Chapter 65: Divided Attention
Jason sent a message and asked the Rook if the methane explosions could get through its exoskeleton.
The Rook had extremely high durability, so the chances of anything here piercing through its shell were very low. The Rook looked itself over for any sign of injuries and sent back a message that it wasn’t hurt by the attack, and Jason told the Rook and all its subordinates to begin moving again. Now, they were tasked with clearing the path and making sure every single egg was broken before the other members of the Legion made it through!
Jason didn’t bother to worry about the poisonous methane in the eggs since he knew that it couldn’t hurt his Legion. There was no way to poison a creature that was already dead. The poison was more likely to hurt Jason since he was still human and he told the ant he was riding to hang back so that the poison would disperse before he went through.
The Rook screeched back to its subordinates and told them to begin walking on the floor and ceiling!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
As they went, massive explosions echoed through the tunnel as they stepped on various eggs that had been lying in the path, and it was only the fact that they had extremely high defenses that prevented them from dying after the first few explosions. Many of them were being thrown about like ragdolls, but they shrugged off every hit like it didn’t matter and kept moving!
A few meters down the path, there was a large trench that had been dug to try and keep the enemies out. There were more eggs at the bottom of the trench, and anyone who fell down the hole would end up being blown to pieces. One of the ants wasn’t paying attention and fell into it, causing a massive explosion that took its life, and the other ants began to scale the walls while carrying the wolves across.
Behind them, Jason watched the ants working with a narrowed gaze. He turned to glance at his mana and saw that he only had about three thousand units out of six thousand. Jason had used up a lot of units resurrecting and reviving the monsters, so it would take some time for it all to be replenished. But even with only half his mana, Jason felt like he was more than capable of handling the rest of this battle, so he didn’t feel worried.
As they moved forward, they eventually saw a large opening at the end of the tunnel a few meters away from them, and the ants quickly began to speed up their pace to reach it sooner! Once they got out of this tunnel, they would reach a more open space that would allow them to spread their wings and fight more freely!
But before they could get to the open space, a loud symphony of angry screeches echoed through the air before the entire tunnel was suddenly attacked by a furious wave of ants! The ants appeared through various holes in the tunnel! Ants dropped from the ceiling, tore through the walls, and appeared from underground as they assaulted the attacking Legion from every direction!
A massive battle suddenly broke out in the tunnel as the regular ants tried their best to overwhelm the attacking Legion with their intensity. The tunnel was small and the Legion could barely move properly since it was so tight, so when the regular ants entered it with full force, there was nearly no space for the Legion to move or attack from!
More than half of the regular ants went straight towards the Rook and began to bite and scratch it mercilessly! They dogpiled on it and tried their best to kill it first so that they could focus on the others! The Rook screeched and slammed its body into the side of the tunnel as it tried to get all the ants off! Massive tremors traveled through the tunnel as the Rook slammed into the wall over and over again, and Jason clicked his tongue from behind the army as he sent a mental command to the Rook.
The Rook acknowledged the command and stopped its action before it began to move backward. Jason also sent the same mental command to the other pieces, and before long, they were all moving back as one to get away from the entrance.
Once the ants saw this, they all began to rejoice as they thought they were winning. The intruders were retreating, and they would be able to chase them out of the tunnel! The ants all screeched at the intruders, threatening them with their mandibles and skittering around the tunnel dangerously!
’Give them hell.’
Jason suddenly sent a new message to the Rook, and the Rook took that as the signal to carry out its plan!
[Linear Charge] has been activated!
A bright purple light suddenly filled the tunnel, and the ants that had been standing in front of the Rook all stopped at once as they watched its entire body lighting up! For a moment, they all wondered what the hell was about to happen! But before they could even react to the change, a Gatling Gun shot through the tunnel!
TWOOM!
The Rook shot forward with the force of a meteor, and its charge was enough to tear through every single ant there at the same time! More than half of the ants were immediately killed by the Rook’s charge as their bodies were torn to shreds just from the force of the charge alone, and the others that weren’t killed were either seriously injured or they were thrown back by the immense shockwave that the Rook left in its wake! It was an absolute madhouse!
——
The user has killed [57] Adamantine Ant Workers
+1710 Kill Points
——
The user has killed [5] Adamantine Ant Scouts
+350 Kill Points
——
The user has killed [8] Adamantine Ant Soldiers
+1200 Kill Points
——
SCREEECH!!
The Legion all screeched and roared in unison as they followed behind the rampaging Rook and charged deeper into the tunnel! Jason watched what was happening from behind with his eyes narrowed in concentration. Jason thought about resurrecting the various ants that they had killed, but he decided against it. He was already feeling a tiredness creeping into his body due to the numerous messages that he had sent to the Legion consecutively, but he didn’t want it to slow him down. If he added more subordinates now, then it would just be counterproductive. Jason simply took in a deep breath and focused his mind once again.
Jason allowed his consciousness to travel towards the other tunnel that they were attacking, and he tried to contact the Rook leading the charge. Jason knew that the regular ants would definitely launch a similar ambush on that side of the hill, so he was wondering if the Rook was capable of dealing with it on its own.
But it turned out that the Rook there was not faring that well against the attacks. The ants had used the same hidden eggs as well as multiple ridges and ambushes to try and push the ants and wolves back, and although the Legion were stronger than the regular ants, the sheer number of ants in the small tunnel prevented the Legion from being able to use their strength to the max.
’Take steps back and use your Linear Charge against them. Create a straight path to the exit and let the Rook subordinates enter first so they can tank the explosions!’
Jason shouted to the Rook in anger once he realized that it was losing! Jason understood that the Rook became smarter than the other subordinates once it gained an upgrade, but he could now tell that it wasn’t smart enough to come up with complex attack patterns on its own. At best, it would just tell the subordinates to charge forward and kill anything in their path.
’I’ll have to keep an eye on both attacks at the same time. This will take a lot of stamina.’
Jason frowned as this thought passed through his mind.