There was a big pit in the ground, and the pit was filled with dense black and red ants.
Each ant is the size of a grain of rice, and there are countless of them, dyeing the pit into a black and red carpet.
Tom led the horse to the side road, rolled up his sleeves, took a discarded wooden stick, and dug a tunnel along the big pit to the trail.
The tunnel continued to a small tree beside the trail.
Tom turned on his engine and dug a deep hole there.
Under the command of magical pheromones, dense black and red ants surged like waves along the tunnel dug by Tom, and poured into the deep pit dug by Tom.
The originally earthy yellow pit suddenly turned black and red.
Walking at the back is the ant king, who is surrounded by a group of relatively strong dark red ants.
This ant king is as thick as a human finger, with a fiery red body, a thick lower abdomen, well-developed reproductive organs, and a pot-bellied appearance.
It has difficulty moving and relies on dark red ants to move it.
The ant king came to Tom, its two tentacles swinging.
The ants' pheromones were flying in the air, and Tom also received them.
"Thank you, kind-hearted humans. Those humans riding stupid animals are always galloping past our homes. The heavy hooves of the horses trampled many of our kind to death."
"Only you not only led the horses to the path, but also built us a new home!"
When Tom heard this, he squatted down and with a gentle smile, regardless of whether the ants could understand him, he stretched out a little finger, lightly tapped the tentacles of the ant king, and said, "Little guys,
The road is too dangerous, so it’s better to move your family here to be more comfortable, so that you won’t be trampled to death by passing humans in the future!”
This king ant had never eaten white snake meat and could not understand Tom's words. It just said to itself, "Good-hearted human beings, we will remember you. Good people will be rewarded!"
While the ant king's tentacles were swinging, he suddenly bit Tom's finger.
Tom felt a burning sensation coming from his fingers, and he pulled his hand back out of reflex.
At first glance, there was a red mark on the finger.
And the tentacles of the ant king were still swinging, "Good-hearted humans, we will remember you, good people will be rewarded!"
A look of confusion appeared on Tom's face. He looked at the red mark on his finger, then at the ant king playing with his tentacles, and then looked back at William, "Lord Zorro, what's going on?"
William paused and his eyes fell on the red mark on Tom's hand, but the shrill voice of the Mirror Spirit sounded in his mind.
"Unknown energy fluctuations. This ant king has thin magic power on his body. Like the three pale golden fishes before, they are all unconventional monsters. This mark may be the mark made by this ant king."
This low-class monster has average abilities, worse than ordinary giant bears or wild wolves. It has always been out of William's eyes before.
Even if the magic mirror detects the surrounding environment, such monsters will not be included in the threat list.
After William pondered for a while, he said to Tom, "This may be the mark of the ant king. Maybe in the future, this ant king can be of great help to you!"
"Really?" Tom was doubtful. He frowned and thought for a moment, then relaxed his brows. "Anyway, I'm fine anyway."
"Little guys, let's leave then!"
Tom optimistically waved to the ants, led the horse, and said to William, "Lord Zorro, let's continue on the road."
"Yeah!" William nodded.
This is just one of the little episodes that William and Tom encountered after they hit the road together.
William found that Tom was a very kind person and always liked to help small animals.
If the bird is injured, he will go and treat it.
When the rabbits are hungry, he will give them food.
If the chicken strays from the flock, he will help the chicken find its way back to the flock.
There are countless such things.
It's just that at other times, Tom helped ordinary small animals, and monsters like the Ant King with magical power fluctuations today are relatively rare.
A week after leaving Lake Namsion, this was the second time William and Tom encountered a monster.
Although they are all inferior monsters.
However, although Tom is very kind-hearted, he has his own principles.
His kindness is based on the condition that it does not affect himself.
Like a duck that ate the queen's ring, he took the duck and killed it without hesitation.
If you are hungry, you can catch fish and barbecue without feeling any burden.
Tom also often discussed with William that he wanted to kill the horse sent by the king to monitor it!
Tom is not going to become a bitch by doing good things!
This is probably something William is quite satisfied with.
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At this time, they had left the avenue in order not to trample on the ant nest built under the avenue. In front of William and Tom was a winding path.
There are lush weeds on both sides of the path.
At the end of the path, there is a forest.
William asked Tom, "Tom, what are we going to do next?"
Tom carefully identified the terrain. After several confirmations, he pointed to the forest at the end of the path and said to William, "Lord Zorro, through this forest, we will reach the border between the Kingdom of Bucharest and the Kingdom of Loria."
Tom looked very excited. After climbing mountains and wading through rivers for so long, he was finally reaching his dream place.
William also looked moved.
If he remembers correctly, Tom in "White Snake" will meet several little crows who are very important to him.
It was these little crows that helped Tom get the golden apple and the princess's heart.
William looked at the forest with a faint look, and thought to himself, "So, those little crows are in this forest?"
William thought about it and whispered in the language of the Kingdom of Florence, "Magic Mirror, check to see if there are any crows in this forest? The kind where two old crows and a few young crows are together."
"Yes, Master!" The Magic Mirror Spirit agreed in William's mind, and an invisible wave swept through the entire forest.
In an instant, the magic mirror got the result and said to William.
"Master, there are a total of one hundred and thirty-four crows found in this forest, including twenty-three where two old crows and several young crows are together."
"So many?" William did not expect this result. He wanted to detect it carefully, but Tom turned his head.
The sound caught Tom's attention.
He asked William, "Lord Zorro, have you discovered anything?"
"No!" William had to give up the idea temporarily and calmly shook his head and replied.
"Um!"
"Tom, don't waste time, lead the way." William urged and changed the subject.
"Okay! Then Master Zorro, let's get on the road!"
Speaking of this, Tom became excited, mounted his horse, and rode into the forest first.
William also got on his horse and followed Tom.
Anyway, Tom is the protagonist of this fairy tale "White Snake", so let's follow him first.