The Test Continues: A Hydra.

The team cleared wave after wave of primals which got increasingly harder but they breezed through them, only needing a couple of boosts from Ethan and his froged beast.

Just after finishing the fourth wave, the place suddenly became darker and it was not from the lightning clouds that Lisa's dragon summoned.

The entire place was envelope into darkness as if it was a moonless night. A suffocating pressure settled over the place, making the team feel the approach of something terrifying.

Then, the ground shook.

A black fissure tore open in the earth, shadowy tendrils slithering outward like grasping fingers. From the abyss crawled a seven-headed monstrosity—a Hydra unlike any they had ever seen.

Its scales were pitch-black, reflecting no light, as if it absorbed the very concept of illumination. Seven sets of glowing violet eyes scanned the battlefield with eerie intelligence, each head moving independently.