The little queen ant that had eaten the [Queen Ant Essence] retreated into the nest, its entire insect body trembling uncontrollably. The half of the Queen Ant Essence that had been swallowed had not been completely digested, and all the undigested parts were gone.
Hiding in the darkness of the body, slowly strengthening her soul and body.
Now the other half has been swallowed, arousing the hidden essence in the body. The energy generated by the combination of the two makes the little ant queen somewhat unable to restrain herself.
As her mouthparts opened and closed, a large amount of essence breath was spat out, but then she absorbed it back.
These are the hopes of the ethnic group and cannot be wasted.
The originally flat abdomen also began to swell visible to the naked eye, and when viewed from the bottom, the balls became more prominent.
"The little queen ant should be able to bear it, but it will take more time to digest."
Hero watched the little queen ant's body react in abnormal pain, but her body and soul were gradually getting stronger.
This is the continuation of the soul beast clan, and [Queen Ant Essence] also exists for this moment.
There shouldn't be any problems.
After the little ant queen retracted into the nest and began to hibernate, he took out the remaining soul beast metal materials from the [flea skin bag] and filled the gap.
The rest of the iron ants were waiting for food. When they saw that Hero had put down enough food, they all came forward to feast. After eating and drinking, they started the grenade assembly line.
The previous operating commands have been deeply implanted into their actions by the little queen ants. Even if the little queen falls into a short sleep now, they will not be affected, but they will still perform mechanical operations.
It's just that they can't be assembled at a higher level or with more precision.
After settling the iron ants, Hero released the octopus baby that had been resting.
As soon as the octopus cub emerges from the mark on the heart, its tentacles wrap around his neck flexibly.
Post it!
The octopus's round eyes were full of concern.
Hero patted its head and comforted it.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. You will be tired from this trip. Go back to the crystal bucket and rest first."
Although he tried to comfort him, the octopus's tentacles became even tighter.
In desperation, Hero could only manifest the [Black Sea] and point his finger at the octopus cub.
The pure scent instantly makes it comfortable and softening.
Hero carefully placed it into the crystal bucket.
'The sooner you grow up, the safer I will be.'
After everything was settled, he sat down and began to study himself with the help of the instruments he rented from his instructor.
That instrument was borrowed by him at a huge cost to study the secrets of the Nightmare Soul.
Fortunately, the instructor had a more advanced one, so I kept this one with me and never gave it back.
In the end, I still took advantage of it.
Huh!
Why still can't find it.
This time, with the help of instruments, the perception was amplified, and not only the inside and outside of the body were explored, but even the depths of the soul were clearer.
But after searching again and again, I can only find a few little bastards with 'bad' nature hidden deep in my soul.
There was never a trace of the black thread that the lord placed on him.
Could it be that I was so anxious at that time that I was hallucinating?
It took half a day, and Hero became more and more panicked.
Is it really necessary to seek help from a mentor?
The secret of the [Black Sea] cannot be hidden.
What will he do with himself when the time comes? There are not many magicians who can carry the source of pollution.
With the [Black Sea], he can seize opportunities during the battle, and can even be called invincible during his apprenticeship.
This method of breaking the rules can cause even rank magicians to fall victim to it unintentionally.
Would you slice up your soul for research?
As he thought about it, Hero's mind began to get confused.
That hateful black thread was like the sword of Damocles, and he didn't know when it would have any effect on him.
Just when he was thinking about ways to survive.
Ding dong ding dong!
The secret book placed on the table suddenly received a dense message reminder sound.
"News from Byrne? Are there other apprentices? Could it be that something big happened? They actually sent the message at the same time."
Usually, if there is an important event, it will be a notification sent directly from the tower. It is rare for apprentices to send messages to each other at the same time, because everyone is too busy to break through the shackles of rank.
[Byrne: Don’t come out, I don’t know which bastard brought the whale teeth back! Many apprentices are infected! 】
[Ami: Due to force majeure, the store is temporarily closed! Don’t dare to come out, don’t look for me, there is no inventory. 】
…
"hiss!"
Holo took a deep breath.
After seeing what Byrne said, whale teeth actually spread among the apprentices?
Who can withstand that kind of infection?
The high tower can only send level magicians to clear it.
But if those infected go to other floors, [Library] [Lower Floor Market].
Then get in touch with other magicians.
Then the scope of the infection is uncontrollable.
As for which bastard brought the whale teeth back to the tower, who needs to say that?!
Compared to the tower, the number of magicians in that snowfield was actually not that many.
And most of them were teleported from behind. Can the magicians escape before the two of them?
Very little or even none!
Except for the two of them, who kept running away in order to save the dog's life, there was no magician who had escaped from the pollution of the whale's teeth.
The occultist didn't fall there, but he didn't come back either.
What's more, they found Ms. Palin as soon as they came back, and got news from her that the target points for teleportation between the snowfield and the tower had been sealed.
This means that except for him and Hero, no one else will come back faster.
The only way of contamination is... Byrne's friend who has come into contact with whale teeth.
That bastard is Byrne!
That bastard doesn’t know it yet!
But why weren't they infected?
The spaces in the tower are all independent. Even on the apprentice level, each dormitory is isolated and completely independent.
Two similar doors may be thousands of miles apart from each other in space.
Therefore, the dormitory rooms are extremely soundproofed.
Even though his companions sent him secret code messages, Hero could not sense any movement outside in the room.
Recalling the way the insects crawled on the snowfield, their limbs flew at extremely fast speeds.
Could it be that the outside has become a zombie land?
Hero took out the "Takiri-Pinched Spear" from the "Flea Skin Pouch".
His whole body was covered with a layer of black water.
Out of curiosity, I carefully opened the dormitory door.
The lively scene of apprentices walking around was no longer there.
The passage outside the door seemed unusually quiet.
Hero spread out his senses, and after noticing that there was nothing unusual around him, he stepped out of the room.
"This is...Ms. Palin's method?!"
The moment he stepped out, he was shocked by the scene around him.
The entire corridor was actually covered with flower vines, and next to his dormitory door, an apprentice with a ferocious face and white eyes was tightly wrapped by flower vines, and a bright red rose was blooming from his mouth.