BXBX NOVEL Chapter 86: Attacking Black Poison Ant
As Alros observed them, he also thought of killing them. While doing so may seem counterproductive to his desire to have them as his monsters, one have to remember ants reproduce quickly.
Ev big ants like the Black Poison Ant should adhere to this rules, or it would be hard for them to constantly replish their numbers from his observations.
Seriously, he spotted another group being destroyed wh there is a carnivorous bettle prowled the area and destroyed the group. At the very least, ev if the growth and reproduction of Black Poison Ant would be slower than regular ants, though at the very least, it would not take year\'s to do so.
.If he had to hazard a guess, as regular ants would take about a month to grow from eggs to adults, for big ants, it would take to 3 months, and that is the best estimate. As for their lifespan, assuming they are not killed by monsters, th they could live for several years.
Th again, he based this on his understanding of the ants in his world. With magic being involved, the growth of the ants could be faster, resulting in them having the same growth span as regular ants.
"I have to observe them closer to be sure. And it\'s look like dusk is here," his eyes fell on the sun, already dipping and touching the g. With it, began his time to make a move.
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With their small size, unless he had some very large bug spray, or very large newspaper, killing them would be hard. However, he do have a substitute for big spray.
"Demonic Flame," using his mana, Alros proceed to burn the coming Black Poison Ant, resulting in them screeching, from being burned alive.
The Demonic Flame reacted to the poison inside their body though nothing to dangerous, so far, happed. Though, he will experimt on it after this.
As the Black Poison Ant died, more of it\'s brethr emerged from the nest, ready to avge their fall brethr. Except they find themselves being burned as well, the Demonic Flame spreading.
While the ants do have some resistance to flame, it is not much, so it was still susceptible for regular flame, not to mtion demonic flame that is hotter than usual one.
As the ants realized it could not do anything to pass the flame, it began to spread out, except, he had planned for it as well. Suring them are goblins and Flame Demon Slimes, created for this reason.
Realizing they are sured, the ants threatingly snapped their jaws and spew out poison, but it did nothing to the assortmt on monsters. Realizing threats alone could not break the blockade, the ants charged at his monsters.
Except it did not go so well for them. The goblins had exchanged from using swords and spears to using clubs and shields, the former to crush and sweep the Black Poison Ant easier, and the later to protect themselves from poison spit.
As for the Flame Demon Slime, their ability to create a weaker version of his Demonic Flame come in use as any of the ants that come close to one of them find itself burned, the ants mandibles unable to reach the cter of the slimes.
With the blockade being as strong as it is, the number of ants that manage to break through is one fat zero. And so, knowing that they are beat, the ants began to retreat back into their nest, their numbers dwindling significantly.
However, Alros did not plan on having them escape. After all, he wanted to force them to be a part of his force, if not as a killing machine, th maybe as a way to produce poisons to be used by his Demonic Goblins. And maybe see if it is possible to give the poison to other monsters.
He th focused back on the fight, his eyes on the ant hill as he get closer, two goblins with larger shields rushing towards his front. As he did so, he used his Mana Sse to detect the location of the ants.
Wh he did it, he was able to sse until it reach deeper underg, maybe until 30 feet. Which would be hard for him to be able to reach it. And so, he quickly used his Demonic Aura, focusing mainly on the ant with the largest amount of mana, no doubt the Que.
As he did so, the ants stopped moving, their bodies quivering. He had a smile on his face before he sd out more goblins and ev the hobgoblins.
"Dig this place out!" he ordered, the goblins doing just that.
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While most of the soil are soft, there are parts that is hard. Thankfully, aside from shovels, he also give them some pickaxe to be able to deal with the stones and harder soil.
Whever they find an ant, he would unleash his aura, or make it more pott. This would cause the said ant to stop moving, ev bowing it\'s head due to fear.
This allow him to subdue the bug and put it inside the system space. And it is a prices he repeated until they reach the wall of the que\'s chamber.
Aside from being layered with super hard soil, mana infused into it, there are also several ants guarding the chamber, all of them being larger than the worker and soldier ants they met before. And seem to be more powerful as well.
However, the numbers are only a and his aura were able to weak them somewhat. As his goblins rushed break the wall of the chamber, the guards rushed forward,, eager to bring down the attackers.
Unfortunately for them, they were met with hobgoblins, his own version of the que\'s royal guards. And he also gave them thick gloves made out of leather, just in the occasion he wanted to grab poisonous or thorny items.
As the guards were hold by the hobgoblins, Alros walked towards the Que, which look at him with it\'s eyes. He remained undaunted, closing in on the distance as his goblins black some of the poison thrown at him.
Wh he get close, he used subdue. To his slightest surprise, ev if the Que is weaker than ev the soldier ants, she was able to hold against his subduing attempt. However, with the gape in strgth being so wide, it did not take long before he was able to subdue it, his attack being a total success.