Chapter 139
Ch . 139 Mysterious Underground Passage
“GiJiJii!” “GiJiJiJiJiJiJii!!”
I approached the ball rabbit with my mouth open while the huge centipede was crying behind me .
Look, it may be dangerous so get inside . But the ball rabbit shakes its head .
「Behind, walking」
You’d rather walk behind then be thrown back into my mouth?
…If that’s okay with you then . Fortunately the back was closed by the huge centipede, so I don’t need to worry about anything coming in . If I had them in my mouth then I will be unable to use any form of breath attacks, so this may be for the better .
Should I have the ball rabbit carry Nina?
“guuga!”
I lightly voice out and instruct the ball rabbit to carry Nina . I thought that it might alarm any monsters hidden in the passage, but it was a wasted concern as the huge centipede screeches . The other side is probably already well alerted .
I catch something moving beyond the corner of this passage with [[Presence Sense]] . But because of the thick walls the sign is weak, but there’s is definitely something moving towards here .
It’s hard to think that there are humans in the middle of such a desert .
Although, there could be ruins here, there is a high possibility that it was converted to a den for monsters .
The huge centipede which is the biggest threat in this desert is unable to pass through here, so this is a good place for monsters to make their home .
The ball rabbit follows my instructions, lifts Nina and places her on his head with its dexterous ears . It tried to move forward but Nina’s legs were dragged across the ground . That…I wonder if it can make due somehow .
Did the ball rabbit know what I was thinking, it jumps a little and shifts Nina up a little more with a “Pefuto” . I guess it’s dragging her head this time . The ball rabbit set Nina down and sucked in air as if taking a drink . For a moment the body of the ball rabbit was puffier, but after the sound of a gulp, the ball rabbit returned to its original shape as if nothing happened .
Err…This is, yeah .
I couldn’t understand what happened for a second there so I didn’t respond, but I know it didn’t do that because it was hungry . I think it just imitated my mouth from the time I was carrying it . That reminds me that the ball rabbit had the skill [[Internal Body Storage]] . This is just making me more anxious .
“Pefu!”
Maybe due to my impolite thoughts the ball rabbit has bulging eyes and inflated cheeks . Oh, yeah, I’m sorry, I know it’s safe… . I know that you won’t digest .
After checking that the huge centipede is still immobile in the back, I start to advance through the narrow passage . The ball rabbit follows behind me while dragging Nina .
Every step we take I feel signs of something approaching with [[Presence Sense]] . It doesn’t seem to be that big . With that size, I hope it’s not a terribly strong opponent . Being wary of this, I start walking along a little slower .
I wonder if they are also afraid of coming around the corner . Even I was avoiding going too fast so that I don’t suddenly bump heads with whatever is coming, as I can’t really tell what it is .
We share a mutual interest .
I go through the straight passageway and make a turn at the corner . There I saw two big worms at the end of the passage .
I thought that it was one big body, but I guess due to the thick walls, [[Presence Sense]] didn’t work too well .
They were two sizes smaller than me and their whole body was bright red . The size ratio could roughly be estimated as a medium sized dog compared to a human . They had eight short legs and the space between their chest and abdomen was extremely constricted .
No, this is an ant .
When I was running through the desert using [[Roll]], I feel like I had seen it in the distance .
Race: Red Ogre Ant
State: Normal
Lv: 29/55
HP: 246/246
MP: 78/78
ATK: 213
DEF: 226
Mana: 48
Speed: 187
Rank: C
Characteristic Skill:
[[Soil Attribute: Lv–]] [[Sociability: Lv–]]
[[Pheromone: Lv–]] [[Red Sand: Lv–]]
Resistant Skill:
[[Physical Resistance: Lv2]]
Normal Skill:
[[Bite: Lv4]] [[Dig: Lv6]] [[Clay: Lv2]]
[[Clay Gun: Lv3]] [[Self-Regeneration: Lv3]]
Title Skill:
[[Soldier Ant: Lv6]]
These guys stats are unreasonably strong . Its attack and defense are fine, but its speed is stupidly high for being at C rank .
It’s completely specialized in close combat . Although it may be several steps below me, it’s still not alright with there being two of them .
Even a single one would be troublesome .
I don’t see any skills that I should particularly watch out for, and I also hardly see any resistance skills . Just with their status alone however, and there being two of them, it makes it more troublesome than facing the large slug .
Besides, since the ball rabbit is behind me I have to be careful not to let either of them get by me .
I don’t really want to fight them… .
Maybe they aren’t hostile?
Me and the two red ants stop with our faces facing each other .
“kucha, kucha!” “kucha! kucha!”
When the red ants saw me they let out a shrill voice . That noise, it’s like they are rubbing their teeth together .
The huge centipede was the same . I’m sure now that I’m not very confident .
「Begone, I tell you」
The ball rabbit calls out from behind .
Go home, and don’t look back .
You heard the centipedes cries, so isn’t it already decided what we will do?
“Gurua”
Ball rabbit, please tell them that it’s impossible because there’s a huge centipede blocking the way .
I’ll leave it to my translator to ask .
「You understand, begone, go die」
I see, did you just tell it to die?
There won’t be any room for negotiations after this .
“Kucha!” “Kucha, kucha!”
Both red ants move towards me at the same time right after the ball rabbit finishes translating .
Ah dammit! Guess I have to this after all!
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