Fantasy System

Chapter 118: Hypocricy

Ed and his companions continued to explore the seemingly endless jungle. This floor was by far the biggest of all the floors. Ed was actually surprised by the choice of whoever made this tower. The last floor was a dead fest, while this one was filled with life. It would have made sense if he made this floor some sort of rocky area and then gradually fill it with life. 'Well it doesn't matter anyway' ED thought as he continued looking for monsters. Luckily he was able to find a group of pack monsters.

When Ed reached the area, he wasn't able to see any monsters. However, thanks to his Map, he knew they were underground. Since the monsters weren't coming out, Ed was going to chase them out. He looked for an opening right above the monsters and gathered fire in his hand. After he felt that he gathered enough power, he punched the ground. A giant piece of earth disappeared because of Ed's attack. Even some weak monsters died because of it. Since the Exp wasn't interesting, Ed didn't care.

'These are?' As monsters came out of the ground, Ed seemed to recognize them. He scanned them with his system.

Name: Isoptera.

Cultivation: Earth Establishment level 4.

'Just call it a Termite!' Ed retorted in his mind. The monster that came out was an oversized white ant. Ed remembered the time when he hunted ants during his stay at the academy. This time Sieg was with him. The ants that came out had a pale-colored head. They were working ants so it explained their weak cultivation in this advanced floor. This also meant that soldier ants, and a queen would come out.

"Same deal as always, kill them all!" Ed gave the orders and his companions followed them. Compared to the last time, they were much more efficient. Dozens over dozens of ant bodies kept piling up. Some were cut, some were burned, some were poisoned, and some were electrocuted. And most importantly, some were running around in circles due to Suika's Black magic. Almost a hundred kills later and soldier ants appeared. The soldier ants had the same name as the worker ants, but their cultivation was a lot higher. They were all Earth Establishment level 9, same as the Gorillas from before.

The Soldier ants were a lot bigger than the worker ones. They had a red-colored head which gave them a threatening look. Their speed was also a lot higher than normal. Ed had to activate Nen and his Sharingan to keep up with them. He didn't want to get injured for no reason. Since the ant's cultivation was higher, Gobuta, Goburou, and Garu had a bit of trouble. However, thanks to Sieg's support in battle, and Suika's buff magic, they were able to kill the ants without using Nen. Suika was now able to increase her allies' abilities using her White magic. Things like increasing speed and strength were easy for her. After another slaughter, one more pile of dead termites laid on the ground.

Before Ed and the rest could take a breath, they felt the earth rumbling beneath them. Soon, four gigantic figures appeared in front of them. One of them was especially large, and its abdomen was expanded to an extreme size. The other three were also large, but not to her degree. 'Those two should be the king and queen. Then what about those two?' Ed wondered as he looked at the two smallest figures. What he didn't know was, termite hives usually have up to three queens. The primary, secondary, and tertiary queen.

"Ant! How dare you kill my family?!" The queen ant spoke to Ed while looking furious. 'Did she just call me an ant' Ed didn't know what to make of this situation. However, he quickly stopped his daydreaming. The Queen termite could speak. This meant that she was a Heavenly Establishment monster. Ed scanned all four of them and found out that other than the queen and king; the other two were level 10 Earth Establishment. The king and queen were Heavenly Establishment level 1.

"If you didn't want them to die, then you should have come out first." Ed provoked all of them at once. They charged towards Ed and his companions. Ed chose to fight the queen ant alone, while Sieg and Raikou fought the king and secondary queen. Suika and the others fought the tertiary queen. "Grrr" Raikou had wanted to fight the king, but Sieg beat him to it. He let out a disappointed grunt while looking at the 'small' ant in front of him.

Sieg quickly overwhelmed the king ant with his clever use of magic. Although both of them had the same cultivation, their abilities were far apart. Even their grades as monsters were different. Raikou did the same with the secondary queen ant. A couple of concentrated lightning bolts and the tough armor of the ant broke. Suika and the others had a bit of trouble at first. The tertiary queen seemed the craftiest among them and used her speed to run around and dodge attacks. However, her opponents were too advanced to keep falling for such tricks.

'You're only running around' All of them thought at the same time. Suika impaled the ground with one of her arms which she transformed into a lance. Waiting for the right moment, several spikes came out of the ground and hit the abdomen of the queen. Disgusting fluids came out of it, but the queen still didn't die. Yet, as soon as it thought about escaping, Gobuta and the others finished her off. "My family You-You ant!" Once more, the queen called Ed an ant.

"You're the ant. Don't blame me; I'm simply trying to get stronger to protect my family as well." Ed spoke while dodging some acid attacks that the queen was using. Shusui in his hand was glowing in a black and white light.

"You'll kill my family in order to protect yours?! What kind of hypocrisy is this?!" The queen ant seemed unwilling to comprehend what Ed had just told her.

"Too bad I'm over hypocritical!" Ed jumped in the air, right above the queen's head. "Providence Blade!" Ed used his strongest skill on the queen. Unlike with Siegfried, the queen couldn't handle Ed's full power and died immediately.

"Let's go, we have to hunt some more." Ed stored the bodies and moved away. He only got Exp and no Gacha tickets this time as well.

Author's Thoughts

Shigun

Hello everyone! Bonus chapter of the week (Although it's late...) Hope you enjoy the chapter!