Giant Ant Queen (1)
Goooh-.
In an infinitely quiet world.
Above the sky where you can see the dark abyss, the stars, and the universe.
The edge of the atmosphere.
At the highest end of the highest ground, which spanned the borders of the planets, it existed.
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A guy who was in the stage of deep sleep with his whole body covered in thick feather wings.
‘It’ was a truly strange creature.
It had a thick, hard, keratinous skin that resembled a dragon, but its wings were burning endlessly in soft flames as if it were wrapped in blazing black flames.
Ominous disaster. Or what was called the black sun that devours light.
There were infinitely many names for him.
It was proof that countless people had witnessed it, and at the same time, it was also proof that it had performed acts to the point of being named many times over.
But nowhere, there was nothing positive about him.
It was full of only phrases referring to death or ominousness.
It was actually like that.
Perhaps if someone who knew his identity had noticed that it was here, he might have stopped breathing and forgot to breathe.
This had that much majesty.
Look at the pure white frost all over his body.
It seemed clear that a very long time had passed since he fell asleep here.
Only the slight pulsation and breathing of the bust from time to time proved that this being was still alive and not dead.
At one time, the existence that was regarded as the crystallization of fear to all mankind on the ground was here recovering its lost physical strength by going back and forth between sleeping and active periods several times.
Nukes, a menacing weapon that humans fired long ago.
It was because he had been recovering his lost stamina by going back and forth here several times between sleeping and active periods after being hit by it.
And the consciousness that entered the dormant period is now slowly starting to return.
As soon as it was time to move his body, his body was expanding little by little.
No matter how hard I tried to recover, I had to do minimal activities.
Fill your stomach and stock up on extra stamina.
As a living organism, it is a natural filtering activity.
Also, even though it was an absurdly powerful disaster, it still belonged within that category like everything else on earth.
Soon.
In order to maintain his biological activity as a natural life form, the guy finally opened his closed eyes.
Flash.
The sharp vertical pupil of the guy’s sharp eyes put the world in his eyes.
The guy, who had been aware of his surroundings with trembling eyes for a while, immediately glared at the ground floor, which was enveloped in blue light, with the pupils of the beast on that clear day.
[Kururu-.]
As it lets out a sound, revealing its countless teeth, the surroundings begin to shake.
The momentum of black light leaking darkly spreads around and takes over like smoke.
The mana that resembled the essence of a predator growled ferociously.
The moment of predation is slowly approaching.
By its nature, it is a vicious hunter.
Literally, he was a butcher who delighted in destruction, killing and destroying everything in sight.
Destruction of the environment, burning ashes and death were the proof and joy of his life.
Pearl-Luck!
As it spread its wings, the ferocious wildfire hidden in its wings began to blaze.
The rolling black sun,
Beginning a slow descent towards the surface.
* * * *
Peeing!
Winter gathered the right amount of water power and shot it like a bullet.
Then,
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Puck!
With a dull noise, a hole is punched through the Giant Ant’s forehead.
[Key, key.]
The guy trembled for a while as if he was convulsing, then fell flat on the ground.
It was an instant death.
Winter made a difference in the figure of the guy sitting helplessly.
It was surprisingly destructive.
The sharply compressed water power, like a bullet, showed tremendous destructive power and penetrated his body in an instant.
‘This is… Class B ability. It’s a powerful level.’
Although not generally accurate in all situations.
Class B’s property power was usually equal to or somewhat similar to that of B-class monsters, but it was a level that could maintain combat power for a while.
Of course, it is not a measure of strength that presupposes victory.
The environment and circumstances of the fight were always different, and the compatibility was also different accordingly.
In fact, even B-class hunters sometimes get hit by C-class monsters depending on the circumstances.
No matter how brilliant they are, in the end they are all living things that bleed and cut when stabbed.
The same was true of hunters dealing with trolls and ogres.
No matter how easy the orcs were, if they flocked in dozens, it was natural that they would not be able to win due to their numerical inferiority.
It’s common sense.
However, if it was a monster that was stronger than that, it was only natural that the number of variables would increase even more.
For this reason, the criteria for the level that humans divide can be seen as a number that delays or binds their feet to a certain extent, even if the opponent is a monster of the same level.
In a word, the current winter with B-class attribute powers.
If it was a B-class monster, I wouldn’t have known, but if it was a C-class opponent, depending on the situation, it was almost easy to obtain a level of strength that the opponent could.
Jureuk.
Looking at the fallen Giant Ant, which was bleeding like water, Winter thought.
‘I got stronger without knowing.’
Unbeknownst to him, his elemental power had already grown to such an extent that even a low-level monster could not handle it.
And that too at a dangerous pace of growth.
Hook!
Instinctively, Winter gave strength to the Giant Ant, who had fallen at his feet.
Then his sharp claws pierce his skin, and thick blood oozes out.
He sensed the excitement of his inner nature.
‘This is a fight, not a hunt.’
Not chasing and capturing something that is fleeing. A fight only to take away each other’s place.
Of course, this is much fiercer than hunting, and in case of defeat, the result after that is bound to be more intense than before.
‘If I lose the fight, it means my death. It’s not just about losing.’
In my human days, it was far from the level of fighting that mere children would hit and ram at school.
The ecosystem environment is far more intense and more principled than that.
In a fight, the outcome was only winners and losers.
‘The winner gets everything of the loser. A battle where only death and death and thorough victory and defeat exist.’
It was simple, but the result was even more primitive.
The defeated side dies and the victor eats the defeated side.
It was a fight where there was no limit to the degree anywhere, and there was no way such a frontline could exist.
Only the primitive rules of time immemorial exist.
Winter swallowed his saliva without even realizing it.
Looking down at the corpse at his feet, he finally realized the truth about the life he faced as a monster.
Thump, thump, thump.
His heart was beating wildly.
Until now, it was simply perceived only with the head, but now it is different.
As he defeated the monster himself and faced the fallen corpse, the true reality touched his heart.
The real battle of winter has only begun today.
* * * *
After that, Winter seemed to face three or four more Giant Ants.
When he stepped out, the other werewolves quietly backed away and made room for him.
As if he already knew what he had to deal with.
[Kieek!]
[Arrr!]
Georeum swiftly evaded Giant Ant’s charge with his thick jaws wide open, and counterattacked in reverse.
The moisture around him gathered in an instant.
As if it were reminiscent of an arrow, it formed a shape and was fired.
The crystal of water power was surprisingly sharp, and easily penetrated the surface of the Giant Ant.
It shattered the hard carapace, which could not be pierced by a mere arrow, and created several large penetrating scars.
The elemental power of winter had clear killing power.
Even though it’s the body of a young baby that hasn’t matured properly yet. The crystal of water power that he finally reached by himself has already shown great power to the extent that it is not enough to call it a special ability.
Moreover, he became even more adept at controlling his powers later on.
Especially when dealing with Giant Ant in the last third.
Winter fully realized the proper distribution of power.
Unlike the first time he didn’t know how much power to distribute, and blindly compressed the power to the limit and exploded it.
Later on, I was well versed in the concept of ‘shooting’, rather than dividing the force into appropriate amounts and detonating them all at once.