64 Escalation (1/2)

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Larry heard it all, as well as Jonas.

God knows how much he wanted to deny Raven's claims. But as he glanced at the situation around him, what else could he say? Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Everything he said was right. He also felt that they're just dealing with some oversized ants, no need for his superiors to come here and call him useless for not being able to handle this situation.

He should've realized it. He shouldn't have underestimated the ants, if he just treated the ants more seriously, then he would've realized that there really is a colony below them. It was now clear to him as to why, after all of the years of his service, he still wasn't promoted to a higher rank.

”Railed by lightning? You mean that Ant Queen could command lightning?”

”No. The kind of lightning I'm talking about is 'Tribulation Lightning'. Something that comes naturally when the queen has to survive to prove it's worth to evolve. If she successfully endured and survived, then the whole outer area of the kingdom will plunge in chaos because her children would receive a huge boost on their prowess too.”

”The Worker Ants would truly awaken their Lord Ant Bloodline and would grow in size, comparable to a hill. Just five of those could completely wipe the civilization nearby. The Soldier Ants would be even more terrifying, they would at least Veteran Knights in equivalent, and you know most of the knights that reached that level are rare. But this colony? Who knows how many of them are there? After all, no one even bothered to check the depths of the colony at all.”

”There's also the Alpha Soldier Ants, the one's who that's allowed to mate with the queen, they too will receive a boost. And in just short of a month, the Queen would give birth to an Empyrean Ant King. And he would be at least a Silver Knight equivalent to humans. If he grows up, then the horrors he could do is something I don't even want to imagine.”

Larry's eyes dilated in horror. His heartbeat quickened and cold sweat poured down his back.

Now the consequences of his actions are bearing down on him like a huge mountain. His mind started to spiral and images of a chaos all around the outer area of the kingdom filled his mind. There he saw many people fleeing, houses were burning, livestock murdered, dead bodies, crying children and a horde of massive ants spreading destruction everywhere.

”You know all of this is going to happen, yet you're not doing something? I can't believe you.” Ellen asked.

Larry heard Raven sneered inside and said: ”Yeah and so what? Didn't that Larry asked us if we think that what they do here is joke? I answered no since it's not really a joke anyway. What they do here, is allowing the destruction of the kingdom. And who are we to interfere? It's not like we're knights or something, we're just ordinary citizens who happen to volunteer while the real knights relax and scratch their asses on their comfy couches. Nothing more. Honestly, I would like to see the look on his face once he realizes what he caused. He would be regarded as one of the biggest sinners of the entire kingdom.”

Larry's entire body shook. His face paled as he involuntarily stepped back in horror. His mind was plunged into chaos and guilt started creeping up on his skin.

Chaotic images started flooding his mind, his entire body was shivering and his teeth were also clattering in fear. His brain was being overloaded with negative images that he was experiencing a mental breakdown. It was then that he felt a chop on his neck and he abruptly lost consciousness.

It was Jonas, who also heard everything that Raven said. He showed mercy by knocking Larry unconscious. He took a long careful glance at the tent in front of him, before gnashing his teeth and deciding to drag the unconscious Larry back to the tent.

As soon as their silhouette was gone, the people inside the tent heaved a sigh of relief and felt bad for them.

”Your methods are quite harsh you know?” Mark raised his brow towards the smiling Raven.

”Is it? I personally think that isn't enough you know.”

”What? The poor guy almost died with foam in his mouth because of that and you still think it isn't enough? You are very mean...” Paul scratched his head in frustration.

”I just can't tolerate this carelessness that's all. This rag tag bunch of people felt too much comfort behind the walls of the kingdom, thinking that it's invincible. I don't like them.” Raven smiled as he explained.

Luna sighed and pouted as well. ”I just hope Brother plans to change this. Or else, I will truly snatch the crown off from his head.”

”You go girl!” Ellen cheered on the side.

”Anyways.” Raven stood up and patted the dirt on his body. ”We've had our fun here guys. Let's leave and let them deal with this situation.”