Chapter 41: Shelled Worm: The Digger
Lucien imdiately stood up, startling Lurenzo out of his daze.
Even Mumu in Lucien’s arms woke up and the venomous spider skittered around anxiously.
"Muuuu!"
"Huh? My lord, is there anything— "
"Kiiikk!"
Lucien ignored the noises and squeezed his eyes shut, his 360° vision rapidly spread throughout the area.
Large shadows behind the red fog— no.
Swish.
Thumpers at the edge of the red fog— no.
Hummmm.
The ground around the house trembled, the soil softened, moving like a wave.
Lucien’s eyes imdiately caught sight of the slight tremor.
Is it an invisible enemy?
Damn!
Lucien urgently narrowed his 360° vision, scanning his house.
The yard— nothing.
Swish.
Backyard pool— nothing!
Hummm.
The humming beca louder, the ground moved like a wave and the tiles in the living room slowly dented down.
Huh? Is that his house moving—
Lucien’s eyes halted, his pupils trembled.
An ominous feeling crept in.
No. That’s not his house moving on its own.
A sudden realization hit him.
What if...it’s not invisible?
There’s nothing everywhere, except—
BANG!
The tiles exploded.
Debris and soil splattered.
Thick dust blocked the vision.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Lucien subconsciously covered his mouth, his eyes squinted, but then—
A long, sleek silhouette wriggled behind the dust.
The dust parted—
The silhouette pounced straight at Lucien.
Swishhh!
Ti seed to slow down.
Hummmmm.
Rotating, drill-like teeth inched close.
The sll of blood and rotten at mingled with Lucien’s breath.
In that split second—
Lucien’s mind could only visioned a house covering his body.
DING! [The Landlord Is Not Here! (Uncommon)
[Estimated skill usage recovery: 1 hour]
[Duration: 30 minutes]
Twitch.
Losing sense of the prey, the teeth instantly veered to the right.
Brush.
A drill-like fur brushed past Lucien’s cheek, drawing a line of blood.
Glint.
A black shell glead in the corner of Lucien’s eyes.
The next second—
Clamp!
A row of teeth dug deep into the venomous spider next to Lucien.
"Kiiik!"
Green blood spurt out.
The spider’s figure brushed past Lucien’s body.
Screech.
A long, deep gash appeared on the tiles, the sound of scales rubbing against the tile echoed.
The ground softened, the spiders’ legs flailed around in the air.
"Kiikk..."
The scream beca fainter, the ground squird, the tiles moved like a wave, a faint tremor lingered, and then—
Nothing.
But the faint humming lingered, the ground shifted faintly.
Throb. Throb.
A throbbing pain stabbed Lucien’s stomach, a sweet taste rose in his throat and—
"Cough!"
Blood splashed down Lucien’s mouth, a few splattered onto Mumu’s body and dyed his clothes red.
Lucien’s aura flickered, slowly dying down.
Lurenzo couldn’t see Lucien who suddenly disappeared but seeing blood spurting out, he subconsciously gasped,
"M-my...lord!" Lurenzo’s voice trembled.
"Are you okay— "
"Cough!"
Another blood spurted out and Lucien’s face instantly turned pale.
His body staggered, the pain in his stomach gnawed him alive.
"My lord!!"
"Muuuu!"
-Bad uncle! QAQ
Healing, muuu! I-if only Mumu can really heal!
Mumu squird anxiously, he tried to block Lucien’s mouth with his body, yet blood continued to trickle down.
Grrrkkk.
The ground pulsed.
The sound of the spiders outside mixed in.
"Kiik!"
The two spiders outside tried to get in, but the small door blocked their bodies.
They could only skitter outside anxiously.
"Kiiiik! Kiiik!"
"It’s...okay."
Lucien’s cold face cracked inside, his soul rolled around with tears.
Fck. Fck. Fck.
The backlash from the house’s damage is finally here—
It hurts.
It hurts so much!
What about his house....
Seeing the debris and the cracked tiles, Lucien felt his heart hurting more than his organs!
Crunch. Crunch.
A faint crunching noise underground lingered behind, the ground shifted— coming closer to Lucien.
Lucien’s back stiffened.
Is that thing...still here?
If it damaged the house again...
No, he had to co out!
"Follow...outside...!"
"Now!"
Lucien dragged his legs, a trail of blood dyed the floor with every step.
Lurenzo couldn’t see Lucien but seeing the trail of blood, he hurriedly followed out.
"Where are you going, my lord??"
Behind his back, Lurenzo silently took the iron tube hanging around his waist.
Clack.
The tube transford into a hand gun, sweat dripped down the fingers on the trigger.
What was that thing?!
Is the bastard lord going to die?
Is he...going to die too??
As the sll of blood faded from the house, the ground moved like a wave, silently following outside.
Hummm.
The faint humming noise sounded in everyone’s ears.
Lucien’s body staggered as he stood at his yard.
No. He can’t win like this.
The two gatekeeper spiders shrieked anxiously.
"Kiik!"
"Kiik!"
Lucien saw the remaining web threads around his house and he decided right away.
"Hurry...bring a web."
The spider gatekeepers didn’t dare to disobey and imdiately dragged the remaining webs in the air towards Lucien.
Webs alone...not enough.
Needs sothing more..potent.
"Spider...co out."
Lucien murmured as he summoned a new venomous spider.
Throb!
His head throbbed, the number of summons was becoming too much to bear.
Plop!
A new venomous spider ca out and Lucien pointed at the web, his fingers trembling.
"Coat...with...venom, cough!"
Lucien covered his mouth with his palm, Mumu in his arms scread anxiously.
"Muuu!"
—Bad uncle! Healing pool!
"No...there’s not enough...ti..."
Hummm.
The humming noise followed all the way to the yard, the ground in the yard softened like a liquid.
Everyone’s feet swayed, their nerves stretched taut, all eyes on the ground, trembling.
Where is it?
Lucien’s 360° vision tried to scan down but all he could see was darkness.
And that darkness was moving.
Lucien’s heart instantly went up his throat.
"It’s— "
Here.
BURST!
The sa sleek figure burst out of the ground, soil splattered everywhere.
Under the moonlight, everyone could finally see the thing’s true figure.
A familiar suction head.
A familiar shell.
It was a shelled worm.
But not the thumper.
Swish!
The worm’s head lunged towards the air, its mouth open-ended wide and the teeth rotated sharply like a drill—
It went straight to the invisible Lucien!
How...?
The sll of blood wafted and Lucien’s breath paused.
Ah...
It’s his blood.
Lucien was caught off guard, but his spiders reacted fast.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
White webs dripping with green venom whipped the air, winding right around the worm’s mouth!
Lurenzo imdiately pointed his gun at the thing’s mouth and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
An energy bullet cut through the air, landing right onto the worm’s shell.
Crack!
The shell cracked, but the bullet didn’t go through.
"Hisssss!"
The worm wriggled, its body dived down within seconds, sharp, without any hesitation.
Plunge!
The ground swallowed the thing, the web around its body was stretched taut and a force suddenly yanked gatekeeper spiders into the ground!
Lucien’s pupils shook.
Sh*t! It wants to drag the spiders along!
Screechhhh—
The spiders’ huge bodies were helplessly dragged away, their sharp legs scratched the yard’s soil, leaving a deep gashing mark.
Lucien’s throat burned, his lungs ached as he shouted, veins throbbed around his neck.
"Cut the web!!!!"
The two spiders’ front legs already sank.
"Kiiik!"
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