Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 557: Satisfied?

Yan's gaze changed. The sharp-looking man from the Arlecch tribe was familiar. It was not because he had met him before or seen him from a distance or anything.

It was because he was similar to the old nobles in the capital. His mind was rotten. He was stuck in his mental ways, and the way he looked down on others was the same as the nobles who looked down on Yan because of his background.

For some reason, this man from the Arlecch tribe was arrogant and prejudiced.

Yan sighed.

It would take a miracle and a half to change the mind of someone like that. Unfortunately, they had just about run out of miracles when Zach saved their lives.

Yan changed his goal from clearing up the misunderstanding to figuring out what the Arlecch tribe wanted.

"What a rude thing to say to someone you've just met. What's so unpleasant that you can't even control your tongue?" Yan asked bluntly, tiptoeing around what he actually wanted to ask.

"I see no need to explain myself to you lowly, narrow-sighted ones. Ulminer, punish these ones for daring to bar the one brave enough to open the doors to a new era."

"Right away, Lord Arlecch." Ulminer bowed obediently before raising his staff and swinging it at Yan, shooting three projectiles of blue light.

Oria blocked the attack with a magic barrier while gritting her teeth. Ulminer Go was stronger than her, at least right now. She had used almost all of her magic to prevent the Hydra from taking to the skies. What little she had left had been used to keep everyone safe while they tossed explosives at and ran circles around the Hydra.

She had recovered a little after Zach took over, but it was far from enough to contend with Ulminer GO head-on.

Fortunately, she wasn't alone.

Yan put a hand on her shoulder and spoke.

"Oria, you've got this," He said, his voice full of trust. His voice entered her body through her ears like a stream of warm air, seeping into her core. She could feel herself regain strength and energy.

The same voice that could spur on and energize an entire army was concentrated on her and her alone. Naturally, the effects were more apparent. It also helped that Yan was growing more accustomed to using his powers compared to before, when he didn't even know about them.

Oria hadn't despaired even when bearing the brunt of Ulminer's attack, but right now, she felt confident that they could win. She deflected the next three projectiles before sending a couple of magic missiles of her own.

They disappeared like raindrops when they crashed into Ulminer's barrier, but Oria wasn't deterred. Whenever she found an opening, she launched some kind of magic attack at Ulminer, whether it be a magic missile, fireball, or icicle. Gradually, she and Ulminer disappeared into their own little world of attacking and defending.

Yan turned to the man Ulminer called Lord Alrecch while still making sure to keep supporting Oria.

"The 'One' you mentioned, the one opening up the doors to a new era, is that the Hydra?" Yan asked for confirmation.

The Arlecch looked down his nose at Yan.

"Yes. The Hydra is going to usher in a new age greater than anything this land has seen before. That you dare stand in its way is heretical."

"So, you aren't worried about the thousands upon thousands of people that will die in the process? You aren't worried about your brethren dying under the Hydra's feet?"

"Hmph. My brethren do not stand in the Hydra's way. How could they possibly end up on the same side of life as your people?"

"Do you think the Hydra will spare your miserable lives just because you aren't in the way?" Yan asked doubtfully. He wasn't sure what era the Hydra was ushering in. But it was becoming apparent that the Arlecchs were on its side. That wasn't good.

"Of course. The Hydra has no reason to target us, who are akin to ants, if we do not meaninglessly try to bite it. We will follow in its steps and enter this new era with our lives and the seeds of prosperity."

"Fool. Does the Hydra need a reason to exterminate you? You are in its vicinity right now. If not for Zach fighting it, it would have already killed you. That's the kind of monster the Hydra is. Why do you think it was sealed in the Labyrinth for so long?"

Septine Arlecch knew what Yan was referencing. He was talking about the theory that the Hydra had been about to destroy the world and that was why the God of Nature had been forced to seal it in the Labyrinth.

He clicked his tongue while shaking his head.

"HIstory…So it distorts itself. The Hydra wasn't sealed because it wanted to destroy the world.

"The ones who sealed it could not accept its challenge. But neither could they kill it. Sealing it and delaying the inevitable was their only option."

"What are you talking about?" Yan wasn't stupid enough that he didn't understand what Septine Arlecch was talking about.

That whole love story about the Hydra and the God of Nature was nothing but a fairy tale. The truth behind the Hydra being sealed into the Labyrinth all those years ago was different.

Yan wanted to know that truth.

"The Hydra isn't an agent of destruction. It's a force of revolution. It was written in history that it was a destroyer to spread fear—to induce that kind of welcome," Septine said, nodding toward Zach and his maids fighting the remaining heads.

"It has already tried to change—not destroy—the world once. It failed back then. It won't fail now."

"How do you know?" Yan asked skeptically. The Hydra was weakened by the seal now. It should be even more difficult for it to usher in the new era if it had already tried once.

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"The stars told me. The skies are about to change."

"..."

"Satisfied?" Septine asked, raising a hand bathed in white blue light. He wasn't interested in the answer.