## Chapter 608 – Scent of Spring

“KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!”

I couldn’t believe that I was charging at a monster like that. I let out a loud scream to suppress the creeping fear.

Courage, spirit, whatever—fighting a thing the size of a villa was beyond my limits.

Anyway, now that things had come to this, I had to smash it to pieces.
The young lady would figure something out!

“A valiant barbarian’s war cry!!!!!!! AmazingㅡAT!!!!”

The young lady seemed to be enjoying herself, shouting nonsense as she ran alongside me. I thought she was matching my speed, but it didn’t seem that way.

The young lady’s speed was just similar to mine.

This woman had tremendous destructive power, but other aspects were a bit weak. Still, she was more than capable, but she did have some shortcomings.

ㅡKWIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just then, the Deathworm, having additionally crushed two drakes, roared at us. The fangs spread around its round mouth were each like steel blades, and the molars hidden inside were like a press that would grind bones and armor to dust.

As huge as its maw was, it was packed with muscle. Even a formidable monster would be finished the moment it entered that mouth.

That went for me and the young lady as well.

“I cannot forgive you, you maggot-like bastard!!!!!!!!”

However, the young lady was burning with fanatical fighting spirit.

There was no hesitation or fear in her eyes.

Because she was a noble, because she was a ruler. Because a troublemaker had appeared on the battlefield she was responsible for. Because she was a warrior, because she couldn’t abandon her honor.

ㅡNo,

Those things were just secondary matters.

The young lady simply wanted to kill the Deathworm in front of her.

ㅡWHOOSH!!!

Once again, a red mana storm swirled from the young lady’s greatsword. Whatever else, the Deathworm had had chunks of its flesh blown off by that attack earlier.

Looking at it, the parts of its body hidden underground were visible in glimpses whenever it moved. The attacked area was caved in like an apple. It was amazing that it seemed fine despite that.

Anyway, if we could land such a blow on a vital spot, if we could even cut off its torso, we would win.

ㅡClear Mind.

I too calmed my mind, trusting the young lady, and infused True Origin Energy into my blade. In any case, if there was sword energy, my attacks would also work. I just had to assist!

“Now!”

ㅡWHOOSH!

As soon as the young lady signaled, we spread out like wings, changing direction to the Deathworm’s sides. Attacking from both left and right simultaneously should work somehow! I resolved myself and believed it. There was nothing else to do but believe right now!

“DEJAAAAAAAAT!!!!!”

In that state, I approached the Deathworm and unleashed the Life-Giving Sword.

ㅡSHWISHSHWISHSHWISHSHWISH!!!!!!
ㅡKUWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!!

However, as if sensing our movements at that moment, the Deathworm slammed its head right in front of itself and burrowed into the ground. That tremendous activity made entry impossible.

“Shit!”

I couldn’t attack because of the dirt that sprayed out like a downpour, and I had no choice but to retreat.

“You goddamn thing!!!!! How dare you run away in front of this lady!!!!!”

The young lady also failed to attack.
She screamed fiercely, covered in dirt.

That Deathworm bastard was too fast. And huge. Just moving around could inflict fatal damage on its surroundings. I’d be bounced away just by it wriggling its body, so was a close-range attack even possible?

I didn’t think so.

How could we win?

“Young Lady! We need to get out of here in case that bastard pops out again!”
“I suppose so! Let’s run away quickly!”

ㅡRUMBLE!
ㅡKUGOOGOOGOOGOO!!!

Still, after a few experiences, I could roughly sense where the Deathworm was heading just by the sound and vibration.

To the left, from my perspective!

“It seems to be going that way!!!”

I pointed to the left, moving sideways so as not to step on the top of its back.

“You can sense it!!! As expected, a barbarian’s senses are extraordinary!!! I understand! Let’s go quickly!”
“Yes!”

As we were running, ㅡTHWAKWAKWANG!!!! The Deathworm popped out at the end of the direction we were heading, swallowing the drakes and people’s corpses that were right there.

The moment it was feeding was the chance to attack!

“Attack!!!”
“DEJAAAAAAAAT!!!”

I once again carried out a murderous sprint with the young lady. It was still fine since I wasn’t that tired yet. What I was worried about was the young lady, who was constantly consuming a large amount of mana. I didn’t know if she would be okay.

ㅡKWIOOOOOOO!!!

“Shit!”

Of course, as soon as we got there, the Deathworm ran away again.

“Again!”

Nevertheless, we didn’t give up. We constantly chased after it, sensing the vibration and sound of the ground. Fortunately, corpses and creatures were scattered everywhere because of the Deathworm’s rampage, so moving around wasn’t a problem.

How many times had we failed like that?

“SSIIIIIIBAAAAAAL!!!!!!! I’m so pissed off!!! That little shit is just running away, a maggot who doesn’t know honor!!!!!!!!”

The problem was that the Deathworm was too agile, and the young lady’s speed wasn’t that fast. The young lady slammed her greatsword into the ground and kicked a drake’s corpse, expressing her anger.

“Quickly, the wisdom of the barbarians!!! Show me the power of the Mirkesha who have lived slaughtering monsters in the barren land!!!”
“Our tribe just ran away when this happened!!!! There aren’t any buildings in my hometown!!!!”
“There was such a cultural difference!!!!!!!!!”

The young lady, who had shouted loudly, drew her greatsword again.

“Anyway, it’s that way this time!!! It’ll get tired quickly since it’s so big!!! If we just hold out until then, we’ll definitely win!!!!!!”
“Yes!!!”

I decided not to mention the fact that the Deathworm was constantly eating. It was swallowing all the blood and flesh scattered on the battlefield, as much as it was rampaging.

I didn’t know if it would get tired.

I didn’t know how long it was planning to eat. And it didn’t seem to be running away. That meant it still wasn’t satisfied… Shit!

ㅡTHUTATATATAT!!!

I ran towards the Deathworm, which was constantly craving meat. It was still too busy eating to think.

Maybe an attack would work now!

“Now!”
“Yes!!!”

As soon as I reached the Deathworm, I kicked off the ground and slashed its side.

ㅡSLASH!

Surprisingly, the attack worked!

“Oh my, shit!!!!”

The blade wrapped in sword energy deeply cut through its hide. Soon, crimson blood began to pour out, and ㅡTHWACK!!!! The young lady’s attack also landed, and the flesh exploded.

“Suc, cessㅡ”

ㅡKWIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

But it wasn’t a critical hit.

That was because its bulk was too great. The attacked Deathworm rampaged again and ran away into the ground. A large amount of blood was scattered in its escape path.

“The attack worked!!!! But I can’t be happy!!! I thought I hit it properly, but it just ran away!!!!”

The young lady shouted, breathing heavily. The young lady’s attack had clearly worked wonderfully. However, it wasn’t enough to finish it off.

Even if we landed a proper attack, it wasn’t very effective.

“Damn it… My mana is also running out! I can only use attacks using aura twice more at most!! How can we win!!!!!!”

The young lady’s magic power was also running low. We had to finish it off before we used up the remaining two chances. If we didn’t, we would just have to run away together.

Then…!

“We’ll have to aim for its weak spot, Young Lady!”
“Weak spot… Yes, weak spot! But how can we aim for its weak spot! Its head! Its head must be its weak spot! If we smash its head, we can definitely win!”

That would be true. Honestly, I didn’t know where its heart was. Then there was no other way but to cut off its neck or destroy its head.

“But I can’t reach its head, which is so high up!”

At first, the Deathworm raised its head to almost 4m, but it was becoming more and more daring, stretching its body to almost 10m.

I guessed that it was doing that on purpose to protect its head from our attacks. Certainly, we could never aim for its head at that height.

And it would stretch its body even longer if necessary.

“And that cowardice of running away the moment we approach…! We can’t intercept it from afar, and its head is too high!!! I know the method, but trying it is impossible!!! Let’s just admit it! There seems to be no way!!!”

And as the example just now showed, the young lady’s one-hit-kill attack smashed the flesh along with its hide, but it was so thick that a proper hit didn’t land.

“Kuh…! Because humans don’t have wings!!! Is that why there’s no way!”

I screamed as if lamenting the fact that humans didn’t have wings.

“That’s right!!! If only we could fly, we could aim for it…!!!”

ㅡTHWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!!!!!!!!!!

At that moment, a roar echoed from over there, and the Deathworm popped out. The guy who stretched his body this time soared to almost 20m. No, was it higher than that? Anyway, it stretched its body very long and roared.

ㅡKWIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

It was really disgustingly long. Roughly, its total length seemed to be over 30m. That’s about how long it seemed when it made a new hole in the ground and burrowed into it.

The part where the young lady had attacked was caved in like an apple that had been bitten, but the bleeding had already stopped. It couldn’t regenerate, but its recovery was fast. It was a truly terrible monster. It was a Deathworm in the truest sense of the word.

ㅡTHUD!
ㅡTHUD!

The ground was overturned by that strong maggot soaring up. So, the corpses that were there flew into the air and then fell like meteors.

ㅡThe corpse of a drake flying in the sky.

“That’s…!”

At that moment, something flashed through my mind. Looking at the young lady’s face, she was also looking at me with a surprised expression.

ㅡWe looked at each other for a moment.

“That’s it!”

The young lady shouted loudly.

“If we can’t fly, we just have to send it flying!!!!!!!!”

No, wait. That’s a bit different from what I was thinking?

What are you thinking right now?

“You!!!”
“Yes!!”

She shouted and called me, so I reflexively stood at attention and answered.

Then the young lady continued with a frantic face.

“Can you send this lady flying to that monster’s head… Hmm, thinking about it calmly, I don’t think that’ll work!”

Was this woman just asking me to throw her like a shot put?

I reflexively opened my mouth.

“No! It’s possible! If it’s someone as light as the Young Lady, it’ll be more than possible! Because you weigh as little as a feather!!!!!!”
“Ohohohohohohohohot!! Of course, that’s right! This lady is very light! But that’s only knowing one thing and not knowing two! That method won’t work because this lady’s greatsword is very heavy!!!!!!!!”

Then what should we do!

“So I will send you flying!”

Huh?