Chapter 55: The Need for Proper Rest
Jason quickly put his hand out toward the four dead soldier ants and he called out,
"Resurrect!"
The entire region pulsed with Jason’s mana and the soldier ants were quickly dragged out from their bodies as they screeched loudly into the air!
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+600MP
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[Adamantine Ant Soldier]
[Pawn Rank III]
[Upgrade Points: 0/20]
[Upgrade Limit: Bishop Rank I]
[MP: 1500]
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The remaining soldier ants were shocked to see their comrades coming back to life, and their shock allowed Jason’s subordinates to dash in for another attack!
The [Adamantine Ant Scout] Pawns made sure that the soldiers couldn’t run away, and they constantly attacked the soldiers’ wings to prevent them from getting into their stride! The Moonlight Wolf subordinates waited until the Soldier ants were low enough before they jumped and latched onto the soldiers’ legs, bringing them down even further and then dogpiling them in fury!
The [Adamantine Ant Soldier] Pawns didn’t waste any time in joining the battle, and they all charged straight for their former comrades, taking down many of them at once!
Even though they were both the same species, Jason’s pawns had more power than the regular ants, so they were able to bring down their counterparts, allowing the other subordinates to kill them easily!
Jason looked around with his [Predator’s Gaze] to make sure that there were no scouts in the region. There was a chance that a Scout would see what was happening and go report it to the main colony. If that happened, then Jason would lose his element of surprise!
So Jason continued to keep watch high in the sky, leaving his subordinates to finish off the last remaining ants that were trying their best to get away! The four [Adamantine Ant Soldiers] under Jason’s control joined the other Pawn Rank III’s in attacking the remaining soldier ants, and Jason could tell that they weren’t going to last long against the brutal barrage!
The worker ants back at the entrance of the tunnel had all been caged in by the numerous subordinates, and since they couldn’t fly, the only thing that they could do was try and fight their way out of the situation. But unfortunately for them, they weren’t able to put up much of a fight against the massive numbers and ruthless aggression, and it wasn’t long before they were all killed.
The battlefield quieted down a few seconds later and Jason finally turned to look at his system tab.
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The user has killed [10] Adamantine Ant Workers
+500 Kill Points
[The skill [Mana Surge] has evolved to the B Rank skill [Mana Frenzy].]
[Mana Frenzy: This skill grants the user a massive boost in physical stats and allows the user to ignore all injuries in order to continue fighting unimpeded. This skill is evolvable.]
[At current level; Max Boost: 80%]
[To evolve this skill, the user must gain more [Adamantine Ant Worker] subordinates.]
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The user has killed [11] Adamantine Ant Workers
+550 Kill Points
[The skill [Mana Frenzy] has evolved to an A Rank skill. This skill is evolvable.]
[At current level; Max Boost: 90%]
[To evolve this skill, the user must gain more [Adamantine Ant Worker] subordinates.]
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The user has killed [10] Adamantine Ant Soldiers
+1500 Kill Points
[The D Rank skill [Adamantine Armor] has evolved into the B Rank skill [Adamantine Hide]]
[Adamantine Hide: This skill creates an adamantine covering over the user’s body, granting the user protection against both physical and magical attacks. This skill is evolvable.]
[To evolve this skill, the user must gain more [Adamantine Ant Soldier] subordinates.]
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STATISTICS
Strength: A
Stamina: A
Agility: S
Durability: A
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Jason let out a silent breath as he looked over the battlefield calmly. He had killed fifty-one Worker ants, ten soldier ants, and one scout in this battle.
He had already brought back ten of the worker ants and four of the soldier ants, so he only had forty-one worker ants, six soldier ants, and one scout to resurrect. But Jason decided not to do it immediately. The reason for this was simply because he was freaking tired.
Ordering all of the monsters around at the same time had seriously drained Jason’s stamina, and resurrecting the few ants that he did took even more out from his mana. Jason needed to replenish both his stamina and mana before he would be at a hundred percent again.
’Charging into a fight without resting first would be stupid. The energy you have could be the difference between life and death.’
Jason told the scout that he was riding to take him back down to the ground, and he landed in the middle of the battlefield. The various subordinates came over to surround Jason, and Jason patted some of the wolves on the neck before turning to look at the large Adamantine Soldier ants that were standing over him. The soldier ants were huge, nearly as large as the Pawn rank III wolves, and Jason knew that it would take nothing less than an A Rank or a very high-level B Rank to kill a beast this powerful.
Jason sat on the ground and sent a mental command to the Soldiers and Scouts under his command to go and survey the area to make sure that no Scouts were lurking in the forest. They went to do as they were told, and Jason finally turned to really look through his system rewards.
The first thing that he looked through was the skills that he received. Mana Frenzy seemed self-explanatory, but when Jason activated the skill, he didn’t feel any different from before.
’How do I activate it?’
[The user must send mana through his body to activate the skill]
The system responded quickly and Jason did as he was told and he sent a surge of mana through his entire body. There was a feeling of lightness that enveloped him, and Jason felt his already energized cells filling up with even more energy!
[The user has sent mana through his body.]
[Current Power Output: +30%]
Jason went towards one of the wolves standing at the side, and he put his hand under its belly, and easily lifted it off the ground. Jason chuckled before dropping the wolf back down and scratching its side.
Jason knew that he could do far more than that, but he decided that he would hold off from testing the limits of his strength since he might draw attention to himself.
The other skill, [Adamantine Hide], was also self-explanatory, and when Jason activated it, he saw a strange silvery substance covering his entire skin. The silvery substance flowed like water over Jason’s body until it had covered him entirely. It made Jason look similar to the Silver Surfer, and Jason clenched and unclenched his hand while laughing at that analogy.
This was Jason’s first defensive skill, and he couldn’t say that he didn’t like it.
’It’ll be nice to have a shield so I can defend from a distance too. Maybe the next monster I kill will give me that.’
Jason deactivated the skill when he saw that it was consuming his mana, and he looked over his subordinates. Almost half of them had died in the battle, and Jason glanced at his mana points to see if he had enough mana to revive them yet.
Mana Points: 1020/1470
’It’s still not full, but I should be able to use it to revive the dead monsters and resurrect the others.’
Jason nodded before he put his hand out and summoned the dead subordinates. Six Pawn Rank II, along with five Pawn Rank I subordinates, had died, and Jason used up three hundred mana points to revive them. The revived members joined up with the rest of the Legion, and Jason sent out a message to the subordinates around him and told them to gather the bodies of the dead ants.