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“It's much darker than I thought, isn't it? ”

Joo Kyung Chul frowned at what he said. I was still thinking that.

It wasn't just the gloomy atmosphere. I felt something constantly bothering me.

“And look at this map of the cave. This looks like an anthill. ”

“Anthill?”

Ju Kyung Chul took the pad from the guild member because he changed his face and checked the map he had drawn so far.

The map looked really like an anthill. Of course, it was more complicated than a real anthill. There were many paths, and there were twists.

But the overall shape was clearly an anthill.

“You can't be... You can't be sure there's a metal ant, can you? ”

The guild members who heard the heavy mumbling of Ju Kyung Chul became stiff.

The fencing ant was an ant with a solid body like steel in its name. He was twice the size of a man, and the claws on his mouth were sharp as knives.

I crawled on six legs, but when I saw how fast I was, I had to prepare for the rush.

When an ant sees an enemy, it lunges straight into its body. The blade tongs on the mouth then exert tremendous power.

You should always be aware of the danger of a sea urchin being pierced by a blade in order to catch a Iron Ant charge in front of you.

Anyway, it was really dangerous to meet a ferret in a terrain like this. So everyone was shaken for a moment.

Of course, the moment of wobble was very short.

“Hey, you too. Is that possible? Think about the dungeon scale here. Bronze Grade 3. Does a fender ant do tricks? ”

“Isn't that right?"

Everyone was a little relaxed. The first metal ant was found was grade 3 gold. There was never any indication that a ferroform was found at a lower grade.

This means that you will never meet a magician like a metal ant until you reach a minimum gold grade of 3.

So there couldn't have been any ferrets here in the Bronze Grade 3 dungeon.

However, Ju Kyung Chul continued to look around for anxiety and did not let go of tension.

‘I have a bad feeling. There used to be a big accident like this.... ’

Ju Kyung Chul thought of that for a moment, something flashed momentarily away from the cave.

“Hmm? What is it? ”

At that point, everyone's gaze was naturally directed towards you. However, everyone seemed confused because the sparkle itself was so fleeting.

“What's the matter, sir? ”

“Something just flashed over there.... ”

“I don't see anything. ”

“When I saw you earlier...! ”

Ju Kyung Chul was unable to finish the horse. It's because I saw something coming fast.

“Move!”

As I shouted, I flew to the side, and something huge swung past me.

It's filthy fast, but it doesn't make a sound. I only heard a faint hiss.

And something massive passed through the Red Dog Guild.

Buck-Buck-Buck-Buck!

Phew!

Guild members have fallen out everywhere. And one of them vanishes with the giant monster. With his belly pierced.

“Brother-in-law, Iron Ant! That was a metal ant, wasn't it? Right?"

Ju Kyung Chul shouted urgently. At the same time as Ju Kyung Chul, Kwak Myeong-jin, who fled his body, replied with a expression.

“No, that's right. Hey, this is definitely Bronze Grade 3... How could a sea urchin be...? ”

Ju Kyung Chul's face was distorted without cause. Somehow I felt bad from the first time I came in. You should go out for a moment when you feel a strange ominous feeling filling all around you.

‘It's not too late. ’

We're not far from the entrance yet. So all we have to do is get back to it. before the ants swarm in.

“Hurry! We're getting out of here. Come on, get up! ”

Joo Kyung Chul gave an order as if he was in pain. It would not have been easy to clean up this situation if it did not show such coercive appearance.

The guild members that were lying on the floor are flashing. Everyone's face was distorted by the pain.

A few places were broken when they hit a charging iron ant. However, players are not ordinary people. There was no one who couldn't move because of a broken bone.

It hurts the same.

The only people who were fine were Ju Kyung Chul and Kwak Jinjin. The two of them still fled.

It was decided by Myeongjin Kwak, who is a bit of a head spinner and good at finding the road.

And Ju Kyung Chul decided to prepare for another iron ant that might come. Ju Kyung Chul picked up a shield artifact.

If I had known this place was a metal foxhole in the first place, I wouldn't have been so miserable.

‘Damn, I was too careless. ’

I have a level, but I can only be beaten by one Iron Ant. Maybe they'll swarm in.

If you had taken the shield in advance, you would have stopped the Iron Ant's charge properly.

Iron Ants are scared because of the rush. Once we get the shield up and down, we have plenty of ways to deal with it.

With a steel shell, the weapon doesn't work well, but if it doesn't move, it can pierce the shell and strike the inside of the body.

It's also a way to shock people with hammer-like weapons.

Ju Kyung Chul is in the middle of a group that moves in groups. It might come from the front or from the back, so that I could be in the middle and deal with the situation.

Luckily, however, you no longer see the ferrets until they reach their original location.

But the problem was not a snapper.

“What? What's going on? ”

“Yi, the entrance is gone! ”

Everyone was greatly embarrassed. I'm sure I found the right path.

“Signal! Signal? ”

Ju Kyung Chul checked the signal and went to where the device was buried. No one touches you.

I made a sign that only I could recognize in case someone touched it, but the sign was fine. No one was here, no one was touched.

That meant that the entrance that was really here had disappeared.

“How could you do this? Where the hell did the entrance go? ”

Ju Kyung Chul was embarrassed and cried out. I've never heard of the entrance moving.

“Tongue, brother! I think we should move. ”

Joo Kyung-cheol's temper started when Kim Myung Jin said.

“Where are you going! We have to find the missing entrance first! ”

“No, it's too big. If ants come from everywhere, there's no defense! ”

I even shouted at Kwak Myeongjin.

Joo Kyung Chul's mind flashed as if he had turned the cold water upside down.

And the feeling of fighting wrapped around my whole body.

Heads up!

You hear the corners of the room. It sounded pretty loud. It wasn't a sound you could make with one or two snappers.

Everyone's face, including Ju Kyung Chul, was pale.

Iron ants spill out of every pore. There are more than ten.

“Hold on, everyone! ”

Guild members grip it and swing their weapons at Ju Kyung Chul's command. At least I was prepared to be able to swing my weapon at any time in case of this, so I did not get caught up in the iron ants.

Whip it up!

But it was not enough for them to deal with the Iron Ants alone.

Of course, Ju Kyung Chul knew it very well.

So the choice he made was to run away alone. Feeding my colleagues to the Iron Ants.

“Hey, you bastard! ”

At the end of Ju Kyung Chul's ear, Lee Myung Jin blames me. Joo Kyung Chul muttered with a cold expression.

“You knew I was a bad guy. ”

* * *

There are few signs of a struggle left. The ants return to their nests with nothing left to hunt.

Inside the ant den was a room where the iron ant's room, the metal ant's egg were stored, and finally the queen's room.

Iron Ants can't help but eat. It means that we don't just eat meat. You eat all the clothes, equipment, and even the corpses of your colleagues.

So it was rather strange that there was debris left in the battlefield.

He hid and watched all the sights. The Iron Ant killed or wounded every member of the Red Dog Guild, and in the process, it took all the remains of the dead Iron Ant.

But not everyone died.

As soon as the fight started, Ju Kyung Chul who ran away survived, and Choi Hyuk who somehow resigned during the fight survived.

Unfortunately, the two of them fled in the same direction.

“It would be polite to watch the end. ”

Hyundai quickly began to move in the direction in which the two people disappeared.

By now, the Iron Ants will be having a feast. This means that there are very few Iron Ants roaming around the ant den.

The stone was moving fast, but not in a hurry. It was because I knew what would come out if I went this way.

The queen lives at this end.

* * *

Kwung! Kwung! Kuang!

Jungchul and Changsoo's expressions distorted because of the heavy queen's movements.

Ju Kyung Chul was still holding his shield, and Choi Changsoo was holding a sharp sword.

The two of them had to gather their strength. The queen was standing in front of the entrance.

“Is it good to run away to live alone? ”

Choe Changsoo said, Jung-cheol smiled.

“You don't sound like you're saying that. Don't talk nonsense. Just cut straight. ”

“You don't have to say it, but you better stop him. Don't you walk away from me because you're stuck. ”

He said so, but they were both trying to figure out how to get the other one away as bait.

‘Slid down as you block it with your shield and get out. ’

Changsoo brightened his eyes thinking that way. It was possible. No matter how trashy Ju Kyung Chul is, at least one shield will stop him. That way you can live too.

Kugu Palace!

The queen quickly approached. There is no way out to the side due to the massive size that fills the tunnel.

Even if you slid down, you have to cleverly navigate through the bends in your legs.

Choi Changsoo was confident. Haven't seen a scene like that for two months without rest.

The queen approaches. Joo Kyung Chul gripped his teeth and lifted his shield.

And Changsoo tried to slide down immediately. But I couldn't.

“Unh!”

Choi Changsoo stumbled with his chest. As I was about to slide, something hit me in the chest.

Turns out it was a small stone.

“Oh, shit! ”

Kuang!

Ju Kyung Chul showed no regrets about the power of level 54. The shield artifact has been properly magically infused, even if it proves that you didn't level up by digging the ground.

Whoo-hoo!

The queen pushed the quartet out gradually. However, Ju Kyung Chul was also not easily pushed away.

“What are you doing! I'm not cutting! ”

“Damn it! I'm the one who wanted to do this! ”

Choi Changsoo tried to swing his sword, annoyed. But I couldn't. Something else hit me in the chest.

“Knng!”

This time there was a stronger shock.

“What are you doing! ”

It was not Choi Changsoo who answered Jung-cheol's cry, but someone else.

“What do you think you're doing? He wants to punish you. ”

Ju Kyung Chul's voice sounded creepy from behind. How can you stand behind him when and how? There was no one in this room but the queen.

“Then I wish you well. ”

Hyun-Seok smacked Ju Kyung Chul's hand on the back with his shield.

Kwaek!

The sound of bones cracking resonates.

“Rrrrgh!”

Ju Kyung Chul back in a frenzy, screaming. I saw a stone slide through the queen's bridge far away, blurred by the pain.

“You son of a bitch! ”

Of course, it was a hollow cry.

The queen attacked them as they did.

Quadrudruple!

The harsh uproar echoes through the cavern.

The stone shines its eyes away from it. It's time to clear the dungeon.

‘First... we have to deal with those standing outside.' ’

I didn't feel any guilt about destroying the Red Dog Guild.

They were among the scum. If we stay here without disappearing, too many people will fall into the pits of hell.

The stone moves quickly towards the entrance of the dungeon it hides.

End

kang-hyun Kim