Chapter 179: Monster Queen Elimination(Part 5)
"Ugh, you look like you’re going to be a real pain to fight. Why couldn’t I have been assigned to a High Level Monster Queen instead? I’m sure Ravella, Colt or Lexia, not to mention the Vice-Commander, could’ve handled it just fine," Sighed Tacitus, as he eyed the Monster Queen he was facing.
It was a Scythe Mantis, one of the most dangerous High Level Monster species. Fortunately, the Queen hadn’t yet given birth to too many offspring, so the number of Scythe Mantises in the area was relatively low, at least in comparison to most of the other Monster Queens’ offspring.
Despite that, the Knights who had accompanied Tacitus had struggled against the swarm. Scythe Mantises were among the fastest Monsters in existence, and they possessed immensely durable exoskeletons.
With the other Knights struggling, Tacitus had no choice but to enter the fray himself to help them handle it, his powerful, crushing blows proving quite effective against their exoskeletons.
There were still a few left, but their numbers were now manageable to the other Knights, so Tacitus had left it to them while he approached the Queen.
The scythe on the Monster Queen’s right arm was longer and more curved than the other Scythe Mantises, and the one on the Queen’s left arm was straight and narrow, more like a sword than a scythe.
The Queen also had a pair of long, hooked arms extending out of its upper back, resembling the arms of normal praying mantises.
It let out a threatening chitter as Tacitus approached it, before it shot towards him with immense speed, driving its left arm forward as it closed in on him in the blink of an eye.
Tacitus swiftly raised the face of his large sword up defensively, the Monster’s razor sharp arm colliding against it with a sharp clang, before the arms on its back plunged down towards Tacitus’s head.