Clyde turned his head, and as soon as he turned he was immediately greeted by a circular mouth with sharp teeth and four claws around it.
He jumped sideways with such agile movements that the worm just hit the sand and then went straight back into it.
Clyde saw the worm enter very smoothly as if it only penetrated the surface of the water and not hard sand.
Then from behind him, Clyde heard the sound of rustling sand again. He had already guessed what he would get so Clyde immediately raised his sword in time while turning his body.
*CLANG!*
Clyde managed to dispel the claws that were on the sides of the circular mouth from drilling a hole in his body. Clyde was pushed back a few steps but the worm was sent flying backwards with much stronger force.
Clyde grinned with a snort as he watched the worm bounce off. Without wasting any time he lunged and slashed his sword.
Before, he slashed through the worm's mouth which was not protected by its hard skin.
Now, he wants to test his real strength on that skin by slashing it directly without using Mana.
'Can I penetrate it?'
He put more strength behind his swing. Until finally he got the answer to his question.
*CRAAATT!*
His blade pierced through the worm's hard skin and cut through the body that was protected beneath the skin.
The worm made what was supposed to be a groan of pain but no blood or fluid whatsoever came out of the wound Clyde had inflicted.
Clyde thought maybe that's why they lived in this hot sand all the fluids in their bodies dried up. And somehow they can survive without it.
But because the worm is not dead yet, Clyde immediately finished it by cutting further into the body that he had cut earlier.
*CRAAATT!*
Now the worm's body has been divided into two. It continued to wriggle for a few moments before finally stopping completely.
[ You gain 100(x10) Exp! ]
[ You leveled Up! ]
Clyde grinned when he saw the notification appear in his vision. Today he might be able to level up more than once by killing those worms. Thanks to his [Skill: Exp+].
He turned to the members of Samuel's party. They appear to be struggling to fend off attacks from worms coming from all directions. They also still have difficulty breaking through the worms' skin so they can only parry or dodge their attacks without being able to counter.
Clyde sighed. All of this felt like he was carrying the party which should be his senior in terms of the expedition.
But it can't be helped because he does have some sort of cheat while they don't.
Clyde proceeds to kill the remaining worms on his side. He not only waited for the worms to come out of the sand but also lured them out by jumping and poking the sand.
A few seconds later Clyde had finished killing the worms on his side. After making sure there were no more worms left, he immediately rushed toward Samuel's party members.
They were too busy surviving on their side to even notice what Clyde had done.
Samuel seems the most tired because he has to move the most to protect his party members. After all, they are all types of long-range fighters who are less skilled at protecting themselves from close-range attacks.
Clyde came with incredible speed preventing a worm from coming from behind Kiara. He kicked the worm that almost stabbed Kiara's back with its claws.
*DUAAGHH!*
The worm was thrown aside and fell on the sand. There was a small crack in its skin from Clyde's kick. Kiara who already realized what just happened could see the crack when she turned towards the worm.
'How...'
She is speechless and her eyes widen in disbelief. Kiara saw for herself how hard it is to injure the worm's skin yet she could see Clyde blowing the worm away easily and creating a crack on its skin.
"Focus!" Clyde shouted, making Kiara wake up from her daze condition.
Clyde immediately moved towards the worm and gripped his sword with both hands. He jumped and then descended while swinging the sword with considerable strength.
*CRAAATTT!*
*CRAAATTT!*
He slashed his sword twice until the worm's head severed from its body.
[ You gain 100(x10) Exp! ]
Kiara once again widened her eyes seeing what was happening. It was only she who was focused enough to see what was happening in that split second as the others were focused on surviving.
'He can kill that worm! Not only that, but he did it with almost no effort even though we were struggling!'
Clyde immediately moved towards the other worms to finish the job.
Leyan kept rolling to avoid the worms coming from all directions while continuously shooting his arrows. Several of his arrows could hit the inside of the mouth of the worms and he finally managed to find their weakness.
Leyan managed to kill two worms but it only seemed to inflame the anger of its friends so they hunted the Elf even more fiercely.
Leyan is sure that he and his friends will be able to kill the worms. But not so fast because they have to target their mouth which is difficult and dangerous.
They have to get close to the body parts of the monster that it uses to devour its prey.
Leyan frowned when he saw Clyde suddenly hover over the head of one of the worms chasing him. Then he thrust his sword which could penetrate its skin easily. This made Leyan even more shocked.
Clyde finishes the worm within seconds by decapitating its head and letting it fall on the sand. Without a pause, he dashed towards another worm and started slashing his sword.
'That's impossible! How?!' Leyan couldn't stop thinking.
Clyde also only needed a few seconds to kill the other worm. Without sparing a glance at the shocked Leyan, Clyde was already darting toward Haru.
While Leyan turned his head towards the corpse of worms lying helplessly in front of him. The same worms that only a few seconds ago chased him.
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