5-4. Flying Ants 1 (1/2)
5-4. Flying Ants (1)
Satou's here. A member of society with workaholic tendency, Satou.
It's not like I can't understand when people liken hard workers with ants, but I don't want to get along with dog-sized ants.
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I know from the radar that there is one flying ant coming here. Since there is a considerable speed difference, it's just a matter of time before it catches up.
”Lulu, evacuate from the coachman stand. Arisa, are you confident with your aim using the stun magics you mentioned earlier?”
”As long as the range is within 20 meters, it's fine.”
I take out a cane from the back of the wagon-actually I take it from the Storage- and give it to Lulu who passes it to Arisa.
”Eh~ It's plain, but it's quite a good cane.”
I won't speak of it, after all it's more expensive than Arisa.
”Shoot twice then fall back even if you miss and switch with Liza. Pochi and Tama will cover Liza.”
”Kay~.”
”I understand, master.”
Pochi's and Tama's answers are a bit late.
”Nyu~?”
”Is it okay not to throw the stones?”
Oh yeah, I forgot about the throwing stones. Since I want to confirm the stun magics type for now, let's keep them as reserves.
”This time it's fine not to throw the stones. I want you to concentrate on the ant which got onto the wagon.”
”Aye aye sir~.”
”Roger~ nano desu.”
The relative distance is under 100 meters.
The other ants are chasing after the rat cavalries who go toward the hill.
50 meters. Lulu who probably feels uneasy is grabbing the cuff of my clothes.
30 meters. The sound of the wings is approaching.
20 meters.
”Mind Shock Wave (Shock Wave).”
”It falls~?”
”Arisa, amazing nodesu.”
The ant which got hit by Arisa's attack seems to have fallen onto the ground. Although according to the map, it's still alive. As expected of insects, they're not so soft as to die from crashing.
”The magic knocked it down, but it's not defeated yet. Though it's fine if we could just kill it before it woke up...”
Certainly, it'd want to return to its nest when it wakes up.
”Ants, lots of them nano desu!”
”Guh, it's impossible to link with these numbers~”
Pochi's voice is a bit late compared to the radar which shows red dots swarming here.
They're forming groups with 8 monsters in each of the 4 groups.
”It's a bit too many.”
”Yeah, even if I successfully use Shock Wave, it'll probably only affect three of them.”
”Can you fire it continuously?”
”I can't, the chants could make it in time, but I can't cancel it until I release the magic power.”
”Pochi, Tama, restrain the enemies by throwing stones at both sides. If they come within Arisa's range, switch with her.”
I could be the shooter too but it's impossible to leave the reins to Lulu, what should I do.
I look back at the state of the backseat for a bit. Tama and Pochi are throwing stones. Liza supports them to recover their posture after throwing the stones.
”Did it hit~?”
”They're falling nodesu.”
”Yosh, you did great, children! Shock Wave!.”
It seems that they've shot down the first four enemies, and the radar reflects---following them, the enemies are decreased by four.
There are two enemies who caught up to the wagon from behind, but one of them is skewered by Liza's spear and the other one who jumped inside is skillfully dealt with by Pochi and Tama.
I'm guessing that's what happened from the noisy sounds from behind and the change of luminous points on the radar.
I can't afford to look back yet.
The ants are swarming on both sides of the wagon, I shoot any ants which go ahead on one side with magic pistol while ants which come from the other side get mercilessly kicked by me.
The kicked ant, becomes part of the scenery while scattering in pieces.
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The second wave of the ants is disposed with the same flow too.
But it seems that the ants have moderate intelligence, the third and the fourth waves are attacking from the shadow of the thickets on the left.
The ants are flying in parallel on both side of the thickets 300 meters away from us, it seems that they're waiting for chances. The range is not enough for the magic pistol.
I ease the wagon's speed and leave the reins to Lulu.
I take the crossbow leaned against the coachman stand, an put the bolt on the bowstring.
I can see the ants' bodies from the gap of the trees. I aim for the ant on the tail of the queue.