An ominous catastrophe. Dark Phoenix. (7)
The next day.
The reason for the behavior of the giant ant group that has been bustling so far has been revealed.
Square. Square.
Monsters and wild animals hunted by ants.
And those who gathered the carcasses of their prey and secured a sufficient amount now began to make something by crushing them into small pieces while biting them in their jaws.
‘What, that again.’
Of course, the eyes of Winter and other werewolves were naturally directed.
Even if he had seen a documentary about the monsters filmed by the hunters, that was only part of it.
Georeum belonged to most ordinary people who did not care much about the ecology of monsters.
Occasionally, when I see it on the TV screen, I watch it, but I don’t bother looking for it.
Because of that, I soon found out the reason for the behavior of the ants that I had been watching for a while.
‘Aha. Dumplings.’
The dumplings of the ants.
It was an extraordinary product completed by squeezing a lump of flesh into a circle.
‘Perhaps it was said to be easy to preserve because the original shape was intentionally crushed.’
I don’t remember because I didn’t look closely, but I heard that it was probably so.
It is an excellent nutrient for the ants, and at the same time serves as a major food source for the queen.
And the result.
The next way the ants will behave is also known.
‘I’ve heard that when Giant Ants produce dumplings, which are mainly preserved food, they settle down very deep underground or when the group prepares for a great migration.’
Then, in the present case, the latter, among others, was probably the main reason.
‘Perhaps they are trying to move to another place, abandoning their original home, which is now completely gone.’
The number of dumplings the ants were making was considerable.
Not just something that can be counted, but dozens? Or something more than that.
The reason for this could easily be inferred.
It seems as if they are preparing to leave this land now.
Actually, the basement where their nest was originally located must have completely collapsed by now.
Perhaps it was sunk by the rising water and disappeared.
‘Well, the house must have been destroyed, but there is no need to stay here any longer. If you’re going to move from place to place, it’s not strange to make as many dumplings as I do.’
Although the intense rain has stopped right now, the moisture on the ground is said to be relatively gone.
It was still so humid that you could still see some damp wet ground here and there in the lowlands.
So it was probably easy to predict what the original habitats of those ants would be like.
‘The house from before was already completely destroyed, and it must still be filled with water.’
Originally, they are giant ants that will continue a safe breeding ecosystem while being protected by their kind deep underground.
Monsters with such a nature could not survive exposed to such an external environment forever.
In the end, they ended up here.
‘Am I going?’
I licked my lips while staring at the bustling ants in preparation for winter.
A large number of dumplings that the giant ants are working hard to move from place to place.
I wonder what those dumplings will taste like.
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Go oh oh-.
Late afternoon.
I could see the scorching sunset going down.
It was a day when the red sunset was especially visible today.
Most of the werewolves slept with their chins on their chins, or spent time in caves holding each other in their arms.
It was the end of a relaxing day in many ways.
The same goes for winter.
Like other werewolves, he was drunk with sleep, stretched out on his legs and tightly closed his eyes.
But in the meantime.
Suddenly, a change occurred in the group of Giant Ants.
[Kiik!]
[Kieek!]
Most of the ants that had been attached to the tree so far began to fall to the ground at the same time as if it were raining.
Let the things that fell apart gather together and start clustering together.
The werewolves who had been sleeping at the sudden change woke up at once and pricked up their ears.
“… ….”
“… ….”
They didn’t say anything.
I just watched the bustle of the ants with my eyes quietly open, keeping silent.
I didn’t have a big boundary.
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However, apart from that, there were weakened individuals and offspring that had to be protected.
For this reason, keeping an eye on the strange behavior of those ants was, of course, a necessary process.
Because of this, all the werewolves were quietly silent and only looked at each other.
But I knew winter.
It’s just that they’re getting ready to go back.
‘I’m thinking of going now.’
For the past few days, the ants have settled down in Dolsan Mountain and at the same time strangely coexisted.
Those who placed the queen body in the center of the group as if to protect it,
Instantly, as if putting together a matrix, they began to clump together.
‘Wow.’
Seeing that figure, Kyeol opened his mouth slightly without even realizing it.
That’s because there were so many of them.
‘I knew a lot of things, but seeing a group of that size come together, it gives me goosebumps.’
[Kiii.]
[Kiik!]
The ants are swarming.
To the point of giving goosebumps.
A colony of Giant Ants.
As those dark guys gathered in one place, waving their antennae and wriggling around, it seemed like a black wave was reminiscent.
It was a scene of black, calm waves like lapping.
And soon.
It was the moment I wondered if the group of Giant Ants would leave like that.
[…] ….]
The Giant Ant Queen.
As if he had no regrets left, he looked back several times as he headed in the direction of the original nest.
‘Why are you doing that?’
The reason was that I couldn’t get a sense of it at all even in winter, so I just stared blankly at it.
Was it a coincidence?
For some other reason.
The queen entity seemed to keep glancing at only winter among the pack of werewolves.
The reason soon became clear.
Within.
The Giant Ant Queen hesitated in her seat as if thinking about something.
It started to approach them.
Multiple. Multiple.
To the approach of such a giant ant queen.
[Kurrureu!]
The werewolves around them growled and raised their guard.
It was a stern warning not to approach any further.
Although they were indifferent to each other, having been together for a fairly long time in their own way, it was only a brief symbiosis, and it was never possible because they were in harmony with each other.
Therefore, the approach of the Giant Ant Queen to the pack of werewolves was already kind of off topic.
[…] ….]
Hurry. Hesitantly
The movement of the Giant Ant Queen stopped at the expression of that warning.
What is the figure of a guy hesitantly waving only his antennae up and down in place?
No matter how you look at it, it didn’t look like it was about to attack, so I just wanted to watch it.
The guy did something completely unexpected.
[Kiik.]
Just like the first time I arrived at this rocky mountain, I planted my head on the ground just like the first time.
Instantly, mana began to emanate from the guy’s body.
If you analyze the fragments of emotions that are conveyed, these are roughly these kinds of things.
‘Help, thanks. Help, thanks.’
Befitting a monster belonging to the insect species, the expression of the doctor he sent was not that great.
Just like a species lacking intelligence, the expression was simple and brief.
But it was enough to make sense of it.
And.
Jjeok.
He vomited something from the inside of his wide open jaw.
‘Woo-wook, what is it?’
At its appearance, it was vomited with green gastric juice.
Winter frowned for a moment.
Something round and disgusting came crashing down and revealing itself.
‘Huh, huh?’
But soon, the winter snow widened slightly.
‘That… …. Could that be?’
It was exactly what I had seen before.
It has the shape of a round sphere. It exudes a strong scent of magical power.
It was the inner stage.
Several months ago.
It looked similar to the inner end of the clam, which was the starting point for him to begin to realize the manipulative technique.
Took!
The Giant Ant Queen who spits it out and bites it on the edge of her jaw.
While keeping an eye on his surroundings, he cautiously approached the group of werewolves.
[…] ….]
“… ….”
The group of werewolves, who had finally realized that the meaning of their action was not hostility, also naturally moved away.
Took!
Soon, the Giant Ant Queen, which penetrated the crowd, set it down in front of Winter,
After making eye contact with him a couple of times, as if to say goodbye, he slowly turned around and started to walk away.
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