Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Dune Maw Battle

Flames exploded outward, making the horrible heat of the desert skyrocket for a moment. The beast screeched in great pain, its armored hide was red-hot from the damage it had sustained.

Aria saw the moment and took it. She aimed her staff at the injured monster and closed her eyes for a brief second, focusing her entire existence on gathering mana. It coalesced around her, building up in a concentrated form of destructive lunar energy.

But just as she could release [Lunar Overload], the worm suddenly froze.

Then, in an instant, it burrowed into the sandy ground. A loud rumble sounded as the Dune Maw vanished beneath the sand with great speed. Nothing but a large hole remained in its wake.

For a moment, silence fell over the battlefield. Then, a man who was already mid-attack before the monster made its move tumbled into the hole.

Kaiden’s eyes snapped toward him. The warrior’s fall was not graceful in the slightest—he crashed hard, and his body twisted at an awkward angle. The man struggled to push himself up. He took a great deal of damage from the fall itself.

Their eyes met for a split second. The man reached out toward him. His expression was a desperate plea. "Help... me..."

Kaiden took a step forward.

A blur of movement. That was all he saw before the dune maw exploded forth in a flash, and its massive maw snapped shut around the man in a single, gruesome chomp. Blood splattered across the sand—the man was gone. Only a single boot with his amputated feet still in it was left behind.

The worm’s massive body disappeared back into the dunes in mere seconds. Panic set in, making the remaining fighters scramble, looking around frantically. "Where is it?! Where is it?!"

Kaiden closed his eyes, blocking out the noise, trying to sense the vibrations beneath using his feet. But before he could even begin to focus, the sand erupted once again. It surfaced right next to Sasha.

Her eyes widened in shock. "Aah!" She stumbled back, and her fingers instinctively reached for another arrow, but there was no time.

"RAAAH!"

With a thunderous roar, Jack threw himself at the monster.

A golden glow surrounded him as he shouted, "[Guardian’s Bulwark]!" A defensive barrier manifested around Sasha; the tanker’s spell redirected the worm’s attack toward him instead.

*Boom!*

The worm’s massive jaws crashed into Jack’s barrier, protecting the redheaded archer. The muscled man immediately grunted from the exertion as soon as the resulting damage assaulted him, but Jack held firm, living up to his role as the group’s most talented tanker. He stood in one place, unmoving, with blood seeping through his gritted teeth and nose.

"Leon!" he shouted, and the swordsman immediately jumped into action. A single moment later, the shield vanished from around Sasha, and Leon was already at her location. Lifting the woman into his arms, he bolted away, escaping danger.

"T-thanks..." Sasha muttered with a ghostly pale face that told everyone her life had just flashed in front of her eyes.

Despite the massive amount of damage the dune maw had sustained, its hide still held strong, and its movements, though slightly sluggish now, still carried immense power.

Kaiden’s gaze sharpened, observing each of his Valkyries for a single moment. Then, after ascertaining they were all right, both in mind and body, he turned toward the monster.

"Let’s roll."

He began rushing toward the monster, with Jack and Leon falling into step beside him, and the remaining Legion soldiers charged in as well under Vaelira’s direction. Their shields slammed into the worm’s body, keeping it off balance as Kaiden and Leon unleashed a flurry of attacks.

Kaiden hacked at its flesh, his war axe carving gashes wherever he struck. Leon slashed with the precision one would expect of a trained swordsman, aiming for the wounds Kaiden, in his attacks made with wild abandon, had already inflicted to deepen the damage further. The summoned warriors drove their spears into its hide, adding to the assault.

The dune maw shrieked and thrashed wildly with its massive bulk whipping around in retaliation. Each movement sent shockwaves through the sand, forcing everyone to dodge at a moment’s notice or lose their lives.

Nyx’s eyes narrowed.

One inner look at her body’s condition told the Space Valkyrie she couldn’t summon another massive lance of the proportions she did before. That kind of exertion took too much mana and mental strength. Instead, she adjusted her approach.

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