Chapter 40
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In the stomach of the giant worm, both Zan Fu and Drodon were lying on the soft floor beneath them. As one of the two's consciousness began to return to him, Zan Fu felt as if he had just been thrown into a trash compactor.
His body was stiff and despite the large space he was currently in, he felt some claustrophobia popping up. Zan Fu picked up the still comatosed Drodon, who had just rolled over his foot, and looked around at his own surroundings.
The inside of the worm wasn't exactly what he expected it to be. It wasn't wet with saliva or stomach acid, but instead it was humid and stuffy like a cave in a forest. The ground was very buoyant and every step he took made him bounce a little.
If he wasn't worried about being digested, Zan Fu would've thought that this place was perfect as a makeshift bounc house. He started to walk forward slowly, he couldn't run since the floor absorbed all of the force he would've used to move forward.
So he decided to just take his time and walk through the, what Zan Fu assumed to be, the esaphagus. As he walked in deeper, Zan Fu noticed something odd about his situation, "How am I even able to see?" This question would've bugged (haha bugged, get it?), him for ages if it was for a convienient sphere waking up at that exact moment.
"Huh?...did you say something?" Drodon finally regained consciousness after recharging his energy.
"Drodon, you're awake!" Zan Fu gave off a bright smile when he heard Drodon's voice, and he started to pet him like a dog. "Glad to see that you're okay." Drodon's body shook a little as he tried to escape from Zan Fu's grasp.
Zan Fu decided to ask Drodon the question that had been nagging at him. Drodon said that he didn't know the answer, but the light inside of the worm didn't look natural.
They moved on while trying to come up with a way to escape. "Drodon, what was your original plan where we milled this thing from the inside out?" Zan Fu said while walking around some rubble from what looked like an eaten apartment building.
"My plan was that if we could get in and attack its heart, we could probably do some decent damage."
Zan Fu knew that the plan wouldn't work now that he was completely drained of energy. Right now, he was regretting how pathetically scared he was of being inside of the worm just because it was "gross".
"So now what do we do?" Zan Fu was sick and tired of just sitting there and waiting for death to approach them. They needed to do something!
Right now, the best course of actin was for Zan Fu to regain as much power as possible. The only problem is that it would take quite a while before he could reach full power. He didn't know how much time he had or if there was even some sort of "time limit".
Zan Fu took in a deep breath as he felt the surrounding power in the air start to enter into his body. As he was regaining his strength, he heard a faint sound coming from deep within the belly of the beast.
It was obscure and unhumanlike so at first he tensed up at it, assuming that it was some sort of beast that lived inside of the worm. But the more he listened the more the noises sounded like voices screaming out in pain.
Zan Fu closed his eyes again, but this time it was to listen carefully to the moans coming from deeper in the cave. The more he listened to the sounds, the more he heard actual words and voices.
"H...elp...us"
"S...ave...me...pl...ease"
"Kill...us!"
Zan Fu's eyes shot opened as a look of realization came upon his face. He thought back to the car ride and to what Drodon was telling him at the time.
"It doesn't kill its opponents, but instead it keeps them in its body for slow, painful absorption over the period of dozens of years."
He shot up and ran in the direction of the noises. Drodon was Zan Fu's actions and flew after him, "Zan Fu! What's wrong?"
He didn't answer Drodon's question as he bounced ahead. Instead of the normal running, he would jump into the air by using the floor as a trampoline. Once he was in the air, he would wrap "heaven's force" around his legs and use it to launch himself forward.
It basically acted as temporary gliding. Wetter a few minutes passed, he finally reached an area filled with green goo covering the floor and the walls.
Zan Fu looked around the room and spotted something. The pupils of his eyes dilated as he walked forward to what was trapped on the walls.
Dozens of children and adults were stuck, crying and screaming for help. He walked up and grabbed one of the people's arm and pulled out with all of his might. They wouldn't budge from their spot in the wall no matter who he tried to save.
"Why does a monster like this exist...?" Zan Fu whispered to himself as he looked around and saw something sickening. On a part of the wall a skeleton was lying there motionless with a man whose face was half melted right beside him. They were both obviously dead.
His teeth began to grind in anger after he recognized who the melted man was. It was one of the caretakers of the branch family's house. Zan Fu remembered that when he was a child, this same man would always bring him little pieces of candy to snack on.
At the time, he didn't even know who Zan Fu was. All he knew was that Zan Fu passed by the house almost every day and would wave hi to him. He looked away from the body and focused more on how to save the others.
The dead couldn't be brought back to life, but the others could be saved. He looked back to Drodon with deep determination in his eyes.
"Drodon, how can we get them out of this trap." Zan Fu expected Drodon to have an answer but he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I don't know... the only way that you could possibly get them out of the goo is by using the claw, but you don't have enough strength for it."
Zan Fu looked at his own hand and cursed at his own weakness. But as he looked at the goo and then back to his own hand, a bright idea popped into his head.
"If I don't have enough power, we just have to find something else that does." Drodon slowly caught on to Zan Fu's plan, "Yes, that should work out!"
A smile appeared onto his face as he looked at the people trapped on the wall.
"I swear that I will return for all of you." He look toward Drodon, "Lead the way." They moves ahead to find the object that they were looking for. The crystal of power that is created inside of a Gaian Worm.
~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile nearby the crystal, another person stood with confidence. He was resting beside the crystal peacefully with an orb in his hand.
The blood red orb looked at the direction where Drodon and Zan Fu were coming from. "What is this familiar presence I sense?"
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In the stomach of the giant worm, both Zan Fu and Drodon were lying on the soft floor beneath them. As one of the two's consciousness began to return to him, Zan Fu felt as if he had just been thrown into a trash compactor.
His body was stiff and despite the large space he was currently in, he felt some claustrophobia popping up. Zan Fu picked up the still comatosed Drodon, who had just rolled over his foot, and looked around at his own surroundings.
The inside of the worm wasn't exactly what he expected it to be. It wasn't wet with saliva or stomach acid, but instead it was humid and stuffy like a cave in a forest. The ground was very buoyant and every step he took made him bounce a little.
If he wasn't worried about being digested, Zan Fu would've thought that this place was perfect as a makeshift bounc house. He started to walk forward slowly, he couldn't run since the floor absorbed all of the force he would've used to move forward.
So he decided to just take his time and walk through the, what Zan Fu assumed to be, the esaphagus. As he walked in deeper, Zan Fu noticed something odd about his situation, "How am I even able to see?" This question would've bugged (haha bugged, get it?), him for ages if it was for a convienient sphere waking up at that exact moment.
"Huh?...did you say something?" Drodon finally regained consciousness after recharging his energy.
"Drodon, you're awake!" Zan Fu gave off a bright smile when he heard Drodon's voice, and he started to pet him like a dog. "Glad to see that you're okay." Drodon's body shook a little as he tried to escape from Zan Fu's grasp.
Zan Fu decided to ask Drodon the question that had been nagging at him. Drodon said that he didn't know the answer, but the light inside of the worm didn't look natural.
They moved on while trying to come up with a way to escape. "Drodon, what was your original plan where we milled this thing from the inside out?" Zan Fu said while walking around some rubble from what looked like an eaten apartment building.
"My plan was that if we could get in and attack its heart, we could probably do some decent damage."
Zan Fu knew that the plan wouldn't work now that he was completely drained of energy. Right now, he was regretting how pathetically scared he was of being inside of the worm just because it was "gross".
"So now what do we do?" Zan Fu was sick and tired of just sitting there and waiting for death to approach them. They needed to do something!
Right now, the best course of actin was for Zan Fu to regain as much power as possible. The only problem is that it would take quite a while before he could reach full power. He didn't know how much time he had or if there was even some sort of "time limit".
Zan Fu took in a deep breath as he felt the surrounding power in the air start to enter into his body. As he was regaining his strength, he heard a faint sound coming from deep within the belly of the beast.
It was obscure and unhumanlike so at first he tensed up at it, assuming that it was some sort of beast that lived inside of the worm. But the more he listened the more the noises sounded like voices screaming out in pain.
Zan Fu closed his eyes again, but this time it was to listen carefully to the moans coming from deeper in the cave. The more he listened to the sounds, the more he heard actual words and voices.
"H...elp...us"
"S...ave...me...pl...ease"
"Kill...us!"
Zan Fu's eyes shot opened as a look of realization came upon his face. He thought back to the car ride and to what Drodon was telling him at the time.
"It doesn't kill its opponents, but instead it keeps them in its body for slow, painful absorption over the period of dozens of years."
He shot up and ran in the direction of the noises. Drodon was Zan Fu's actions and flew after him, "Zan Fu! What's wrong?"
He didn't answer Drodon's question as he bounced ahead. Instead of the normal running, he would jump into the air by using the floor as a trampoline. Once he was in the air, he would wrap "heaven's force" around his legs and use it to launch himself forward.
It basically acted as temporary gliding. Wetter a few minutes passed, he finally reached an area filled with green goo covering the floor and the walls.
Zan Fu looked around the room and spotted something. The pupils of his eyes dilated as he walked forward to what was trapped on the walls.
Dozens of children and adults were stuck, crying and screaming for help. He walked up and grabbed one of the people's arm and pulled out with all of his might. They wouldn't budge from their spot in the wall no matter who he tried to save.
"Why does a monster like this exist...?" Zan Fu whispered to himself as he looked around and saw something sickening. On a part of the wall a skeleton was lying there motionless with a man whose face was half melted right beside him. They were both obviously dead.
His teeth began to grind in anger after he recognized who the melted man was. It was one of the caretakers of the branch family's house. Zan Fu remembered that when he was a child, this same man would always bring him little pieces of candy to snack on.
At the time, he didn't even know who Zan Fu was. All he knew was that Zan Fu passed by the house almost every day and would wave hi to him. He looked away from the body and focused more on how to save the others.
The dead couldn't be brought back to life, but the others could be saved. He looked back to Drodon with deep determination in his eyes.
"Drodon, how can we get them out of this trap." Zan Fu expected Drodon to have an answer but he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I don't know... the only way that you could possibly get them out of the goo is by using the claw, but you don't have enough strength for it."
Zan Fu looked at his own hand and cursed at his own weakness. But as he looked at the goo and then back to his own hand, a bright idea popped into his head.
"If I don't have enough power, we just have to find something else that does." Drodon slowly caught on to Zan Fu's plan, "Yes, that should work out!"
A smile appeared onto his face as he looked at the people trapped on the wall.
"I swear that I will return for all of you." He look toward Drodon, "Lead the way." They moves ahead to find the object that they were looking for. The crystal of power that is created inside of a Gaian Worm.
~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile nearby the crystal, another person stood with confidence. He was resting beside the crystal peacefully with an orb in his hand.
The blood red orb looked at the direction where Drodon and Zan Fu were coming from. "What is this familiar presence I sense?"
In the stomach of the giant worm, both Zan Fu and Drodon were lying on the soft floor beneath them. As one of the two's consciousness began to return to him, Zan Fu felt as if he had just been thrown into a trash compactor.His body was stiff and despite the large space he was currently in, he felt some claustrophobia popping up. Zan Fu picked up the still comatosed Drodon, who had just rolled over his foot, and looked around at his own surroundings.The inside of the worm wasn't exactly what he expected it to be. It wasn't wet with saliva or stomach acid, but instead it was humid and stuffy like a cave in a forest. The ground was very buoyant and every step he took made him bounce a little.If he wasn't worried about being digested, Zan Fu would've thought that this place was perfect as a makeshift bounc house. He started to walk forward slowly, he couldn't run since the floor absorbed all of the force he would've used to move forward.So he decided to just take his time and walk through the, what Zan Fu assumed to be, the esaphagus. As he walked in deeper, Zan Fu noticed something odd about his situation, "How am I even able to see?" This question would've bugged haha bugged, get it?, him for ages if it was for a convienient sphere waking up at that exact moment."Huh?...did you say something?" Drodon finally regained consciousness after recharging his energy."Drodon, you're awake!" Zan Fu gave off a bright smile when he heard Drodon's voice, and he started to pet him like a dog. "Glad to see that you're okay." Drodon's body shook a little as he tried to escape from Zan Fu's grasp.Zan Fu decided to ask Drodon the question that had been nagging at him. Drodon said that he didn't know the answer, but the light inside of the worm didn't look natural.They moved on while trying to come up with a way to escape. "Drodon, what was your original plan where we milled this thing from the inside out?" Zan Fu said while walking around some rubble from what looked like an eaten apartment building."My plan was that if we could get in and attack its heart, we could probably do some decent damage."Zan Fu knew that the plan wouldn't work now that he was completely drained of energy. Right now, he was regretting how pathetically scared he was of being inside of the worm just because it was "gross"."So now what do we do?" Zan Fu was sick and tired of just sitting there and waiting for death to approach them. They needed to do something!Right now, the best course of actin was for Zan Fu to regain as much power as possible. The only problem is that it would take quite a while before he could reach full power. He didn't know how much time he had or if there was even some sort of "time limit".Zan Fu took in a deep breath as he felt the surrounding power in the air start to enter into his body. As he was regaining his strength, he heard a faint sound coming from deep within the belly of the beast.It was obscure and unhumanlike so at first he tensed up at it, assuming that it was some sort of beast that lived inside of the worm. But the more he listened the more the noises sounded like voices screaming out in pain.Zan Fu closed his eyes again, but this time it was to listen carefully to the moans coming from deeper in the cave. The more he listened to the sounds, the more he heard actual words and voices."H...elp...us""S...ave...me...pl...ease""Kill...us!"Zan Fu's eyes shot opened as a look of realization came upon his face. He thought back to the car ride and to what Drodon was telling him at the time."It doesn't kill its opponents, but instead it keeps them in its body for slow, painful absorption over the period of dozens of years."He shot up and ran in the direction of the noises. Drodon was Zan Fu's actions and flew after him, "Zan Fu! What's wrong?"He didn't answer Drodon's question as he bounced ahead. Instead of the normal running, he would jump into the air by using the floor as a trampoline. Once he was in the air, he would wrap "heaven's force" around his legs and use it to launch himself forward.It basically acted as temporary gliding. Wetter a few minutes passed, he finally reached an area filled with green goo covering the floor and the walls.Zan Fu looked around the room and spotted something. The pupils of his eyes dilated as he walked forward to what was trapped on the walls.Dozens of children and adults were stuck, crying and screaming for help. He walked up and grabbed one of the people's arm and pulled out with all of his might. They wouldn't budge from their spot in the wall no matter who he tried to save."Why does a monster like this exist...?" Zan Fu whispered to himself as he looked around and saw something sickening. On a part of the wall a skeleton was lying there motionless with a man whose face was half melted right beside him. They were both obviously dead.His teeth began to grind in anger after he recognized who the melted man was. It was one of the caretakers of the branch family's house. Zan Fu remembered that when he was a child, this same man would always bring him little pieces of candy to snack on.At the time, he didn't even know who Zan Fu was. All he knew was that Zan Fu passed by the house almost every day and would wave hi to him. He looked away from the body and focused more on how to save the others.The dead couldn't be brought back to life, but the others could be saved. He looked back to Drodon with deep determination in his eyes."Drodon, how can we get them out of this trap." Zan Fu expected Drodon to have an answer but he didn't say anything for a long time."I don't know... the only way that you could possibly get them out of the goo is by using the claw, but you don't have enough strength for it."Zan Fu looked at his own hand and cursed at his own weakness. But as he looked at the goo and then back to his own hand, a bright idea popped into his head."If I don't have enough power, we just have to find something else that does." Drodon slowly caught on to Zan Fu's plan, "Yes, that should work out!"A smile appeared onto his face as he looked at the people trapped on the wall."I swear that I will return for all of you." He look toward Drodon, "Lead the way." They moves ahead to find the object that they were looking for. The crystal of power that is created inside of a Gaian Worm.~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile nearby the crystal, another person stood with confidence. He was resting beside the crystal peacefully with an orb in his hand.The blood red orb looked at the direction where Drodon and Zan Fu were coming from. "What is this familiar presence I sense?"
