《The Most Powerful Ant in the Universe》Chapter Seven: Hunting Spiders
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I sit, clacking my mandibles in boredom.
Who knew guarding the hill was so boring?
[What are you doing?]
I can't believe I'm thinking this, but I'm glad to know that there's someone to talk to.
[I'm protecting the hill so that the queen will eventually let me back in.]
[...Why?]
My mandibles hang open for a moment.
[Why not? I'm an ant! What am I without a colony?]
[Yes, you're an ant, but you're not the same kind of ant as them...]
I pause. Is that true?
[You said you can check my... what did you call it?]
[Quantification.]
[Yes, that. What kind of ant am I?]
Her response is quick.
[You are a completely unique Void Ant. You have no genus.]
Oh. So I'm not even the same type of ant anymore. No wonder the queen didn't recognize me.
Joule starts up suddenly.
[NOTICE: A spider is approaching your area.]
My first instinct is to run, but then I realize...
[Don't those give energy?]
[Correct. At your current level, it would be extremely easy to defeat, especially using Void Bite.]
What'd she say?
[What's Void Bite?]
[It's what you used earlier. You coat your mandibles with a thin layer of Void, making them incredibly sharp. The only materials capable of defending against it are certain gemstones and mana-infused armor.]
That was a lot of information.
[How much can I use it?]
[It consumes a certain amount of energy, but at your current size, it consumes a very small amount.]
If I could smile, I would.
[Do I have enough to use the Bite?]
She sounds like she's smiling too.
[More than enough.]
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I'm hiding behind a patch of grass, watching the spider.
I know that I'm much stronger, thanks to Joule, but it's in my hemolymph to be afraid of these things.
I clack my mandibles quietly.
[Use Void Bite.]
I see them turn a shade of black that absorbs all light near it, creating a sort of pull on the edges.
Sprinting out from behind the grass, I bite onto the spider's midsection before it can react.
My mandibles go through its stomach as though it wasn't there.
The spider barely manages a surprised look before it's dead.
[That was easy.]
Joule confirms the sentiment as I begin eating.
One spider later, I ask Joule a question.
[How is it that I know so many words? I know I became smarter when I changed, but I'd have to learn those, right?]
She processes for a moment. It's an important enough question that I'm satisfied to wait.
[If I had to guess, I'd say absorbing Noah's essence resulted in you knowing some of his vocabulary. It's just a pity you didn't learn any numbers...]
I ignore the last part and move on to a more important subject.
[How much energy can I store?]
Joule laughs.
[If you're worried about filling your void, don't worry. You'd have to eat most of the universe for that to happen.]
That word again.
[What does 'universe' mean?]
She's silent.
[Your hill is one of many anthills. Those anthills are part of a massive chunk of land, which is sitting on a ball of dirt and rock, which is one of many, many other rocks like it. All of those dirtballs make up the universe.]
I don't really get it, but the long and short of it seems to be that my void won't get full any time soon.
[Would you like to increase your size and muscle mass?]
I shiver, remembering my previous experience.
[Definitely not.]
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