*KKKRRIIIIKKKHHH!!!*
No one thought that the giant scorpion could make such a loud shriek. No one had ever heard the sound of a scorpion before nor did anyone know that the scorpion could make sounds.
But in this world, there wasn't anything that could really surprise them anymore. So they could all quickly return from that brief shock.
Clyde is getting closer to the giant scorpion. With his Stats, he was sure that he would be able to kill that monster in a few seconds. Especially when he knows that its weakness is lightning which is one of its strongest strengths.
However, Clyde knew that he could not show his strength more than this. At least for now. He had shown too much to provoke suspicious glances and confused questions from Samuel's party.
Clyde of course realized what was going on back there. It's not that he is oblivious so he doesn't mention their suspicious glances at him. But because he knew that it would be troublesome.
So Clyde acts like he doesn't know anything and sticks to his previous reasoning. About how he got his powers, Clyde always said that he didn't know how he got them.
Clyde saw a splash of dark green liquid at the end of the giant scorpion's tail.
'That looks dangerous.'
A moment later the giant scorpion shot a thick green liquid from the tip of its tail. Clyde who had expected an attack to come immediately dodged to the side.
The liquid fell where he had been standing and instantly made the sand it hit emit greenish smoke. A sizzling sound like something scalding after being hit by a hot object was also heard.
ραпdα---nᴏνa| сom Clyde immediately knew that it was a Skill called Venomous Tail. He could see from the effect it had on the sand that the attack was quite dangerous. Even though his Stats were already high, Clyde thought it would be better if he avoided it.
Unexpectedly, the giant scorpion did something that shocked everyone there. It flexed its four pairs of legs and then jumped ten meters into the air.
Clyde widened his eyes. Those little legs turned out to be able to push the disproportionately large body up so high into the air.
The scorpion was now jumping at him. About to fall on him with its hard big body.
"He can't possibly avoid it!" Kiara said while directing her wand to the scorpion which was in the process of descending. Yet she knew that she would not have time to do it.
Clyde however, still kept a calm face as if the giant body of the scorpion wrapped in a hard shell was no big deal.
Because it isn't.
Clyde dashed sideways at incredible speed. The scorpion's body fell onto the sand where he had been standing, making a loud thump and sending large amounts of sand flying into the air.
Clyde immediately turned when he realized that the giant scorpion had landed. His sword was gripped tightly in his hand. He shot up at the same speed as when he dodged it.
In the blink of an eye, Clyde arrived beside the scorpion and immediately swung his sword.
*CRACK!*
The blade instantly created a crack in the scorpion's skin even though Clyde only used a fraction of his strength behind the swing.
The scorpion couldn't turn its body towards Clyde. However, the same cannot be said with its tail.
The snake-like tail shot towards Clyde very quickly with a splash of dark green liquid at its tip. Clyde immediately raised his sword just in time to block the tail.
*CLANG!*
The tail bounced back as soon as it hit Clyde's sword. On the other hand, Clyde just stood still, unfazed in his place.
'It would be better if I cut off the tail first,' Clyde thought.
He then kicked the sand to throw his body over the scorpion's body. But the giant scorpion had already turned its body and swung its pincers towards Clyde who was still in the air.
Clyde saw the pincer coming. He swung his sword and sent away a pincer that was almost five times his body size.
*CLANG!*
"Did you guys see that?" Leyan asked.
No one answered his question because they clearly saw it and were now shocked.
"Damnit! I know that it's just a monster from the Selection Stage. But it still, our strength reset once we get out of there," Leyan said through gritted teeth. "We have to train again to restore our strength. Yet it looks like Clyde didn't experience that damn reset!"
What Leyan was complaining about was true when they saw Clyde. And actually, it also represented the feelings of all of them, especially Samuel who was staring at the battle with his hands tightly gripping the shaft of his spear.
Clyde landed on the giant scorpion's body. It let out a squeaky voice like before, probably feeling upset because it couldn't do anything even though it knew Clyde was on its back.
All the scorpion could do was use its tail which could move fast enough to attack Clyde.
The giant scorpion released a torrent of dark green venom from its tail toward Clyde. But Clyde was able to avoid it so that the venom hit its hard shell.
*CSSSHHHH!!!*
Clyde turned his head when he heard a hissing sound. It turns out that the venom melts the scorpion's shell. Clyde didn't expect that its venom could injure its own body.
Clyde ran towards the tail while torrents of venom kept coming towards him. Clyde dodged all of them with agility until he finally arrived in front of the tail.
After arriving near its body, Clyde realized that the tail was not covered by a hard shell like the rest of its body. That's what makes the tail can move so fast.
Clyde swung his sword horizontally without much force. And slashing its tail easily.
*CRAATT!*
The tail was severed from its body as green liquid splashed around. However, Clyde had backed away just in time before the liquid could hit him.
The scorpion let out a shriek full of pain as its tail fell onto the sand. Now it doesn't have a weapon that can move fast enough anymore and killing it will be much easier.
Clyde then ran towards the scorpion's head. Samuel's party members stopped even trying to do anything to help him after they saw what he was doing.
They just stared dazed when Clyde fought with the giant scorpion that made them tremble earlier.
Clyde jumped and then turned his sword down. He landed while thrusting his sword into the scorpion's shell that was hit by its venom before.
*CRACK!*
A huge crack was created instantly, a moment later the shell broke and let Clyde's sword penetrate its flesh.
*CRAATT!*
*KHIIIEEEEERRKKKHH!!!*
The scorpion once again let out that shriek full of pain. No blood came out of its body even though Clyde had stabbed it.
Clyde decided to end it right now.
[ Pure Lightning (Lv. 30) is activated! ]
*JJRZZZTTT!!!*
Bluish-white lightning shot out around Clyde's body and flowed through his blade into the giant scorpion's body. The lightning instantly spread to the body of the scorpion.
The scorpion was convulsing violently as lightning tried to break its hard shell from within.
*CRACK!*
*CRACK!*
*CRACK!*
...
The shell was cracking at several points. A moment later lightning broke out of the shell and streaked all around.
The giant scorpion was still convulsing violently for a while before abruptly stopping. And when Clyde confirmed that its dead, he deactivated the skill and let the scorpion's lifeless body fall into the sand.
Clyde jumped down from the scorpion's body. A notification saying that he had leveled up appeared.
When he turned to Samuel and his party, he saw that they were just standing still with almost the same expression.
Leyan, Kiara, Kei, and Haru seemed to widen their eyes. Their jaws look as if they could drop into the sand at any moment.
However, Samuel seemed different. He stared at Clyde with clenched jaws and sharp eyes. The grip on the spear shaft was tight.
Clyde didn't care about their reactions and took a look back at the body of the giant scorpion that was lying helplessly.
'That scorpion shell should be able to make something good if I give it to Hammer.'
He killed the scorpion by pouring lightning into its body so there are still lots of parts of the shell left uncatched.
"Hey, you guys want some new armor?" Clyde asked Samuel and his party. "Help me remove this scorpion shell."
There are more than enough shells in this giant scorpion's body for all of them. Of course, Leyan, Kiara, Kei, and Haru wouldn't think too much before going to Clyde. After all, the scorpion is dead.
Samuel followed behind them with a stern expression on his face. But then he lost that expression, returning to his usual face.
They started peeling the scorpion's shell. It turns out, it's easier to do after it's dead.
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