Chapter 294 Slowly The Rat Queen

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[Third Person POV],

At first they were sceptical about Ace's claim that there was something that could match their king in power in the den a distance away from them but when they heard the loud screech of the rat queen, they were immediately on guard.

Though they still did not believe that a creature from nowhere could suddenly rival their king in power, it did not change the fact that it was indeed strange that their king and the others would come out or end up unconscious if they did not encounter something powerful down there.

In any case, whether or not they believed Ace claims that there was a creature that was that powerful, they had more reasons to leave this location now.

For one, even if Ace was exaggerating about the creature's power, it should still be very powerful and unlike their king, they'd probably die the second the come in contact with a monster like that so for the sake of still staying alive and keeping their king and colleagues out of harm's way, they had to move.

Issues relating to the dragon heart can wait till later as it wasn't in their power to meddle in issues like this.

Because of Ace's words and the chiling sound that came from the den, they quickly got to their feet and began moving.

There were four people in bad conditions...well it's three people since Andrew Dawn seems to be fine from his appearance but the fact he hadn't woken up yet was worrying to his men so he was included in those that needed to be cared for.

Apart from Caleb, the other two men did not really care about Ace that much but they couldn't debt that the fact he helped to carry their king which allowed their other colleague to carry another of their own meant they couldn't just abandon him here in the state he was but including him, there were three other people that needed to be transported so this caused them to at a loss for a while.

Ace might have realised this as well or perhaps it was because of another reason but he told Andrew Dawn men to bother about themselves rather than continue to waste their time here and that he'll move by himself.

Staying here any longer was only going to make the creature (rat queen) get to them faster and Andrew Dawn men were aware of this so after reconfirming that Ace would be alright moving alone, the three strong men carried each of one unconscious man on their back and prepared to move from their current location when something caused them to come to a halt with was Ace voice.

At this point, Ace was standing strong in his leg and although he appeared to be weak and was even shaking a little, he did not give the impression he was going to collapse again anything soon, his whole appearance was a big farce as Ace was really struggling to not fall.

He had to get up and try to appear strong so Andrew Dawn men will not bother with him much and start moving and although he knew doing this was only straining his body to the limit, Ace had to do what he had to do but that doesn't mean he wasn't one that didn't really care about his health or body.

Because of his concerns about his body, he decided to take a risk by taking pills.

It was only two pills though which was a single basic health and stamina pill of the highest purity on him.

He took it from his storage ring when they were just about to leave but it was immediately after he took the pills an idea suddenly entered his head which caused him to stop the others.

"Stop!" Ace said in a low shout as the others turned to quickly look at him with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Since he was aware that they should really be moving, Ace quickly got to the point.

"Who's the fastest among you guys?" Ace asked as Caleb and another man immediately pointed at someone.

Seeing this, the person that was being pointed at and was about to carry the unconscious earth mage stopped his actions and looked at Ace with a questioning expression on his face.

Seeing this, Ace knew this was the man asking him what he wanted so without wasting time, Ace opened his mouth to speak.

"Due to you guys having to carry others, we might be slow on the road which might eventually lead to the monster in the den catching up to us", Ace said as the expression of everyone became dignified.

Seeing as he had gotten everyone's attention, Ace opened his mouth to speak again.

"It's because of this I think we have to slow down the monster", Ace said and before he could continue, the man that had been pointed out by his colleagues spoke before Ace could and asked a question.

"But how do we do that and what does that have to do with me?" The man asked as the later part of what he said was something he was especially concerned about.

"This is how we slow the monster and this is why I need you", Ace replied as he brought four metallic balls from his storage ring and although the others who hadn't seen him use it had different expressions on their faces, their attention was mostly on the metallic balls in Ace's hand.

At this point, blue was currently at foot, curiously observing the conversation that was happening between Its master and the men it had been with when its master was not around.

Ace's attention was never even on the gryphon apart from when it woke him up as he was explaining his plans to Andrew Dawn's men.

"I know it's quite dangerous but all I need you to do is quickly head to the entrance of the den and throw these balls in it after activating it with your mana", Ace said as the man that was pointed out for his plan immediately spoke.

"Just this?" He asked.

"Just this", Ace replied expressionlessly with a positive nod.

Hearing Ace flat voice as he gave a reply to his question, the man that was asked to get close to the den to the deliver throw the metallic balls in it turned to look at the rocky hills that was surely going to collapse on its own sooner or later but as time wasn't on their side, they had to earn it.

Thinking of this, The man decided to trust Ace since there was no reason to lie.

It was for Ace's own good too as the man did not believe that if the monster came out of the den now that Ace would be able to outrun it and escape.

If only the man knew that Ace was currently healing part of his health, it was a wonder as to what expression he'd have.

It wasn't only the man that was unaware of Ace healing himself because when Ace took the pills from his storage ring, the others were by the side of their comrades to carry them.

Either way, it did not change anything if they knew or not as the man that was assigned to go to the den took the metallic balls from Ace's hands and suddenly disappeared with a little gush of wind following him.

"He's fast for an unranked", Ace thought as he figured that the man who was currently running towards the den should be around level 35 in physique.

Either way, it didn't take long for the man to reach the rocky hill and after getting close to one of the entrances of the den, he did as Ace instructed him to do and activated the metallic balls in his hands by infusing a little of his mana into them and immediately after doing this, he threw the metallic balls deep into the tunnel and dash back to where he came from.

Although he was sceptical about what those little balls would be able to do to the monster in the den and to any creature at all, he had already done his part and will wait to see what happens.

Fortunately for Ace and a little too soon for Andrew Dawn men, they got to see a little action.

BOOM!!!!!!

"What a familiar sound", Ace muttered as Andrew Dawn men stupidity stared at the rocky hill that was rapidly crashing down.