Chapter 144

Ch . 144 The Great Escape

The tension rises all around .

The surrounding red ants slowly close in . This is becoming more of a disadvantage .

If my aim was to win then I wouldn’t allow this type of situation, but right now I’m not worried about my life .

It actually makes it convenient for me if you move that slowly while coming closer .

“kuchaa!”

Looks like the red ants couldn’t stand the tension . I hear the sound of ants kicking the ground behind me .

“Guruuooooooo!”

I roar as I swing my arm around . I was able to land an attack on the two ants that jumped, although they didn’t die they did fly pretty far .

Both of their bodies are lying on their backs curled . I wonder if they will recover with [[Self Regeneration]] .

“kucha!” “kucha, kucha!”

The red ants who had been hardly moving were inspired by their comrades and began making noise . It feels like they are all ready to jump in as well . Even though it’s lucky that they aren’t that strong, I won’t be able to handle them if they come in droves .

“kuchaaa!”

The biggest red ant loudly cried out .

Inspiration was not its purpose, more like provocation and restraint . It wasn’t looking towards me but towards the ceiling . The anxious ants immediately stopped in their tracks . Is this the red ants temporary boss? Its acting like their captain . It’s probably ranked higher as well, like around B rank .

The surrounding red ants regained their composure and slowly closed in again . The enemy doesn’t want to increase their loses it seems . Our feelings are mutual, as I also want the ball rabbit to escape . Mutual destruction is also not part of the plan .

I focused my sense towards the back of me . Not just to see just how many ants there were, but because I was worried about the ball rabbit being able to escape .

“pefupefu!”

Hey, why haven’t you run away! You don’t even look like you have any intention of running .

What are you doing!? What’s the point in me buying time! Wheres Nina!?

「… . . that’s despicable」

The ball rabbit turns its head to the floor and lets out a hoarse statement using [[Telepathy]] .

… . . Hey, hey, if things continue like this then we’ll all be annihilated!

Dammit!, I gotta think of something!

“kucha!”

That moment, a red ant went towards the ball rabbit .

The leader of the red ants turns towards it and lets out a “kuchha” . The red ant leader probably didn’t want me to act until it had me completely surrounded . However the red ant did not stop .

The ball rabbit throws a fireball but the red ant didn’t try to avoid it . The fireball disappears shortly after hitting the ant’s body but there is no burn mark .

The ball rabbit is in danger .

I inhale and fill my lungs . The red ants reacted and stopped their approach . I spew out [[Plague Breath]] all around me and a stagnating miasma envelops the area .

“Kucha!?”

I aim at the gap while the red ants are confused and whip my tail around . I then push through the red ants and run towards the ball rabbit .

Just when the red ant launched towards the ball rabbit with its mouth wide open I bite its back .

“gucha!?”

While driving my fangs into its back, I lift it and throw it against the wall . The red ant hits its shoulder against the wall and falls to the floor, but it quickly revives with [[Self Regeneration]] and comes at me . The rest of the red ant hoard also come running at me .

With only two ants they are careful with attacking as they don’t want to miss time their strikes, but if you’re not alone then nothing scares you .

I swat down the red ants that jumped at me and put the ball rabbit in my mouth, then escape in the opposite direction from the hoard chasing after me . I know that it’s a dead because there’s a huge centipede blocking the entrance, but I can’t stop now .

I may as well raise the skill level of [[Plague Breath]] . Its both advantageous and disadvantageous but I will regret it if we were stopped here .

“Gijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijii!!”

Sure enough, the entrance is still blocked because of the huge centipedes foolishness . Though it was already useless, it started trying to retreat at a tremendous speed . It looked like he gave up after it thought that it was stuck, but it got riled up after seeing the large horde of red ants .

This is good I guess . I may be able to escape the moment the huge centipede got out . I’m saved, I’ll actually survive . I was seriously prepared for death .

… . Although that’s a weird way to retreat . To me it looks like it’s rowing its legs like an oar, it probably doesn’t retreat all that often .

Besides, it actually looks quite sad… . Well anyway, for now there will be a temporary ceasefire .

I roll up my body with [[Roll]] and chase after the huge centipede whose backing up at a tremendous speed . Its of course slower than it usually is, but it’s still backing up at an incredible rate .

Did I mistake its butt for its head before?

No that doesn’t seem right .

Just the fact that it has eaten many other humans before, I would hate it so much more if it was able to shoot a beam from its ass .

“Gijijijijijijijijijijijijijii!”

The huge centipede completely escapes from the hole . I get out and move to the right running away . I felt relieved for a moment before I saw a terrible sight .

Nearly thirty red ants are clinging to the huge centipedes tail . Apparently the red ants who were roaming outside gathered and tried to pull out the huge centipede by its tail to unplug their hole to the nest .

I run away straight at full speed . When I looked back the red ants who were chasing after me also started battling the huge centipede .

“Gijijijijijijijijijijijijijii!”

The huge centipede tries to rampage but the red ants hold its tail down . The red ants divided to the left and right to escape from the centipedes bite and start beating it down . Meanwhile the others are concentrating on cutting off its legs .

Whoa, red ants are scary .

The huge centipede is bothered by its tail but it curls up and doesn’t try to peel off the red ants . Its decrease in speed is probably due to the large amount of red ants on its tail weighing it down .

The huge centipede started gathering red light in its mouth to get ready for [[Heat Ray]], but the red light made a small explosion in its mouth and it disappeared . I guess it used up all of its MP . You can’t use something as over the top as [[Heat Ray]] without the appropriate amount of MP .

Dear ruler of the desert, are you having a hard time with ants you could usually step on?

“Gijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijiii!!”

The huge centipede loudly screeches . My resentment towards it has calmed, as it kind of seems sad .

I wanted to watch how the fight turned out, but it would be bad if they targeted me next . So I raised the speed of [[Roll]] and never looked back .

See you later huge centipede .

I know I vowed to one day take you down, but you don’t really have to survive until then .

I won’t let you die until I kill you myself, I had no such feelings . I may have a grudge but we don’t have that kind of relationship .

Rather, it would be good if you met your end here .

I will forever remember your death as a stupid monster who got its head stuck in an ant hole .