The worm recoiled from the bites and knives, trying to pull away from the angry monster and keep the awful thing far away from it. It tried to lurch back down into the blue depths of the swamp, hoping that the monster and knives couldn't follow.
"It's escaping." Hikari said bluntly, leaning against a tree as she waited. There wasn't anything she could do without going into that blue muck, and frankly it irritated her to have to wait on the others. If she could fight it, she would already have taken it down.