Life in Terraria

Chapter 16: The Worm

Zach dodged to the left.

"Hah, is that all you've got?"

The worm's segments shot out Vile Spit.

"Ew!"

Zach pulled out his new Ball O' Hurt, and swung it around, before throwing it at the worm. It got stuck in the segment, and Zach was pulled along with it.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

"Zach! Hold on!"

Bell readied her musket as the Eater turned to face her. She blasted in it's mouth, and the first few segments died. Zach and his mace fell down.

"Yeah, we're wearing it down!" 

Mike, with his increased mana, gave the worm a lot more blasts than normal. Zach pulled out his Blade of Grass and slashed another segment. It died and the worm split into two. 

"WHAT!?" 

The two worms both dove at Zach. He dodged the first, but as he was running, he tripped on the other worm. He got up, and suddenly, both dove at him again, this time from opposite directions. At just the right time, he jumped so they would crash into each other. Multiple segments died, and dropped demonite ore and shadow scales. Zach picked them up. He slashed another segment, and it almost died, but it shot out vile spit, which hit Zach. It knocked him down, and hurt.

Just as the worms were about to feast on him, Bell and Mike came to his rescue. Mike blasting the smaller worm, and Bell using her gun on the larger one. Zach drank a healing potion, and got up. When he did, there were 6 worms.

"What happened?!" 

"When we were shooting them, they split apart!"

Zach got an idea. 

"You two, run. I'll distract them. I have a plan."

Bell and Mike ran.

"HEY YOU DUMB WORMS, LOOK OVER HERE!" 

All the worms turned to look at Zach. They lunged but he dodged. He pulled out his Ball O' Hurt. He threw it on the worm and ran around to wrap it up. He squeezed tightly to keep it in place. 

"You two, now!" 

Bell jumped up and fired rapidly with her Demon Bow. The piercing of the unholy arrows easily killed a lot of segments, but they couldn't escape. Mike blasted the segments more, weakening them. 

"Alright, time to finish you off!"

Zach pulled as hard as he could, and Bell and Mike came and pulled with him. The mace tightened on the Eaters until they all exploded in a vile, rotten mess. There was a lot of demonite and shadow scales left in it's wake. There was also three treasure bags, much like when the Eye was killed. They all opened the treasure bags, and got gold, demonite, shadow scales, and a worm scarf. 

"Ooh, comfy."

The trio headed back home.

"Hey, Guide!" Zach said, "We got these comfy scarves."

"Oh hey, good job on winning. Those scarves make you take less damage. Also, you got shadow scales, right? You can make some good stuff with it."

"Like what?"

"Like new armor, or a new pickaxe if you'd want."

"Ooh, I want armor." Zach said.

"Me too! As long as it's better than Jungle armor."  Bell said.

"I don't want any, unless it makes my magic stronger!" Mike said.

The Guide made Zach and Bell Shadow Armor, and made them all a Nightmare Pickaxe. 

"Oh, and Zach, I can make you something you might like."

The Guide went to the anvil and made a Malaise, a yo-yo. 

"A yo-yo? I'm not really interested in toys."

"No, it's a weapon! It's actually a pretty decent one, too." 

"Huh, neat."

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