I Have Become a Death Worm

“Kyireuk.”
I opened my eyes.
The intense battle was over.
With the end of the fight, consciousness returned to me again.
“Kyurut…”
Kuuuung-
I laid my giant body flat on the desert sand.
In human terms, it’s like lying face down on a bed with arms and legs stretched out in a victory pose.
As the explosive tension released, relief set in.
The battle with the Chinese Fantasy Paradise Guild hunter and the Mongolian Three Battle Wolves.
At the end of a truly spectacular battle, I emerged as the victor.
Surprisingly, I regained my reason, which had been flickering out since the possession.
A situation where a monster occupied my consciousness.
It was a continuous nightmare of endless rage.
It was indescribably horrible and chilling.
Everything looked as if drenched in bright red blood, and all beings appeared like meat hanging in a butcher shop.
I felt the urge to mercilessly tear apart and rip through everything without the slightest mercy.
There was no reason to spare those who dared to invade my territory and dared to attack me.
But at some point, consciousness miraculously returned.
A firm recognition that I am not a monster but a human.
A desperate will that I must not remain trapped in a monster’s body.
It was the manifestation of determination that I must somehow survive this situation.
From that moment, we fought together.
To the creature exhibiting thoroughly monstrous instincts, I added variations infused with human wit and sense.
It was a temporary compromise to survive together.
If asked to recall the battle as the White Sovereign, it’s ambiguous.
It was like having a lucid dream, or a distant feeling like playing a VR game.
Certainly it was a precarious battle, with moments where slow reactions could have been dangerous, and even some funny moments…
But what’s clear is that I was the subject controlling the overall battle.
I’d assess it as a roughly even match.
There were definitely several moments that could have been dangerous.
Especially the old man I fought last was truly strong.
Who knew he was a Sword Master hiding his identity?
Fortunately, at some point I completely controlled the Albino Death Worm’s body.
If the old man had been in his prime youth…
I might have lost.
Also, what if the three had employed teamwork from the start?
If they had attempted perfect coordinated attacks instead of being swept up in reckless confidence?
…I don’t want to imagine anymore.
This too is heaven’s will.
The three perished, and I remained.
In the end, surviving means being strong.
“Kyururururut…!”
Kuuuung-
I raised my body, creating pale dust.
I don’t know if eating four humans was the trigger for regaining my reason.
What’s certain is that my consciousness became clear again, like right after the possession.
Perhaps if I had been a little later, I might have lived as a monster forever.
Although it’s my first killing simultaneously with reincarnation…
It couldn’t be helped since they attacked me first.
I just tried to communicate somehow.
If I were to be particular, there are unfair aspects.
Currently, the unusual point is that I’ve gained the abilities of the four.
The condition seems to be consuming the brain or heart, organs that store knowledge and power.
It seems ability absorption occurs when eating rational beings.
An enormous sea of information blossoms in my head in real-time.
The memories of the four I consumed – Wang Junlin, Borhu, Nerme, and Tolga – flowed as if watching a first-person biography.
It feels almost like I am them, with a sense that I might lose consciousness again if not careful.
After reincarnation, unexpected mental trials continue beyond physical ordeals.
Additionally, the names of numerous desert creatures I saw initially appeared, mixed with English and Chinese nomenclature.
Comprehensive local geographic information and even a rough understanding of the current world setting.
A complete gift set indeed.
Finally I realized this is not Earth.
This is the Shahar Great Desert located in the eastern part of the Arubian West Continent of the otherworld Elzeria.
A world connected to Earth as of 2024.
On Earth, gates opened on July 1, 1999.
What passed as a vain happening in my world became a dimensional war in this world.
I’ve flown into a different parallel universe timeline where a great apocalypse occurred in 1999.
Without consuming the four hunters, I would never have known these things.
My head was dizzy from the explosively inflowing knowledge.
I wanted to think and organize my thoughts, but it wasn’t the time.
First, I needed to settle the massive confusion.
Walking is best when things get complicated.
Kurrrung-!
I began to move forward like a cruise ship navigating the desert.
Yellow dust scattered around me like water spray.
Kwassssss-
“Kyirrrrruk… Kyaaa!”
I continued to swallow and spit out still unfamiliar sand and rock fragments.
The oral structure of Death Worms or Sand Worms basically involves a throat that opens and closes.
It doesn’t make sense to constantly eat anything endlessly while running.
Basically, they share a common ancestor with clitellate annelid earthworms.
However, very naturally, it differed from those on Earth.
This is because they evolved through divergent evolution from primordial times, exposed to places full of natural primitive mana.
The basic body structure has the brain in the upper part of the head, and slightly behind the nape, five hearts are arranged in a ring-like structure.
Special organs include sand pouches, blood pouches, and electric pouches, allowing the generation of sand cannon, blood cannon, and electric fields.
Not just excretory openings but pores throughout the body can expel the sand and impurities filled inside.
…Even though I regained my human reason and gained knowledge.
Recognizing this body actually makes me feel more devastated.
What will become of me from now on?
No matter how I look at it, being recognized as human in this form seems about one billion light-years away.
In the end, it seemed my fate was to adapt for now.
Until I find some means…
Kung.
As I was traversing the vast expanse of the desert for quite some time.
It was then that something collided.
“Kishashashok-!”
“Kyaaaaa-!”
“Kyaaak-!”
Suddenly, noisy screams erupted from all directions.
What on earth is happening?
Tuuuung-!
Again, some blunt impact was generated near my head.
The sound of impact like a sailing ship colliding with a reef.
And a feeling very similar to that.
Something is detected around me.
I stopped immediately.
Kwasss-
I poked just my head out of the desert sand like a mole.
Then I slightly looked around, rotating my neck.
A sea of blood was spread out in the view before my eyes.
I let out a questioning sound at the sudden strange phenomenon.
“Kyurrr…?”
Looking closely, some things had burst and died.
Fish with copper-colored streamlined bodies and red eyes.
Desert sharks flap around, vomiting blood from their mouths and burst bellies.
Having finally understood the situation, I let out a sigh.
“Kyuuu…!”
Roughly, it seems I caused a collision accident while driving.
It seemed my path had overlapped with the migration route of desert sharks.
By chance, they were in my path and got hit, killing several of them.
Passsuk-!
Suddenly, the surrounding sandy area rippled, and several desert sharks shot up.
They surrounded me, rotating with their fin heads out.
“Ki, shashashok!”
“Shaaaaak-!”
“Krwaaaak-!”
In an instant, the roars of the remaining extremely angry desert sharks echoed from the deep of the sand sea.
From the beige-colored sand everywhere in sight, fierce roars could be heard.
Those swimming in the surrounding desert all revealed themselves.
They seem very angry for being hit and run without compensation.
Suddenly my monster anger returned.
“Kyirurururuk…!”
“Shaok! Kishashot-!”
“Shashashashok-!”
The creatures uttering sharp roars, slowly tightening the encirclement around me.
They are clearly expressing rage at the death of their comrades.
They wanted to make me pay with blood for my actions.
The monster mode extreme anger I had suppressed begins to rise stealthily.
Finally, a terrible roar burst from my mouth.
“Kyi, shaaaak-!”
I didn’t like those bastards from the moment I first saw them.
In my previous life, I held the extreme view that man-eating sharks that harm humans should all disappear from Earth’s oceans.
And now I’ve become a huge monster worm in an otherworld desert, with tiny sharks swimming all around me?
They’re now daring to try to make a Jaws movie with me as the target?
I absolutely won’t tolerate that.
Also, I can’t stand this!
“Kuooooo-!”
I roared ferociously and charged immediately.
Kwarrrrrr-!
“Sha, shaaaak-!”
“Kyishaaak-!”
“Shaaak-!”
The sharks also roared and immediately tightened their encirclement from all directions.
An enormous storm of yellow sand arose.
The distance between us closed instantly.
Tung! Wajikkeun! Teoteoteoteoteng-!
A terrible sound of flesh bursting and bones breaking rained down.
Sharks colliding with my ramming tactics bounced away in all directions like springs.
It was just like watching the French comedy film Asterix.
I really stepped on the accelerator without hesitation.
Pung! Kwachachachachak-!
“Sha, shaaaak-!”
“Kishaaak-!”
“Kyurrr-!”
The sharks’ roars instantly changed to painful cries.
Who told you to be in my way?
It’s entirely your fault.
The big and strong one wins!
I am the crazy one!
“Kyishahaaak─────!”
Kwarrrrr! Kwang!
I became a tiny little car vroom vroom, no, a bug car worm worm, and accelerated wildly.
I vented my frustration by engaging in reckless driving that I couldn’t do in my previous life.
Here, no one can stop me.
Roadkill, just a continuous infinite roadkill.
I tried to increase my speed more.
Kung! Kwakwakwakwakwang-!
“Kyi, shishik-!”
“Shaaaak-!”
“Kyaaaak-!”
Desert sharks colliding with my body bounce away in all directions like springs.
Desert sharks that burst and died, vomiting red blood, rose and rolled around all over the golden yellow desert.
In the otherwise peaceful desert, a splatter, slasher, gore movie is being successfully screened.
I am the director and these bastards are the actors.
Kwang! Waddeuk!
Worm worm worm! Too big car! Death Worm! A car came out!
Until just before my previous life, sudden unintended acceleration was a very hot social issue in Korea, right?
Then I’ll also charge wildly, making sudden accelerations without warning!
Here, there’s no lawsuit for killing someone by hitting them!
It’s the same for any trash that I judge displeasing in the future!
Passsssss-! Shwaaaaa-!
Of course, the sharks didn’t just get hit without defense.
Some of them dived deep into the desert, maneuvering around to approach the sides of my body.
The side attack strategy used to hunt whales, the giant mammals of the sea, is implemented directly.
Tak! Kagak! Kigigik-!
Desert sharks clung to my sides, trying to bite wildly.
However, none of them could inflict even a slight wound on my sturdy natural outer skin.
Instead, they fell off like scarecrows, unable to withstand my relentless speed through the desert.
I let out a roar soaked in pleasure and joy.
“Kyu, hwaaaaak-!”
I’m doing villainous deeds in the merciless desert, but no one can stop me.
Anyway, this sea is mine, and I am the absolute ruler of this place!
It was so much fun to be reincarnated as a big and powerful Death Worm!
Eventually, at some point during the crazy roadkill spree.
“Kyi, shishik-!”
“Sha, shaok-!”
“Kyaaak…!”
Passuk-
The fins that had been so fiercely cutting through the desert all suddenly subsided into the golden sand.
Finally, the desert sharks tucked their tails and began to flee.