Chapter 185 (1/2)

Chapter 185

Ch . 185 – One Long Pa.s.sageway

I place the ball rabbit on top of my head and move forward while checking the general vicinity with [[Presence Sense]] .

The inside of the red ants’ nest is dark as usual, but the ball rabbit uses its [[Light]] skill and makes three little will-o’-the-wisps float about, which gives us a decent enough amount of illumination to see . …The little will-o’-the-wisps occasionally b.u.mp into my head, but I don’t mind it .

Anyhow, the walls are bright red . The further we go in, the further my anxiety is stirred . Was this wall specially made with the red ants’ [[Clay]]? When I lightly poke at the wall with my claw, the wall doesn’t crack or even give way . We’re gonna be in trouble if this collapses easily .

However, where are the red ants? I have not yet seen a single red ant anywhere in here . There were two weakened ants at the entrance, but I thought that the inside of the nest would be swarming with more .

Without encountering any red ants, we reach a point in the pa.s.sageway where it branches off into three directions . It seems that these pa.s.sageways are becoming increasingly complicated . Could this mean that if we stir up trouble in one pa.s.sage, the ants will escape through another? It seems that since they’ve resigned themselves from fighting as they’ve not shown themselves yet .

The fact of the matter is that since the path ahead branches out, it’ll be easy for the red

ants to escape from me since they have a territorial advantage . They probably have multiple exits prepared as well .

For now, the ball rabbit, Adofu, and I each face a different pa.s.sageway . “Let’s see each other again, alive!” I joke to myself like it’s some pa.s.sionate delusion, but that’s not the plan . There’s no merit in splitting up our fighting potential right now .

I stick my head into the pa.s.sageway on the right, and look inside . I cannot see anything within my field of vision, and in particular, there is also a distinct lack of sound .

Concentrating magical power in my throat, I extend my neck forward, narrow my lips, and blow out magical power to use [[Whistle]] .

Pyuu~Pii~~~ .

The whistle echoes throughout the otherwise silent, red pa.s.sageway . Listening carefully, I feel like I can just barely hear something that sounds like footsteps, mixed with the sound of the echoing whistle . I’m stuck trying to come to a conclusion as to whether or not it was just my imagination .

Well, I didn’t expect much of its effectiveness anyways . It’s somewhat successful to a degree . I can’t believe I’m getting hung up by such a thing . Shall we quickly get going?

[Level of Normal Skill [[Whistle]] has increased from Lv 1 to 2 . ]

…Even if this increases, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to do much good . Well, perhaps the distance that the sound reaches extends? I appreciate it a little bit . Anyways, it’s good,

good, y’know? If my whistling improves, I may be able to use it to kill some time, or use it as a neat little trick but…neither of those are really necessary, hmmm…

“Are you going down that path?”

Adofu is calling out to me . I look back towards Adofu, shake my head to indicate no, and return back to the pa.s.sageway . After that, I stick my head into the pa.s.sageway in the middle . Finally, I stick my head into the pa.s.sageway on the left . The middle, left, and right pa.s.sageways are all the same . No signs or sounds of anything .

Well then, I guess I’ll just take the left side .

‘Gua . ”