Chapter 204 (1/2)

This is the innermost part of the red ant's nest. The pa.s.sage ahead spreads out into a whole room with it being the only place with a suspiciously high ceiling.

Six red ants appear. Then, a red ant with a body much larger than the rest comes into view, standing in the middle amongst them. There's no mistaking it. That's the queen.

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Race: Queen Red Ogre Ant

Status: Normal

Level: 43/70

HP: 496/496

MP: 184/184

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Her status checks out as well. She still has all her MP

The queen red ant has an areof-effect type of recovery magic, but there are only six of her ants left in the nest, so that's not going to be too much of a threat.

She's not going to be moving well with her abdomen being bloated like that. Queens probably aren't battle types to begin with, though. Her areof-effect recovery magic will likely play a role in healing her returning troops as well.

”Kucha!” ”Kuchaa!” ”Kucha!”

The enemy red ants peek over towards us intimidatingly. However, none of them spring at us.

They should know that they have no chance of winning with the twenty ants waiting behind me.

While waiting isn't helping anyone, the other side isn't moving either, making any sort of actions difficult. I turn my head back and see the commander red ant scowling at me. He's probably telling me to hurry it up. I turn and face forward again.

((I see. It is HER nest. I was going to go forward with my plan soon, but it fell behind schedule. It is unfortunate that I'd postpone such a sizable victory. I thought she was going to migrate quietly, but I'm certainly impressed that she's managed to figure out how to bring a dragon onto her side.))

The queen ant says that with [[Telepathy]] and then shakes her head.

…No, I think that might just be a coincidence. Though it is also possible that she really was planning to migrate.

((Tell her that victory… is her's.))

The queen ant has declares her defeat. The red ants that stood around the queen, protecting her, now bow their heads down limply.

”Kucha.”

Something pokes my back, so I look behind me to see the commander red ant. Something seems wrong. All of the other red ants have already retreated near the entrance.

Just what is this? True, I could probably handle this alone… But there's no need to retreat so far back…

”Kucha!” ”Kuchaa!” ”Kuchaa!”

Almost everyone calls out to me, including the commander ant. Why are all you guys in such a hurry?

”Kucha!”

The six red ants surrounding the queen all cry out at once. The large room began to shake violently.

The commander red ant starts quickly running off toward the entrance with the rest.

Huh? Wait, what's going on!?