Chapter 383: Response
"Gold Eater Ant!"
Looking at the oversized ant, Escobar, Eusebio, and other golden fighters all changed their faces.
The other mercenaries had also heard of the name of the Gold Eater Ant, and they were even more shocked.
Gold Devouring Ants are terrifying, but they are not high-level Demonic Beasts, and even Demonic Beasts, they are not counted.
Because the Gold Eater Ant can't do magic, and it doesn't have a magic crystal core.
Relying on the power alone, the Gold Devouring Ant is more feared than those magical beasts that can use magic. Because they have an ability that can be called defying the sky:
Evolve!
As the name suggests, gold-eating ants feed on a variety of metals. Whatever metal it is, it is impossible to resist the acid they spit out and their teeth as sharp as knives, and eventually become the stuff of their stomachs.
The newborn gold-eating ant is so delicate that a child can squash it with one foot. However, when they have eaten enough metal, a sturdy crust grows on the surface of their bodies. At this time, even if an adult man wields a hammer with all his might, it is difficult to harm them.
The more metal the ants eat, the higher the quality and grade of the metal, and the stronger their shells become. According to the current research results of the Ostrosian continent, there seems to be no end to this evolution. As long as it can provide an endless supply of high-quality metals, it seems that the gold eater ant will continue to evolve.
Someone once tried to feed a gold-eating ant to see its limits. As a result, the gold-eating ant's defense is getting stronger and stronger, and its attack power and aggression are getting higher and higher. When a Golden Beginner Fighter couldn't help this insect with all his might, that person finally panicked, and gathered many masters of the Fourth Realm to join forces to attack, and finally wiped out the terrible Gold Devouring Ant.
After this incident, the gold eater ant became famous. The few records of their infestation later all prove the strength and horror of this creature that is not a monster but far superior to a monster.
Ant colonies are everywhere, and they are dead!
Gold eaters feed on metals, which is an evolutionary instinct, and that doesn't mean they don't eat anything else. In addition to metal, they also like to eat the flesh and blood of all living things, including humans. If it is just to fill the stomach, even if it is sand, gravel, soil, grass roots and tree bark, they can also be used to satisfy the stomach.
The most terrifying thing is that the gold-eating ants reproduce extremely quickly. As soon as a population declines to a certain extent, they will frantically produce offspring to ensure the size of the colony. And as long as they eat metal under the protection of their elders, the little gold-eating ants have grown up at a speed that is almost visible to the naked eye, forming combat effectiveness.
If it weren't for the fact that they seem to instinctively control the number of individual ant colonies, and retain the short-lived nature of insectoid creatures, everyone would believe that the entire continent would be eaten into a desert of life by this crazy species.
Therefore, people's response to gold-eating ants is to avoid them. At most, it is cleverly designed to guide and change the path of the gold-eating ants.
No one will go toe-to-toe with them, let alone fight with them.
That's what a fool would do.
It's a pity that the mercenaries of the underground ruins don't seem to have any other choice now.
Eusebio reached out and grabbed the fist-sized insect with a faint silver sheen all over its body, and held it in front of him for observation.
The six arthropods of the gold-devouring ant struggled and waved, and their mouthparts squirmed, looking very disgusting and terrifying.
Eusebio watched for a moment, then suddenly threw the gold-eater ant to the ground. Without waiting for it to attack or escape, it stomped on it with a fierce kick.
A screeching sound like metal scraping sounded, and Eusebio withdrew his right foot.
Underground, the gold-devouring ants with teeth and claws have changed from "only" to "piece".
Escobar, Gaia and the others looked at Eusebio, whose face was heavy: "In addition to fighting spirit, I have used all my strength. ”
The mercenaries around them all gasped.
Eusebio looked at the last two subordinates to come over.
"Where did you find this gold-eating ant?"
The faces of the two members of the Dragon Bard Mercenary Regiment were also very ugly, and one of them said, "We are staying at the end to check if there is anything missing in the hall." And then in a hole that looked like a sewer, the ghost suddenly crawled out. ”
"Is this the only one?" Roger asked urgently.
He had already set foot in the fourth realm, and if he encountered the Gold Devouring Ant outside and avoided it with all his heart, there would be no problem at all in terms of safety. After all, it is still extremely rare for an individual gold eater ant to evolve to the point where it can threaten the gold fighter.
But in this sealed space, there is nowhere for anyone to escape, and if they are forced to fight to the death with a bunch of gold eaters, even the gold fighters will feel chills in their bodies.
The member of the Dragon Bard Mercenary Regiment nodded.
Roger breathed a sigh of relief, but Escobar next to him said coldly: "Impossible, the gold-eating ants are social animals, and they will not live alone." You only see this one, maybe it's in charge of searching for the way, and there must be thousands of gold-eating ant colonies behind it. ”
Gaia also interjected, but it made everyone's hearts even colder.
"Don't forget, this gold-eating ant crawled up from the ground. It could come out of the front hall, and it would be not impossible for a colony of gold-eating ants to exist at our feet right now. ”
The situation is getting more and more serious!
On the other side, Franco approached Long Aotian and asked him in a low voice, "What should we do now?" ”
Among all the people in the hall, the Spirit Fox Mercenary Group was the most calm group of people. Because of Long Aotian's reminders and hints before, everyone had already been mentally prepared.
This trip to explore the ruins must have an accident! For this reason, Franco and the others did not even put much thought into treasure hunting and reaping the benefits. The current situation is just a feeling in their hearts that "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I really came".
Long Aotian shook his head and said, "We don't have to do anything, we just need to watch." ”
In such an unexpected situation as the gold-devouring ant, the proposal to return the same way obviously did not work. Then all that remains is to move forward bravely and fight all the way to the end.
"The Gold Eater Ants are on a rampage, and nothing can stop them for long. Without further ado, let's crack the magic circle of the next hall door. ”
Captain Eusebio's proposal was approved by everyone, and at this time, everyone had no time or mood to discuss the ownership of property, and saving one's life was the most important thing.
Escobar said, "We have plenty of people here, and it won't take that many people to crack the magic circle. Others set up some magic arrays in this hall, which can be dominated by maze and phantom array types, which can somewhat slow down the progress of the gold devouring ants. ”
This is also a good suggestion, although the gold eater ant is scary, in the final analysis, it is just an ordinary insect, and its intelligence is very limited. A simple psychedelic magic array is enough to turn them around.
However, they must be acting together in groups, and the number of them is terrifying, and under the chaos and collision, any magic array will break them sooner or later. It's just a little bit of time.
Gaia nodded and said, "Then let's go our separate ways, and the others should not be idle, check the entire hall, and block all the underground passages." By the way, you have to remove all the metal stuff and take it away. ”
Whether it is Escobar, Eusebio or Gaia, the three of them are not only powerhouses of the fourth realm, but also experienced leaders of mercenary groups, and their command and arrangements are well organized, so that the mercenaries can regain some confidence and go their separate ways.
It's just that when he heard Gaia's last words, the mercenaries around him all looked at each other with strange expressions.
"What's wrong?" Gaia didn't know why.
A familiar mercenary explained in a low voice: "This hall is in charge of the Spirit Fox Mercenary Group, and it has been searched once." Well, the looting is clean, and nothing should be missing. ”
"Very clean? What do you mean? ”
Gaia still didn't understand.
The Fire Phoenix Mercenary Regiment laid down the last hall earlier than the Spirit Fox Mercenary Regiment, and also began to break all kinds of traps earlier, which still had a lot of omissions. The Spirit Fox Mercenary Group must have started later than them, no matter how fast the action is, how fast can it go, what does this clean mean?
As the acquaintance mercenary explained, Gaia listened and looked around, his expression becoming suspicious.
After a long time, the leader of the Fire Phoenix Mercenary Group sighed and said to Franco: "Whether it's luck or anything, anyway, this time, the Spirit Fox Mercenary Group has done us all a great favor." ”
Franco naturally didn't dare to take credit, and said modestly: "Captain Gaia is serious, we are all in the same boat now, and this is all as it should be." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Franco felt a wave of strangeness.
What should it be? Could it be that the Spirit Fox Mercenary Group should "clean" everything in the hall?
While a few people were talking, the mercenaries who cracked the magic array and laid the magic array were not idle, but the number of mercenaries was indeed too many, and there were still many people who were idle and had nothing to do, so they could only watch their companions busy and anxious.
Suddenly, there was a squeaky sound. Everyone turned their heads to see that the entrance door was slowly closing, as everyone expected.
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