System's POV
chapter-562-3

Thirteen had carefully formed three strategies to fight against the Ancient Eight-Headed Serpent.

The first one was to test whether it was truly not capable of suddenly increasing its strength during battle.

This was why when they attacked it earlier, he only sent Cranky alone at first, fooling the Majin King into lowering his guard a bit.

Although it was facing a Peak Rank 9 Sovereign, which could be considered a Pseudo-Majin Prince, the Honey Badger was not a threat in its eyes.

Because of this, it simply attacked Cranky, not paying attention to Rocky, who was actually moving right below the Honey Badger and masking its presence.

The moment Orochi lunged at its prey, Rocky ejected the three Earth Dragons, who already knew what they would do next.

Thanks to this, they succeeded in their sneak attack and managed to rip one of the serpent's heads, giving Cranky another snack.

After that, Zed, Erica, and Camazotz engaged the Majin King, while Thirteen gauged its current strength.

But just as Beelzebub had stated, Orochi didn't use its full strength at the start of a fight.

And the moment the Ancient Eight-Headed Serpent's eyes turned blood-red, Thirteen knew that it had finally decided to get serious.

Within the darkness of the night, Orochi's bloody eyes glowed with fury, prompting Thirteen to give an order to his teammates.

"Plan B!" Thirteen ordered.

Immediately, everyone, with the exemption of the Honey Badger, played the role given to them by the teenage boy.

The three Earth Dragons would focus on defense.

They would not attack and put their all into blocking all of the Majin King's attacks to the best of their abilities.

On the other hand, Erica, Giga, Blacky, Zed, T1, and the Troll Raiders were part of the Disruptor Team, whose main goal was to disrupt and distract Orochi.

The Offensive Team was composed of Thirteen, Cranky, and Camazotz, who would deal damage to the enemy.

Orochi, who was now in an enraged state, lashed out at the Earth Dragons, who were closest to it.

But the three, who had focused all of their attention on defense, blocked its attack to the best of their abilities.

Although the Earth Walls they conjured would shatter with every blow of the monster, they would immediately summon it once again while making a retreat.

Rocky, who had moved behind the Ancient Eight-Headed Serpent, ejected Giga to fight by his side. Together, they unleashed their flame attacks, hitting the Majin King directly.

Rocky unleashed a Fire Breath attack, while Giga simply used his Giga Destroyer.

However, it didn't add any foul-smelling fumes to it because it might affect his allies in battle.

The flames licked the Giant Serpent's bodies, even eroding a few of its scales.

However, these damages disappeared after a few seconds as Orochi's regeneration ability kicked in.

Even so, Rocky and Giga weren't disappointed with the outcome. They believed Zion had expected this and that the young man's strategy would work.

As soon as they finished attacking, Rocky once again took Giga inside his body and burrowed into the ground to distance himself from their enemy.

Camazotz took this opportunity and dived down from the sky, unleashing punches that surpassed the speed of sound, knocking the Serpent's heads one by one as he passed through them.

Suddenly, countless Magic Bullets poured like rain toward the Eight-Headed Serpent's eyes, targeting them with great accuracy.

Although the magic bullets weren't dealing any great damage to the monster's eyes, Orochi still found it annoying.

It's like someone constantly spraying water on someone's eyes, preventing them from seeing properly.

That was what Erica was doing, following Thirteen's strategy.

While the Majin King was distracted for a few seconds, a Bolt made from reinforced steel pierced through the monster's main body.

A few seconds later, this bolt was further embedded in Orochi's body as a second bolt fired by Thirteen hit the first bolt's rear, pushing it deeper into the monster's body.

Waiting for that exact moment, Cranky rose up from the ground and grabbed hold of another Serpent's head, tearing it off with its razor-sharp teeth.

A fountain of blood spurted from the severed neck of the snake, dyeing its surroundings with the color of its blood.

"Now!"

The members of Thirteen's Parade of a Hundred Demons all used telekinesis at the same time and pulled out the Steel Bolt that had pierced the snake's main body.

As soon as the bolt was taken out of Orochi's body, the members of the Parade of a Hundred Demons, flew toward the hole in the monster's stomach, intending to fight it from within.

Fortunately, all of them managed to enter Orochi's body before its wound regenerated, making Thirteen do a fist pump.

But his happiness didn't last long because the moment the Parade of the Hundred Demons entered Orochi's body, they were killed by the miasma that suddenly circulated from within its body.

The only saving grace was that whenever a member of the Parade of the Hundred Demons died, their body would explode in a blood mist, leaving Venomous Parasites behind.

Of course, Thirteen couldn't rely on these parasites in the short term. As rapidly they increased their numbers and spread like wildfire from inside their host, Orochi was gigantic and would take a while to get affected.

Cranky, who had managed to secure another serpent head as a snack, hastily retreated and reappeared behind the Earth Dragons.

Just like earlier, it began to eat, not caring that everyone was putting their lives on the line while it feasted on the prize that it got with great difficulty.

Suddenly, the heads of the serpent started to spray black miasma in its surroundings, creating a thick mist that forced everyone, including Cranky, to retreat.

Beelzebub has also told Thirteen about this ability, which allowed Orochi to hide itself from the eyes of its enemies.

Since it was very hard to penetrate the miasma cloud, none of them could effectively launch an attack.

However, that didn't stop Orochi from unleashing its own attack.

From within the Miasma Cloud, seven Breath Attacks flew toward Zed, Camazotz, and the Earth Dragons.

Zed and Camazotz evaded the attacks, while the Earth Dragons summoned Earth Walls to tank it.

While this was happening, Rocky and Giga once again emerged from the ground and unleashed their flame attacks, which made the Miasma Cloud burn into a raging inferno, trapping Orochi from within.

But from the raging flames, eight pairs of blood-red eyes shone brightly, making Erica, Zed, Camazotz, and the Earth Dragons feel like they were fighting an immortal enemy that wouldn't fall no matter how hard they tried.

It was only Rocky, Giga, Blacky, and the Trolls, who didn't feel despair in their current situation.

They, who followed Thirteen during the fight against the Majin Prince, Arundel the Destroyer, as well as the Artemians, had fought monsters that were several ranks stronger than them.

Those experiences also helped build their unwavering trust toward their Master, who was still looking at the battlefield with a calm expression on his face, just like them.

"Enchant the bolt with Wind Magic," Thirteen ordered.

The three Troll Shamans started to chant and imbued the bolt on the Grand Ballista with the power of wind, allowing its speed and penetration to increase multiple times.

Thirteen pulled the lever, and the bolt flew like a blue comet in the darkness, ready to descend on the Majin King, whose eyes had finally locked in the teenage boy's direction.