William was moving at a great speed but so was the giant earth crawler , it seemed determined to avenge its fallen brothers. " leave me alone " William was now becoming frustrated since the earth crawler was closing in fast , it was forcing William to fight .
just as William was about to turn and face his attacker , he saw the path ahead of him becoming narrow . "lets see if you fit " William said as he used all his energy to speed up , the earth crawler seeing this thought that William was trying to escape and it also increased its speed .
the front of the earth crawler's face opened up revealing rows and rows of teeth arranged in a circular manner , the teeth ;looked like they were spinning . this teeth seemed ready to grind anything that stood in its way . William felt a cold shiver from behind but didn't dare to look .
William was about to be swallowed but at that moment William passed an intersection of the cave and the cave got a little bit smaller. the decrease in size of the cave was barely noticeable but it had managed to stop the earth crawler in its tracks .
William took a peek while he was still running and saw that the earth crawler was still struggling to get through " good , this will buy me sometime to get out of here" William said as he saw the earth crawler's razor sharp teeth and he couldn't help but wipe the beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead.
after running for a while William decided to take another peek but this time he couldn't see the earth crawler anywhere . William was very tensed at this moment , the earth crawler had the ability to travel through the earth like a fish in water .
for a while the only sound that could be heard in the cave was that of William's burdened breathing and his heavy footsteps. but William wasn't dumb to think that thew earth crawler had been kind enough and decided to change its mind on pursuing him since he could still feel the monstrous killing intent closing in on him , he just didn't know from which direction.
William was getting an ominous felling and had even started regretting why he had come to this place , the memories of his slain parents and village men came to his mind and the feeling of helplessness washed over him.
" sorry " this was the only thing he was able to mutter and he kept repeating it like some kind of chant. unknowingly William had started to slow down from the fatigue he was feeling .
" what I'm i doing , blaming myself wont change my situation " William was able to come back to his senses and even scolded himself for trying to get himself killed.
William circulated the energy inside his body and made it burst forth , it carried a trace of earth magic and William was able to accurately pinpoint the exact location of the giant earth crawler. it was right above his being concealed by the roof of the cave.
William did not panic , but instead channeled the energy inside his body towards his legs at the same time executing the movement technique he had copied from those thieves. William's speed increased by at least twofold but it was still not enough to completely overtake the earth crawler since it body was also long.
this was still enough to make sure that he was not trapped by this creature. William could see some light at a distance , it seemed that he had reach the end of the tunnel but that didn't make any sense since he fell into this cave . ' when did the structure of the cave change?' William thought that this exit was a trap .
William's train of thought was interrupted when he sensed the shift above his head . When William tilted his head upwards to see what was going on , spikes made of hard rocks were forming above his head.
William wanted to go back deeper into the cave but he would be way off and the spikes would still get him, the only thing to do was get out of that cave right now and that was only through the exit up ahead.
William channeled energy to his legs and made a jump towards the exit , William immediately shot forward like an arrow and miraculously made it out of the cave then..
SILENCE
William held his breath and waited for the giant earth crawler to come out but it didn't " ha ha ha ha ha " William let out a wild laughter filled with happiness , he didn't think he would have made it out alive . William was so happy that he even forgot his fatigue .
BOOM
suddenly the land before him lifted up to form a small hill and then exploded exposing the giant earth crawler . " aah! shit " William cursed loudly as he quickly stood up and brandished his sword . it seemed that he was not getting out of this one without a fight.
the earth crawler moved towards William at amazing speed but its only flaw was that its was moving in a straight line . William obviously did not miss this , he used the movement technique to evade the attack then pushed his sword against the skin of the giant earth crawler.
William wanted to use the earth crawler's momentum against it but he was quickly disappointed to find that he was not doing any damage at all. in fact it sounded like his blade came in contact with another sturdy metal.
" it looks like the only place i can hit is the head " William said as he moved in the opposite direction , he wanted to create more distance between the creature and himself before the next attack.
the earth crawler took time to shift its position and then attacked William a second time but this time William had a plan in mind . William dashed toward a tree which was not to thick and could be easily destroyed by the earth crawler . Then just when the earth crawler was about to hit him , William stepped on the tree's stem and made a back flip that made him to land on the head of the earth crawler .
William didn't want to waste this chance and immediately stabbed his sword at the side of the earth crawler's head . he wasn't planning on killing it but using it as transport to the blood phoenix city . William had wondered to far from the Frostfire city and so going back toward that direction would only be a waste.
since the earth crawler moved at a high speed when it was traveling in a straight line , William would use his sword to make sure it stayed in a straight line and they would reach the blood phoenix city in no time.
William laughed hysterically at his genius plan