Novel Full Chapter 1643: Earth Eaters
Chapter 1643: Earth Eaters
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RUMBLE!
“Mom, there’s something coming!” Elena instantly detected it a second after a sudden tremor.
“I know, I can feel them too,” I nodded. “Everyone, get ready for battle!”
“Where are they coming from? Behind or the front?” Rita asked.
“From everywhere! Raise your Auras and create barriers above and below you!” I said.
CRAAASH!
And in that moment, the floor shattered open and giant metallic claws dug through the stone and dirt, as giant mole-like creatures appeared, overflowing with dark auras, as big as ten meters each, with muscular, huge bodies, and eyeless.
“SHAAAAAHH!”
They hissed at us rather than roaring, with their star-shaped noses wiggling with their tentacles disgustingly, they showed enormous incisor teeth capable of most likely tearing through steel and crystals, a bite from them would prove to be quite lethal, I’m sure.
They had giant claws made of some sort of magical metal, and their auras were a combination of corrupted spiritual energies, demonic power, and nether all mixed together, making these spirit beasts go mad and become the opposite of what they were.
Usually they were rather docile and easily scared, and non-territorial, but after the crystal affected them, they became territorial, aggressive, and fearless… whatever the Demon King of Death was planning, we were going to put a stop to it right now.
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[Earth Eater (Corrupted)]
Classification: Spirit Beast, Mole Beast, Magical Beast.
Danger Level: A
Information: A gigantic Spirit Beast born from the primordial Earth Spirits, made to devour and eat all Earth, Crystals, and Metals in their path to continue a cycle of renewal within the Realm’s very soil. Their nature is often pacific and shy, these giant moles only want to devour tasty ores and live their slow lives. Packed with giant claws and sharp fangs, they can dig through mostly anything and devour almost anything as well, however, they only use it for their basic survival, never to attack other beings.
However, because of having been corrupted by otherworldly energies, the Earth Eaters have become monstrous and aggressive, using their gifted abilities to slay innocent life, while protecting their territory, always aiming for tastier ores and leaving behind those that aren’t tasty enough, becoming chaotic and greedy, the opposite of their humble and original natures. It is thought that a strange crystal in the depths of the Underground Mines might be the one that had caused these Spirit Beasts to turn into bloodthirsty monsters.
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After seeing their description, I quickly realized that they were strong, perhaps they were originally B in danger level, or even lower if they were so gentle and shy, but now that they had become monstrous and aggressive, their danger level easily skyrocketed to A Rank! They were a threat we couldn’t let escape. We had to take them all down so the people above wouldn’t have to worry about a sudden flood of monsters or something.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
RUMBLE!
The walls, the floor, and the ceiling kept being broken as giant moles leaped out of the tunnels they rapidly dug through, monstrously moving their sharp claws and generating loud metallic sounds, while grinding their teeth to look intimidating.
As they leaped towards us, I held tightly Irene in her Holy Axe form, as she blazed with flames, all while Morpheus encompassed himself with nightmare flames and shadows, ready to absorb souls, also I used another of my wooden arms that grew from my forehead to wield my new demonic weapon, the demonic scythe, the [Demonic Phantasmal Spirit Scythe of Bloodshed: Querlax]!
Maybe it was overkill, but these things came from beneath, above, and from all my sides, so I had to just try hard to deal with them a little, or we were going to stay here all day dealing with them.
First of all, let’s go for a simple Spirit Explosion!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
I intercepted four of these giant moles with my weapons, their claws hit the blades of Irene, Morpheus, and Querlax, as explosions of various elements were released a second later, throwing them away.
They were still alive; these things were damn tough!
I saw the rest of my party fighting against them, they seemed to be doing okay, so I decided to concentrate on my own battle and try to defeat as many as possible.
“CRYAAARRR!”
One of them dug through the ground under me, attempting to stab me from beneath with its massive claws, but using my wings, I managed to fly up, instead intercepting it with Morpheus at full power.
“{Nightmare Slash}!”
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
A barrage of slashing attacks engulfed the mole’s entire body, its claws couldn’t hold back anymore, being sliced into pieces and so did the rest of its body, each slashing attack carrying nightmare darkness, consuming its own darkness and leaving the corpse without any infectious miasma behind.
“It would be better if we can cleanse this miasma before it can even hit us… Querlax, can you do it?”
“I can! I guess…”
“Good response!”
“GRUOOOHHH!”
Three more leaped from the ceilings down towards me, spinning in midair and resembled drills as they charged at me at lightning speed, thunderbolts surging from their spinning bodies due to the friction they created.
In that moment, I decided to use Querlax’s abilities and test how good they were against these “Corrupted” foes, quickly unleashing one of his abilities right away!
“{Spiritual Demonic Specter}!”
I swung both Querlax and Morpheus against the incoming attacks, managing to intercept them at the same time as my demonic weapon erupted with power, manifesting a demonic spirit with huge arms and a large three-eyed head, roaring furiously, it clashed against them, using its sharp claws, it sliced through their bodies and then exploded, burning them with demonic flames.
BOOOM!
The moles were quickly eliminated, as two more emerged from the left and right, clashing against my dragon scale armor and pushing me back, only for Querlax to unleash powerful crimson and black flames, engulfing both of them.
“{Soul-Eating Demonic Flames}!”
BOOOM! BOOOM!
The flames exploded into their faces, burning their bodies and devouring their souls, their auras were rapidly weakened, but they were alive, attacking me even as they agonized.
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