In the clearing, only the crackling of flames and the townspeople's heavy breathing remained.
"D-Dead?"
"It died just like that?"
"Did we... solve it?"
Blue Knight sheathed her sword, preparing to dismantle the giant worm before her.
"Not yet."
Lu Yuan walked over and crouched down.
He was somewhat interested in this thing.
Because Gray-White Text's description of it actually contained the word "special."
Anything associated with that word had something unique about it, like Hope from before.
But this thing was only a hatchling. He did not know whether what it contained had fully developed yet.
Only after confirming that the Heat Eater was thoroughly dead did he relax.
Blue Knight had already cut off its shell, saving Lu Yuan the trouble of dissecting it himself.
He selected two intact pieces of shell from within, weighed them in his hand, and put them away.
The Heat Eater Shell was a rock-like structure that looked extremely similar to coal.
But judging by its texture and weight, it could not possibly be coal ore. It was more like an exceptionally light mineral, and its hardness was considerable—something evident from its ability to roam underground.
After all, this was the north. Beneath the ground lay not only soil, but also a great deal of stone. Yet an Eerie creature without any obvious digging "tools" could move underground as though walking on level ground.
That at least proved it possessed some sort of ability, or at the very least, that its shell had sufficient resilience and toughness.
The worm was roughly four meters long and nearly a meter thick, like an oversized winter melon. It was rather ugly.
There were at least dozens of shell plates on its body, but most of them felt soft to the touch.
Only three to five pieces