Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 541: Nowhere To Run

As the seconds trickled away, more and more of the Hydra's seal broke. Cracks ran all over the block of ice, some as wide as the length of an outstretched arm. It wasn't long until the Hydra was free.

Eventually, a big block from a corner broke off and fell away from the seal. Before it could hit the ground, it shattered into a million pieces that transformed into a breath of winter. A chill that covered the ground in frost and lowered the steaming temperature escaped into the distance, almost tearing down Mandra's and Lexi's magic in the process.

The thirtieth floor was returning to its original climate as the Hydra's seal broke. The power of winter, frost, and ice that had been used to seal the Hydra was being released alongside the Hydra.

Already, the temperature was dropping to below freezing. Zach's and Lexi's breaths created plumes of mist.

The First's sea of flames had evaporated all of the moisture on the thirtieth floor. Now that the temperature was sinking again, that moisture was condensing into clouds and liquid. It hung heavy in the air, and fog was rising in the distance.

At the same time, more of the Hydra's power was escaping its seal, pulling up the temperature in its immediate surroundings. It was a clash of hot and cold, arid and wet.

Lexi could no longer stay close to the Hydra. Her heart was beating so hard she was afraid it would stop. Her mind was too weak to withstand the pressure. She couldn't even use her energies or domination aura to resist it.

The only reason she was still standing was the world essence energy and domination aura offsetting it.

She glanced toward the three sitting on a barrier in the sky.

They had underestimated the Hydra.

It was inevitable. It was impossible to estimate its strength accurately.

Lexi sighed as she withdrew. She was worried about Zach. But if Zach was continuing with his plan, it meant he had some confidence it would work. She could only trust him.

Lexi understood that she had already done as much as she could for this fight. The best way for her to help right now was to get as far away as possible so that Zach didn't get distracted worrying about her.

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She thought about Visla in Haven.

She didn't want to even consider the possibility, but if Zach died here, Visla was most likely also a goner.

But Lexi didn't know if she or Visla was the unlucky one.

After all, it was impossible to leave a floor and move up through the Labyrinth again if the Labyrinth thought you were in a fight.

Part of the Labyrinth experience was living with your decisions. If you could leave the floor as soon as you realized you had overestimated yourself, there would be no danger. No one would advance.

Usually, that wasn't a problem. If it was against any other monster, Lexi could have just run far enough away that the Labyrinth couldn't possibly think she was in a fight.

But the Hydra was a monster whose powers reached every corner of the floor. Wherever she went, she would feel its presence, and if she felt its presence, it was interfering with her. It was like she was fighting it.

She was stuck on the thirtieth floor.

Another large block of ice broke away from the mountain of ice that was the Hydra's seal. The temperature on the floor sank even more. Lexi felt flakes of ice brush against the skin on her face as she ran. Frost hung in the air. It was like it was waiting.

Only when all of the power used to seal the Hydra was released would the snow and ice descend with frozen winds upon the floor. Lexi shivered. She didn't know if it was due to the cold or the sudden wave of power flooding the floor.

A crack ran along the middle of the Hydra's seal, splitting it in half. All living beings on the thirtieth floor had no choice but to feel it.

The Hydra was moments away from breaking free. Their end was nigh.

Up in the sky above the Hydra, the cross-legged Zach opened his eyes. In one of his hands was a ball of swirling, condensed purple energy. It was the curse energy he had Extracted from Alzara's curses on him.

Lexi's contract skill had inspired him. So far, he had only used Material Extraction to make better ingredients for Alzara. But there was no need to limit himself and his skill to physical substances. Anything could be a material. That included energies and curses.

In one hand, he had a ball of concentrated curses. It was made from everything Alzara had. Right now, she was completely drained. She was lying next to Zach, pale and exhausted. She needed to do at least that much to make a curse strong enough to affect the Hydra.

In Zach's other hand, he had a tiny marble of world essence energy. It was the catalyst.

Zach glanced down. He split apart the barrier they were sitting on and sent away Alzara. She had done her part. Now, it was up to him and Yanael.

Zach took a deep breath and looked into Yanael's eyes. There, he saw nothing but trust and a desire to ensure the success of Zach's plan, even if only because it was Zach's plan.

As one, they leaned to the side and fell off the barrier. They plummeted toward the Hydra right as its seal exploded outward in a burst of icy shards that disintegrated and turned into cold air and snow.

Like tree roots, the Hydra's eight heads unfurled and stretched for the first time in millennia. They breathed air for the first time in millennia. They inhaled.

All eight heads opened their mouths and roared. It was a horrible screeching sound that tore at the hearts and souls of all who heard.

Even as far away as she was, Lexi fell to the ground with bleeding orifices.

The air trembled in terror at the Hydra's cry.

It took a step and the floor shook.