Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Zach didn't even need to ask what monster he had to defeat. The first tentacle had already spilled out of the hole in the wall. It didn't take long for the next to do the same. Bit by bit, soft, squishy tentacles squeezed out of the too-small hole.

The tentacles wriggled and extended like worms after leaving the hole. The monster's tentacles grabbed the ground and pulled the main body out. An oval body, the same purplish color as the tentacles rose above the twelve, long limbs. Two large eyes flickered open slightly above the sharp beak.

They bounced around the sockets before quickly stabilizing and focusing on Zach.

"That's totally a Kraken, right?" Nessa asked Violina in the spectators' seats. Even from a distance and separated by an invisible barrier around the arena, she could feel the power of the oversized octopus-like monster.

"...Should be." Violina couldn't be sure. Krakens were rare and lived at the bottom of the deep sea. There were records of them in her family. And she was sure several of her family members, both present and past, had fought and defeated Krakens. Unfortunately, she hadn't seen one before.

But an octopus monster of that size had to be a kraken.

"...Is Zach in trouble?" Nessa asked since Violina had a grave face.

Nessa knew Krakens were powerful. She didn't know exactly how powerful. She didn't know how they measured up to the underworld monsters they had fought in the forest outside the Academy.

"..." Violina didn't answer. Her silence was the answer.

Zach was in trouble.

Krakens were powerful.

Their bodies were powerful enough not just to survive the incredible water pressure at the bottom of the deepest seas, but to thrive. They moved with ease through the water and overpowered all other living beings and monsters at those depths. Each tentacle was long and powerful enough to crush a twenty-person crew ship.

And the Kraken in the arena currently facing Zach had twelve of those tentacles, which weren't obstructed by the incredible water pressure they were made and tempered under.

The other entrants heard their conversation. Their expressions were mixed.

Some were relieved they hadn't been chosen as the strongest entrant. Others were irritated that they had to rely on Zach to pass the eighth round. Others felt lucky. They could pass a round this late without needing to do anything.

All of them were watching intently as the Kraken's tentacles flopped against the ground, kicking up dust, as it crawled forward. Since its attention was on Zach, Yanael and Alzara dashed to the sides.

The Kraken was powerful. While they had the chance since it was distracted by Zach, they had to inflict as much damage as possible.

Alzara's daggers glistened with powerful curses. Yanael's halo and wings glowed with a soft golden light.

The Kraken's eyes flickered. It noticed them.

"Stupid fish! Where the fuck are you looking?!" Zach shouted. The Kraken probably didn't understand him. But it would hear him. It wasn't as mindless as the other monsters in the Labyrinth. Zach wasn't sure why, but it didn't matter.

The Kraken was intelligent. It could be insulted.

Like a whip, one of the Kraken's tentacles slammed down on Zach. It did nothing to Zach's soft barrier, which had absorbed the impact like a sponge. It tried to send it back into the tentacle. But the tentacle that was hard like stone on impact turned soft like pig fat when relaxed.

The Kraken raised the tentacle and looked at the intact Zach.

Another whip-like strike cracked against Zach's barrier horizontally. Even with Zach's barrier absorbing the impact, the hit still sent Zach and his barrier flying. While in the air, another tentacle slammed him into the ground hard enough to make the ground shake. Nessa and the others felt it in the soles of their feet.

Tentacles rained down on Zach, punching him into the ground. Dust rose into the air as the Kraken's twelve tentacles beat down on Zach's poor barriers. The tentacles moved in a synchronized rhythm.

The drumming pounding was interrupted by a shrill cry that had the Kraken's beak fully open.

Two thin lines were drawn along the back of its main body, and one of its tentacles had been severed.

Surprisingly, the Kraken decided the cause of the two thin lines, Alzara, was the greatest danger. Its tentacles fled from Zach's body and hurtled through the air toward Alzara, who was running along the arena's outer edge.

Meanwhile, the two thin lines along its back were growing. Black pus seeped out of them and dark blood dribbled down the frayed edges of its skin. The Kraken's purplish skin and pink flesh were darkening, growing discolored spots, and rotting.

Alzara's Curse of Decay had set in.

It and her were stronger than when they had fought the bear contaminated with underworld energy. After all, the Kraken's regeneration was enough to start regenerating a new tentacle. But the injuries on its back were still worsening.

That was why it hadn't bothered with Yanael. The only thing she had done was give the Kraken another tentacle. She had also helped it get another weapon.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The Kraken now had twelve tentacles on its body and one detached that could still move. It was a little less agile than the rest of its body, but it was still powerful. It crawled over to Zach and kept slamming him deeper into the rock-solid ground.

Alzara kept running, and Zach kept being attacked. Experience tales at empire

The Kraken forgot about Yanael.

Yanael didn't like how her attack had been ignored, and she certainly didn't like the position Zach was in. But the Kraken didn't seem to have any special attacks. All it had was its physique. Zach would be fine. She knew that. But it didn't mean she liked it.

The only thing she liked was the Kraken's inexperience or maybe rustiness. It forgot and underestimated her.

She stayed behind it in its blindspot. The Kraken was wary about its injuries. But there wasn't anything it could do when it was caught up in its anger toward Alzara.

Yanael's sword lit up with golden flames, similar to how Black's weapon had done. She took a similar position and leaped forward. She dashed through the air, her wings carrying her forward with her sword ready to slash.

She soon caught up to the Kraken, which was born to swim through water, not crawl on land.

She unleashed her weapon on the monster's back.

Black stood up in shock. He recognized that technique even from a distance.