( Yuuki's POV )
Seeing that goddess trapped in crystal was mildly worrying, but seeing all the empty crystal formations similar to the one that contained the goddess, told me things could escalate to something much more serious, it's a good thing I was here to stop it.
Yuuki: Nice place you prepared, is it one of those places for Hestia?
I couldn't see much of the enemy's face because of the hood he was wearing, but he was clearly annoyed by my attitude and my presence, but when he rose from his throne, he managed to put on a confident smile.
Hydra Chief: You've certainly been a constant nuisance on our path.
Yuuki: Well, I try.
Hydra Chief: But it is thanks to you that our mission reached its final stage, our destiny was fulfilled.
Yuuki: I don't think I follow, Chief.
The Hydra leader walked towards the captured goddess and touched the crystal with strange delight.
Hydra Chief: We planned and prepared for so long, but the big break came when you and your family showed up. All the pieces started to fall into place, but this is the most important one. She came to us desperate and angry with the man who destroyed her family and her plans; she came to us desperate for revenge, and someone desperate is easy to manipulate.
I suppose that answers why the Amazons appeared before.
Yuuki: Well, I'm here, so that balances itself out.
I threw a punch that created a shockwave in the direction of the enemy. He confidently stopped my attack with a slap using the back of his hand, but that attack was only to test the enemy.
The Hydra boss walked forward and I saw an intense light on his chest, Like the other Hydra generals, he had a modified magic stone as his heart, but its power was not in conflict within him.
The guy was completely in sync with the powers he had forcibly obtained, and that's where his confidence came from, hid powers began to skyrocket, but that was perfectly concentrated within him, The only changes his body underwent were horns that grew on his forehead and his skin reddened slightly.
He launched himself at me at great speed, but I didn't react. He must have thought I couldn't keep up with his newfound power, but I gave him a taste of the difference between us, activating my sage mode and my Hollow mask, I dodged the enemy's attack, then I delivered a roundhouse kick and he flew, crashing into a glass wall, I covered my fist with a Cero and punched the Hydra boss, I wasn't holding back and the enemy's body turned into a bloody mess.
Hydra Chief: ...You are more powerful than our most worrying predictions, but I am beyond the limits of mortals now.
I heard and felt the enemy's presence behind me and without turning around I used my bone tails to attack, when I made contact I heard the sound of breaking glass.
I turned around and multiple copies of the Hydra boss appeared in the room. I didn't waste time analyzing what was happening and started destroying all the copies, I destroyed the nearest copy with a flying kick, and when I sensed danger behind me, I threw a back kick and destroyed another copy, Crystal stakes began to emerge from the ground and I used acrobatic movements to dodge them while simultaneously kicking the boss copies to pieces, after a dozen clones were destroyed trying to defeat me, the fourth one fell silent, going one more time.
Hydra Chief: .. It seems we're at some kind of impasse.
Yuuki: You should stop talking.
The things he was destroying were strange; they were clones, but at the same time, they were the original, If I had to guess, I would say that he had become one with the crystal tower.
The Hydra boss was talking as if we were both in the same situation, with neither of us able to defeat the other, but that wasn't the case because I knew where the enemy's power came from.
Using my tails, I aimed at the captive goddess, and predictably, a bunch of clones formed a line to stop my attack but while they were distracted by that, I appeared behind the throne.
Using an axe kick I destroyed the throne and from the rubble flew the familiar divine pearl, our true reason for coming to this place in the first place.
Yuuki: You shouldn't play with powers you can't understand.
When the Hydra boss saw the pearl in my hand, he became enraged and tried to take it back, but it had already been proven that he couldn't touch me, I dodged the enemy's attacks and reached the goddess's prison.
I opened a hole in the tower and threw the unconscious goddess out of the tower and in the direction of the guild; she was a goddess so she could survive the flight but to be sure, I reduced the gravity around the woman and she flew smoothly to safety, but in here things were not so calm.
Hydra Chief: You! Do you have any idea what you've done!?
Yuuki: Ruin years of planning? Destroy your life's work? Dismantle your entire organization? Tell me if I'm getting close.
The tower was crumbling around us and, overcome with fury, the Hydra boss began to change in appearance; he grew in size and musculature, taking on the appearance of a real demon.
Yuuki: You know, an angry and desperate person isn't just easy to manipulate... They're easy to trick too.
The Hydra boss almost lost all reason and, filled with rage, threw a fist towards me, but before his attack connected, the unstable floor crumbled beneath him and he fell to the bottom of the tower.
I jumped out of the tower through the hole I had created, and when the crystal tower collapsed on the Hydra boss, I stopped sensing its power signal, but just to be sure, I fired a [Gran Rey cero] at the base of the tower.