Chapter 459

Chapter 459: It’s Time

The Ant Clan was ready to reveal itself on this continent.

There were three reasons.

First, over the three years, the number of the Ant Clan had exceeded one million. Both their lower and higher combat abilities had developed greatly. Since their strength had reached this level, it no longer made sense to keep hiding the Ant Clan. With over a million ants spread across the continent, it would be difficult to act secretly without being discovered. Rather than allowing others to find clues and expose the Ant Clan’s existence, it was better to take the initiative.

Second, aside from the empire, which had not yet developed any large-scale ant nests, the ant nest network had nearly covered the entire continent! And since the empire was unable to deal with even one monster right now, perhaps there was no need to worry too much?

The Stealth Ants had also gathered intelligence on the military levels and strong individuals of various countries on the continent. The overall strength of the Ant Clan was such that no single nation could stand against it alone.

Although it was possible that other forces were hiding in the dark like the Ant Clan… the Ant Clan did not need to reveal all of its strength openly. If they operated together in both light and shadow, there could be unexpected gains.

If they did not consider the reincarnator, the strongest beings on the continent right now were the eight Lords of the Forest and the three Lords of Mountains… the Ant Clan had already interacted with these ancient monsters.

Among them, the Lord of the Beast Mountain Range and the Volcano Lord of Mountains had formed an alliance with the Ant Clan, while the Lord of Iceberg Mountains remained neutral and did not plan to get involved in the reincarnator’s struggle.

As for the eight Lords of the Forest, besides Dragon Mother Flossie, among the remaining seven, one friendly Lord of the Forest had been persuaded to join the Ant Clan, and two others, like the Lord of Iceberg Mountains, remained neutral.

Additionally, three other Lords of the Forest, for various reasons, ultimately decided to ally with the Ant Clan.

Among these three, two were old rivals of Flossie, but seeing that the Ant Clan had allied with two Lords of Mountains and three Lords of the Forest, their choices were either to stay out of it or to join the larger group.

They would prefer to stay out, but would Dragon Mother Flossie, their old rival, allow them to do so? So if they did not want to perish, they actually had only one choice.

After all, they were ancient monsters who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and they were not foolish enough to stand against a group many times stronger than themselves.

As for the last of the eight Lords of the Forest, they were currently missing.

These three points were enough for the Ant Clan to prepare for their appearance on the continent.

The next question was how to make that appearance.

If the Ant Clan wanted to quickly catch the attention of the countries on the continent and be seen as different from regular monsters while gaining importance, respect, and recognition of their status, they needed an opportunity.

This opportunity had originally been planned to be created by the Ant Clan themselves, but unexpectedly, a powerful monster called “Devouring Demon Mountain” appeared, which the Deta Empire had no way to deal with.

Allowing the Ant Clan to step forward and defeat this disaster-level monster was undoubtedly a great opportunity.

To achieve their goals afterward, the battle between the Ant Clan and the monster needed some ‘audience,’ and it should be an audience with some weight.

The commander wearing golden armor who led an army of ten thousand to guard the city was named Ganther. He had been sent by the kingdom to take over the Duchy of Donelas’ army. He had originally been the kingdom’s chief of the royal guard and was also the uncle of the kingdom’s Third Princess Silvia, who trusted him greatly.

Having him as an audience would be perfect.

Next were five hundred soldiers and over a hundred adventurers, who would further expand the impact.

However, speaking of which… the best audience must be me.

After calling the monster army and five flying dragons to defeat the empire and the two grand duchies, my reputation as the kingdom’s Chief Mage had grown even greater than before.

Looking at the massive creature being drawn away from the human city by Lvzi and Army Lady, Magic Rainbow smiled, seeming to be in a good mood.

After ordering Ganther’s deputy to clean the battlefield and reassure the soldiers and residents of the city, she used her skill “space gate” again and vanished into the transparent door above the city gate.

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Tap, tap, tap… tap, tap, tap…

The pounding hooves of the horses kicked up clouds of dust on the road, but the soldiers and adventurers riding on them kept urging their horses forward.

Over six hundred horses were moving at full speed, yet even so, the large creature behind them was still closely chasing; it was not falling behind, but was actually getting closer!

“Sister Army Lady, do you have any ideas? If this keeps up, that monster will catch us!”

Jilly from the “Moat Blade” team, who volunteered to take the lead, looked anxiously at the blonde girl beside her.

“Hey, hey, even if you have a question, you should ask me first, right? Little Jilly, don’t forget, I am the captain! It was my acid that finally made the Meat Mountain move away from the city gate!”

“Sorry, does that sister have any solutions?”

After hearing Lvzi’s complaint, Little Jilly casually asked without looking back.

“Use acid!”

“Sister’s acid will only irritate the Meat Mountain and make it chase us closer, right?”

“That’s true…”

Lvzi showed a look of realization.

However, Jilly didn’t notice her and continued to focus on Army Lady.

“I cannot use the spear right now.”

After thinking for a moment, Army Lady shook her head.

The power of the spear throw earlier had already amazed the adventurers; if she could throw a second one in a short time… it would seem too much.

If she wanted to continue being an adventurer, she couldn’t act too “out of line.”

“I see…”

Jilly looked a little disappointed.

She didn’t ask Stealth One, because in her view, with such a massive body, only the powerful spear Army Lady used earlier could affect the enemy’s actions.

“Oh, there’s someone else you forgot.”

At that moment, as if knowing what Jilly was thinking, Lvzi spoke up to remind her.

In the next moment, just as she finished speaking, the space above them suddenly twisted, and a transparent door appeared out of thin air.

Magic Rainbow stepped out from the door.

As she stepped out, she raised her magic wand in front of her.

A biting cold wind, mixed with frost, howled out again and struck the giant creature, causing its speed to suddenly drop.

“Here it comes, Chief Mage!”

That’s amazing… Little Rainbow seemed to be getting better and better at using the “space gate” skill; it appeared exactly where it needed to be.

Lvzi admired this in her heart and winked at the white-haired beauty in the sky.

It seemed that Magic Rainbow noticed Lvzi, and she smiled back at her sister.