Chapter 179 (2/2)

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They killed a C rank monster in an instant! Whoa now. Hey. Should I really be starting a fight with these guys? One wrong move and I’ll end up like that too. In their own way, they’re stronger than the centipede.

The five red ants pick up the scorpion and start carrying it off.

Five, hmm… with that many in a group, if I charge in without any strategy, I might have the table turned on me. I just saw how they instantly killed that C rank monster, before it even had a chance to make a move. Sorry, but I refuse to make the same mistake as Big Scissor-senpai.

But wait, isn’t it fine so long as I don’t get surrounded? Thanks to the level boost I got from defeating the large centipede, my speed should now exceed that of the red ants by a significant amount. If it comes down to it, I could also fly away or use [[Roll]] to make an escape. If I fight skillfully, I can avoid being surrounded and mobbed to death, like Big Scissor-senpai was.

[[Clay Gun]] is just about the only long-range skill that the red ants have. If I need to escape, it may be possible to use [[Kamaitachi]] while getting away. It will be a prolonged fight due to the [[Automatic HP Regeneration]] skill the red ants have, but if I can focus on one ant at a time and take their numbers down to two or three, then I could take them all on at once. Alright, shall we begin?

I fly out in front of the red ants as they’re

as they’re carrying the scorpion and fire off [[Kamaitachi]]. It’s important for me to figure out how much of the ant’s HP I can shave off now, before I actually enter the battle. If possible, I would also like to take down one of them with this.

“Kucha!” “Kuchach!” “Kuchach!”

“Kuacha!” “Kuacha!”

The red ants are panicking big-time. Of course there’s nothing else to expect.

I didn’t want to attack while they were carrying their food back to their nest, but this is nature and there is no ent.i.tlement to such conveniences here. It’s necessary to grab onto every chance I can get and to have nerves of steel so luck doesn’t just pa.s.s me by. Forgive me, red ants.

Four of the red ants simultaneously abandon the body of the scorpion, which then falls over onto the fifth one who failed to move in time.

“Gucha!”

While I don’t think that a single scorpion is something worth dying over, it’s great that one of the ants is no longer able to move. Targeting the closest of the four ants in front of me, I quickly release [[Kamaitachi]] at it. d.a.m.n, they move better than I thought they would. They managed to avoid two of my attacks.

Yeah, don’t stop now, wings. Now to send out the next [[Kamaitachi]]. With this I should be able to instantly close the distance.

“Kuacha!” “Kuacha!”

The moment the two foremost ants bark at me, two red sand bullets come flying towards me. There it is, the skill [[Clay Gun]]. I fly backwards in an exaggerated manner and avoid them. It is much easier to move around out here in the open than back in the nest where I couldn’t move

I couldn’t move horizontally or vertically. Although, that’s true for their side as well…

When the two ants in front of me shoot, the other two ants behind them follow up with [[Clay Gun]] and fire at me as well. I fly further back, but they antic.i.p.ate where I’m going to land and fire some projectiles there as well. Since it’s unavoidable, I guard myself with my wings.

Yeah, it seems that I’m at a little bit of a disadvantage in this shootout. However, the red ants don’t have much MP. This is tough, but I should be recovering well with [[Automatic HP Regeneration]]. If I can withstand this shootout, they’ll lose both their means of recovery and attack. Although it may be a dilemma, but it is also an opportunity. It’s better to let them continue using [[Clay Gun]] than widening the distance between us.

I focus on avoiding their [[Clay Gun]], and reduce my usage of [[Kamaitachi]]. But, I’m unable to do that.

“Kuacha!”

One of them makes a mad dash towards me. Well, that’s just great.

“Guuo!”

With a roar, I launch three [[Kamaitachi]]s at the red ant. It manages to avoid the first one, but the second one shatters the ground beneath its legs, hindering its movement. The third one hits the ant head-on, and it collapses head-first. Yes! just as planned!

In the mere moments my attention was focused on the ant that I just killed, the other three have spread themselves out wide. These guys, are they planning to attack me from all sides? When I try to close a gap in my defenses, they create another. It’s a vicious cycle. They really are an unpleasant opponent to fight.

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