<h4>Chapter 173: Cleaning Up</h4>


    *Bam* Once again, the Colossus gets pped from gue Worm''s gigantic body after the Colossus pulls out its sword hand from it. Like before, the Colossus only pushed back a little bit and got small cracks all over its armor.


    As a battle machine, Colossus is famous for its defense and endurance. Combined with the ability to repair itself, Colossus is like a massive ultimate shield.


    At this moment, Gilford arrived at the location. Looking at the nearby area covered with green fumes and mucus from the gue Worm, he couldn''t help but shake his head.


    "*Sigh* this is going to be a pain in the ass to clean." said Gilford helplessly.


    Gilford takes a gas mask from his space storage while casting a simple barrier to repel any dangerous pathogens in the air.


    "Hmm… No matter how I think about it, I couldn''t fathom how they could bring such a disastrous monster into this ce without us noticing." said Gilford before starting casting the spell.


    While Gilford is casting his spell, his battle golem begins to kill all the newborn worms nearby. The two giant figures keep shing with each other without getting the upper hand. A momentter,? a giant magic circle appears in the sky above the gue Worm.


    "Alfredo, hold the gue Worm on its spot!!" shouted Gilford.


    Hearing its mastermand, the colossus Alfredo immediately erupted some steam and grabbed the gue worm body. Looking that gue Worm managed to stop moving around, Gilford activated his spell [4th Circle - Arcana Totem].


    Few massive ck pirs appear from the magic circle ande down towards the gue Worm. [Arcana Totem] immediately pierced the gue Worm''s body and made it wriggling in pain.


    After casting the spell, Gilford kneels on the ground with a rough breath and heavy sweat. Maintaining various spells and releasing arge-scale four-circle spell exhausted almost all his mana.


    "Haaa.. Haa.. Let''s end this already." said Gilford before taking out his gas mask to drink another mana potion.


    The gue Worm''s body is restrained by the Arcana Totem and couldn''t move its body. It even couldn''t sprout any acidic green mucus towards the surrounding area. It feels like every single cell inside its body is being restrained.


    Using this opportunity, the colossus brandished its sword towards the wounded head. *Bam* However, the gue Worm''s muscle managed to endure the Colossus''s sword.


    The sword could only make the wound deeper little by little while the gue Worm struggled in pain. At this moment, all of the [Arcana Totem] slowly cracked couldn''t withstand the gue Worm''s struggle.


    Couldn''t let the gue Worm set free, Gilford gives up his [Auto Control] spell and gathers his remaining mana to cast another spell.


    "Everyone, protect me!!"mand Gilford towards all his battle golem nearby.


    Hearing their mastermand, the battle golem surrounds Gilford and prevents any newborn worm from approaching him.


    "Rus.. Agul.. Sol.. Fami.. Nemu…" as Gilford begins focusing on the chanting spell.


    A momentter, another magic circle appeared above the gue Worm wounded head. From the magic circle appears a gigantic sharp swording down towards it [3rd Circle - Arcana Sword].


    Looking at the shining sword, Alfredo immediately jumps in the air and grabs the sword before stabbing gue Worm''s wounded head using all its might. The Arcana Sword managed to puncture the gigantic worm and cut off its monster core cirction.


    Then, the gue Worm finally stops moving around and turns into a corpse.


    "Haa.. Ha.. Damn.. I use more mana than I expected." said Gilford while kneeling on the ground.


    As Gilford rests on the sandy ground, the n head Jade observes the whole fight silently nearby. He is ready to help Gilford in case Gilford fails to kill the monster. After a moment, some vigers and a hunter squad arrive at the battle spot.


    Looking that the vigers be absent-minded at the scale of gue Worm and Alfredo, "What are you waiting for? Get your ass to work and start cleaning all this mess!! Don''t let every single worm escape."mand the n head Jade.


    "Yes, sir." replied the viger.


    The viger and hunter squad begin to clean up all the green mucus and newborn worms by burning them from a distance.


    While the viger is cleaning, Jade approaches Gilford, whomands the colossus, to dissect the gigantic gue Worm''s body. Gilford will not waste this chance to research more about such a unique monster in front of him.


    "Who do you think could bring such a monster into our territory unnoticed?" asked Jade towards Gilford seriously.


    "I am not sure. But, it is those other viges. Although gue Worm is a disastrous monster, it still takes more than this to eliminate the whole Sur Vige. So, the main suspect is those other viges."


    "As for the hidden organizations, they will never use such a roundabout method just to harm our vige." replied Gilford honestly.


    "Haa.. Those viges will never give up." said Jade.


    After a while, Angus, Jayna, and Isvel, bringing thest intruder, arrive at their location. Looking at the two kids safely, Gilford couldn''t help but smile and thought something.


    "Father, I think this guy is one of the intruder leaders. He is a grade-fourbatant." said Isvel while throwing the bounded intruder.


    "Grade four??" asked Jade back.


    Even though the Endless Battlefield dimension is covered with thick mana and helps people advance their mana core faster, Grade Fourbatant is still rare. Not everyone could reach this kind of level.


    For the Sur Vige itself, it is like elite manpower. So, Jade was quite surprised to see a Grade Fourbatant in this kind of attack. It means this kind of attack is very important from the other perspective.


    After thinking for a while, "Good, send him to Abet to be interrogatedter." said Jade.


    "Wait, father. Can I y with him after the interrogation is done?"? chimed Gilford with a yful smile.


    "Do what you want." replied Jade nonchntly.


    "Yey.. This time I will manage to create it." muttered Gilford.


    "Anyway, I owe you one for this nephew. I hear you are the one that found the gue Worm first. If it is not for your timely action, the whole Sur vige will be turned into a dead zone." said Jade.


    "You are overpraising me too much, uncle. Besides, the Sur vige already helps us a lot by sheltering us in this dangerousnd. So, it is our right to repay you with this." replied Angus.


    "You''re too humble, cousin. You just withstand the might of a grade fourbatant and few other lower gradebatants. You should be proud of yourself." said Isvel nearby.


    ''Withstand the grade four and other lower gradebatants?!!'' thought both Jade and Gilford, who heard it nearby.


    "Good, as expected as the genius of my family and Leon''s daughter. Alright, you can go back to the vige with Isvel now. Leave all this clean up to us." said Jade.


    Hearing Angus and Jayna feat, Gilford seems to think about something but not saying anything until the end.


    Angus and Jayna go back to the vige along with Isvel without any obstruction. Arriving at the vige, they immediately rested at their respective ces.


    Soon, their news about surviving grade four spread around the Sur vige. Everyone in the vige often talks about their achievements. Some even blew up the story and said they managed to kill the grade fourbatant.


    While Angus and Jayna''s reputation is soaring in the vige, a person feels disgusted and jealousy hearing this kind of news. This person is none other than Neil. *Brak* Some furniture is destroyed in Neil''s hand.


    "Damn it!! Those outsiders!! It should be me that they are talking about. Why do they keep talking about those outsiders." yelled Neil while ring up his mana.


    "Son, calm down. It''s just a story." said the mature woman inside the tent.


    "But, mother… They are outsiders, yet they get more attention than me. It was supposed to be me that hailed as a genius, not those outsiders." said Neil angrily.


    Hearing this, the mature woman couldn''t help but shake her head. As someone who has survived in this dangerousnd for a long time, she knows that her son will never survive with this kind of personality.


    There is a reason why Sur vige could grow into now despite living in the harsh conditions. It is because they never try to bluntly provoke the other group ormunity inside the Endless Battlefield.


    For Sur vige, Pride may be important. But, it is not as important as their life. Because of this, Sur vige could grow silently without anyone noticing until now.


    Still looking at the rapid growth of Sur vige also creates some jealousy among the other viges, leading them to use many underhanded tactics like the gue Worm.


    Despite her son''s behavior, the mature woman still couldn''t abandon her youngest child and loves him deeply.


    "Son, you are still a genius and growing further. Besides, once you enter the Ancestral Ruin during theing of age ceremony, you could have a chance to get a legacy like your older siblings." said the mature woman trying to soothe her son.


    "Ancestral Ruin. Yes, if I could get something like a colossus, I could beat those two outsiders. Hahaha..." Laughed Neil while imagining himself controlling colossus.