You Poisoned Bashmu from Within! (Continued)

Mordred had once thought that if she won the rebellion, she would build herself a magnificent palace.

But now that such a palace stood before her, she had no interest in it at all. She even wanted to cut down the Hydra that had already stretched its head toward her.

Crimson lightning ran from Mordred's body all the way along the blade of her royal sword. She swung both hands and slashed fiercely at the massive blue-black head.

The Hydra's severed head let out a wail, its eyes bulging wide. The neck beneath it recoiled like a snapped rubber band, blood spraying everywhere and splashing across the palace interior, even drenching Mordred.

The blood that stained Mordred's armor was blue-black like its owner. The instant it touched the armor, it began to bubble and smoke.

"Disgusting. Poisonous woman, are these disgusting toxins the only tricks you have?" Mordred said regretfully as she noticed her armor had been badly corroded.

"Toxins are not meant to disgust people. They are meant to kill." Semiramis narrowed her eyes with a smile, covering her mouth as though it were something amusing. "How was my hospitality?"

"Terrible." Mordred curled her lip. "I've already cut off one of your monster's heads. Now I only need to cut off eight more. Too easy."

The moment she finished speaking, a new head suddenly burst from the stump of the severed neck, roaring furiously as it bit at Mordred again.

"What kind of monsters are these?" Mordred kicked at another Hydra head lunging toward her while her sword chopped at the one attacking from the front. "Why won't any of you die?!"

Jeanne d'Arc, facing Bašmu, struggled to hold the battle line. Her holy banner blocked the monster's claws, and the stench made her frown. The immense mass of