Chapter 750 A sandworm problem
Rudra sent Neatwit alongside SMG ahead to the village before the rest of the group to create a diversion for the actual attack.While Neatwit and SMG took a more direct path, Rudra sent Karna alongside Jhonny and 10 other tier 4 generals towards a longer western flank whereas he himself waited a bit before engaging.
The village after the village of no return was called the village of no rain. It was a barrenland that was rumored to be full of greenery aeons ago and until the death of a cursed creature on the fertile land turned the soil barren.
Soon the vegetation died and alongside the vegetation so did the cycle of annual rainfall as now it had been over 30 years since a single drop of rain graced the village.
The reason why Rudra did not rush into the second village madly as he did for the first one was because the alarms had been set off.
He expected the enemy to be ready for a fight which was why he did not want to put all his eggs in one basket and observe first before making an informed decision.
His guess was right on the money as an unexpected situation arose for Neatwit and SMG on their straight path towards the town as one tier 4 general blocked the path of the two warriors alone , about 3 kms before the village entrance.
SMG paused to survey the situation however Neatwit just unsheathed his sword and pushed straight in full of confidence.
SMG warned Neatwit as he said " He's not an idiot to stand outside alone , he must have some trick up his sleeve , don't rush in blindly ".
However being high on adrenaline Neatwit did not heed his advice as he jumped straight towards his 7 feet tall opponent.
The demon was unarmed and had hazy blue eyes , he did not seem to panick at all when Neatwit charged on him as he only raised his arms up into the air when Neatwit leaped and the most unbelievable outcome occured.
The Earth started to shake violently as a hideous creature that had uncountable legs and a round wormlike body shot out of the ground as it attempted to swallow Neatwit alive.
SMG was stunned and he checked the stats of the creature only to be completely astonished .
[ Dessert Millipede ] ( level 440 ) ( demonic ) : A brainless creature that attacks anything that moves for prey . It can grow upto 1 killometers long at full maturity and weigh nearly 400 tonnes.
Demonic beast tamers usually tame these beasts at a young age and raise them as weapons of war. If you find one under a controllers spell , it will no longer be brainless and will attack you as directed.
Notorious for being very hard to kill having 11 hearts and 4 brains , it is best to avoid a fight with this collosus ".
As Neatwit stared down the creatures hideous mouth that had infinite teeth he resisted his urge to vomit as he performed a front flip mid air to barely escape the creatures mouth and slide down over its slimy back.
" HELP" Neatwit shouted as he panicked and got back to his feet , but unfortunately for him no help was going to come as the earth rumbled once more and get another centipede came out from the desert ground this time attacking SMG.
The situation turned south very quickly for the two men as although they were able to dodge the mindless beasts attacks, the way it tore through rock was extremely dangerous in itself as after dodging there was no stable land for them to land on at all.
Within seconds the area turned into less of a open dessert and more like the surface of the moon with craters all around and slippery Rock prone to landslide.
It seemed like Lucifer had prepared an appropriate welcome for the elites at this town as Karna's party faced a similar peril having to face off against 4 worms and two summoners of their own.
This village would have been much easier to conquer had the alarms not been raised , however they had been raised and the enemy was on guard against the incoming elites.
It was wise call for Rudra to not March the whole army out here as although he would have been able to defeat the worms , it would not be without a significant cost of him losing a sizable chunk of his army.
Naturally looking at how his friends were in trouble Rudra wasted no time to rush to their aid as while he diverted the rest of the tier 4 elites to support Karna's end , he personally flew at breakneck speed towards SMG and Neatwit who needed help the most.
The collosus beasts were a huge challenge to beat for SMG and Neatwit, since their 11 hearts meant that simple sword attacks would not be able to kill them even if they found an opening whereas normal slash and cuts to their soft skin could not bother them at all.
The advantage of the beasts that allowed them to grow so huge was the fact that they had only soft tissues making up their body and no exoskeleton. However this strength was also their biggest weakness when facing someone like Rudra who could manipulate gravity.
Arriving at the scene in short 14 seconds , Rudra first helped Neatwit dodge a certain death by moving him out of harms way from a centipede tail-swipe.
Rudra then proceeded to concentrate as he planted his feet and used gravity manipulation to its fullest extent to try and lift one of the two centipedes in the air.
Although it was a mana skill , lifting a 400 tonnes object was not something Rudra was capable of doing when he was at tier 4 , however now when he exerted his full strength and strained his muscles he was able to pull one worm completely out of the ground and into the air as he stared the blue eyed beast controller in the eyes with his hazy grey ones.
" Boom " , Rudra mouthed as he increased the gravity around the bug times 100 and without a proper exoskeleton to protect itself it's muscles collapsed visciously under the pressure and the large bug was crushed as if stomped on with an equally large boot as liquids and goo spread out everywhere.
Just like that , Rudra killed one of the two centipedes in absolute grand fashion as he quickly proceeded and did the same with the second one.
The demon beast summoner , SMG and Neatwit all stared at Rudra mouth agape as he pulled this feat off , as while SMG and Neatwit marvelled at him , the demon cowered in fear.
" M-monster " the demon mouthed as it tried to run back towards the city , however SMG and Neatwit were faster.
In the end without his pets the summoner only lasted 52 seconds before his lifeless and limbless body rolled on the desert sand .
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