Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 538: Eight Powers

He was a little intrigued by Lexi's contract skill, but since she didn't know much about it herself, Zach figured he wouldn't get many answers. It was just that it seemed a little similar to the power of Usurpation, at least by name. He still didn't know what Usurpation did.

"By the way, Lexi?"

"Yeah?" She said without opening her eyes since she was busy focusing on her energies. But she could easily talk with Zach at the same time.

"I might have discovered the Hydra's eighth power."

"What was that?" She asked absent-mindedly. Maybe she couldn't multitask that well, considering she didn't pay attention to what Zach was saying.

"The Hydra's eighth power out of its nine powers. It's Usurpation."

Lexi opened her eyes and looked at Zach with a tilted head.

"W-what?" She asked stiffly.

"Do I need to repeat myself again?"

"No, you need to explain yourself. What do you mean you discovered the Hydra's eighth power? When? How?"

"You noticed how the First got angry after I killed the Fifth, right?"

Lexi nodded.

"That was because I killed them permanently. They aren't coming back. I did the same with the Seventh Child. And it's thanks to the power of Usurpation. I'm a little unsure what it did, but considering my hair is redder, maybe I took their hair color or something?"

"Usurpation, you say?"

Zach nodded.

"I've never heard of it, but if you say so. Tell me more, please."

Zach obliged and told her about what the First had said and how he hadn't noticed anything. It was just when he killed the Children that it seemed to take effect.

Zach suddenly froze.

"What now?" Lexi asked, worriedly.

"Remind me again, what were the Hydra's powers?"

Lexi raised an eyebrow, but she told him.

"Fire, wind, poison, death, immortality, domination, and regeneration. I guess Usurpation now, too."

"Did any of the other Children wield the power of regeneration?" Zach asked. He looked at his familiars as well. Slowly, they, including Lexi, shook their heads.

The First had been shocked about the power of Usurpation. He was not shocked when Zach's injuries from when the First strangled him or when the burns healed in front of his eyes. Regeneration was not on the same level as the power of Usurpation. The First was aware of it.

But if none of the other Children regenerated or healed, how was the First not worried?

Was it because regeneration was the kind of power many monsters had? Was it because it wasn't a power that went against the flow of nature or whatever it was the First said?

Maybe the First was too busy thinking about the power of Usurpation to notice Zach's injuries fade.

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Or was the First just used to the power of regeneration because he himself possessed it?

"Shit."

"Shit, indeed," Lexi echoed, realizing the same thing Zach realized.

Zach didn't waste any time. He immediately wrapped everyone but Visla in his world essence energy and pulled them back into the Labyrinth.

They had left from just next to the First's supposed corpse. If they were wrong, it should have been by their feet when they returned.

It wasn't. The charred ground was bare without a hint of the First. No, it wasn't entirely without hints. There were footsteps they could follow.

Slowly, Zach and the others turned to look in the direction of the footsteps. Toward the ice cube sealing the Hydra.

And at the base of the mountainous ice cube, they saw him. Like an ant beneath a block of ice, the First stood before the Hydra. Even from afar, Zach could tell that he was trying to do something.

He looked at Yanael and Mandra. Without saying anything, they understood. They had to stop him.

Even if they eventually decided to proceed with the plan to deal with the Hydra without the Evandiels' or the Sesha's help, they still had to rest, recover, and prepare for the fight. They weren't ready to take it on just yet.

They couldn't let the First wake it up.

Zach jumped into the air and crouched with his feet pointed backward.

Yanael and Mandra took one foot each before stepping forward and gathering their strength. Their arms were fully extended behind them.

Zach had made an air-tight and aerodynamic barrier around himself.

Yanael and Mandra pulled forward. The strength in their bodies concentrated in their arms.

They catapulted Zach forward at a speed that drew a line through the air and almost made him leave his hair behind. Less than a second later, they raced to catch up.

While flying into the distance toward the ice cube, Zach gathered his world essence energy.

If the situation was the worst possible it could be, the First's regeneration would be complete, and he would have fully restored his strength.

It was unlikely. It hadn't been that long since they left him for dead, and it wasn't that much longer than the time when the First spent all of his strength. If he could recover that quickly, he would have done it after creating his sea of flames and then fought back against Zach, Yanael, and Mandra.

At most, he would have regained enough strength to move and try to break the Hydra's seal.

That meant Zach should still be able to fight him, even if he didn't use his trump card. But Zach was not going to take any chances when the Hydra's seal was on the line.

As he looked at the ice cube, though, Zach realized that maybe flying toward it with a barrier the shape of an arrow's tip wasn't the best idea. If the First stepped to the side, he would crash into the seal instead of him.

Zach narrowed his eyes.

It was barely more than a second until he arrived. But it didn't seem like the First had noticed anything. It should be fine.

It also seemed like the First's hands were stuck to the seal. He couldn't move even if he wanted to.

Zach tried to muster the power of Usurpation. He couldn't let the First return.