Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn
Chapter 134 - 134: Two Betrayals (2)

Now then, let's get rid of the main star—where is he?

Lucifer turned to where YuWon was supposed to be. However, he was nowhere to be seen.

"What the...?" he murmured, spinning around quickly.

Slowly, the grin on his face disappeared. YuWon was standing before Anna, his arms around her as he shielded her from the Hydra's attack.

Lucifer was wide-eyed. he knew YuWon had a disaster's heart, but even then he didn't expect him to take a direct hit and remain standing.

At that moment, Anna, who got knocked unconscious after the initial attack, slowly opened her eyes and found herself in YuWon's arms.

"Sorry about the rough ride," YuWon smiled.

However, Anna just pointed back at Lucifer, "That bastard—!"

"I know," YuWon cut her off. "I saw everything."

Lucifer heard those words, and a chill ran down his spine. He couldn't believe it. A mortal's word affected him like that? No way that would ever happen. He was an angel! An existent above mortals!

No... he couldn't possibly know what I did. I made sure—

Lucifer was confident in his abilities. Despite what YuWon said, he couldn't have any proof of what he had done. Unfortunately, YuWon saw him smile while Anna was about to get attacked. That was enough confirmation for him.

[Run.]

A single word flashed before Lucifer's eyes. It was a command from the entity he was contracted with. But his pride got in the way. How could he run with his tail tucked between his legs in such a situation?

[Run or else.]

Lucifer clicked his tongue. He wouldn't admit his fear of a mortal, but he feared the gods. The entity wasn't making a request but giving him a warning.

Besides, he had already shown his colors to YuWon. Now, there was no need for him to anger the sponsor and lose the only backing he had.

Just then, a portal appeared next to Lucifer, and he stepped into it.

"I'll see you again, YuWon."

Lucifer waved at them before disappearing in a flash. YuWon Tried to run behind him while Lysandra attempted to block Lucifer's path with her vines. But both of them failed.

"Damn it!" YuWon cursed, clenching his fists.

Lucifer had been like a brother to him. To think it was all a ploy filled him with rage. A golden tinge appeared in YuWon's eyes as his anger kept rising. Something was happening to him.

The hydra sensed the change in him and it ignored everyone and went straight toward YuWon, swinging two tails at him. However, YuWon raised his arms and caught the tail between them.

The force of the impact was enough to send him flying once again. But YuWon used [Tectonic Slam] to bury his feet into the ground. He was still almost thrown away, but he gritted his teeth and held on.

The hydra tried pulling the tails back, but YuWon didn't allow that. Instead, he gritted his teeth and began pulling the hydra towards him. The creature hissed at YuWon, forgetting about everyone else.

To a stranger, it would seem like a fight between a human and a disaster. But only the two involved knew it was a fight between two disasters. The only difference was that YuWon couldn't keep it up indefinitely like the Hydra.

As the Hydra focused on YuWon, it became an opportunity for the others. After using every ounce of her restored powers, Lysandra summoned a massive vine out of the swampy ground.

Anna and Gina grabbed the vine and dashed towards the Hydra. The plan was simple: since severing its head was useless as the creature would grow more; they would suffocate the monster to death.

"Hold on!" Anna yelled as the vines coiled around the Hydra's scaly necks.

Gina nodded, using all her strength to tighten the vines. Upon realizing their plan, the Hydra hissed in anger and thrashed its head around to loosen their grip on its necks.

But when that failed, the Hydra tried using its tails to knock them off. But Lysandra was quick to foil its plans. She summoned as many vines as her dulled abilities allowed and wrapped them around the creature's tails.

However, with her weak control, Lysandra couldn't stop all the tails. Thankfully, YuWon was there to intercept the attacks. Whenever the beast lifted one of its tails, YuWon was there, pinning it back to the ground.

But even he couldn't be everywhere at once. Slowly it lured YuWon away from the girls, keeping him busy with a couple of tails. Unbeknownst to him, the creature had planned to hit Gina while he was busy.

Since Gina was busy pulling on the vines, she couldn't see the tail in time. With YuWon and Lysandra having enough on their plates, there was no one to help her.

But then, out of nowhere, Yeji jumped on the tail. Her eyes were bloodshot and a sadistic, deranged smile was on her face. With a loud, primal scream, Yeji threw herself at the Hydra's tail, grabbed it with both hands, and sank her teeth into it.

"ARRRR!"

With a growl, she ripped off a chunk of Hydra's scales with her teeth, something YuWon failed to do even with his hands.

The Hydra let out a deafening screech, reeling in pain. The sudden shot of pain made it lose its focus, giving Anna and Gina the time to kill it.

"Pull harder!" Anna yelled.

"Trying...!" Gina yelled back.

Even Yeji and YuWon jumped on it and began pulling the vine with everything they had. With each second, the vines got tighter around, cutting off the creature's air supply.

The creature tried to fight back, but its hisses turned to weak gasps, and soon, the mighty beast collapsed, its heads falling lifelessly to the ground.

[Hydra Disaster has been slain.]

[Second World Tree root has been purified.]

[Trial: Swamp of Lerna completed.]