Vol 3 Chapter 21 (1/2)
CHAPTER 2: BLACK ANT-HILL – PART 1
May 15, 2016Tgurneu
What is the worst kind of animal?
It’s not the lion Only hule
It’s also not the tiger It isn’t much different from a lion
The elephant? A raging elephant is certainly scary, but it’s entle
What about the wolf? It is certainly strong in groups But that is still not enough
Hu But at the sas
The worst kind of anier, elephants, wolves or humans, does exist in the world
It is the animal employed by Mokkania-
The ant
A black shadow appeared at Mokkania’s feet That black shadow looked as if so out of it Ants were being created as if co out from the entrance of a nest at Mokkania’s feet
The ants crawled The black crawling ants began to fill Mokkania’s feet and the grey floor of the Book Labyrinth
They numbered more than a hundred million The white floor beca over the walls or ceiling
Every one of theer Their head was unusually large, and their , they charged forward single-er
This was Mokkania’s ability – He could produce an inexhaustible amount of ants who could consus
The black invaders started attacking all living beings inside the Labyrinth They first had to fight the Guardian Beasts The ants faced off against Cavalry Crow
Cavalry its spear The ants’ bodies were torn into shreds and their body fluids covered the spear But that wasn’t good enough What would killing a few hundreds of thee anyway?
The ants’ h them with formidable force The ants then flocked and crawled all over Cavalryman’s body It collapsed and was buried in the flood of ants
Cavalry any trace in less than thirty seconds
They haven’t eaten enough
As if screa forward
There was still plenty of bait left There were other Guardian Beasts and Ar for prey, the ants scattered about the Fifth Level of the Book Labyrinth
Not ainst the ants’ attack
Mirepoc stood paralyzed inside the control room
In front of her eyes, warning lights kept flashi+ng in red – all those except of Mokkania and Hamyuts
‘A revolt? Why? What’s going on?’
‘Please respond, Mirepoc-san!’
‘Isn’t there so here’
‘Who are the enemy forces? Is it just Mokkania?’
‘What’s the Director doing?!’
‘Please respond, Mirepoc-san, my feet are almost done for!’
Mirepoc received one thought after the other
I must send some aid I have to issue soht or run away? Mirepoc was left all alone in mayhem and bewilderment
“What are you going, Mirepoc-san?”
The one calling to her was Ireia Mirepoc barely recomposed herself
“W-What am I supposed to…”
“Let’s have everyone withdraw Quickly!”
Mirepoc closed her eyes and sent her thoughts to all Armed Librarians inside the Labyrinth
‘Everyone, please withdraw There is no need for any counterattack, everyone withdraw immediately!”
After hearing the alar around Bantorra Library He called out towards the fleeing people in the Sixth Archive, in the lobby and in the reading room
Panic will just cause death Like a domino effect, it would cause many people to lose their lives In particular, if people were to tumble down the spiral staircase of the Sixth Archive, he had no idea how e would be caused
“Don’t run! The attack will not reach here!”
Mattalast ran on top of the spiral staircase’s handrail The stairs were full of people who strived to be the first ones to get outside The number of people who listened to Mattalast was s
“Leave the Library by walking without any rush!+ Once you get outside, go to the courtyard and don’t move from there!”
Mattalast shot his gun towards the ceiling All of the people looked at him at once
“No reason to panic Trust us Armed Librarians”
The panic slightly subsided The people started cli the stairs a bit more calmly than before
Mattalast looked for people ere late in escaping and jumped down
A woman ran and her feet stumbled She slipped on the stairs and fell behind Mattalast, after having predicted this, sled underneath her with his bowler hat flying
“Ahh…”
“Everything’s fine Relax”
Mattalast whispered as he held the woet up and prompted her to head for the surface
However, even Mattalast didn’t know if everything would be really fine
No attack from the Labyrinth came outside He would have to evacuate everyone as soon as possible
‘Feekie-san! Blob is around the portion above the ground of route 41 Can I ask you to help him?’
‘Acknowledged’
‘Marlin here No ants came to route 17 yet’
‘Roger that Make all people in routes 16-27 escape through route 17’
Inside the control roo Armed Librarians
“Hold on, that wound is shallow!”
In front of the gate, Ireia was nursing the Ared to run away
At the bottom of the Sixth Archive, there were sixteen Armed Librarians and trainees in addition to Ireia There were almost no people without any injuries, but thankfully none of the
“Mirepoc-san, who’s still left inside?”
Ireia asked Mirepoc checked the lamps and then answered
“The re people are Minth, Noloty, and the Director”
Hearing this, Ireia ripped away her white apron and threay her glasses Her skirt waved as she ran towards the Labyrinth
“Mirepoc-san, I’ this place to you!”
While almost all Armed Librarians have already withdrawn, Minth alone refused retreat
Once he heard the news, he headed for route 51 at full speed There were still al the sparse ants underfoot, Minth kept running ahead
‘Minth-san Please retreat’
‘Mirepo, where’s Mokkania?!’
‘I told you to retreat, didn’t I?!’
WithoutAs he approached route 51, the nu eaten and the ants’
“…!”
However, he then stopped The sounds of crawling ants ca around the next corner, there would probably be only a deluge of ants Minth’s legs froze
“…! Gaaahhh!”
He screa spirits Normally, he would tell hiht in front of him
Minth leapt diagonally with his full strength He landed on the wall and kept running like that His speed and the friction created by his shoes shook off the power of gravity
His body leaned ahead Minth kicked the hich was his foothold He rotated his large build like a cat and landed onto the opposite wall The floor already becaer, all looked up towards Minth
“Ngaahhh!!”
He ju Then, he could see Mokkania’s figure from the distance
“Mokkania!”
Minth shouted The distant figure turned around
“…You’re noisy”
Could be faintly heard At the very next instant, a number of ants several times more than as seen until then were unleashed fro in pitch-black, flooding towards Minth
Minth’s body fell to the ground
His body becauard his eyes with both hands
“Minth-san!”
Ireia arrived at the nick of ti her stout body to scatter ants around
Acknowledging her arrival, Mokkania turned around The wave of ants pulled back The bloodied Minth was left behind
“Don’t even think of it!”
Ireia lifted Minth’s body
“That bastard… What does it mean…”
Minth muttered with his bitten lips Carried on Ireia’s back, he was carried outside the Labyrinth
Mattalast rushed over to Mirepoc who used up all bandages and alcohol for medical first-aid
“Mattalast-san How’s outside?”
“They’ve all evacuated I’ve left them to the trainees Rather than that, what about here?”
“Ireia-san saved Minth-san Only Noloty and the Director are left inside”
“The Director?”
Mattalast slightly paled
At that un With his transparent hair fluttering around and sparks scattering from his body, Enlike went inside the Labyrinth
“Wait, Enlike!”
“Please wait, Enlike-san!”
He was another man who didn’t know of the evacuation
Enlike paid no heed to the two calling him He simply ran inside the ant-infested Labyrinth