Chapter 32.3 Fighting monsters in a mine part 3. (1/2)

The party was in a large open cavern After defeating the Myrot quickly swarmed by multiple monster ants There were all the three variations of the Myrerous were the soldiers that appeared, luckily the party had soh firepower to keep thee balls of water splashed onto the approaching antthehtly different kind of elee Myr to the side but part of its large abdo, the frost traveled upwards and caused the large monster to stop in its tracks

These monsters were insects and were also cold-blooded They couldn’t regulate their internal heat and relied on the environans to combat this but this monster ant certainly didn't The moment its te sluggish and finally, it would start to hibernate

Roland’s party e used some kind of flimsy booklet Each tirate into nothingness After the initial frost appeared Roland activated a wind elemental spell scroll which caused the area in front of him to become even colder He had successfully si the ish

“Nohile they can’t move, attack!”

They noticed that the active ants had become quite slow after the area was covered in frost and ice They were also feeling cold but the adrenaline and their clothes kept theht

Orson and Dalrak engaged the ly easy to finish off the lethargic ants, even Helci er Her weapon was continuously stabbed into one of theit to promptly bleed out and die

Roland concentrated on the roup which were the two Soldier variants The other spell that he used in combination with the ice ball spell was the ind spell It kicked up a storether with the already chilly air caused the monsters to halt in their tracks

For the finishi+ng touches, he used gale arrows as well as rock arrows and focused them on the Myrmeke Soldier’s joints Their exoskeleton was quite hard to crack even in their weakened state When the h, the tarriors from the party could finish them off with their physical attacks

The battle continued and Roland started going through his spell scrolls, his Rune Mastery skill started leveling up at a rapid pace Thewere also tier 2 which caused everyone to level up quickly, Helci had already gained five whole levels since co

The battle didn’t end quickly The antIt was as if there wasn’t anyone besides this party left for the Myrmekes to hunt All of their focus was pulled here but when they entered the freezing cavern only death awaited the with their death bout, so outside thewith one a lot angrier than the other

“You gave us a false report, ad a chubbyhim about

“Nonsense, how could I have known that it was a Myr held up was the supervisor of thishim up was Wells, the h to not have any tunnels collapse on them They had ventured inside just like Roland did, after a couple of fights with the ant monsters they also came across a soldier variant which they dispatched After that point they had retreated, the probability of the to test their luck

“We need to report this to the guild, this isn’t a rade adventurers!”

He looked to the teams that had made it out Three fro two members while the fourth didn’t come back at all This was Roland’s party that was still the only one re trapped inside

“We need reinforceold ranks, maybe even a platinum We have no idea if a Queen is with theainst that and they becos die”

Wells’ finally moved his hand away from the man’s thick throat The oldpulled away by so as the person in front of theold rank adventurer

“Wells, those low ranks haven’t come back and it's already been several hours, we have to presume that they are dead”

The party leader looked to the woman that came over, this was a silver ranked adventurer that was his teaave a nod, the tunnels needed to be collapsed further as they couldn’t let the ant monster infestation spread outside

“Fine, do it We ait for reinforceuild shouldn’t fine us anything for this”

The woman nodded and went away, after a while an explosion was heard Wells just looked with a frown on his face as this was supposed to have been an easy mission With maybe a few deaths from the more inexperienced adventurers

The explosions that just occurred were deliberate The miners placed explosives further inside the mine shafts and blew theh hard rocks but they still needed time to do it After the reinforceain, this ti the tea They had vanquished a large surge ofand eating The area around theic they had ed to make a fire Morale was low but everyone was still alive, to the side, e ants were scattered everywhere

‘I’ve gone through more than half of my scrolls Most of the spells I have left are the fire ones’

Roland thought while biting into so Everyone besides Helci that lacked a spatial bag had brought over sory, food and water were shared with everyone

“W-will they leave us in here to die?”

The girl asked while slightly shi+vering She was covered with scratches and dead ant blood, like everyone here she was tired and stressed The others looked at her with a solemn expression on their faces

“Aye lassie, very likely”

The girl just like the rest of the party had trouble understanding this dwarf but they got the gist of it They were on their own here Roland already looked at the hts were interrupted by another treer than the rest as the whole cavern shook for a moment

“That caain, those sounds were co from the direction of where the exit should be Before he could voice his concerns the sun elf spoke up

“Cave in the tunnels, standard procedure, seal of the nest, wait for specialized adventurers”

“shi+tty fuckers, they couldn’t have!”

Orson added while scrunching his forehead and kicking a dead ant body

“We can’t know for sure before we check the exit first…”

Roland said while scratching the back of his neck, his eyes glued to the map as he looked for other exits He quickly marked spots that couldn’t be reached anymore He also placed an Xout this gave hiinal breach should be

“I think the ant’s nest should be around this spot”

Hered circle around it It would be better to avoid these parts of the cavern The soldier ants could only be brought down by his spells scrolls but if anything stronger showed up they would be in deep trouble

“Hope all these explosions won’t flood the tunnels”

Helcito eat This halted Roland's thinking process as he recalled that thiscorotto that this enius!”

“I airl was surprised at Roland's outburst Everyone was being quiet while they rested and recovered their stamina

“Yes, listen up”

The other three e They had already accepted that he wasn’t your regular ic caster If he wasn’t here they would have probably been killed by that giant soldier ant They had even et rid ofcapabilities

“Remember how this mine is close by the river?”

Everyone nodded Unsure where he was going with it

“The rotto but they sealed it off as it kept flooding the tunnels inside”

He continued, the elf was the first one to realize what Roland had ina bit behind

“How does that help us?”

Orson asked, his strengths laid in fighting and not really in ht, I get it now )

Dalrak slapped his thigh as he finally realized what Roland meant Helci and Orson strained their brain power but none of theure it out by thehten theo to where the old tunnels were and blow them up Those tunnels were just sealed off to keep the water out so the walls shouldn’t be too thick”