He gritted his teeth, trying to track it by sound alone.
A sudden surge—boom!—something massive tore through the water.
Raito twisted his body, barely dodging, but a sharp pain ripped through his left arm. One of the Hydra's fangs had grazed him, fracturing the bone.
"Ah—!" His scream turned into bubbles. His arm hung limp, useless.
He tried to swim upward, but another vibration pulsed beneath him—faster, heavier.
"Not again…"
The second head struck. Its teeth clamped onto his leg, crunching bone and muscle in one motion.
"Ahhh—my leg!"
[Warning: User's Vitality Critically Low]
[LP: 58 / 1200]
[Severe Blood Loss Detected]
[If user does not escape, death is imminent.]
The voice echoed inside his head now. The system had switched to direct neural communication, aware that he could no longer hear through the chaos.
"Is this it?" he thought bitterly as pain blurred his senses. "I can't defeat an S-Rank monster… not like this…"
