After listening to Mushroom Head's long explanation, Football Head simply pointed in Ethan's direction without changing his expression.
"But he's really not dead!"
"Then it must be because not enough time has passed... Holy shit!"
The moment Mushroom Head looked in the direction Football Head was pointing, its pupils shook violently.
It had no idea where that human had gotten a giant cannon, but he had just fired a shell the size of the sun straight at them.
And the pressure it gave off was overwhelming.
Even though the blazing sun-like projectile was still over two hundred meters away, why did it feel so terrifying?
It seemed, that if it were hit by that enormous fireball, not only would its mushroom wall be destroyed, even its main body would be shattered and burned to ashes.
"Quick! Fire an explosive shot!"
Mushroom Head shouted.
Only then did Football Head react. He was just about to open his head and fire another explosive shot when...
Unfortunately... it was already too late.
Because the shell actually accelerated continuously. Logically, the farther it traveled, the slower it should become.
But this shell did the opposite.
The farther it traveled, the faster it became.
BOOM!
A deafening explosion rang out.
Half of Football Head's head was blown away by the cannon.
The instant the shell arrived, Mushroom Head jumped straight into the floodwater while splitting off countless mushroom walls to surround itself.
Even so...
"AHHHH!"
Mushroom Head still had seventy percent of its mushroom body burned away by the blast wave.
Even the human part of its body was injured, making it scream in agony.
"ROAR!"
Hammerhead also began frantically slapping the water with its tail before diving straight underwater.
Only then did Mushroom Head see that Hammerhead, famous for its steel-like skin, had still had its entire back blown open in its shark form, exposing the white bones beneath.
'The cannon is actually this powerful?'
'Run!'
At that moment, Mushroom Head had only one thought in its mind.
But before it could prepare to escape, a pitch-black hole appeared beneath its feet.
Then... it felt something grab its ankle.
The next moment, its entire body was violently dragged down. Half of it was forced into a black hole only the size of a basketball.
Fortunately, it could transform any part of its body into mushrooms.
Its lower half had already turned soft, so it wasn't worried about being injured.
"It has to be that damned bug!"
Mushroom Head was furious.
It had already decided that as soon as it passed through this space tunnel, it would immediately use its ultimate move.
It would swallow that bug into its body, then use Berserk Spores to blow him apart, turning him into nutrients to make up for the heavy damage it had just suffered.
But... in the end, Mushroom Head never made it through the spatial hole.
Because the instant its neck entered the black hole, Ethan immediately closed it.
Then...
Snap!
Mushroom Head was instantly decapitated.
At the moment of death, Mushroom Head's eyes widened, but they were filled only with confusion.
'So... a Space Mage could actually use a method like this...'
'To kill someone.'
"Mushroom Head!"
Hammerhead transformed back into its human form, because that minimized its size and greatly reduced the chance of being attacked.
But after quickly recovering from its injuries and preparing to bring Mushroom Head back to the surface... it discovered that Mushroom Head... only had its head left, floating on the water.
Hammerhead was stunned.
It hurriedly picked up Mushroom Head's head and desperately sprayed it with the Water of Life.
This was Hammerhead's second skill.
Repair!
But no matter how hard it tried to save Mushroom Head, it was useless.
Because Mushroom Head was completely dead.
Even the insects inside its mushroom cavities floated out one after another, motionless.
Every single one of them was dead.
"AHHHH!"
Hammerhead roared in fury.
The next second, it simply sank into the raging flood.
Without Mushroom Head and Football Head's explosive shots, it no longer had to worry about the water's depth.
After injecting mutated beast blood, it had mutated into a hammerhead shark. Although its attack power wasn't as strong as Mushroom Head's or Football Head's, its swimming ability and defense were unmatched.
Now... the only way it could avenge Mushroom Head and Football Head was to use the flood to swim quickly to that bastard and finish him with its ultimate move in a single strike.
———
"This cannon is really good."
Ethan held the thumb-sized chess piece in his hand, pleasantly surprised.
He had never expected the cannon to be this powerful.
One shot had taken out one monster outright and seriously wounded the other two.
Otherwise, he might not have had the chance to open a Level 3 Space Gate the instant Mushroom Head fell into the water and pull it inside.
Then, when only its head remained...
Snap!
He instantly closed the Space Gate and decapitated Mushroom Head.
Based on his years of movie-watching experience, no matter what level a monster was (except Tomie and Deadpool), cutting off its head usually meant certain death.
Even zombies, which had no nervous system, couldn't feel pain, and could survive with only their upper bodies left, were no exception.
But he had also worried that an ordinary attack wouldn't be able to cut through Mushroom Head's soft body.
So, he had used this move instead.
Using space itself to sever its head, it definitely couldn't regenerate from that.
Unfortunately... that hammerhead shark had escaped, and it was especially fast in the water.
Even if Ethan wanted to use a Space Gate to decapitate it, or use another skill to kill a fish in the middle of a vast ocean, it would be extremely difficult.
The small hill he was standing on... was surrounded by water on all sides.
There was no telling whether that damned hammerhead shark would suddenly burst out of the water and ambush him.
Although Ethan had the prompt system and Charlie, he only had two eyes and could only face one direction.
There was no way for him to watch all four directions at once, so nobody knew which direction the hammerhead shark would appear from or launch its attack.
If only he could sense the water element.
At least... when the hammerhead shark got close, even if he couldn't kill it, he could at least defend against a sneak attack.
"Right! I got a Water Dragon Spell skill book from the Magic Bean Temple before. Maybe that will help?"
Ethan quickly used the Copier to make a hundred copies.
Only then did he take out one of the copies.
[Skill Book · Water Dragon Spell (Imitation)]
'Learn.'