themonasnovels Chapter 578: The Sand Again
Chapter 578: The Sand Again
Erend and Eccar start to advanced through the black-sand desert in no time. The ground suddenly trembled.
Without warning, a giant scorpion burst up from beneath, its massive claws snapping and tail poised to strike.
Erend didn't waste a moment. With a quick movement, he lunged forward and immediately dodging the creature's sting by inches before plunging his claws deep into its armored carapace. Eccar moved just as fast using his strength to cleave through one of its claws, sending fragments scattering.
They fought in sync with purposeful strike and they dodge in time.
The scorpions that emerged in their path met their end quick under their attack. Yet, with every step forward, more of the creatures surfaced as if the desert itself was intent on challenging them.
After dispatching several scorpions, Erend and Eccar feeling the power surged through their bodies. Then they continued moving forward.
But soon after, a giant sandworm erupted from the sand, its circular mouth lined with rows of sharp, grinding teeth.
Eccar leaping back just in time to avoid the sandworm's strike.
Without hesitation, Erend hurled a burst of fire at its head, stunning it for a moment.
This was all Eccar needed; he closed in, plunging an earth spear into the worm's tough hide, piercing through with a burst of strength that sprayed sand into the air. The creature writhed and crashed back into the ground, dead.
They caught their breaths only to realize that more monsters were appearing.
Another sandworm, then two more scorpions. Erend and Eccar exchanged glance, each sensing the shift in their surroundings. The number of monsters was definitely increasing than before, as if the very heart of the Dungeon World had sensed their presence and was rallying its creatures in defense.
One scorpion managed to grab Erend's arm with its massive claw and squeezing with a terrible force. He gritted his teeth, feeling the pressure mount until he let out a snarl and drove his free claw into its face, snapping the claw's grip.
Meanwhile beside himm Eccar found himself backed up against a sandworm with its huge body pressing him toward a wall of scorpions. For a moment he struggled, clawing frantically to keep them at bay, before he channeled his strength and slammed his claws deep into the sandworm's hide.
With a forceful twist, he ripped a gaping wound down its side, freeing himself and pivoting to tackle the remaining scorpions around him.
The monsters seemed endless. They surging at them with relentless fury. Just as they dispatched one wave another rose to replace it. Erend's muscles burned as he struck down yet another sandworm only for a pair of scorpions to lunge at him from either side.
Eccar managed to catch one, dragging it off him with a grunt before raking his claws down its body, shattering its shell in a spray of sand and ichor.
As the tide of creatures finally began to thin, Erend and Eccar stood back-to-back with excited smile on their face, breathing heavily. Their claws slick with the dark fluids of their fallen foes.
They moved as one, fending off the last stragglers — a pair of sandworms that snapped at them from either side. With a final surge of their power Erend drove his claws through one's throat while Eccar tore through the other, each of them letting out a roar as the final monsters fell dead around them.
A silence settled over the desert, broken only by their labored breathing and the faint hiss of sand shifting in the wind. They look at the field of scattered corpses, realizing they had done it. Fifty monstrous creatures lay around them, their bodies littering the sands.
Eccar let out a chuckle. "So... are we getting a lot?" Eccar asked.
Erend gave a faint smirk, catching his breath. "Not bad," he replied. While looking at the window showing his EXP gain.
They shared a nod and moving forward.
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