Milton swung his sword and the gleam from his sword drew a large X in the air before crashing down mightily onto the mud monster. The monstrous wave of mud instantly fell apart.
Carl did not see anything that looked remotely like blood spurt out, so he became rather curious and asked, "Your Ladyship, what sort of creature is the mud monster?"
"I'm not too sure either," said Melissa. "Some experts on mud monsters believe that they are not really living things like animals, since they don't have flesh or blood. They also don't have a developed consciousness or their own will. They trap and kill purely by instinct."
"That's also why they're not easy to kill," explained Melissa. "You could attack them hard enough that they fall apart, but after some time, the pieces would gather back togeth
