Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Chapter 32 – Hill

Kyle carefully moved through the wilderness.

He knew a lot more about it after his days with the hunters, but he still felt nervous.

This time, he was alone.

'Just remember what you were taught. Just traverse the forest like the others. It can't be that hard!' Kyle told himself in his mind.

For a couple of minutes, he didn't sense any other beast.

But then, he felt some subtle rustling from a bush and stopped moving.

'Listen to your instincts! They have been pretty accurate so far,' Kyle thought as he tried to identify the threat of the thing in the bush.

The rustling became more pronounced and louder.

It was almost like this thing didn't care who or what heard it.

In general, that was a sign that this thing was powerful.

'And yet, I don't feel any threat coming from it,' Kyle thought.

He watched the bush for a while, and after some seconds, the thing showed itself.

'Oh my god, it's just a regular ass hedgehog,' Kyle thought with a roll of his eyes. 'Why do these things always have to be so loud?'

Kyle continued traversing the forest for a couple of minutes before he heard something heavy moving through the forest.

'Feels dangerous but familiar,' he thought.

He climbed a tree and looked at the thing.

'Oh, it's one of these guys!'

It was a big worm with a huge sphere for a head.

'Wonder if that's the same one,' Kyle thought, remembering the time he had broken the long bone spear of one of them.

In a way, these things were dangerous, but they were also extremely slow.

Kyle thought about collecting a bone spear, but he quickly shook his head.

'No! Last time, Samson was watching the surroundings. If the sounds of battle attract stronger beasts, you're done for!'

He ignored the worm and continued.

A couple of minutes later, Kyle noticed something.

'Lancel said I should avoid big gatherings of leaves, right?' he thought as he saw the ground covered in leaves.

'Wonder what that's all about. I might not be able to fight whatever is here, but I'm good at running away.'

Kyle searched for a stone, climbed a distant tree, and then...

He threw the stone at the leaves.

The stone landed on the leaves, and nothing happened.

But then, half a second later, all the leaves lifted off the ground.

BANG!

Red teeth came out of the leaves, and they slammed together.

From his tree, Kyle could see that the leaves were the inside of a maw.

He could also see part of a long body coming out of a thin hole.

Kyle watched nervously as the leafy maw crushed the stone for a couple of seconds.

Then, the maw opened again, and the teeth retracted.

In the end, everything returned to normal.

'Crazy!' Kyle thought. 'Is that a beast or a plant? I genuinely have no idea! It could be both!'

As he watched the pile of leaves, Kyle felt fear.