Chapter 186
Ch . 186 – Big Tumultuous Battle
I can see that there are more than eighty red ants just from roughly looking around the area .
Ya know… your total fighting force is just too much, red ants .
I quickly take a deep breath . As I do so, Adofu rolls and falls back underneath me .That’s some good judgment .
If Adofu didn’t move quickly, then this preemptive strike would’ve probably failed .
Bringing my neck and body around, I breathe out [[Scorching Breath]] and let loose a torrent of flames in all directions .
The red ants, far from pulling back, instead jump right into my flames as if that’s their signal .
”Kucha!!” “Kucha!” “Kuchaa!!”
I fight back while using my claws, tail, and wings to their fullest .
The poison has made the red ants’ movement sluggish enough to make it possible to deal with them .But even though it’s possible, it’s still very difficult .
To start with, red ants are tougher when compared to other C-ranked monsters due to their [[Auto-Regeneration]] skill .
Even if I knock them to the ground with a single strike from my claws, they just get back up and go back to snapping at me…there aren’t many other monsters who would do that .
I can’t reliably direct enough attention to any one single ant to finish them off .
If I let up with my claws, tail, and wings even once, I’m going to be attacked severely .
They’re rushing at me without end .
Any red ant that gets damaged quickly falls back and immediately gets replaced by more ants waiting in the back .
All that while the retreating red ants use [[Auto Regeneration]] to repair their wounds .
Thanks to the number of opponents, I can hardly hit any of them with a finishing blow .
”Kuchaa!!”
Suddenly, a red ant that I thought had retreated after being dealt a heavy blow, instead vigorously bites into my arm!
The red ant figured out when my attention would be diverted from it and managed to land a precise hit on me through a gap in my defenses!
The red ant wants to use this chance to throw me off so that the rest of them can rush in and take me down .
”GuuoOO!!”
While the red ant is still biting into my arm I encase my surroundings with the flames from [[Scorching Breath]] .
I slam the red ant on my arm against the ground, and I’m finally able to kill one of them . This took longer than before .
[Obtained 360 Experience Points . ]
[Title Skill [[Walking Egg Lv -]] activated, 360 bonus points obtained . ]
…If I can’t escape after accumulating enough experience points, then I’ll have to evolve inside the nest .
Adofu is standing at my feet and slicing at red ants with his large sword .
Though he’s mostly only using himself as a distraction, he’s effectively reducing the number of ants focusing on me .
I appreciate it very much .
…However, because of where he is standing, Adofu is always in my blind spot . Because of that, I’m worried that if I turn my head to fire off a breath attack, or start moving suddenly, I’ll accidentally hit him .
”…Excuse me for a bit . ”
Adofu suddenly climbs up my tail, and from there leaps onto my shoulder . He defends against a red ant that attacked me, compensating for my own mistake .
Oohh, my bad . You saved me there .
After Adofu repels a red ant, I skewer it with my claws and slam it against the wall .
[Obtained 403 Experience Points . ]
[Title Skill [[Walking Egg Lv -]] activated, 403 bonus points obtained . ]
[Level of [[Evil Plague Dragon]] has increased from 63 to 64 . ]
Alright, my level’s gone up .
It’s going to be a little tough, but at this rate I’m likely to raise myself by 10 more levels all in this one fight .
”Pefu!!”
[Ahead! Back Turn Around!]
Listening to the ball rabbit’s [[Telepathy]] I quickly spin around and strike a red ant that leaps at me, letting it fall .
I try to pursue it and cut it down, but once again, red ants are leaping at me from both the left and right side so I focus my attention toward them instead .
I send the ants on my sides flying with a quick gust from my wings, and shift my attention towards the front again . The red ant I just struck down is no longer there, and once again, another ant has taken its place, readying its body to leap at me .
Is this hell?
I was too naive .
Even though the poison weakened the red ants, it didn’t create enough of a gap between our physical abilities for me to push back this wave .
For a moment, the red ants’ rush stopped .
I’m relieved to have even just an extra second of time . It gives me time to relax .
The next moment, the red ants join together, and with perfect timing, simultaneously attack me from all directions .
Completely trusting my back to Adofu, I turn around to the red ants coming toward me from the front and strike them repeatedly with [[Kamaitachi]] .
After that, I take a step forward, and since the wave of ants in front of me can’t stop since they are being pushed from behind, I shoot a blade of wind directly into them .
After somehow enduring the difficulty from the ants that came from in front, I quickly look behind me .
I don’t think Adofu is able to deal with all the red ants from the rear .
Sure enough, some red ants are able to slip through and are about to jump me .
There are five of them .
I prioritize mitigating any damage to me, and launch [[Dragon Punch]] repeatedly at them as an uppercut .
For the last remaining one, I ram into it with a headbutt .
”Kucha!!” “KuchAA!!” “Kucha!!”
The red ants cry out .
The ground beneath me melts, and swallows up my feet .
Once again, with impeccable timing, they simultaneously attack using [[Clay]] to alter the passageway . They opted for a two-stage attack .
I try to pull my foot out with all of my strength, but it doesn’t budge .
Naturally, the red ants don’t miss this opportunity .
They again crowd around me .
”Kuchaa!!” “Kuchaa!!
The red ants cry out again .
This time, the ceiling deforms, and a red needle starts to grow out of it towards me .
What the hell? These guys have far too much technique!
The clay below me is trapping my feet, and the clay above me is now a needle .
And finally, a swarm of red ants are heading toward me .
This is just bad in general .
The worst is that I can’t free my foot .
Is- is this the end…?
”…This is bad, but I swore revenge on Irushia for my relatives . He is a man whom I must not let live . ”
Adofu says this before rushing into the swarm of red ants .
And like that, he pushes his way through the red ants . While parrying off the red ants’ attacks with his large sword, he continues advancing forcibly .
W- What is this?
Are you fleeing?
But no, this is not a place that you can forcibly break through .
You’ll absolutely get lynched on the way and it’ll be all over for you!
Adofu swings his large sword and slashes a red ant that’s in his way .
But before he can finish, a red ant that’s in Adofu’s blind spot tackles him to the ground .
Adofu swiftly recovers and takes on a defensive posture . The surrounding red ants are glaring at him while readying themselves .
”[[Decoy]]”
When Adofu chants the magic skill, a red ant that is just about to leap at me suddenly stops in its tracks .
