62 Consequences (2/2)

The crew regrouped and had the chance to catch their breaths. Of course, Raven didn't miss the chance to harvest their preys and strip everything that has value. He smiled and thought: 'With this, we won't be hungry for a couple of months.'

After the chaos died down, Raven and his crew went back to their tents to rest. Along the way they came across some people who were nursing their comrades. Some of them are suffering from broken bones, deep wounds, missing limbs and so on. The atmosphere was quite heavy, and it didn't help that up until now, there are still some ants that's attacking.

”This is rather...depressing.” Mark frowned as soon as they entered the tent. The shared his sentiments as well.

”It's terrible, there are too many injured people here.” Anne sighed as she wiped the dirt on her body.

”No one was expecting this blew up either. The attack was too sudden.” Paul commented.

”Not really.” Raven said, ”They should've known that this is going to happen.”

Everyone was silent, no one could refute his words after all. It wouldn't take a genius to know that something like this was going to happen. The battlefield was always active and the ants always surfaced to attack, it's given that something was up when an active battlefield suddenly became silent.

Kids they might be, but they too knew that something was up.

”Among those who were injured are Captains of this camp, who are probably in service for years. What's funny is that these people should've known too, but what did they do when the battlefield became inactive? They either slept, ate, gotten drunk and etc. Completely unprofessional. Now they paid the price of being over confident.”

Just like Raven stated, these people brought this to themselves. Some would think that their experience should help but what did they do?

”Would it help if we let them know from the start?” Ellen asked as she bandaged some of the wounds on her arm.

”Yes it would.” Raven replied without any hesitation, ”But do you think they would listen to us Volunteers and clearly much weaker that they are? I don't think so.”

”You guys saw him right? The recruit that brought us here, Jonas I think was his name. You saw how many times he was about to faint because of the chaos in the battlefield? He was clearly unfit for duty yet he was here. And he wasn't the only one who's like that in here.”

”This is the price of being too confident. The beasts that we fight didn't help too. They probably thought 'Oh well, they are just some oversized ants, nothing too serious here.' But look what happened? If it weren't for me asking Jonas for reinforcements, then the casualties would've been high.”

”There also that person, Larry I think was his name? All that dumbass knew to do was too act all high and mighty, you remember when he tried to suppress us using his cultivation base and his killing intent? As if that's gonna work. While he was there in his comfy tent, people were getting injured and dying. He didn't bother to check how things were going in here. I guess he couldn't less since he's being paid for it anyway.”

”I guess you're pretty upset with their management here huh?” Paul raised his brow and asked.

”Hell yeah I am!” Raven rant were far from over. ”The situation here is more serious than what you guys think. The Ant Queen would soon evolve from from being a Lord Ant to an Empyrean Ant. If that happens, then they could kiss this whole place goodbye.”

”What!?” The people inside the camp were shocked.

”Lord Ants are aggressive, yes. But not to this extent, and regular Lord Ants won't make their hive in placed that have too much activity, so it is not possible for this colony to exist inside this kingdom. But here they are, and the only event that they are willing to be this aggressive, is when they encounter an opportunity to evolve in a much stronger species. Which is the case right now.”

”So, more people are gonna die huh?” Mark asked.

”Yes, I estimate that a week from now, the queen would finish her preparations. And be it a success or not, this place will cease to exist if no one interferes. This place would be railed down by lightning and to some extent, the damages would involve the market, a place where tons of people are, and the casualties would skyrocket. This is the price of their laziness.”