The black volcanic sand exploded upward in a thirty-foot geyser, raining coarse dirt and shattered palm leaves across the dense tropical canopy.
Hide backflipped through the air, his Abyssal Scale Carapace gleaming darkly in the morning light as he narrowly avoided the snapping jaws of the monstrosity erupting from the earth.
He landed smoothly on the trunk of a fallen tree, his blue eyes narrowing into predatory slits. True Sight mapped the chaotic mana swirling beneath the ground.
This was the second Lesser Calamity Lord of the island. Hide had left the camp early after he was unable to sleep to find it and kill it. He was dangerously close to reaching level 30 and having his second class Rank ascension.
He was level 28 as of now and he believed that if he would kill this beast on his own, that would be a push enough for him to reach the threshold.
