The Magic Academy's Physicist-Chapter 269: [Boss Fight] The Sea Dragon Campaign (3)

Chapter 269: [Boss Fight] The Sea Dragon Campaign (3)
0% I was caught off guard.
Struck by the tail, my body went flying into the air. The ground and sky turned and turned, and my side belatedly throbbed.
It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t even get into a breakfall position.
This... was going to hurt a bit when I hit the ground.
As I was thinking that–
“──!”
My body, which flew nearly dozens of meters, landed unexpectedly okay.
No, it would be more fitting to call it a safe landing.
“Kuhgh.”
Vermel, who snatched me like a baseball, rolled a few times on the ground and groaned.
Of course I rolled as well, being in his arms, but I was relatively fine thanks to him absorbing the shock.
“
Pant, pant.
Are you okay?”
Vermel asked, breathing heavily.
His new academy uniform was covered in dirt and debris, and there were wounds like cat scratches all over his arms and knees.
I felt a bit strange.
Quickly getting out of Vermel’s arms, I pulled him up by the hand.
“I’m fine. You?”
“I’m good.”
Vermel dusted off his cheek and huffed a laugh.
He didn’t look good at all.
“So you’re back for sure.”
“...Yeah.”
Although it’d be more accurate to say that I had merged into one rather than returned.
My memories of Earth were proof that Vermel and I had been on the same world line. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have been able to become friends with this elf.
As I was saying things like ‘I’ll treat you to chimaek later since you helped me’, Cecil looked over at us, the corners of her mouth twitching.
“There’s no time for the two of you to fool around.”
Her expression soon darkened again.
“It’s coming!”
Cecil came over to where we were and built a new line of defense.
As if he was looking to end this all, Leviathan slithered onto land like a rattlesnake.
Craaack.
As he approached bit by bit, the foundation of the island cracked.
“Miss Asteya, I can sense the presence of an Elemental King nearby. Is there anyone coming over here?”
“Two of them are waiting nearby.”
The Fire King, Ifrit, and the Earth King, Gnome. The two Elementals were probably still watching me from afar.
There were two reasons why they hadn’t come themselves.
One, because there was another Cataclysm here besides the Sea Dragon.
Two, because the elves would only trust me if I defeated the Sea Dragon myself.
Having been given the opportunity, I had to deal with it as fast as I could. I could only talk with the transmigrator and heal Lotte once this matter was over.
Thunk!
Gripping my staff tight, I took off.
[Traitor bitch!]
Beasts emerged from Leviathan’s scales.
Like a hydra reproducing by budding, baby water dragons that were born from the mother  moved agilely like a cheetah and aimed for both right and left sides.
“I’ll help!”
Vermel took the left, and Cecil took the right to support me, and so there were no blind spots.
The baby dragons spewed sticky, tar-like poisonous substances. Cecil batted all of them away easily, and Vermel stopped it with the wind.
And I–
I took them all.
[......!]
Shocked, Leviathan immediately went for a suppressive fire. The turrets on his head moved in unison and rained iron on me.
And I took all of these, too.
Most of them bounced off, but some unfortunately left a scratch. Still, that didn’t stop me.
I gripped my staff in both hands and quickly advanced, weaving through the Sea Dragon’s writhing body. In the blink of an eye, I jumped up to the back of his head.
[Oh no you don’t!]
Fwaaaaaah!
Leviathan snapped his head around and unleashed his Breath.
I say Breath, but it was no different from blowing fire.
I had to block this, since I couldn’t let my clothes burn up.
[Eightfold Way Fourth Form ─ Condensation]
I brought down my staff into his mouth. The fire cooled down wherever the bottom blade of the vernier caliper touched.
As if realizing that he was going to be pierced through his neck at this rate, he quickly stopped Breath and twisted around.
I was expecting this.
“...Got you.”
Grabbing the Sea Dragon’s snout, I then jumped up onto his head.
[You’re dirty. Get off!]
Leviathan whipped his head back and forth, and I began feeling nauseous inside as the world spun.
Clutch.
I held the staff’s blade vertically.
And like that....
[Kwaaaaghhh!]
I shoved one of the blades into one of his eyeballs.
I heard the lens shatter with a
crack
. Leviathan shook his head even harder, but all that did was strengthen my hold on him.
[Y-you damn bitch─!!]
Leviathan had hundreds of eyes. It would take time to crack them all.
In other words, I could give him the same pain dozens of times, at least.
Until when? Until he died.
Without even thinking about what to do next, I destroyed the Sea Dragon’s lenses one by one. Breaking something in front of me because I wanted to.... It was more a Beast’s instinct than a human’s. Of course, the more I did something like this, the further from human I became.
That didn’t matter right now, because it was necessary to become a monster yourself in order to hunt other monsters.
There was justification and power in this kind of violence. And power only came if you believed it existed.
“You don’t even know your place.”
I kindly taught Leviathan what hierarchy, and also what power was.
“This is Winter Heaven’s orders. Follow me and peacefully surrender.”
Did they not say that “the greatest victory is that which requires no battle”.
If I could subdue Leviathan, it would give us a bit of an advantage later in the fight against the Demon King. As such, I was trying to win Leviathan over if possible.
But there were many things in the world that didn’t go as planned.
[I’d rather die than surrender to a traitor!]
Leviathan chose to fight to the death.
As expected of a proud dragon. So he wasn’t going to bend even if it broke, was he.
And it made him just as straightforward, too.
I paused in my bashing and asked.
“Didn’t Autumn always say? Know the gap between you and your opponent. And so attack when you can, and run when you should.”
The reason why Jǫrmungandr had been able to become a Heaven unlike the other powerful dragons was because she knew exactly when to hit and when to get out.
She may normally seem arrogant, but she was actually very cautious.
“Why don’t you take a leaf out of your relative’s book. Why do you act so unruly like Summer.”
[Did you just insult Lord Gilach?]
“That bastard deserves it.”
[What impudence.]
“And being swayed by your superior’s pitiful plan makes you no better than some high-level Beast. What did Spring say to you?”
[Spring Heaven said to retreat to the first island chain when the work was done. I was told to protect the teleportation circle there, but for the honour of dragons, I was going to.......]
Sea Dragon stopped there and shut his mouth.
“Ah, so there was a teleportation circle.”
[.......]
“If it’s near the island chain, then it’s to make it easy for the Demon Army to come here later.”
Leviathan acted like the cat got his tongue, apparently not having expected me to extract information in the midst of battle.
I had a feeling this was a sign.
A sign that this guy was going to go on a rampage.
And as I thought, Leviathan twisted himself this way and that, releasing Beasts from his scales. Shells exploded from his spine.
In the meantime, the mages with President Cecil and Vermel in the lead continued attacking. At the same time, I stabbed at Sea Dragon’s eyes like breaking used up lightbulbs and again suggested that he surrender.
[I will not forgive you!!]
Forced into defense, the Sea Dragon jumped into the ocean again.
I didn’t know about land, but in the sea, he had far more advantages. Thinking it was a shame, I stepped on the ground.
“He’s running away. We have to go after him quickly....”
So he was running away, after all.
But I had no intention of letting him go like that.
“Miss Asteya, do you know how to use flight magic?”
“Of course I do.”
“Okay. Then we’ll immediately go....”
“President.”
I called quietly.
“Since it’s come to this, let’s wipe out the chain, too.”
**
It was inevitable.
Winter Heaven’s power had been beyond his imagination, so Leviathan had no choice but to run. As frustrating as it was, it was the best thing to do.
I will get revenge one day.
As soon as he pictured Winter Heaven’s face, there was an excruciating pain. His thirty broken eyeballs ached like they had been stabbed with a knife
Although they had been, technically.
Leviathan bent his body and swam at full speed.
The speed at which Leviathan was swimming exceeded a hundred knots. He was able to move 185 km per hour in the water.
Although he was fast enough, he was still anxious. He even thought he could get caught if something went wrong.
Before long, he was near the island chain where he had been supposed to retreat.
I was stupid. Why did I say that....
Since he had said that there was a teleportation circle hidden somewhere on the island connected by the chain, Aether was definitely going to come here.
So he had to stop her here. If he didn’t, then they were going to be at a disadvantage when the King invaded Kaurelia after he was resurrected.
First I should encrypt the location of the teleportation circle just in case.... Hm?
Approaching the island where the teleportation circle was laid, Leviathan’s remaining eyes widened.
There was some girl standing on the island.
Her hair that fell to the ground was a very light green, and her eyes were a darker emerald color.
She was wearing a laurel wreath made of leaves, and that was all.
A slut?
He thought for a moment, but was soon overtaken by a chill.
[
Shake, shake
.]
The girl made a disgruntled face with hands on her waist. Her eyes were slightly pinched, and her cheeks were puffed up.
She was cute, and acted cute. But Leviathan could only be afraid.
The Wind Elemental King.
Aerial.
He had run from the wolf, and straight to the tiger.