Chapter 112 – Contract
#112.
“These fucking bastards!”
Kwajajajajak—!
Volkar Mountain swears at the soldier ants that are attacking from the front with a halberd. The sight of him collapsing was not exhilarating, but only filled with frustration.
As if one of them was about to fall, the one behind him filled up the space as if he were taking turns. It’s like having a nightmare that never ends.
An hour had passed since the fight continued. It’s not that the time was meaningless. They were now really close to Sintu’s lair.
The wall that could be glimpsed between the swarms of ants was proof of that. Perhaps there is a treasure hidden there.
Milena shouted.
“There is our goal! Just a little more strength!”
It was an attempt to boost morale. It worked great, and the exhausted members of the alliance screamed in spite of holding a ray of hope.
─Aaaaa!!
Burns stamina Thinking that this was the last time, I pushed the ants away vigorously, step by step, toward Sintu’s lair.
Of course, arriving there doesn’t mean you can get the treasure right away. There’s probably a device on that wall. Only when you find it can you enter the hideout.
And after another 10 minutes, they finally reached the wall. At that moment, Jin was transformed as he had pre-determined.
Until now, if it was the form of people who were excellent in defense surrounding the outer perimeter in a circle to block attacks pouring in from all sides, now it was drawing a semicircle around the wall.
This gave me some leeway as I didn’t have to worry about the rear. Volkar and Cain, who were constantly clearing away the ants that rushed at them, turned their heads and stared at Milenya.
You can’t spend a lot of time looking for a device hidden in a wall. In that case, it was the fastest way to use Milena’s Spiritual Art.
She thought she was perfect for her role, and she summoned an intermediate earth spirit.
No, the queen ant moved the moment she tried to summon it. Strangely enough, the one who had been watching the war so far let out a loud roar, then curled up his tail and pointed at them as if aiming a gun, then started shooting his eggs.
The flying eggs coated in a transparent liquid were colorless and transparent. That clear liquid was the acid of the queen ant. The moment you touch it, it will melt away your flesh, muscles and bones without a trace.
“What is this… !”
“The Queen uses eggs like that?”
Volkar and Cain were taken aback by the unexpected situation. It was a strange thing for a queen, who should value her eggs more than anyone else, to use them as weapons to repel her intruders.
What is the reason for trying to drive out the intruders in the spawning room in the first place? Isn’t it to call the reduced population during the winter? But does it shoot eggs that will call the population in that way? It was something no one had in mind.
The speed at which the eggs are fired is very fast. Normally, it’s so fast that I don’t know if I can avoid it, but even now I’m exhausted.
In addition, it was a situation where it was impossible to move hastily because of the state of forming a square. If you try to avoid it, you will end up collapsing and being helplessly hunted by the ants.
When everyone was clenching their teeth, predicting the disaster that would happen later, Milenya shouted.
“Clay!”
She reverse-summoned all the spirits that played their roles in all directions of her, and then summoned Clay, a higher-ranking spirit, with all her magical energy.
At her call, a huge copper-colored giant rose from the ground. Its size reaches about 5 m. Considering that it can grow up to 20m, you can see that it is still immature in summoning higher level spirits.
It would be impossible to navigate the wall if I had already used all the magic potions and used this power now, but even that was a worry that I could live with.
Now, it is important to save the guild members first.
“Stop them!”
At her request, Clay nodded her head and immediately performed elemental magic.
Kururrrr!
The earth soared at the giant’s gesture. It seemed to wriggle as if it had a life of its own, as if the earth dragon were moving, and then it became a huge wall and began to protect all directions.
Kwajik! Kwajijik!
The sound of eggs being crushed against the wall followed like a hail of rain. Milenya felt her magical energy being cut into chunks whenever she heard such a rupture.
The damage from the collision with the egg was not that great. The power of the acid that coated the eggs was so strong that the walls were melting in real time.
The already rapid consumption of mana increased exponentially. It seems as if an empty hole has been pierced in the heart where mana was stored.
She continued to summon her Clay until her ant queen’s barrage was cut off, even as she felt her energy drain and her legs tremble.
After the eternity of time ended, Milenya felt that her magical energy had completely run out and canceled her Clay summons. At the same time, Miranda, the deputy guild leader, supported her as she was about to collapse.
“Guild leader. Are you okay!?”
“… I’m fine. So take care of your guild members. This is not the time.”
“… All right. The guild leader is resting here.”
Miranda bit her lip as if she couldn’t hide her concern, but she didn’t forget her role and ran to her guildmates to continue her leadership.
‘It’s a big deal.’
Milenya raised her drooping head and gazed at her ant queen. Right now, she looks exhausted from the aftereffects of her rapid childbirth, but she will probably recover soon and shoot her eggs again.
Knowing this, Volkar spat out double curses and tried his best to approach the queen, but tens of thousands of ants stopped him, risking their lives casually.
Cain also somehow delayed the queen’s follow-up attack and fired her arrows, but those who intervened by flapping her wings were often hit and shot down instead.
In fact, for ants, the queen is seen as half her egg-laying instrument. When she becomes useless, she discards it without regret, and she has the ecology of electing a new queen. She said that she did not follow so blindly and fanatically as she does now.
But that queen ant is a special entity that has the power of an artifact. She was their queen, having already given birth to hundreds of millions of ants for hundreds of years.
There is no substitute, and since they were the ones to follow for the rest of their lives, it was only natural that they were as zealous as I was. For them, it was as if all future prosperity would be resolved if only that individual was protected.
─Kieek!
Then, the queen ant roared again.
Despair appeared on everyone’s faces as they stood up, as if they had already regained their strength. At the moment when everyone was about to give up hope, the wall cracked and three dolls appeared.
“Oh, is it a little late?”
The one who opened his mouth was a man with black hair and black eyes. Holding her spear, he looked at her queen ant, clicked her tongue in embarrassment, then turned her head to Milenya.
Her eyes met, and she muttered blankly.
“… Person?”
A person A person came out of the place presumed to be Sintu’s hideout. This means that there were other people besides them who had Jangbodo.
Even though this is not the situation, he is angry at the fact that he has been scammed. As she gnashed her teeth and poured out her resentment on an unknown person, a man approached her and she said,
“Can I help you?”
“… Yes?”
“We will help you survive here. Instead, please sign here.”
The man smiled kindly and held out a piece of paper. Milenya took the paper involuntarily and read the text at the top.
“… Contract?”
It was the true identity of the man, Gaon.
***
It was a serious situation, but everyone’s eyes were on him, probably because of his sudden appearance and suggestion. Gaon said a word to Milenya, who was looking down blankly at the contract he handed over, and moved on.
“Think slowly.”
“Oh, now, wait a minute… !”
Milenya hurriedly came to her senses at his words and tried to hold on, but Gaon did not stop.
‘I almost got into trouble.’
After reaching the 7th star, he gathered all his energy and opened his eyes. Seeing Chorin’s urgent expression, he thought his heart sank.
Due to the sudden action of the queen ant, the guild union collapsed faster than expected. If I made a mistake, I would have been late.
But fortunately, before it completely collapsed, it was successfully transformed into a bone, and all physical abilities exploded.
Gaon contemplated inwardly, feeling the energy that filled his whole body.
‘Good. That’s enough.’
It wasn’t the end of the increase in physical ability. As the middle battle was opened and the will was better communicated to the outside, the ability to control the qi increased noticeably.
─Kiyaaaaa!!
It seems that the time to use it has arrived. Gaon moved forward past row one, watching the queen ant point her tail at them.
“Hey! Anchovy-like human! Did you fantasize about wanting to die!? Come back soon!”
Volkar, who was preparing for the queen ant’s offensive in the front, shouted. He seemed surprised to see Gaon who was ahead of him.
But Gaon didn’t care and spun his spear in his grasp.
Huung-
At the same time, a gentle breeze swept through his bangs. Gaon took a deep breath as if feeling the flow of the wind, and sent his will to the storm coiled in the Danjeon.
The storm, which had increased in power incomparably from a few hours ago, spun violently and radiated energy through its entire body.
Dozens of winds tightly wrapped around the spear, and eventually it began to rotate. The wind whistled around the window with a buzzing sound.
‘I don’t understand.’
The carapace of the queen ant is almost impossible to penetrate unless it is strong.
But isn’t he openly revealing his weak inner flesh like that? At this time, I can’t attack because I want to, but I can’t help but feel frustrated because I’m afraid of being pushed from the momentum.
Gaon gathered his concentration and compressed the vortex formed on the spear. According to his will, the whirlpool gradually decreased in size, and he eventually gathered at the tip of the spear to form a pitch-black blade.
It is not a form of simply wrapping a spear, but a shape of itself forming a blade and spitting out air. This is the wall blocking the stage of 7 stars, and the strong air that is proof that it has reached it.
Gaon slowly moved his shoulders back. The moment he tensed his muscles to the fullest, his tail opened to reveal an egg glistening with a clear, colorless liquid.
“Huh!”
Cooong!
He took a step with his left foot, rolled across the floor, and threw it vigorously with all his weight.
Paaang—!
The air burst. The spear, fired at a speed that exceeded sound, exploded with a huge roar and shockwave, instantly reducing the distance from the target to zero.
A sharp spear was inserted into the anus of the queen ant.
However, Gaon’s attack did not simply stop there. After all, strong energy is created by infinitely compressing energy.
Just as the whirlpool compressed earlier and became a strong air, this time the strong air returned to the form of a whirlpool and began to stir the body of the queen ant in a mess.
With the sound of something grinding, transparent liquid sprayed from the queen ant’s tail. Their blood has no pigment, so their blood is white.
The queen ant was scattered on the floor.
Every time it vomits a painful roar and rampages, it is ground up in a whirlpool, and torn eggs and thin liquids pour down through the gaping hole.
─Keyak! Kyaaak! Kgaaaaagh!!
The offensive, which had been lulled for a moment by the cries of anger, surged again. Gaon glanced around at the ants rushing at him from all sides, then shook his empty hands and slipped back to Milenya’s side.
After examining the condition of Chorin and Hayeon, he opened his mouth again.
“How is it? Are you done worrying?”
“…”
Even in a desperate situation, Milenya looked up at Gaon, who brought up the contract again, as if embarrassed.
