Chapter 187 (1/2)

Chapter 187

Ch . 187 – Collapse

All at once, the red ants take their sights off of me and turn to face Adofu .

Even though they went through the trouble of hardening the ground beneath my feet to stop me from moving and restructured the ceiling to make it into a weapon, the red ants still straight up abandoned their best chance at killing me .

It’s is likely the effect of the magic skill [[Decoy]] that Adofu just chanted .

It seems to have the power to attract attention to oneself .

Thinking back to when we first met, when I was preoccupied with Adofu, I couldn’t feel the presence of the hero approaching from behind me at all .

I thought that was the effect of the hero’s [[Stealth Step]] and [[Mirage]] skills, but it seems that wasn’t the only thing .

Adofu must have used [[Decoy]] back then beforehand .

”Kuchaa!!”

Adofu tries to fight back, but gets surrounded to an unreasonable degree .

A red ant in front catches Adofu’s large sword in its mouth, stopping his attack .

Another red ant from behind uses the opportunity and bites down into his shoulder .

Adofu is then pulled down on the spot as is .

For Adofu to throw himself into that mountain of red ants, the enemy probably didn’t expect it too .

In order to buy me time so that I could break out of this [[Clay]] that’s restraining me, he put his life on the line as a decoy .

I hurriedly try to escape from the [[Clay]], but I can’t pull my feet free .

Even though I knew that

it wouldn’t work, I still hate that I can’t pull my feet out .

When I try lifting my feet with all my strength, the ground gives a slightly gruff creak, but that’s it .

Not even a crack appears .

It seems like the more I hurry, the more time I waste doing nothing . I’m struck with a feeling of powerlessness .

BREAK DAMMIT, BREAK! WHY WON’T YOU BREAK!?

Of course, the red ants’ attack isn’t over with him just being pulled down .

Despite being defenseless, Adofu’s doing a good job at not getting crushed .

Once again, the red ants gather together and begin piling themselves on top of Adofu .

”Guugaa!!”

With all my strength, I stab my fangs into the ground .

I feel the impact reverberate throughout my head and at the same time I feel the ground starting to crack .

Again, I stab my fangs into the ground .

I knock out three of my fangs .

My fangs got pulled out and my mouth is dripping with blood .

However, a crack finally appeared .

I kick out of the ground with all of my strength . The crack enlarges and the ground disintegrates, releasing my feet .

”Kucha?” “K-Kucha!!”

Hearing the sound of me getting out and returning, some of the red ants look back at me .

Jumping up into the air, I bring my head back and swing it forward hard enough to send the ball rabbit flying off of it .

「”Peefuu!!?”

Curling up my body while extending my neck, I open my large mouth and catch the ball rabbit within it .

From there, I

I switch over to [[Roll]] .

Sorry, ball rabbit .

I had no choice but to use [[Roll]] .

The ball rabbit’s [[Light]] vanishes and the surroundings become completely dark .

However, I’ve got the gist of my surroundings and the red ants’ locations .

Now to go and retrieve Adofu from under the pile of red ants… No, even if I attack, will I be able to topple that mountain of red ants?

Besides, I’m certain that just a few moments ago a number of red ants started to look back at me again .

Even if I jump in and help Adofu, it’s clear that the other red ants will obstruct my efforts .

Well, if these are the stakes, then I guess I’ll just have to take a gamble on this one .

I direct my momentum vertically to the direction I was travelling to Adofu and head straight for the wall .

Because of the darkness, I don’t have a very good grasp of the distance between me and the wall, but I still accelerate with all I’ve got and continue heading straight toward it .