On the eighth day, before the sun had risen, he got up in the darkest hour before dawn. After washing up, he had to go to the temple to retrieve the carriage that was temporarily parked there. After that, he had to go to the guild to participate in the assembly commission. This was something he had discussed with the two girls yesterday. Even Catelia said that it would be better to drive the carriage.
He had bought all the daily necessities he needed yesterday afternoon, and had asked Hilo and Luana to help him bring them back to the temple. After changing into his light armor, he happily left the inn with his steel gun. Compared to the anxiety he had yesterday afternoon, he was now able to use magic and was full of ambition. He just wanted to find a target to test his new magic.
With a different mood, he met up with the two women in the front yard of the temple. Hilo was still wearing the old holy robe and staff. If there was anything different, it was the half of the iron sheet exposed at the tip of the shoe. Luana, on the other hand, was wearing a brand new martial arts suit and boxing gloves with armor. Her hands and feet were also tied with pure cotton protective belts, and she was wearing a cloth belt on her thigh. Inside were the five small throwing knives that he had given her.
"Good morning." After greeting each other, everyone got on the carriage. The priests had already gotten up to do their morning classes, and the three people who did not belong here needed to leave as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Adventurers 'Guild with the sound of the wheels, there was already a crowd gathered there. Miss Catalia was standing on the steps and reminding them loudly," All those who participated in the fight against the Iron-Eating Strange Ants, please gather here. Those who have not completed the signing of the documents, please hurry up.”
Looking around, there should be more than 40 people gathered now. It could be seen that there were other adventurers who had signed up to participate after the three people yesterday. However, the more people there were, the better it was for him. He happily parked the carriage beside the gate.
"You guys go over and gather first. I'll go inside and take a look.”Luana suddenly thought of something and ran into the guild.
Gong You and Hilo looked at each other in confusion, then could only watch Luana leave silently. The two of them went to greet Catelia first." Good morning."”
"Ah, good morning, you're here. As of a few minutes ago, the total number of people participating in this assembly reached 52.”After greeting the two of them with a smile, Catelia took the initiative to bring up the topic of the number of applicants.
"Then we can easily paddle.”It was unknown whether Gong You was joking or sincere, causing Hilo to look at him with a reproachful look.
"Please don't be like this. Since your adventurer team is also participating in this temporary alliance, please work hard and seriously to kill the strange ants.”Catelia stopped smiling and started to preach seriously. Then, she seemed to have thought of something and took the initiative to bring up the topic."By the way, I talked to the leader of the alliance last night. If you lend a car or drive a carriage yourself, you can get an extra 100 copper coins (40 RMB) as labor fee after the settlement.”
"Oh, I see." Gong You replied listlessly. He had already ignored the money, but if he refused, it would be too offensive, so he could only accept it helplessly.
Just as Catelia was about to say something, Luana ran back excitedly and said,"Look at the commission I accepted. It's a total of 3 silver coins (150 RMB). It's practically free."”
"Since we're going to the forest in the west, I might as well accept a commission to collect precious herbs.”After Luana and Hilo looked at him, she showed off the accepted commission form to the two of them.
Gong You couldn't help but sigh again. Luana was really a smart girl. He would use Omniscient to help her find it later. Just treat it as coaxing a child.
While they were chatting, it was time to assemble. A heavy-armored warrior with a huge sword and a golden-haired female knight with a sword and shield walked up the steps of the guild together, facing all the adventurers who had come to participate in the assembly. At this time, Catalia immediately made way and stood behind the heavy-armored warrior. It was just the moment when the sun rose above the horizon. The sunlight from the east shone on the side of the heavy soldier's face and the silver-gray armor, as if he was standing in the middle of a stage under the spotlight.
" Hello, everyone. You are all Adventurers of the town, and most of you know me. However, I would like to introduce myself to those who don't know me. My name is Dilmude Odina, and you can call me Captain Odina. I am one of the eight Silver Adventurers in the town, and also the captain of the best Adventurer team in the town.”The heavy soldier Dilmude placed the tip of his broadsword on the ground. His tall body was placed on the end of the hilt of the sword. In order to let everyone hear him, he shouted with a serious expression," This time, the temporary alliance is entrusted to me. The guild has appointed me as the leader, and I am also the commander of today's mission. If you don't want to die in the mouth of the magical beasts because of your random actions, you'd better listen to my arrangements. I can guarantee you that. Everyone who obeyed the command would be able to return alive.”
"Oh." Among the fifty-two participants, at least half of the adventurers who agreed shouted together.
However, there were still some people who objected. A young man in blue armor and holding a long spear at the bottom of the stairs curled his lips and made a sound. A purple-haired mage beside him looked at him and said with a strange tongue," This, is, can't be helped. Deere, Mude, is, more, suitable, to be, the leader, than you.”
At this moment, Common Cause did not pay attention to the heavy soldier Dilmude's words. His gaze was focused on the huge sword in the heavy soldier's hand. Common Cause, who also had an enchanted equipment, guessed from the details that it should be an enchanted equipment. Perhaps its quality might be a little better than his Flame Sword, but without the activation of the incantation, he could not be 100% sure.
That sword is enchanted?』
" Omniscient: Confirm that the broadsword that Dilmund Odina is wielding is an enchanted equipment."
His gaze wandered through the crowd, and when he saw the blue-armored spearman, his gaze could not help but turn heavy. There were still slight differences in the details of the design between magic weapons and ordinary equipment.
"Is that gun too?』
" Omniscient: Confirmed. The Golden Ring Spear that Ku Qiulin possesses is also an enchanted equipment."
" It seems that among the high-level adventurers, enchanted equipment is already a common equipment. I don't have much of an advantage over them now.'Gongyou carefully thought, compared, and analyzed,'In the future, it's best to think before acting. I can't be too reckless and court death.'
After the impromptu mobilization meeting, the adventurers began to board the carriages in front of the guild. Even the common carriage was assigned to six people. It was so crowded that Hilo and Luana had to sit in the driver's seat in front with the common carriage. The inferior horse pulling the carriage had to kick its legs hard to move, which was obviously more laborious and slower than usual.
However, there was nothing they could do about it. There were too few carriages, and they couldn't possibly let some of the Adventurers follow them on foot. Then, before the expedition against the Iron-Eating Strange Ants began, the Adventurers might start fighting each other over the seats. They could only sigh and drive the carriage to follow the one leading the way, and then leave the border town with the cars behind them.
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It took four to five hours to drive from the town to the mine. This time, there were more people and fewer cars, and the journey was slow. Before they set off, someone told them that they would arrive at noon. Fortunately, the adventurers in the hood had rich adventure experience, so it was not boring to listen to their conversation. The topic naturally turned to the inside story of this gathering.
The border town was surrounded by undeveloped mountains and vast forests. This forest was called the 'Border Forest' by the people of the kingdom. All kinds of natural ingredients and precious herbs grew in the forest. In the mountains that were covered by the forest, minerals, gems, and magic materials could even be mined. This treasure house contained great wealth.
However, this forest was also the habitat of all kinds of magical beasts. Magical beasts were larger, more violent, and crueler than ordinary beasts. They were creatures that had clearly deviated from the natural ecosystem. They were numerous and powerful, and their reproductive ability was excellent. There was no end to them. Among them, Commander-level magical beasts were so powerful that even the weakest individual was far stronger than ordinary human armies. According to the Church's propaganda for many years, these magical beasts were 'toys' made by the gods of the Chaos Faction.
On the other hand, as long as one defeated a magical beast, one could obtain their fur or scales, teeth and claws, meat and bones, and other high-level materials or ingredients. It was also because of this that experienced adventurers became monster hunters who specialized in hunting magical beasts, as well as gathering, supporting, and managing their adventurer guilds.
(Author's words: Guilds and churches are organizations that are higher than secular royal power. Although their operations are supervised by the local rulers, they do not belong to the rulers.)）
"There are thousands of magical beasts 'habitat on the continent, big and small. Those places may be wilderness, plains, rivers, lakes, or forests like ours.”
" For those powerful high-level adventurers, the Forest of the Border isn't a good place to make money. Compared to this, ruins, mazes, underground cities, and monster nests are their first choices.”
"There are dozens of magical beast forests of that level on this continent. Compared to the undeveloped lands in the central region of the continent, the border areas of the kingdom here are not dangerous at all.”
"The ocean is the biggest treasure trove. Many precious materials come from the ocean, and there are also thousands of races on the other continents. Those are the truly fascinating treasures of the world.”
In short, under normal circumstances, magical beasts would occupy a certain range of territory as their habitat. As long as they found humans or other creatures invading their territory, they would mercilessly eliminate them. On the contrary, they would not take the initiative to step out of their territory to attack the surrounding areas, especially since there were basically no traces of high-level magical beasts around the human settlements. Therefore, high-level adventurers would let them go and consider other more important things.
The reason for this crusade was that the mining rights of a mine occupied by a group of low-level Magical Beasts, Iron-Eating Strange Ants, had been sold by the Lord of Border Town, Count Claude, to a member of a large Chamber of Commerce from the Capital of Commerce. This new mine owner wanted to safely mine iron ores, so he issued a crusade commission to the Adventurer's Guild. When the guild compared the mine's information, it determined that a single adventurer team could not complete the commission, so it issued a large-scale emergency assembly commission.
"All in all, it's still a little dangerous. How can an adventurer stay away from danger?”
"However, the risk of this commission is controllable, which is why so many people came to get paid.”
"Hmph, the reward for killing one is 1 silver coin. Even high-level adventurers would be tempted.”
All ant-type and bee-type magical beasts were truly team-wipe killers and adventure terminators for adventurers. Because they were all group activities, a small number of adventurers would often be surrounded by them unknowingly in a battle. Then, they could only struggle in despair and struggle hard until the end, but they would often be tortured to death.
However, it was different this time. The Adventurers Guild was well-prepared, which gave them the advantage of first-hand intelligence. Moreover, there were quite a number of adventurers participating, so on average, each adventurer only needed to face a few Iron-Eating Strange Ants. Most importantly, there were several high-level adventurers among the participants. With their rich combat experience and powerful strength, the difficulty of this expedition was reduced.
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Unknowingly, more than three hours passed in this leisurely conversation. When they passed by a forest that was as usual…
"Luana, there, behind that tree, there are the herbs you are looking for.”Gong You pointed at the forest not far away and reminded Luana, who was also sitting in the driver's seat.
"Hmm? Where, where?" Luana first looked at Gong You, but when she found nothing, she turned back and asked him," Where? I didn't see it."
"It's behind that tree. You'll see it when you walk over.”He replied calmly and affirmatively. It was not because he had really seen the herbs marked on Luana's commission, but because he had obtained the exact location of the herbs from Omniscient when he had just left the town.
It was indeed very convenient to complete the task of finding things with omniscience, but there was no need to accept such a task, because the ratio of reward to effort was too low. This kind of task of searching in the wild for half a day was not as good as sitting in the West Alley for half a minute. Therefore, it was better not to accept it without a need. However, it was quite interesting to occasionally give directions to Luana.
Luana jumped off the carriage suspiciously and ran into the forest. Hilo wanted to get off as well, but when she saw that Gongyou didn't stop to wait for Luana and continued to follow the Adventurer Alliance's convoy, she could only give up the idea of getting off the carriage and wait obediently.
"Mr. Gongyou, will Miss Luana be alright?”Hilo asked worriedly. Even though Luana had entered the forest not far from the convoy, she was still a little worried about her entering the forest alone.
"It'll be fine. I've checked. There are no dangerous creatures nearby.”He comforted Hilo that if there was really danger, he wouldn't have reminded Luana to gather herbs.
Although Hilo was still a little worried, Luana caught up with the carriage after a while. She propped herself up on the carriage and jumped back into the driver's seat. Then she raised the medicinal herbs in her other hand and said happily," There really is. Gongyou, your eyes are so good. You can even find it behind a tree?"”
"It's just so-so. From the angle just now, we could see it.”He could not possibly say things like 'I didn't actually see it, I just asked it'.
Luana was still looking at him suspiciously, but she couldn't think of any other reason, so she could only believe him. On the other hand, Hilo, who had been ignoring him from the beginning, looked at him with a bright light in his eyes. He didn't know what was wrong, but she didn't ask in the end, so he didn't realize that he was actually suspected.
"Since you found the herbs, I'll give you 1 silver coin (50 RMB) as the commission fee.”Luana said in a distressed tone. She had wanted to keep it all to herself, but now she had to give one-third of it away.
"…No need, you can keep it.”Gong You replied with a sigh. He had an expression of helplessness on his face. If he really accepted it, he would feel like a bad person who snatched candy from a child.
"Alright, you said so yourself." Luana immediately smiled happily. Then, she threw everything else to the back of her mind and thought about what she should do with her little treasury.
Looking at the envious but silent Shiloh on his left and the proud and willful Luana on his right, he felt that Shiloh wasn't here on a mission today, but rather a big brother who was taking the two little girls out for a picnic. However, because this feeling of intimacy wasn't bad, he happily accepted it.
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It was almost five hours after they left the town. When it was almost noon, the sun was already hanging high above their heads. The leading carriage at the front deviated from the narrow mud road that was formed by the passing tracks and turned towards the stretch of mountains on the right. When they heard the adventurers in the hood exclaim," We're finally here," they knew that the hill that was getting closer and closer was the mine of their destination.
To be honest, the carriages in this world were very uncomfortable to sit in. Not only did they not have shock absorption suspension devices, but the wilderness outside the town's stone pavement was uneven, making it very difficult for the wheels to travel. However, it was better than walking. Therefore, even if the adventurers in the carriage were overturned until their buttocks hurt, they would not want to get out of the carriage and walk. At most, they would take some soft luggage to cushion them.
After a few more minutes, the convoy finally found an open space at the foot of the mountain that was gentler than the surrounding area. After getting off the car, they saw that the few cars in front only carried two or three people. The rest of the cars under the hood were loaded with a batch of goods, while the few cars behind were mainly used to pull people. From the loaded carriages, a total of three barrels of fuel and a large amount of building materials were unloaded. Each barrel of oil was close to one meter high and half a meter wide. There were many types of building materials, such as Scaffolds, ladders, Hammers, various tool boxes, and other necessary engineering items were all available.
"What are they doing?" He asked a middle-aged adventurer whom he was familiar with along the way. He didn't understand why they were wasting their energy to transport these non-supplies.
"We have to build a camp first. We'll spend the night here. There's no time to rush back.”The middle-aged adventurer who had just gotten out of the car and stretched his body replied. After he was done stretching, he returned to the car and slowly packed his luggage.
Although Gong You and the two girls were slightly uneasy when they heard that they were going to camp in the wild, they could only comfort themselves that they didn't have to be afraid of the number of Adventurers after recalling the number of Adventurers in the temporary alliance. After thinking about it carefully, it was normal for them to camp in the wild at night and return to town the next day. It was unusual for the three of them to return to town overnight after killing the goblins.
After tying up the horses and carrying the luggage, the few of them went to the center of the temporary camp to meet up with the others. The leader, the heavy soldier Dilmude, began to count the number of people. When he confirmed that everyone was present, he stood at a high place where everyone could see him and said loudly," We will build the camp first. At the same time, the scouts will explore the mine and check whether the true situation of the Iron-Eating Monster Ants is consistent with the previous information. Then, we will decide on a detailed action plan.”
"We have so many people. Why don't we just charge forward?”At this time, a white porcelain adventurer might want to show that he was different. He stood up and said in a slightly provocative manner. A few new adventurers who heard this opinion were also clearly moved.
" Listen up. This time, it's different from killing the Greater Rats, Goblins, and other weak monsters. Our opponents are Magical Beasts. Their numbers are at least several times ours, and they are far stronger than the Goblins. If we don't take them seriously, we will die.”As the commander, the heavy soldier Dilmude immediately shouted at the novice adventurers who were not moving. These impulsive adventurers were all young people who had just entered the industry.
Some of the older adventurers were watching the show with great interest. After many years of adventuring, they knew what they should and should not do now, because the adventurers who did not know their limits had already died in the commission. The adventurers who survived were not stupid.
The next step was to allocate manpower. Except for a few scouts who didn't need to build a camp and immediately went to the mine to investigate, even Hilo and Luana were assigned to work that required less strength by the temporary commander. Of course, the healthy Common could not avoid it and was asked to participate in heavy physical work.
It took him more than an hour to complete the foundation of the camp with the other adventurers, including the construction of a simple watchtower and fence, a large number of large tents that could be used by several people, a solid stove made of soil and stones, a huge two-meter-high bonfire, and a forest of torches. During the break, he even saw adventurers cutting down logs that could be used to make wooden houses. This place looked like a wild camp built in the style of a military station.
When Gongyou curiously asked the senior adventurer in charge of technical guidance why the simple camp that only needed to stay for one night was so well-designed, he was told that the camp was specially built by the client for the convenience of future mining. This camp was probably deliberately reserved for the convenience of mining workers, although this was also part of the adventurer's job. However, the additional construction fees paid by the client were not distributed to ordinary adventurers like them. It was said that the construction funds were all withheld by the guild. The guild probably thought that since they were going to build a camp anyway, there was no need to give more rewards to the adventurers. The feeling of being cheated and doing free work made him feel as if he could not let out a sigh of relief.
When everyone was done and stopped to rest, the scouts sent out to investigate also came back with the newly discovered Iron-Eating Ants. After a few high-level adventurers summarized and analyzed the information, they found that the most important thing was the number of strange ants and the nest structure. According to the activity trajectory and foraging traces of the strange ants around the mine, the scouts estimated that their total number was between 300 to 400, and a small number of nests were built underground. However, the largest main nest was built on the mountainside of the main mine. The ant queen was most likely in the three-meter-high cave on the mountainside.
At first, I was also curious as to why the strange ants built their nests on the ground. However, after thinking about it carefully, it wasn't difficult to discover that it was easy to accumulate water and lack ventilation underground. Those few underground nests were probably dug to facilitate the mining of iron ore. Based on the fact that each of the strange ants was the size of a large dog, they should usually stay on the ground where there was more oxygen. The underground wouldn't be able to supply the oxygen demand of their entire population.
The result of the discussion between the experienced high-level adventurers was that they would first smoke the strange ants out of the tunnel, then attack the ant colony on the open hillside. Finally, the four silver medal adventurers would work together to go deep into the main nest to kill the ant queen. In order to kill the ant queen at the most suitable time, they had to sneak into the main nest when other adventurers were restraining the ant colony. The strange ants would not leave the nest to fight too early, and if it was too late, the defeated ant colony would escape back to the main nest. It was the best time to kill the queen ant when there were the least number of strange ants in the main nest.
Although Gong You was worried that the alliance's combat power would be weakened if the four silver adventurers left the team alone, he could only agree to this somewhat risky battle plan without raising any objections. Perhaps even if he, a low-level adventurer, raised an objection, no one would support it. After all, even Hilo and Luana obediently nodded and agreed to the operation plan assigned to them. They were obviously more convinced by the plan of these high-level adventurers.
It was already past noon, so the heavy soldier Dilmude decided to have lunch first and let everyone rest for a while in the afternoon. The battle would only officially begin in the afternoon. Therefore, the Adventurers who received the notice dispersed and prepared food to fill their stomachs. They also brought the two girls back to the car to secretly eat high-quality demon beast jerky. This thing was high in nutrition and tasted good. It was also smeared with precious herbs. It could also improve immunity if eaten regularly. Of course, the price was also the most expensive among its kind. Coming from the Gourmet Kingdom, he would not be too casual in this regard, but it was not that he did not want to share it, because this brand of meat was usually used by big merchants or nobles as gifts. It was too conspicuous among the general low-income adventurers and would attract jealousy.
After the meal, the three of them rested quietly in the carriage to eliminate the fatigue that had accumulated in the morning. In fact, they had suggested that a bottle of Energy Serum would be more effective for recovery, but Hilo had complained that it was a waste of resources. In the end, he could only give up on the Krypton Gold treatment and rest while leaning on the hood of the carriage to watch the other Adventurers busy themselves. Most of the Adventurers ate the dry rations that they carried with them, but there were still a few experienced Adventurers who hunted wild animals from the surrounding forest to roast them. The smell of charred meat wafted through the camp. Fortunately, the camp was still some distance away from the mine and was in the downwind area. The strange ants on the mountain ignored the adventurers who were making a commotion in the newly built camp at the foot of the mountain.
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Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the high-level adventurers began to gather the scattered rest groups. The rest of the adventurers had noticed that while the other adventurers were resting, the heavy soldier Dilmude was busy for the entire afternoon. Other than eating the dry rations prepared by his teammates in a hurry, he was either counting the supplies or asking the scouts for details. He did his best to make everything ready. It was no wonder that Dilmude's reputation among the adventurers was so good. Even some old foxes were very convinced.
After the lazy adventurers gathered, the heavy soldier Dilmude recounted the operation plan. First, the scouts would sneak into the mine and be responsible for setting the fire with fuel. Then, the heavy soldier Dilmude Odina, the female knight Lina Aegis, the purple-haired witch Media, and the blue-armored spearman Ku Qiulin, four silver medal adventurers from two different teams, would form a temporary team to the other side of the mine and wait for the opportunity to act. The other adventurers were the main force that went to the hillside to stop the Iron-Eating Strange Ants.
After the explanation and answering some of the adventurers 'questions about the details, the heavy soldier was the first to put on the leather helmet and tie the rope. The female knight next to him also tied up her long golden hair and secured it firmly at the back of her head with a hair clip. She also put on the iron helmet with a visor. At this point, her entire body was covered in armor. If one did not pay attention, one would not even be able to distinguish her gender. The purple-haired witch and the blue-armored spearman were much more casual. The purple-haired witch only straightened her pointed hat. The blue-armored spearman held the spear and casually spun it around a few times. Neither of them was wearing a helmet, and some of the veterans at the scene were also skillfully and seriously checking their armor and weapons.
"Everyone, make your final preparations. Check your equipment, props, and potions. Put on your defensive gear. This will be a protracted battle.”The heavy soldier Dilmude was an excellent commander. He even loudly reminded the others before the battle.
When the four high-level adventurers and a few scouts with small oil cans went up the mountain first, the rest of the adventurers slowly followed behind them. They dragged Hilo and Luana along and walked at an even slower pace. He was here to observe and learn, not to be cannon fodder. Only Luana looked a little unhappy, but she obediently followed him.
When they reached the slope of the mine, they stopped and waited slowly. Not long after, they found that a thick smoke suddenly came out of the mine, followed by two, three, and finally, in half a minute, more than ten places were lit up. For a while, the top of the mountain was filled with black smoke. After a while, several figures escaped down the slope from the top of the mountain.
"It's coming!" A few scouts who were running down the mine were loudly warning everyone that they had completed their task of setting the fire.
Since the fuel had already taken effect, the Iron-Eating Ants should have been driven out of the nest and started to look for intruders at the foot of the mountain. After the scouts returned, they began to appear in the adventurers 'line of sight.
"It…it appeared." The novice adventurers who had said they were going to fight up the mountain were so nervous that they could not speak clearly.
The senior adventurers were the first to pick up their weapons and form a defensive formation. They stood in a line two meters apart from each other without saying a word, forming a line of defense that was more than twenty meters in front of everyone. The novice adventurers were encouraged by this, and they also held their weapons tightly and walked to the position about two meters behind them to wait for their rotation.
Gong You and the two women did not go forward. They continued to stay at the back and watch from afar. After a while, he found that the number of ants on the mountainside was increasing. He seemed to have heard before that when strange ants found an enemy, they would secrete a pheromone and call for help from other ants. This was their way of winning against other stronger species. Because their population was too large, they were not afraid of other creatures invading their territory.
The strange ants quickly crawled along the slope and stopped more than 20 meters in front of the adventurers. When they were on guard, they would stand on the ground with the back two pairs of their three pairs of feet separated by a large gap. With their slender waist as the pivot point, they would raise the upper half of their chest, and then raise the front pair of feet in the air like sharp spears. They also had thick tentacles that were like sticks. They locked onto the target like a radar, and their mouths kept opening and biting to scare them.
It was the first time that the new adventurers had seen such a terrifying creature like a magical beast. They were indeed frightened by the unique appearance of these strange ants. They subconsciously took a step back, and their palms began to sweat. The weapons they were holding slipped from the sweat. Even their breathing became much heavier before they fought.
The first to attack were the archers. They raised their arrowheads and drew their bowstrings, shooting arrows along the slope of the mine. Years of hard practice had allowed them to hit the ants with 100% accuracy in a short distance of more than 20 meters. However, the arrows that hit the strange ants were unable to penetrate the shell of the strange ants. Some of them even slid along the curve of the shell and disappeared.
"Shajita (Arrow)…Keerta (Definitely Hit)…Lardius (Shot).”The mages who had only a few people in the group followed closely behind. Their magic arrows were effective, and they killed all the ants that hit their heads. Their hard shells were not very effective against magic protection, but the magic arrows that hit other parts of the body were not very effective. Some of the ants could still move after being hit by a big hole in their body.
"Save your spell slots and prioritize using physical attacks to kill them.”After the heavy soldier Dilmude left, another bronze adventurer took over as the temporary commander. He was currently loudly commanding the operation.
At this moment, the fastest monster ant had already come into contact with the front line. One of the adventurers jumped up high and raised his sword to slash at the monster ant's head from top to bottom. The huge impact caused the sword to cut open a wound on its head. No matter how strong the vitality of a monster ant was, this injury still killed it instantly. However, before the adventurer could pull out the stuck sword, another monster ant had already caught up. He could only let go and jump back to dodge. Fortunately, there were other adventurers behind him who immediately came forward to replace him, so the strange ants did not take the opportunity to break through the defense line.
The Adventurers had killed several strange ants and blocked the advance of the ants. Seeing that the people in front were fighting bravely for the silver coins, the Adventurers at the back stepped forward one after another. They were too embarrassed to stay behind and could only reluctantly approach the front line. Except for Hilo, who was also nervous, Luana's eyes lit up as she approached the front line.
When they got closer, they noticed that the strange ants were all dark red, like bright rust, which made people instinctively disgusted and afraid. Their bodies were the size of large dogs, and when they crawled on six legs, they were about 50 centimeters tall. However, their bodies were much longer than dogs, and their round and narrow bodies were even more exaggerated than sausage dogs. According to the information, they weighed at least 30 kilograms, which was already half the weight of an adult man.
The strange ants also had sharp mandibles that could snap trees and crush rocks. Their powerful bite force made them fearless of the enemy's defense, and they could even bite through human bones. The iron-like exoskeleton on their bodies was an integrated plate armor, and the outer shell was smooth and small. Even the joints were inside the bones, protecting their entire body from revealing any fatal weaknesses.
Any crustacean magical beast was as different from a low-level monster like goblins as if they were clouds and mud. Adventurers who were used to fighting with goblins might not even be able to penetrate the shell of the strange ants. They would die under the bite of the strange ants when they counterattacked. Their arms or even necks would be bitten off. Even if they were lucky enough to avoid the jaws of the strange ants, they might be pierced by their sharp front feet and torn open by the barbs on their feet. In the end, he bled to death.
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