System's POV

Not all Majin Princes were equal.

Just like how all powerful Ranked Monsters were divided into Alpha, Overlord, and Sovereign, the Majin Princes and Kings also had different subrankings.

Initial, Middle, and Peak.

Camazotz was a Middle-Ranked Majin Prince, while Arundel the Destroyer was an Initial-Ranked Majin Prince.

Kamrusepa was a Peak-Ranked Majin Princess who was just a step away from becoming a Majin Queen.

Even Majin Princes and Princesses of the same Rank didn't have equal strength. Some were stronger than others, just like how Zion was stronger than all the Rookies in the world.

Although the Five-Headed Serpent was only at the Initial Stages of the Majin Prince, it was already enough to give Camazotz a headache.

His strength lay not in his attack power, but in his speed.

He was the fastest among the Majin Princes in the Order of the Apocalypse, so it wasn't difficult for him to escape if he felt that the battle was disadvantageous to him.

But right now, he was unable to escape.

He needed to protect Thirteen so that the teenage boy could finish enhancing his Legendary Armor.

At the start, when the teenage boy asked him to protect him, he thought that he would just protect him from the random monsters that would be attracted by the aura of the Mythical-Grade Armor.

Never in his wildest dream did he think that he would be facing the Spiritual Will of the Ancient Eight-Headed Serpent!

"Dammit!" Camazotz roared in anger as he tackled the Five-Headed Serpent and dragged its body towards the sea.

He no longer planned on killing it because doing that would only make things hard for him.

The Death Bat had no doubt in his mind that if he killed the serpent, it would once again revive and transform into a Six-Headed Serpent with the same rank as him!

If that really happened, how would he be able to protect Thirteen from its onslaught?!

After acquiring the power of a Majin Prince, the Five-Headed Serpent was no longer as helpless as before.

It attacked the Death Bat with great ferocity, making giant waves as it slithered on the surface of the sea.

It unleashed its breath attack toward the Death Bat, but Camazotz was simply too fast for it to hit. Join the journey at m-vl-em-py-r

Sensing that fighting against the fast-moving opponent was disadvantageous to it, the Five-Headed Serpent changed its strategy and charged toward the island where the teenage boy was.

Out of desperation, Camazotz engaged the opponent in close combat, making sure that he would not destroy the heads in the process.

However, he realized that holding back didn't help either because the Five-Headed Serpent was tougher than he expected.

'I'll just destroy four of its heads and leave one alone,' Camazotz thought. 'As long as it doesn't die completely, I will be able to deal with it.'

Gritting his teeth, the Death Bat screeched and unleashed a supersonic attack, which targeted the opponent's soul force.

This attack was incredibly effective, making the Serpent's movement turn sluggish.

Using that opportunity, Camazotz destroyed four of the serpent's heads and left one alone.

After this, the pressure he felt upon his shoulder lightened up a bit because he only needed to deal with one head.

But as if mocking his attempts, the destroyed heads regenerated one by one.

'I knew that this was going to happen, but damn—it's so annoying seeing it happen!' Camazotz roared internally.

Just as he was about to repeat the same strategy, he noticed something different.

"Um? One, two, three, four, five, six…" Camazotz counted the heads in front of him. "Wait… six?!"

The Five-Headed Serpent had now transformed into a Six-Headed Serpent, making the Death Bat's lips twitch uncontrollably.

A few minutes later, a chuckle escaped Camazotz's lips.

"Wait, time out!" Camazotz said as the Six-Headed Serpent was about to attack him.

To his surprise, the Six-Headed Serpent stopped and looked at him with curiosity.

"We share no grudges against each other, so why don't we just talk things out?" Camazotz said with the most charismatic smile he could muster. "I was just messing a bit earlier, so I apologize if I offended you."

The six heads of the Serpent glanced at each other before looking back at the Death Bat.

A moment later, its tail moved at an incredible speed, hitting the Death Bat's chest, and sending it flying to the island.

Camazotz crashed into a mountain, destroying it in half due to the impact of the blow he received.

The Six-Headed Serpent rushed past the Death Bat and charged at the teenage boy with bloodshot eyes.

Just as its giant serpentine heads prepared to unleash a Breath Attack on the teenage boy, something colossal appeared in front of it.

A Colossal Honey Badger swung its claws and cut the Serpent Heads as if it were slicing tofu.

It then kicked the Serpent's body, and sent it crashing towards the sea, creating a giant wave on the location where it fell.

"Big Bro!" Camazotz cried out in happiness when he saw Cranky appear to save Thirteen.

The Honey Badger glanced at the Death Bat and clicked its tongue.

"Who's your Big Bro?" Cranky asked in a cranky tone. "It's just a snake, and you can't even beat it? You make me look bad."

"Bro, I was just letting it think that it has the upper hand," Camazotz wiped the blood at the corner of his lips, and smiled fawningly at its Idol.

"Oh, really?" Cranky crossed his arms over his chest.

"Of course," Camazotz replied.

"Great. Then fight that thing, and prove your worth." Cranky pointed in the direction of the Serpent, who now had seven heads.

It was now a Peak-Ranked Majin Prince, stronger than Camazotz.

However, as if injected with chicken blood, the usually sycophantic Death Bat fearlessly charged at the Seven-Headed Serpent.

And attacked it without mercy.

Despite the disparity in rank, Camazotz felt that he suddenly became invincible because his idol was watching him fight.

Thirteen, who was still busy upgrading the armor, smirked when he saw through Tiona's eyes that Camazotz had taken the initiative to fight a monster that was stronger than him.

At the center of the red armor, a bat emblem appeared, which reminded him of Batm*n.

That person wasn't born as a Hero.

He wasn't born with superpowers just like his peers.

But that didn't stop him from doing heroic deeds.

Camazotz wasn't aware that the more he fought against the Giant Serpent, the more powerful his armor would become.

But that wasn't Thirteen's goal.

No.

His goal was to create a Legendary Armor. But in order to do so, its owner must also perform a legendary feat.

The One and the Laplace Demon only gave the Monarchs Mythical Grade Equipment because what they had done wasn't a legendary act.

If they had fought against the Black Dragon of Destruction directly and faced it with courage and determination, they would have been rewarded for their efforts.

The God of Wanderers was an unfair and fair being.

He would send the Wanderers to perform nearly impossible missions.

But once they succeeded, the rewards would be just as great.

Right now, Thirteen needed Camazotz to go above and beyond his capacity, enough to gain the honor of becoming a Legend in his own right.