, Hunter had no choice. He had to deal with the general if he wanted to return to his world. Hopefully, Ghost's plan would work and avoid any calamities.

Several moments later, Hunter sensed the space around him distort again. Out of the blue, Ghost appeared before him again. This time, he appeared with a three-headed Hydra in his hand. To Hunter's surprise, he felt the same energy as the general from the little hydra.

"Fuck," Ayag's eyes went wide when she saw Hunter. Compared to Ghost, the new guy's energy radiations were on another level. They could tell he was most certainly stronger than any Fusion Stage cultivation. Nonetheless, they had no idea Hunter was at the Celestial stage, above Half Immortal and Immortal Stage.

"Cain, Sarba, Ayag, meet Hunter," Michael introduced Hunter to Vedora.

"Why do I sense a different kind of energy coming from you?" Sarba asked.

"Let's deal with the Hydra first. Then, we can get acquainted," Michael interjected Vedora before they could nag Hunter.

Hunter grinned at the three heads before following behind Ghost. The closer he got to the mountain, the denser the energy in the air became. Of course, he would be lying if he said he wasn't terrified of the general. And he was positive Ghost was also feeling the same. But for now, Hunter shoved any fear he had to the back of his mind and landed on the cave's mouth, leading to the mountain's center.

After telling Hunter to wait, Michael didn't directly go to the dark forest to pick up Vedora. Instead, he teleported to Stormville mountain so he could clear all the undead mining the mountain. Since Maxine was preparing for Heinberg's funeral, no one was in stormville mountain except them. Following Ghost, Hunter entered the dark cave. On his way to the center, Hunter noticed several mining tools, footsteps as well as a few glowing crystals glowing from the walls. He could sense weird energy pulsating from the crystals, but he couldn't identify them. Of course, Hunter would have paid the system to learn about the crystals' origins if the system hadn't gone offline. For now, Hunter guessed these energy crystals may have contained the energy of this world. Luckily for them, the glowing blue crystals lit their path.

After walking for several minutes, Hunter stepped into a spacious hall where he saw a huge red cross on a wall at the hall's end. Additionally, the words 'Do not come near' were engraved onto the stone wall.

"He knows we are here," Hunter saw the gray head in the middle declare.

"You could talk to a general?" Hunter asked in surprise.

"Not to any general but a hydra," Michael answered instead of Vedora.

"So you named them after King Ghidora huh?" Hunter smirked. As a fellow earthling, the name Vedora sounded familiar to Hunter.

"I heard you named your dog Dogzilla," Michael chuckled, just to lighten the mood a bit while walking towards the cross.

Hunter was about to ask Michael something when Michael placed his hand on the wall before them. Afterward, he plunged his head into the wall, slowly sliding the wall open to reveal a crack behind. As soon as Hunter saw the crack, he felt a hot gush of air, forcing him to take a few steps back. Moreover, Hunter heard a loud breathing sound.

"This is it," Michael took a deep breath. For a few moments, his mind went black. He wondered what might be the reason for the hydra to summon them here. Besides, Michael hated the connection between Vedora and the hydra. If the Hydra could communicate with Vedora anytime, it might mess up with Vedora one day. After all, Vedora was still little and weak compared to the Hydra. Hunter on the other hand, focused more on his well-being rather than on anyone else's. As far as he was concerned, all he wanted was to get out here alive and return to his world.

As Ghost squeezed through the crack, Hunter thought about destroying the shadow realm once and for all. No shadow realm, no sucking him into another universe.

"Hrrrrmmmmmm," Hunter heard a rhythmic, growling coming from the other side. They all felt like they had entered into a storm. But after they stepped out of the crack, everything became dead silent. Hunter and Michael walked to the edge and stared into the abyss below. Without their control, their heartbeat rapidly increased. As far as they could see, there was nothing but darkness below.

"Hmm," Suddenly, they saw four pairs of crimson red glow in the darkness. Michael and Hunter almost jumped back in shock.

They tried to take a step back from the edge. Except when they were about to, an invisible force pushed them into the abyss from behind.

"FUCK!" Ayag screamed as loud as she could. They continued to fall deeper and deeper. Shockingly, both Michael and Hunter lost their cultivation power.

"System!" Hunter screamed at the system in his mind, just as Michael did. Yet, both of their badass systems went offline instead of providing them with support.

"We are still falling," said Michael.

"Hunter, are you there?" Michael asked to make sure Hunter was with him.

"Yeah. I better not die here Ghost," Hunter growled. He was starting to enjoy his life as a crime lord back in his world. He would hate to die just when his life was getting better and better. Usually, Hunter liked the thrill of hunting a stronger predator. Whereas the Hydra wasn't a mere predator, they could hunt. Rather, the Hydra was a world-ending calamity.

"We won't," Michael said, although he was losing confidence. Without cultivation power, they stood no chance before the Hydra. After falling continuously for another five minutes, they finally hit the ground. Fortunately, something soft cushioned their fall, saving their bones, and Michael's chest cushioned Vedora's fall.

"Argh," Michael growled as he slowly stood up. The pitch-black darkness around him prevented him from seeing anything. He heard another growl, probably belonging to Hunter.  For a few moments, the eerie silence sent chills through their shivers. Michael listened to the surroundings closer, expecting the Hydra to show up any second.

"Otherwordlers," All of a sudden, a thunderous voice resonated around them. The ground literally began to tremble as a dim crimson red light lit the abyss. In the red glow, they saw a massive object that looked like a metal tower. It took Michael a few seconds to realize that it wasn't a metal tower but a nail. While in utter shock, Michael saw Hunter slowly making his way to his side and joined him, looking upwards. Their necks began to hurt, but they simply couldn't see the Hydra's head. Instead, they could only see giant scales. If Michael had to guess, he would say the Hydra stood at least two hundred and fifty meters tall with a wingspan of one hundred and fifty meters. In the dim crimson light radiated by the Hydra's eyes, they saw the metallic black scales and red wings. This Hydra made King Ghidorah look like a puppy in Michael's eyes.

"It's huge," Hunter's jaw dropped several inches, his eyes widened, and several beads of sweat formed on his forehead upon seeing a small glimpse of the Hydra.

"You have something that belongs to me," The Hydra's voice sounded louder than a thunderclap. Unfortunately, it was difficult for both Michael and Hunter to decode the words as the words coming out of the Hydra's mouth were simply too horrifying. Initially, Michael imagined he might meet the Hydra face to face. Although he knew it was huge, he had never expected the hydra to exceed his imagination by several folds.

The size of the Hydra itself scared the hell out of Michael. Still, he hadn't seen the full form of the Hydra but what he saw was enough to make his legs tremble. On the other hand, Vedora was speechless, just like Hunter. The Hydra was beyond any cultivation stages. To be honest, Hunter didn't think they could take on the Hydra even with their cultivation power. If the Hydra wanted, it could crush them with its toe.

Now Michael realized how a single Hydra could make an entire continent void of any arch energy. Without any spell or energy attack, the hydra could destroy cities just by walking through them. Swallowing the fear in his heart, Michael tried to gauge Hydra's cultivation stage. Yet no matter how hard he tried, he simply couldn't. How could he sense the Hydra's power when the Hydra was beyond any cultivation stages in Michael's universe? It took a moment for him to realize the Hydra didn't belong to this world or his universe.

"What..;" Michael tried to talk, but no words came out of his mouth. So he cleared his throat before speaking again. For the first time in his life, a lump formed in his throat due to overwhelming fear.

"My Lord, what do you want with us?" Michael addressed the Hydra as My Lord. He didn't dare to show any signs of disrespect towards something that could end his life within a snap of time.

"I am called Mugashuku, one of the great generals of the queen of all," As the Hydra said, Michael and Hunter saw countless thick red lightning bolts crackling around the Hydra, lightning the abyss for a moment. The lightning bolts were bright to the point Hunter and Michael had to close their eyes. As a result, they failed to see the complete form of the Hydra.