Chapter 185: One Long Passageway
Ch. 185 – One Long Passageway
I place the ball rabbit on top of my head and move forward while checking the general vicinity with [[Presence Sense]].
The inside of the red ants’ nest is dark as usual, but the ball rabbit uses its [[Light]] skill and makes three little will-o’-the-wisps float about, which gives us a decent enough amount of illumination to see. …The little will-o’-the-wisps occasionally bump into my head, but I don’t mind it.
Anyhow, the walls are bright red. The further we go in, the further my anxiety is stirred. Was this wall specially made with the red ants’ [[Clay]]? When I lightly poke at the wall with my claw, the wall doesn’t crack or even give way. We’re gonna be in trouble if this collapses easily.
However, where are the red ants? I have not yet seen a single red ant anywhere in here. There were two weakened ants at the entrance, but I thought that the inside of the nest would be swarming with more.
Without encountering any red ants, we reach a point in the passageway where it branches off into three directions. It seems that these passageways are becoming increasingly complicated. Could this mean that if we stir up trouble in one passage, the ants will escape through another? It seems that since they’ve resigned themselves from fighting as they’ve not shown themselves yet.
The fact of the matter is that since the path ahead branches out, it’ll be easy for the red ants to escape from me since they have a territorial advantage. They probably have multiple exits prepared as well.
For now, the ball rabbit, Adofu, and I each face a different passageway. “Let’s see each other again, alive!” I joke to myself like it’s some passionate delusion, but that’s not the plan. There’s no merit in splitting up our fighting potential right now.
I stick my head into the passageway on the right, and look inside. I cannot see anything within my field of vision, and in particular, there is also a distinct lack of sound.