Hodge and Fink left the group early in the morning to collect the remaining herbs they needed.

Seeing Hodge yawning and rubbing his eyes, Fink asked curiously, "Didn't sleep well last night?"

"I slept less than two hours a night on duty, so you can try it. Hodge rolled his eyes at him.

In fact, he did not sleep for two hours, and he did not sleep all night until dawn.

Even if it's on duty, the point is that he actually learned a secret and was threatened because of it - the threat is just that, but this danger is still a little fragrant?

Who can sleep on this.

The two quickly gathered all the herbs, and when they returned to the camp, Hughes and the others had already prepared the utensils for boiling.

"Are you sure this thing can draw that monster?" Hughes asked questioningly as the herbs inside the crucible shrummered, the water added to it became viscous, grayish-brown, and began to emit an unbearable pungent smell.

"You're trying to smoke him with a smell?" the knight, who had never been exposed to herbalism, seemed to be intrigued by the process of boiling potions, and asked one question after another.

"Earthworms don't have a sense of smell, they don't have a sense of hearing, they use the skin of their bodies to touch the soil to perceive the outside world, assuming that the giant earthworm is still an earthworm, apricot thorn soup can lure it to appear, this thickener can quickly and effectively penetrate the soil, and will make the earthworm's skin react strongly, as long as it is not far from our camp, then it will inevitably appear. ”

"It's almost ready, we have to hurry up and make enough preparations, if we miss this time in the morning, the earthworm's activity will drop significantly, and even if there is apricot thorn soup at that time, it may not be able to attract him. ”

Hughes and the guards began to sharpen their blades out of snow and stone sections, while Fink and Hodge stood by the campfire, holding the heat of the cauldron, and Carol standing by the campfire, but did not move, just watched carefully as the two of them boiled potions.

Interestingly, every time she moved two steps, Hodge would always step back a little bit, and the two of them always kept a certain distance, not too far away, not too close.

Hodge put on his thick gloves, lifted the cauldron from the campfire, stood up and glanced at them.

"Ready?"

Hughes and the guards nodded, while Carroll and Fink looked at him calmly.

"I hope I don't regret it. He sighed, the handle holding the crucible gradually rotated and tilted, and the viscous potion flowed out from the edge of the crucible and flowed to the ground, the high temperature melted the thick snow, and immediately seeped into the soil, and the surface of the soil layer did not change color, but he knew that the potion had begun to take effect, and the monster was about to break the ground.

......

"Spread out!" Hughes growled, he was clearly the most outstanding one here in terms of sensitivity to battle, and just now, while he was waiting with his sword, he clearly noticed a slight tremor in the ground under his feet, this tremor was extremely faint, not even easy to detect, but the tremor was real, and he caught it.

The crowd immediately dispersed, centering on Hughes and retreating in all directions, so that no matter who the giant earthworm appeared nearby, Hughes could arrive in time to help.

The tremor of the dirt beneath his feet grew stronger, and even the others who had missed it before noticed something strange on the soles of their feet.

Rumble!

The black-bodied, long-bodied monster burst through the ground, flying dust and snow dusting out Hodge's vision, and this time it chose to appear at its side.

"Short!" Hughes yelled at Hodge as he strode in.

This is a strategy that Hughes has explained before, no matter who the giant earthworm appears next to, the first reaction it needs to make is to lower its body as much as possible, and in Hughes's experience with it, it will choose to swing its upper body to perform a whiplash action when it is not fully exposed.

Hodge's reaction was fast, and before Hughes could say that, he subconsciously lay on the ground with his hands as support, and a cool breeze swept over his head, and sure enough, the monster chose to whip the shovel, and his thick body brushed Hodge's scalp, but fortunately he was now almost completely lying down, if he only lowered his body as expected, then he would only have half of his body left.

Immediately after, Hodge jumped up against the ground without hesitation and borrowed the power of recoil, dodging to the side, and Hughes had already come to the earthworm, this time he did not use the broadsword, although it can cause more considerable damage, but with Hughes's current ability, he can't use it as freely as he uses a light sword, and any damage must hit the target to count, so he borrowed the guard's willow leaf long sword, held it with both hands, and quickly stabbed the earthworm's body with the power of running.

But this monster that has produced mutations is really difficult to deal with, and even the speed of the light sword is a little unable to keep up with its movements, and the black body is about to burrow into the earth.

A glass ball bottle rolled at it, smashing into its body and shattering as it was half submerged in the earth, spilling the purple solution on the earthworm's skin.

Under the action of the purple solution, the earthworm's skin was rapidly eroded, and the oily black skin quickly turned yellow, and smoke came out, and the skin, which was its only sense, was violently stimulated, and the giant earthworm immediately began to sway its body wildly.

Although the purple sunflower solvent is not as corrosive as the black rot liquid, it is also a very corrosive agent.

Hughes glanced back at Hodge in surprise, and it was clear that this move was not in the original plan.

"Don't waste time, attack quickly!" Hodge exclaimed dissatisfied.

Hughes hurriedly retracted his gaze, and slashed at the giant earthworm with his sword, because of its body swinging wildly, Hughes did not have a good space to attack, and the willow leaf long sword raised above his head flashed a cold light, and fell heavily, and a quarter of the tail of the earthworm's body was cut off by him.

But it also gave the earthworm an opportunity to quickly sink into the soil, leaving only a swaying tail that still retained its nerve reflexes.

The soil beneath its feet quivered irregularly, it hadn't gone yet, it was waiting for an opportunity to strike again.

The guard and Hughes swords, swords, looked around warily.

Hodge's head lowered slightly, unable to make out the expression on his face, he suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were clear, and shouted to Fink, "Priest, take three steps back." ”

Fink was a little confused by the sudden shouting, but instinct made him follow Hodge's instructions and take three steps back, and just as he took the third step, the earthworm's body suddenly emerged from its original position.

Even as a believer in the gods, he broke out in a cold sweat at this moment.

The earthworm failed to catch it, and quickly sank into the soil, and Hughes lost his sight before he could even chase him.

"Do you believe me?" Hodge looked at Hughes earnestly.

"I don't believe it. ”

Hughes replied quite simply, but then he added: "But at this time, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, you say, I'll do it." ”

"Okay, you take seven steps back. ”

"Turn left a quarter circle. ”

"Hold the sword, face your right, and half-crouch down. ”

"Count seven numbers silently, and count steadily. ”

When Hodge and Hughes counted in their minds at the same time, his voice resounded throughout the snowy forest.

"Swing your sword!"

Hughes heeded his instinct and swung his sword to the right, a sword that was almost the most perfect in his knighthood, a beautiful half-arc that slashed through the air, representing the completeness and evenness of power.

It would be a shame if such a perfect sword was empty.

Just as the sword was halfway through, the earthworm suddenly burst out from in front of Hughes, its speed was so fast, like a bolt of lightning, if Hughes swung the sword half a breath late, I am afraid it would be difficult to hit its body.

No—even if you swing your sword in advance, it's still a little bit away.

But he half-crouched down, and the sword that should have grazed the earthworm's tail was right in the middle of its body.

Cha!

The sound of flesh and blood separation, the earthworm was cut off at the waist!