Chapter 19: “The Strongest Monster: The Ant”
Before Blanc went back out into the cavern, she wanted to make sure she knew how to cast magic. She wanted to be ready to fire some off at a moment’s notice, so she would be a lot more cautious while walking around this time. She couldn’t tell the difference between the walls, so she just picked one and followed it. Blanc wanted to go in the opposite direction from the first time, but all she did was go in the opposite direction of where she was looking when she respawned, so she didn’t actually know if this was the way she really wanted to go or not.
She progressed a lot more slowly, taking much more time than before. When she finally hit a fork in the road—
“The tunnel from before— Ah, wait, last time the tunnel was on the left, but this time it’s on the right…”
If she had accidentally ended up going the same way as last time, then the tunnel should be on the same side as it was before. But if she had gone in the opposite direction, and the tunnel was on the opposite side, that would mean that based on the way she was facing now, the ant colony should be on the right half of the cave.
“…So I should keep going into the left half.”
Doing her best not to look into the side tunnel, Blanc chose the left fork. But as soon as she got close to the tunnel, a familiar foul smell tickled her nose.
“Ah.”
Acid poured over her from the side. She lost all feeling in her body, and, unable to stay standing, she clattered down into a sitting position. Even more acid rained down on her head, and Blanc’s vision went dark.
<<One hour until automatic resurrection. Would you like to respawn immediately?>>