The moon shone bright as the stars grew sparse, its clear light spilling across the entire desert.
Yet no one paid attention to this tranquil moment. The stench of bloody slaughter spread around the camp.
Everyone in the caravan had collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath, their faces showing the relief of having survived a calamity.
Around the camp, Sandworm corpses nearly covered the ground. Foul-smelling blood stained the sand, and several severed Sandworm bodies still twitched faintly.
Yet strangely, not a single Sandworm corpse lay in the center of the caravan, as though some invisible barrier had kept the Sandworms outside.
Not far away, Bryce had also slumped down on a sand dune, his face somewhat pale.
Before him, the Sandworm King's corpse was completely lifeless. Steaming brown ichor flowed continuously down the dune, gathering into several small pools of blood.
With Li Si's assistance, Bryce had finally managed to kill this exceedingly rare Sandworm King after tremendous effort.
But Bryce knew perfectly well that, although he had been fighting the Sandworm King head-on, most of its injuries had been inflicted by those cyan arrows.
He had no idea how such slender arrows could deal damage comparable to a Magic Crystal Cannon.
It was not as if Bryce had never encountered Hunter professionals before, but ordinary Gold-level Hunters could not possibly be as powerful as Li Si. Otherwise, how were the other professions supposed to compete?
Even someone this powerful had suffered grievous wounds. Just how strong must the person who had injured Li Si have been?
Bryce took several deep breaths. His awe for Li Si deepened even further, accompanied by a growing sense of gratitude.
Thankfully!
Meeting this man in the desert had truly been the Goddess of Luck's protection!
Otherwise, even if he had managed