62 Teamwork (1/2)

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Raven became richer with barely an effort.

If he converted all of the things he plundered to gold, then the amount he will make would at least be equivalent to his dad's 3 years worth of salary along with bonuses. Though he felt quite bad since these items were scavenged from the victims of the ants, he decided to not let it bother him too much, they were dead and he had to move on. However, he will make sure that the money he will make from their belongings are put onto good use.

It also very likely that the colony is in high alert right now, it had been a day since Raven left from there and took all of these things away. By now, they should've find out that their horde was reduced into a mere pile of shiny clothing and might as well be tracing every tracks they could find to locate him. Too bad, it just so happens that Raven is five steps ahead of them.

Currently, Raven was traveling with the group. Mark and Paul had gotten a fantastic rest and never felt better, same goes for the rest that sank into that deep meditative state thanks to the incense that Raven made before. Now, they are more eager and more suitable for combat.

Jonas took them around for a patrol, the battlefield is eerily quiet which makes most of them wonder what was happening. Raven thought that the ants might be hunting for the culprit, which was him, inside the colony which is why there are no attacks.

But he knew that this won't last long, who knows how many ants are in there? They won't miss a chance to attack specially if the queen is nearing that point.

”Oh come on! Really? Now that we are looking for some action, then they retreat? What gives!?” Paul moaned, clearly bored out of his mind from all of the walking.

”I find it strange too. I've been patrolling here since these walls were made and we never experienced an idle time like this. I wonder what's going on?” Jonas cupped his chin while over looking the battlefield.

”We will keep waiting then, it's not like they will disappear like that right?” Raven smiled and surveyed. There was a tinge of confidence behind his voice that only his friends would be able to tell. And since he said this, there's no reason to drop their attention.

An hour passed and it was noon, the crew is under the shelter of a tent looking at the ground below the walls. They saw some people who were relaxing, sleeping, meditating, or patrolling here and there. Just like Jonas said earlier, it was extremely rare for this camp to be this idle. Now that he thought about it, he had a correction to make. This is actually the first time that this camp experienced this idle scene. Normally, you would see an ant or four in the battlefield, duking it out with their fighters and other recruits like him but now, nothing's happening.

And if he's being honest, it's giving him a creepy vibe.

*Boom!*

”Holy shit!” Jonas almost fell from where he was when he heard that sound.

He immediately turned around and saw what the ruckus was all about. Although at this point he shouldn't be surprised, he can't help it since the way these ants enter the battlefield is really flashy. He lost count on how many times these things have done it, fortunately they don't appear randomly or else the ground beneath them would truly cave in. He was about to ask Raven and his crew if they want to move out but there was another commotion that caught them unprepared.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

”What's going on?” Jonas asked. Now the situation just became grimmer.

He wasn't expecting this at all. Aside from the one who came out earlier, several more ants surfaced up and together they screeched together and charged towards the fighters who were present.

Jonas was stumped, this is probably the most intense attack that they have received. He looked down at the chaos that ensued thanks to the ants. He counted silently and spotted at least 15 ants on the entire battlefield. He felt his knees go weak but it was also the same time that he felt a hand on his shoulders. He turned around and saw Raven wearing a smile while looking at him.

”We will head out soon and help. You go back to the main camp to ask for reinforcements.”