145 - - the owner of an ant's nest

"Aren't you afraid?"

While waiting for the magic power, which was slowly not recovering due to the , Thor was suddenly curious and asked Kugase about it.

The question was the same as the one the girl had asked Thor on the road.

"Of course, of course, I'm afraid.

"Well, of course. Why are you an adventurer, Kugase?"

"Of course it's because I make good money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing such a dirty and hard job.

"Money. Yes, money is important.

Thor has no intention of saying that money is only a means to an end.

As long as we are able to deal with most of the things in the world, money is a sufficient purpose.

"In my countryside, a tropical storm destroyed all my fields. That's why I need money to buy a plot of land in a good location.

He confided in a matter-of-fact manner. The girl tapped the pouch full of jewels on her waistband.

The girl tapped the bag full of jewels on her waistband. "Miasma" is a phenomenon in which the miasma produced by the "coma pit" reaches far away places on the wind.

It is a disaster that has begun to occur in recent years, and the contaminated land becomes a place where grass and trees do not grow and beasts do not come near, sometimes for several years at a time.

Grand, located in the southwest of the central country, is said to be damaged to a certain extent by the wind.

Securing safe land is now an important issue for the six surrounding countries.

"I am many things. I want honor and I don't mind luxury. But most of all, I'm frustrated."

A girl from the Soukei tribe also joins the conversation without being asked.

Rummella noticed the gazes of Thor and the others, and her face flinched a little, but she still made her point clearly.

"I want to protect again what I could not protect.

Sisters Rummella and Licori used to be A-rank adventurers in Bossalia.

Therefore, they must have some feelings about this dungeon.

"Oh, it's me?　Hmmm, because it's fun."

"My path is ahead of my sword."

Without answering what she was enjoying, Ninessa smiled pleasantly.

Sitting next to her, Straccia struggles to lift and position her eye patch.

The older duo does not seem to want to reveal their true feelings.

Touching the ordinary parts of these supposedly special people, Thor is somehow reminded of a scene from his old lodgings.

The curse of the seventh level was "Fighting Spirit Reduction by Half.

While Rummella cured the dizziness and itchiness that had pierced through the bubbles, the red-headed swordsman frowned blandly.

The group is ready and finally sets out for their destination.　

Surprisingly, the lowest room seems to be smaller than the fifth room.

The master of the room is alone.

Its brilliantly shining body section is that of an ordinary ant, except for its slightly larger abdomen.

However, its size is nearly ten times that of an amber ant.

The name of this monster with the strongest hardness is Queen Vajra.

She reigns over all the ants in this hive.　

On the wall behind the queen ant, a thick, pitch-black pillar-like object was exposed.

It looks like a part of the hole that was revealed when the wall collapsed, but it does not look like the roots of a plant.

The monster, aware of the intruder's presence, lifts its huge frame and wriggles its long antennae.

The battle has begun.

"The mighty trunk of the great tree of the earth, I dwell in you--..."

Two black swords, hardened to a greater degree, slam into the surface of the monster's body.

With a high-pitched sound, shards of glittering debris scatter.

Stratchia flashes her blade again, deftly dodging the paw that comes roaring down.

Again, the queen's shell is slightly scratched.

With a single blow that could have been fatal, the swordsman performs his duty with the utmost concentration.

The beautifully circled blade misses the force, and the onslaught of the ants is repelled by a paper-thin distance.

In return, the flaking fragments and cracks in the outer shell gradually increase.

It was a good start, but we have experienced that it is not so easy many times in this area.

Naturally, the queen ants also have a nasty habit.

Suddenly, a dazzling glow emanated from her huge body.

Bathed in the light at close range, Straccia deftly shifts her eye patch to secure her vision as she steps lightly backward.

Behind her, Kugase clicked his tongue.

"It's started. Oh, my God! ,..."

It was this white light that caused the sword of the rotting dragon to be black from the start.

It cancels all the enhanced states of those who are exposed to it, no questions asked.

This is the characteristic of the light emitted by the queen ant.

In other words, even if you have enhanced yourself with magical techniques or built up your fighting spirit, it will be canceled out in an instant.

In such a situation, the only way out is to enter an endurance battle.

But even there, the situation was not so easy.

A larger piece spills out of the shell after a strong blow from the sword.

After bouncing on the ground, it begins to change shape rapidly.

Two sections are wedged into the shell, dividing it into an abdomen, a thorax, and a head.

At the same time, six legs extend, and antennae and jaws protrude from the head.

At the queen's feet appeared a small golden-headed ant that looked exactly like its parent.

Further fragments that have fallen off are transformed into new ants.

The newborns immediately begin to swarm, trying to find their enemies.

From the tree of liberation come and consume them. Taste a glimpse of the power of the great flame with your own body.

As if waiting for them, fireballs fly into the air.

One after another, the scattered fireballs enveloped the little ants.

However, the golden ants are not soft enough to be scorched by such a fireball.

The monsters that had leapt out of the blazing fire rushed toward the red-haired beauty and the tall girl who were standing a short distance away from the fire.

Kugase, clutching a iron-harder-than-stone basket hand, rushes forward to intercept them.

And Ninessa, too, pulled out a steel-hard knife hidden in her back and returned fire.

Each time the queen ants attack the abnormally hard body of the queen ants, the reinforcement is erased and servants are spawned.

The humans, on the other hand, are deprived of physical and magical power every time they do something, and are unable to recover it.

"We can still,............,...... go.　

"Hu ...... hah ......,...... red fruit ...... of the flame tree,."

Rummella, who had sent after to the two who's clothes were torn and blood was dripping from everywhere, gulped down the magic restoring potion again with a blue face.

Thirty minutes have already passed, and the other three, except for Straccia, are breathing heavily on their shoulders.

The prince's usual dignified expression had faded away, and a beastly snarl was gradually escaping from his lips.

In the midst of such a pitched battle, a great change is finally brought about by a series of attacks by Stratchia.

Finally, the queen ants, whose entire body was cracked, stopped moving and began to tremble.

As everyone stops to watch, the shells covering the monster's body begin to peel off one after another.

After all the debris was removed, the queen was revealed, blackened and discolored.

At the feet of the labyrinth master, who finally shows his frenzied phase, a large number of golden ants rise up.

The second round of the reworking of the labyrinth has begun.