Chapter 153: “The Transforming Queen”
As Sugaru walked closer, it seemed that the giant mole noticed her approach.
Is it thinking that another annoying bug has appeared?
However, despite getting close enough to be able to touch it, the mole showed no signs of moving. This attitude seemed a bit too nonchalant. It’s true that otherwise the engineer ant would have been killed before it recognized the giant mole, but this behavior could be considered arrogant, if we think that it doesn’t know our strength.
“Is it a consideration to allow players to strike first? No, the management wouldn’t bother with such specific settings. It probably just happens to be the personality of this mole.”
Perhaps due to becoming more powerful than other moles, its perception or response capability towards danger seemed to have dulled.
In this grassland, aside from small animal-type monsters found in other areas, there were only moles. The apex of this ecosystem would likely be the moles, and if this giant mole was the strongest among them, its arrogance might be justified.
“I’m not entirely sure if it’s a dungeon… but since it’s set as a transfer destination, these moles are probably Subordinated by the giant mole. Indeed, there seems to be no danger here.”
According to individually sent system messages, it mentioned targeting “territories dominated by a single force” as the transfer destination. Since there were no clear allies like parties or clans in the system, a single force could only refer to a single character. The exception being [Subordinate].
Even though there were many monsters in the territory, being set as a transfer destination implied that one character dominated most of it. This suggested that dungeon bosses, regardless of being PCs or NPCs, uniformly possessed [Subordinate], serving as the leaders of large forces.