The Peerless Kobold (WN)

While doing so, the guards besieged the entrance and exit of the nest hole they had reached, and the Mages and the Heavy (Shoji) Squad were called from behind.

"All right, unload it!

"You guys, let's get this over with!!

As directed by the Heavy Captain, a large man, acting as a partitioner, raises his voice and begins to let the manipulators unload a large load from the carriage.

"Come on, let's get it all down and get out of here!

"Stupid big ants eat me or something, because it's impossible..."

You don't want to stay in a dangerous place even for them trained in daily manual labor, when I was released from Dr. Muriel's pussy class (Ant Edition), the unloading was already over.

"But that's a ton of vanilla and straw..."

"Uh-oh, gaggaruuuuuuuuu"

After getting a mixed wind of cluttered smells and a glimpse of the little fox hiding himself softly in the leather bag at his waist, he stares at a mixture of vanilla and straw that insects piled up on the ground don't like.

"Hmm, it's early winter, so I have more leaves and pieces of tree herbs, but I think it works with the smoke when I burn it... I don't know if I have to try it."

"Oh, that's mostly what it is."

While I was telling Muriel that I had no choice but to be a hand explorer because I had no similar experience, it turned to us who belonged to the Edgar squad.

After taking a little time to examine the area with the Grace squad, apart from where they finished preparing to smoke out, they discover two large holes in the ground in a positional relationship where one side draws a triangle of about 80 m.

Standing in that one abyss, Ares sighs as she peers into the hole side by side with the other adventurers.

"There's not even a single entrance or exit."

"But some species make only one ant-type demon."

Demons are more limited in type than normal ants, but differences still exist due to diversity, and Valiant narrows down the pits that connect to the ground comparatively.

"I mean, defensive focus..."

"I guess, and it also means that there are few exits."

As Liberto put it, the entrance and exit are the gates of the castle, by analogy with the nesting hole, making it the most important part of defense.

Naturally, although the fewer gates (monpi) the easier it is to defend, it is important to note that when held down there, the deployment of troops outside the castle is not allowed and the exit route is cut off.

"... I guess there's about a hidden hole besides what I can see"

"Oh, that's what Mr. Knight said."

The Knights learned that point only in their position to protect the city and the Lords' mansion, and it was also communicated to everyone in the form of precautions by the second platoon leader, who led the guards who had later joined them.

It should be noted that Grace Squad holding down another entrance and exit will be joined by a third platoon, which will be prepared to semi-surround the giant ants that have been smoked out by each and destroy each.

In time, the first platoon, which remained at the first point, takes part from the mixture of vanilla and straw, ignites it and burns it up.

The dried straw improved the way around the fire, baking vanilla including rosemary, lavender leaves, and wood pieces to raise white smoke to the sky.

"Now, Lord Alrey..."

"I understand."

The empathetic magic chant by more than one person begins with a run-down wand advanced and used by the old exorcist who responded to Eldrick's call, surrounded by wind magicians on all four sides of it, filling the field with such intense wind attribute magic that it is transmitted even when away.

"Wind, obey our will!!

Advanced atmospheric manipulation produces a controlled "upside down tornado (downburst)" just above the entrance and exit point where the nest hole is held, which involves white smoke that emits a unique scent and sends it deep into the ground.

(Hmm, I thought it was windy because I was using the "Magic of Loudness (Wind Voice)" that required atmospheric manipulation during the march... that's quite a treat)

Nevertheless, I guess the reason they weren't in the fight against giant ants is to form this windy resonant magic.

Along the way, the amount of wind blowing into the nest hole was adjusted, so that the mixture of things (creeping) would not burn out, and when there was enough smoke in the nest hole, two giant ants, smoked out of the entrance and exit we were waiting for, crawled out of the white smoke.

"Geeah!"

"Giggy!!

Ringing and excited, it strikes the adventurers, but the big hole to the ground is already semi-surrounded and overwhelmingly impotent.

"Eat it!!

"Ugh!

"Giggle, giggle, giggle... aah..."

Several spears and long swords protruded through the head and chest of giant ants, taking their lives without allowing for busy resistance. Further later soldier species coming through the carcass are also hampered by the narrowness of the exit, and suffer the worry of destroying each one because a large number cannot emerge at a time.

"Ha ha, that was quite a difference earlier"

"... really, dammit!!

"Gi!? Geaah, gee... y"

A warrior who had lost his companion in the previous battle and was burying the body with a sinister look smashed the head of the soldier species with a heavy battle axe, and another individual who tried to poke through that gap was also skewered in the abdomen by Zacks' great sword protruding from the crossing.

I don't see it well from here, but the entrance and exit that the Grace squad has must be similarly securing a local advantage to advance a unilateral battle.

"Okay... that means I can afford it"

"That's all, you don't have to hurt yourself!

While responding to the squeal of the Libert swinging through the sabel next door, he controls the tip of the giant ant that Ares tries to bite, releasing a slice on its forehead to finish another one.

I was in a shabby situation alongside Muriel because it wasn't the kind of situation that needed backup, and I thought it would be an easy job if you ended up like this...

"You want me to work with mercenaries..."

"Yeah, this looks pretty nasty."

Just when a dozen giant ants were defeated, a wave of magic with powerful earthly attributes spread from the central part of the three entrances and exits, causing the magicians to simultaneously strengthen their expressions.

After a moment, the magic of the massive earth currents activates and the earth begins to collapse, a concealed hole the size of which is not comparable to any other entrance or exit opens its mouth, shaking off the stirring white smoke and a silly big shadow appears.

"Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!

Following the deafening roaring queen ants, massive giant ants, including large variants of the Kingsguard species, overflow to the surface, albeit in decreasing numbers.