Episode 481: Ant Cave (2)
Park Ki-tae is a guide.
Although he did not specialize in combat, he still had his own firm standards after fighting numerous battles.
‘Hunter’s level is absolute.’
Grades from S to F.
Over the past 20 years, people have divided grades in detail, and the grades that may seem simple at first glance are the result of the whole world putting their heads together. There were no exceptions.
Those who were eligible for promotion showed skills that exceeded that level, but those who repeatedly stayed at the same level in the hunter database clearly revealed their shortcomings, which inevitably led to them being at that level.
Hundreds of battles.
It was a confidence gained through experience.
If it was an F grade, there was a reason it was an F grade, and if it was an E grade, there was a reason it was an E grade.
So, I did not expect to conquer the ant cave from the beginning, and I was confident that the will of the two people, who had no idea about the subject, would be broken after just one battle.
Just there. I was planning to do my best to ensure safety, but I was embarrassed by the series of scenes of Kang Min-ho dealing with ants.
‘… … ‘This is grade E?’
It went beyond common sense.
Soldier ants are class D monsters.
In the first place, the skill level to defeat him should not have been E-rated, but Kang Min-ho showed overwhelming power against not just one, but dozens of soldier ants and worker ants.
That meant it was grade D or higher. This is the stage where you don’t just cross the D-grade gate, but you cross the C-grade territory.
It was shocking.
I should have known a long time ago if he had that level of skill on the floor of Incheon, but I saw a person named Kang Min-ho for the first time in my life.
Crack.
I broke the ant’s head.
It was a complete victory.
It felt like Kang Minho was saying something to him, but he couldn’t hear those words right now.
‘With just one battle, it’s clear. I don’t know why Kang Min-ho stays in E-grade, but he is beyond what I would expect in terms of combat. Especially dash and hard strike. Although they are widely known skills, their power was so completely different that I began to wonder if they were the same skills I knew. It means that Kang Min-ho’s skill utilization is extraordinary.’
Park Ki-tae could not know.
Just one month.
The fact that it is a result achieved in a short period of time.
Kang Min-ho clearly had the skills required for an E grade, but it completely changed with just one lesson.
In fact, it was a natural result.
People say that Dmitry’s legacy is very special, but Roman Dmitry was a being who could be said to be Dmitri himself.
Powerful enough to collapse the grading system.
It may be embarrassing now because people don’t know of his existence, but in the near future, Roman Dmitry will overturn the standards of common sense.
Park Ki-tae gathered his emotions.
The battle is over.
Originally, I should have run away by now, but after seeing Kang Min-ho, I changed my mind.
‘First of all, it has been proven that these people are not idiots. If you really have the skills to subdue the anthill… … This is a golden opportunity to make 300 million won.’
of course.
It was still not enough.
Kang Min-ho may not be able to handle all the ants alone, but the person that Park Ki-tae was looking at was Roman Dmitry.
Roman Dmitry and Kang Min-ho are clearly divided into top and bottom.
Seeing a talented person like Kang Min-ho follow Roman Dmitry, it seemed like there was something special about him that he didn’t know about.
I believed it.
This was an opportunity.
So, contrary to his initial plan, Park Ki-tae chose to stay.
* * *
Park Ki-tae said.
“From now on, you have to choose. The number of ants will increase as you go inside, and escape is impossible due to the geographically limited nature of the ant cave. This is just the beginning. “If you don’t have the confidence to handle the waves of ants, now is your only chance to stay safe.”
It was sincere advice.
however.
Roman Dmitry and Kang Min-ho had no intention of stepping down.
They chose to keep going, and as a result, the battle was repeated, just as Park Ki-tae warned.
Wow!
Kyaaaaaaa!
The ants rushed in.
They showed their ferocious teeth at those who invaded their territory, and just like the first time, only Kang Min-ho stepped forward while Roman Dmitry and Park Ki-tae were watching.
I have more confidence now.
At first, he had doubts about whether he could take on a swarm of soldier ants and worker ants alone, but once he confirmed his skills, he seemed to have gained momentum and slaughtered his enemies without hesitation.
puck.
Crack.
Blood splattered.
Every foot that came into contact was cut down.
Kang Min-ho’s strength itself was not much different from a month ago, but the explosive power resulting from the Sura mind technique showed completely different results.
It was a new world. As the battle repeated, he couldn’t help but get excited.
suddenly.
He thought that he wanted to take the promotion test as soon as he got back.
‘When I first took the promotion test, the examiner in charge of me said that. The future of those who qualify as hunters at that age is obvious. Unless you gain a strong base from the beginning, you will live a miserable life and then die from a monster. So it’s better for hunters to give up.’
It’s not wrong.
If I hadn’t met Roman Dmitri, I would have been unable to get out of Class E and one day would have met a miserable death like the examiner warned.
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So I wanted to be proven. Ability to not be defeated even when dealing with dozens of ants. How will the examiner at that time evaluate you now?
Of course, that was a problem later.
I knew very well that I had to solve the problem I was facing before I could discuss the future.
‘Roman Dmitri said. I will step up to the plate in situations I cannot handle. So, there’s no need to be scared.’
I gritted my teeth.
Beyond the darkness.
Ants kept running at me.
It felt like walking on thin ice, but strangely enough, I wasn’t afraid.
Wow!
Kyaaaaaaa!
A group of ants appeared again.
Kang Min-ho rushed towards them without hesitation.
* * *
Things went smoothly.
Now that he was deep inside, Park Ki-tae felt strangely ominous.
‘There are fewer ants than I thought. If the two queen ants have been producing ants continuously for the past month, this ant nest must be home to a number of ants that I have never experienced. But so far, it hasn’t deviated much from common sense. No, it’s worse than an ant cave with a single queen ant.’
It was definitely strange.
Ant cave.
It is a hunting ground that people avoid.
This hunting ground, filled with ants in the tunnels, never allowed people to enter.
It was then.
“We discovered the queen ant’s nest.”
A distance of 100m.
A huge space was discovered through exploration magic.
There is a space in the ant cave that is used as a nest for the queen ant, where the queen ant constantly lays eggs.
The destination from the beginning was the nest of this queen ant.
It was such a key element in extermination of ant tunnels that no matter how many ants you kill, there is a saying that if you don’t deal with the queen ants, you are in trouble.
I erased my anxiety from my mind.
No matter what variables there were, once you arrived at the queen ant’s nest, you were at a high point.
I took a step.
yet.
A huge space was revealed.
Not only Park Ki-tae but even Kang Min-ho reacted in surprise at the sight that was caught in their sight.
“… … this.”
“and.”
There were ant eggs everywhere.
The number was too large to count, and considering that it takes less than a day for ants to hatch, staying here for a long time was a foolish choice.
But Park Ki-tae once again felt ominous.
The feeling, more intense than before, told me what the source of my anxious mood was.
“It’s strange anyway. The number of eggs a queen ant can lay in a day is at most a hundred. However, at first glance, there are more than a thousand ant eggs that can be seen. It doesn’t make sense. What does it mean for so many ant eggs to exist at the same time? … .”
I swallowed my words.
This is only possible if there are more than a dozen queen ants.
It didn’t make sense.
Incheon Mayor Kim Jun-hyuk postponed the extermination of only two queen ants, but the presence of dozens of ants was unacceptable based on common sense.
Even Park Ki-tae has never heard of such a precedent.
Ant caves are common hunting grounds all over the world, so even in a chaotic world, there were standards of their own.
It was then.
Gulp, gulp.
The ant egg was shaking.
It was larger than other ant eggs, and the egg started to crack and something popped out.
Kwasik.
It was the front foot.
After making a hole with its front paws, the ant exposed its face.
Moment.
Park Ki-tae widened his eyes.
The identity of ants.
It was the queen ant.
* * *
Queen ant.
Its existence was a mystery.
It is known that a queen ant hatches at a very high probability among numerous ants, so this was something that should not have happened in this place where two queen ants already lived.
That wasn’t the only problem. As Park Ki-tae was staring blankly, ants from other ant eggs, one after another, pierced through the eggs and showed their faces.
Wow!
“… … “This is such a ridiculous thing.”
The eyes shook violently.
It was also a queen ant.
Three queen ants were not enough, and four or even more queen ants emerged from the ant eggs that continued to hatch.
I got goosebumps.
The situation in front of you.
There was only one way to explain this.
‘Could it be a foreshadowing phenomenon?’
Catastrophe.
Before the world turns into hell, omens foreshadowing the apocalypse occur several times.
It is a warning to prepare for a catastrophe and another hell.
Because the precursor phenomenon completely destroys existing common sense, there was no other way to explain the simultaneous presence of dozens of queen ants in one ant tunnel other than the precursor phenomenon.
That means.
In this place where people couldn’t see, something was stirring.
If the extermination of the ant tunnels had been postponed, Incheon would have been attacked by ants in the near future.
The thought ended there.
Suddenly, screams were heard from all directions.
Ta-ta-ta-tak.
Wow!
Wow!
It was the sound of ants flocking.
Park Ki-tae’s complexion turned pale as he heard the terrifying sound of at least thousands of birds rushing, incomparable to before.
“Well, we have to run away. “If this is a precursor phenomenon, we cannot handle it alone.”
I hurriedly searched my bag.
He took out the teleportation scroll and held it in his hand, but despite Park Ki-tae’s urgent voice, Roman Dmitry remained calm.
“It’s up to me to decide whether I can handle it or not.”
“Damn it.”
I cursed.
They were crazy kids.
Although his skills were better than expected, it didn’t make sense to stop the omen phenomenon with just the two of them.
The precursor phenomenon is a problem that must be dealt with at least at the city level.
Even if you were a level B or higher peak hunter, it was impossible to survive the attack of the ants that were about to come.
My mouth was dry.
My body was shaking.
I wanted to remain loyal as much as possible, but I couldn’t do it this time with death approaching right in front of me.
Didn’t Roman Dmitry say that?
I won’t hold you responsible.
“… … I’m sorry. I am really sorry.”
I closed my eyes tightly.
Wow.
I just tore the scroll apart.
With the light engulfing his entire body, Park Ki-tae could not open his eyes until the teleportation ended.
* * *
It’s a disaster.
thud.
The teleport coordinates were Incheon.
Park Ki-tae, who appeared in a new space, quickly got up from his seat after confirming that he was safe.
‘It is inevitable that two people will die. But omen phenomena are a different matter.’
Survival of the two?
It’s impossible.
It was a vain hope to survive for even 10 minutes against thousands of ants, possibly more, so Park Ki-tae had already made the death of the two a fait accompli.
The problem was a precursor phenomenon.
It was clear that the scale of the disaster would increase due to the continued birth of queen ants, so for the safety of Incheon, the ant dens had to be exterminated somehow, even if it meant risking life or death.
“I need to tell you about this.”
I hurried my steps.
Where he is headed.
The destination was the Incheon government.
fantasy,
