A Scorpion This Time

Their foot makes a rustling sound when they tread on the sand. The sun was already hot enough even when it was not too high.

'Looks like the clock is pretty accurate.'

Clyde looked up at the sun and saw that his position was not very high. Based on his memory, the sun's position was like that when the time entered 8 or 9 am.

'Maybe this time the clock was accurate. But I can't let my guard down because one day the clock in the Fortress may be manipulated.'

They walked a little further from the portal without any interference from the worms. This is quite strange because yesterday the worms should have arrived and surrounded them right about now.

Even so, the six people remained vigilant with the thought that worms could still emerge at any time. And they can't afford to be too relaxed about it.