The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

Several students wanted to return to the camp to find help, but without a guide, the rest of the students were completely disorganized and couldn't even find their way back.

Ryan summoned an enormous light boat and took the students aboard.

This light boat will take the students back to the base.

Victor, Maggie, and the guide were left to Ryan to find.

Chapter 81 The Mysterious Attacker

Standing beside the pit, Ryan first conjured a fireball and threw it down.

The fireball plummeted downwards, finally crashing to the ground and bursting into a shower of sparks.

It appears that there are no toxic gases like methane below, and there is plenty of oxygen.

If there were pigeons, Ryan even considered catching one and releasing it to scout the way.

However, in this desolate wilderness, all you can find are some reptiles.

Victor and the others were still down there, and Ryan had no time to waste any more time.

Summon the light boat and let it descend slowly.

As the light above his head gradually diminished until it became a tiny dot, Ryan reached the deepest part of the pit.

The cave looks very spacious, and the cave walls are very smooth, with occasional traces of hard objects scraping against them.

Judging from the appearance, it must have been some scaly creature that moved through this cave.

Ryan summoned several fireballs to clear a path ahead, while he himself followed behind, manipulating radiant magic to advance slowly.

The cave was damper and colder than he had imagined.

But what Ryan cared about more than that was that he didn't find any trace of Victor and his group on the road.

Where did Victor and the other two go?

As Ryan ventured deeper, the marks left by the scales on the surrounding rock walls became increasingly dense.

As Ryan looked at the shocking marks, his pace quickened unconsciously.

Finally, around a corner, Ryan discovered the remains of some creature that had been torn apart.

Because it was bitten into such small pieces, it was impossible to identify the species.

Ryan frowned; it seemed that some extremely ferocious creature was lurking in this cave.

Victor and his group are in danger.

Ryan summoned two discs, stepped on them, and without further ado, moved at an extremely fast speed into the depths of the cave.

Everything in front of me is rushing past...

About half an hour later, Ryan finally arrived at an open area.

This is an extremely large circular area, and even with strong light, it is still impossible to see its entirety.

Ryan never imagined that there could be such a place in the wilderness outside Vita Town.

Just then, a very faint shout came from not far away.

“Mentor Ryan…”

It's Maggie's voice!

Ryan sped toward the sound and found Victor and Maggie in a small, man-made pit.

Victor's robe was torn to shreds, and his body was covered in large cuts and bruises.

Fortunately, these wounds were all superficial and did not damage any internal organs.

Upon seeing Ryan, Victor gave a weary smile: "Finally, someone's here..."

"What happened?"

Victor struggled to sit up, coughed a few times, and then said with difficulty.

"It's sandworms... Sandworms attacked us."

Sandworms?!

Ryan was stunned for a moment.

Because in his mind, sandworms were mostly invertebrates about the thickness of an arm, like large earthworms, with round mouthparts covered with fine teeth.

They usually like to wander in the sand and eat small insects in the soil.

Although they look disgusting, these sandworms are so tough that even ordinary people can't defeat them, let alone a magic mentor like Victor.

“I know what you’re thinking… Mentor Ryan. But this sandworm is different; it’s huge!”

"Moreover, my magic can't hurt it at all... Damn it!"

"That guide...died in its mouth."

Victor is a senior theoretical instructor at the academy, but his practical skills are very weak.

Even so, he still possesses the most basic combat capabilities that a mentor should have.

No matter how he thought about it, Victor had no reason to be driven to such a point by the sandworms.

However, now is not the time to consider this matter.

"Let's leave here first. We can talk about it outside!"

Victor nodded and, with Maggie's help, boarded the light boat summoned by Ryan.

But just as they were about to leave the cave, the entire cave suddenly began to tremble.

The trembling was so intense, it felt as if the whole world was shaking.

The tremors were increasing at an alarming rate and were moving closer to them!

Overhead, many rocks had already broken off due to the tremors and hit the ground with muffled thuds.

Victor's pupils contracted sharply, and his body trembled.

"It's it...it's back!"

"Mentor Ryan! Let's go!!!"

The moment Victor finished speaking, the rock wall was breached in the darkness.

A gigantic sandworm's breath emerged from within!

Those densely packed teeth gleamed with a chilling light under Ryan's light magic.

It gave Ryan goosebumps!

Then!

In a burst of sharp, teeth-grinding noise!

The sandworm's huge, soft body emerged from a round hole with a diameter of ten meters!

Landed with a loud bang!

Large chunks of rock fell from above as the shaking continued!

The entire cave is in danger of collapsing!

Ryan's eyes widened in disbelief. How could there be such a huge sandworm!

More importantly, the sandworm's body was covered with scales!

This is not common sense at all!

Sandworms have no eyesight; they rely entirely on their hearing to identify things.

Victor's shouts were enough for the sandworms to pinpoint their location.

Without time to think, everything happened in the blink of an eye. Ryan propelled the magical light boat beneath his feet and flew back to the cave entrance at lightning speed!

And the next second!

The sandworm's enormous mouthparts slammed into the spot where Ryan had just been standing.

Only then did Ryan understand what Victor meant when he said it was too big.

Its mouthparts were frantically chewing on rocks and soil, and when it realized it hadn't caught its prey, it made an extremely sharp and piercing sound!

Then, they rushed into the cave where Ryan had come from!

Because only from there could one hear the faint sound of the wind.

Ryan's lightship has an extremely high movement speed, but in this cave, the sandworms are even faster.

In just a few breaths, the sandworm caught up with Ryan.

Its mouthparts kept reaching towards him, and the dense clusters of tiny, broken teeth and the foul stench emanating from its mouth made Ryan's hair stand on end.

The cave was large, but still too narrow, which greatly limited Ryan's abilities, making it impossible for him to use that kind of extremely destructive and powerful magic.

If the cave collapses, they will all be buried alive!

Therefore, Ryan only had one option left.

Ryan flicked his wrist, and the bracelet emitted a bright light!

Then, the Red Queen appeared in his hand.

Ryan relentlessly attacked the sandworm with the Red Queen's flaming arrows, but as Victor had said before, the magic failed to penetrate its defenses.

It only slightly slowed its forward speed.

But that's enough.

After making his way through the deep cave, Ryan finally saw that familiar light!

The speed of the light boat increased to its maximum, and the sandworm also let out a piercing roar, its speed increasing faster and faster, and the arrows could no longer have any effect on it!

at last!

Before the sandworms could catch up, Ryan's lightship burst out of the cave!

Everything suddenly becomes clear!