Chapter 243: Ants in Your Pants
“Oh my god! Ants!”
Max ignored Cordellia’s weird cry, her already high-pitched voice somehow hitting another octave.
The tower floor was underground in a maze of tunnels and charging them were seven ants, two larger ones with giant pincers and a noticeably thicker body and four smaller ones that moved faster and moved to flank edges of the party.
The narrow tunnel provided a little help in keeping the ants from being able to flank both sides as stone walls and ice walls stacked on top of each other, creating a choke point in the middle.
Fowl’s hammer struck one of the larger ants, cracking the exoskeleton where the attack hit.
The hammer side of Max’s weapon tore through the ant, driving its head into the ground and smashing it like a melon, sending a spray of brains and gore in an arc.
Tanila’s fireball went off, hitting the two on the left, while Cordellia’s arrows punctured the smaller ant’s protective carapace.
Unlike the last few tower floors, the first six creatures died quickly to their attacks, not requiring them to work as hard as the last two days.
An icy chill entered Max as he ended the life of the last smaller ant.