The sunworm Parom died just before Berdinos drew his last breath.
Its true cause of death was the time poison Mannis had implanted in its body during their desperate struggle. The poison had flared up and "burned" through the long lifespan of the sunworm demigod ahead of time. But what would a bunch of little players with zero comprehension understand if you told them that?
They hadn't ventured into such high-level fields as time yet. Even counting the NPCs, no more than three and a half people on the scene could understand what had killed the sunworm.
Psychic dominators like Triss and Hathor could certainly figure it out.
Although Lord Paine wasn't skilled in psychic powers, he could probably guess, so he counted as half. The last person who knew the truth was Murphy, who had planned everything.
Anyway, from the players' point of view, Parom had been pummeled three times on the head by the mighty Deathmoon Colossus, its brains smashed apart, then stabbed to death by a furious mob of players rushing in!
As for who had landed the final blow, everyone had a different opinion.
However, plenty of people had seen that in the final moment of Parom's life, a mountain-dweller player had suddenly leaped down from above and driven a Deathmoon halberd into the exposed brain of the sunworm, stealing the last sliver of its health and the kill.
What really broke everyone was that when Happy Stick and Meow Brother dragged the "hero" out of Parom's steaming brain matter, they discovered that he was only a Black Iron player.
Damn!
This guy called "Niu Daxia" had to have gotten lucky, right?
But the truth was otherwise.
"Heh, I spotted that giant bug's weak point was its head right away. When its strength was waning, I