Chapter 1483 – The Breach

How many of these monstrous killing machines were attached to this invasion?! Zluth could scarcely believe his eyes when, instead of the ant he’d expected, a giant bear had come waddling down the tunnel. At first, he’d seen it as a positive thing, especially so when the creature didn’t seem all that strong at first.

He had been quickly disabused of that notion. The beast was now ripping through everything it could get its paws on faster than the monsters could reach it. Even worse, ever since that flickering, ominous aura had appeared, the bear’s endurance seemed to have shot through the roof.

“I’m not sure we’ll be able to achieve much here,” he muttered to himself.

They’d been working to wear down the ant monster who regularly patrolled these tunnels. The creature seemed to have inexhaustible endurance, returning to the fight time and time again, no matter how battered it became or how much toxin it absorbed. It seemed they’d finally managed to wear the cursed monster down, but now it had been replaced by another formidable beast.

A member of Zluth’s war party slid up beside him, whispering news.

“The attack in Sluzzl’s tunnel appears to be going very well. Chozth has ordered us to concentrate our forces and join in the assault.”

Although he wanted to protest, he knew it wouldn’t do any good. It wasn’t like they could just turn their attack into another tunnel. He had members of his war party working kilometres away, funnelling newly spawned creatures into this tunnel and others adjacent to it. Conditions right at the edge of the ants’ cursed blue mana were the result of days of preparation and herding from his war party. Chozth knew very well he couldn’t redirect his attack, she wanted him to abandon it and bring his war party to another tunnel.

It was frustrating, but if he tried wriggling around her orders, he was going to be eaten for sure.

“Gather the others,” he whispered back. “We’ll relocate in an hour.”

That didn’t give them much time to gather the more distant members, but Zluth wasn’t willing to push his luck. Both Krath compressed themselves and began to slide away, gaining speed the further they got from the ants and the bear currently wreaking havoc on all it could touch.

It wasn’t all bad. He hadn’t thought they were going to be all that successful already, and if Sluzzl was having some luck, Zluth would rather be there to garner some of the credit for himself. Pushing himself to a dangerous pace, he zipped through the tunnels, helping to round up his war party and gather them safely in their temporary hideout.

“What’s happening?” Thossiz grumbled. “We were just starting to get somewhere.”

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“Chozth wants us in another tunnel to support the attack. You want to argue with her?” Zluth asked.

“No. No, I don’t.”

“Thought not. We’re going to race over there as fast as we can, so take a brief moment to get anything you need and rest. I don’t want to give Chozth an excuse to eat one of us for being slow.”