Chapter 266 Ambush (1/2)

Magical constructs, in other words, contraptions made by magic. In this world, every living creature is basically a magical construct created by the almighty Creator. The only difference was that the Creator blessed us with the gift of life and its various traits, causing this world to be filled with a complex plethora of variations.

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Receiving an outcome like that was just shocking…at this point, there was no way anyone was going to convince me that the Black Blood Ants and the mysterious golem creators had no relation, not even if they were to beat me to death.

With the danger gone, the Black Blood Queen Ant slumped weakly to the floor in relief. Just as the golem had lumbered off ten seconds in the direction from which he came, the Black Blood Queen Ant’s eyes suddenly lit up as if something had just occurred to her. She quickly climbed to her feet and crawled after that golem. Circling around to the front of the golem, she started waving her limbs about while trying to say something to it.

However, the golem ignored her and merely continued onwards. The queen ant, unwilling to let it go like that, pleaded with it desperately.

“Master, what’s that bug doing?” Asked a puzzled Big 4 who had just returned from his mission. For a simple devil like Big 4, he naturally couldn’t understand what that bug was plotting. I, however, was different. Even without understanding her words, I knew exactly what she was planning.

“That bug was trying to get that golem to attack us.”

“What! That d*mned bug, I’m going to squish it to death!” Big 4 immediately roared like a challenged lion. “I swear I’ll tear that ugly bug to pieces!”

“There’s no need for pieces but how about you go ahead for now, there’s something I want to test out.” I had a bold theory in mind that, if unsuccessful, would place Big 4 in great danger. But without his help, there was no way I could verify it either. Thus, with trepidation in my heart, I had no choice but to ask this of Big 4: “From the looks of things, that golem probably doesn’t understand ant speak. I need you to follow that queen ant for now but don’t stay too close to her or stray too far either. I wish to know if those golems will try to attack you if you are near a queen ant.”

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“I’ll get right on it, Master.” Big 4 rushed off without any hesitation in spite of the fact that he might potentially have to face up against an indomitable golem. If I had to grade his loyalty right now, it would definitely be a 100/100.

Given the relationship between the ants and the golem creator, what if, and that was a big if, being near the queen ant alone was enough to prevent the golem from attacking Big 4? That was exactly what I wanted to find out now!

As a magical construct, it should have been created with some degree of language skills. But because it was made for combat and not for utility purposes, its intelligence shouldn’t have been that high, at least not to the extent where it would understand a wide variety of languages…that was probably why it ignored the queen ant.

No matter how much the queen ant cried, the golem refused to listen to it. Even after noticing Big 4 following the queen ant, it merely ignored him and continued lumbering forward. Most likely it had assumed that the queen ant was trying to speak up for Big 4…in short, it assumed that the queen ant’s weird chittering was about Big 4 not being an intruder. While the golem wasn’t able to understand ant speak, it could still recognize the frantic actions of that ant.

Seeing that, I heaved a sigh of relief. Since the golem didn’t attack, it meant that as long as he followed behind the queen ant, the golem would assume that we were a part of her gang.

And yet just as I thought that everything was proceeding according to plan, the script suddenly took a change.

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The queen ant, probably realizing that the golem didn’t understand ant speak, decided to change to the Devil’s tongue. In what had to be the most awkward and inferior use of the language ever, the queen ant uttered her cry for help.

“Save me…they…bandits…”

While her devil speak wasn’t all that good, the golem still managed to catch a few key terms. It immediately halted its tracks and turned around to look at the Black Blood Queen Ant. ‘Was it waiting for her to finish speaking?’

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