Chapter 196: Old Strong VS New Strong

The four of us entered the cave, and it was alright to see at first, but after we hit the first bend in the tunnel, it started to get more complicated. Serria came to the rescue, and the triple floating hexes that floated around her started to light up brightly and filled the tunnel with light.

"Thank you, I could still see with the scanners, but that made me feel like I was in a virtual reality simulator. It just didn't really feel right, but now you filled the place up with light," I said, and Serria eyes smiled at me; her metal small cute mouth did not.

"I thought that it might help, and the men don't have the same capabilities as us; they just have the HexSuits that Gamble and Pixie designed. I think that we can move pretty fast for the first five miles of the seven that we will have to travel, that was as far as Sig mapped, since this was his route," Serria explained.

"Yes, there wasn't anything notable for the entire time I had searched, I can take the lead, and Tag will follow from the back. Once we get farther down, there are more tunnels, so if there are enemies, they could sneak up from behind on us," Sig explained, and I nodded and motioned for him to do so.

We started to move fast, and like they had said, there really wasn't anything but tunnels, and the odd rock or two, which was strange. It was damp, so I had expected to find the same kinds or maybe different versions of the stuff that I had found in the Rock Trolls tunnel.

"We are here; this is as far as I had gone before," Sig said, slowing down to a stop and then turning.

Nothing had really changed about the tunnel, and there was a chance that nothing would be waiting for us, and we would have a clear path. Or that was what the Predators wanted us to think after coming this far, and there was nothing.

"We will just have to take our time and be careful; there is really nothing else that we can do about it. Continue on leading, but we will move a lot slower now," I said, but then I got a message from Gamble through my speaker.

"Sorry to interrupt you, but I just wanted to give you a report on our current situation," Gamble said to me.

"Of course, go ahead. Has anything happened?" I asked, feeling a bit of worry trying to work its way to the surface, but Gamble squashed it back down.

"No, good news so far. The Predators have made every little progress, and the Queen is even suspicious of them. I had Will secretly give her a shot after we had left from our first meeting, but I only just sent him to do that now. Even if she is infected, which I am positive that she isn't, there will be no way to infect her with Lichtar now," Gamble explained, and I felt a weight start to leave off of me.

"That is excellent news, and I am so glad to hear that Lexia is alright. Giving her the BeeBliss Serum without her permission is probably a bad idea, but with the way that things are right now, I would say that it is the right move," I said back to Gamble.

"Good, I will keep you posted about how things are going. Also, be careful; I am hearing some sound coming from ahead of you. Remember that there are other things down there besides the Predators," Gamble told me, and then he was gone.

I looked to the other, and they all nodded their heads without me having to ask if they heard what Gamble said. That was good, but I wasn't sure about what I should expect.

"What are we likely to run into down here? Do either of you have any ideas?" I asked Tag and Sig.

"There could be many things down here, and not all are bad, but some are really bad. There is a type of creature called Devil-sects, and they are pack monsters that hunt for other insects. There are also the Terra-sects that are cousins to the Geo-sects," Sig explained, and I nodded.

Those didn't sound that bad, and they were things that we could deal with; they were just bugs, after all. 

"I don't think that is what he heard because my hearing has become very good. The sound from up ahead is the heavy breathing of the Ancient Behemoth that Nala told us about long ago. The same one that you and I almost got eaten by because we didn't listen to her and got too close. I will never forget the sound of its breathing as Sig, and I hid from it when it was looking for us," Tag explained, and Sig took a step back.

"You're not serious?! We can't fight that thing!" Sig said, sounding worried, but Tag started to laugh.

"Don't be so ridiculous! We are older and far stronger! I bet the two of us could fight it on our own with the Queen's Blessings that we received! That thing is old and strong, but we are young and strong!" Tag cheered loudly, and then a few seconds later, a loud rough of a monster reached us.

"And very stupid," Sig said as he put his hand over his face.

"You had better explain very quickly what an Ancient Behemoth is and what it is capable of!" I said, whirling on Tag, and he nodded.

"Old monster, purple hair, long front facing horns, four-legged, and is immune to magic with an extremely high resistance to physical damage. Piece of cake, piece of crumb cake, now let me at 'em! He can say hello to my little friend!" Tag said, walking up to Sig with his hand out.

I wasn't sure if I should be worried or get popcorn.