Flor's face was tight as she looked beyond the wall. Ignatia said, "Flor, you can do nothing about that. There are too many. If Liu Shu was awake, I would fight with you until the end. However, she is sleeping. We are defenseless!"
Flor's face beca peaceful, and her eyes remained determined. "I promised I would be her protector until I was useless. After Liu Shu finally levels up, she will beco incredibly strong."
Ignatia understood Flor's heart, but she was highly anxious. As an Ant Queen, a creature that was hunted down by almost every other being in the World, her danger senses were incredibly sharp. The feeling that was currently attacking her brain constantly was to "RUN!".
A loud exclamation from her most primal part to flee as far as she can. Abandoning her colony to rebuild it far away was also flashing in her mind; that's how much danger she could sense from that approaching group.
Ignatia, who loved her children dearly, was considering fleeing to rebuild a new colony.
When Flor flew upward, Ignatia felt restlessness and fear accumulating, making her lose her patience. She scread a plea. "FLOR! PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS TI! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU!"
Flor paused her ascension and looked back. Even with emotionless compound eyes, Flor could clearly feel Ignatia's distress and fear. Looking further behind, she saw the large World Tree gathering energy.
'Liu Shu… My little Liu Shu… Will you wake up? Will you save us from this situation? Nobody ca to report, which ans that at least 30 Rose Fairies have been lost even before the fight started.'
Flor knew that the day she was too weak to protect would eventually arrive. But it was way too early.
'Everything is moving so fast.'
The Rose Fairy Queen looked at her titles and then at Amapola and Clavel. 'Is it the correct choice to flee? Perhaps, but… can I really abandon her?'
Flor rembered all the tis the little World Tree would call her sweetly, mischievously send a barrage of ssages, or the tis she fought for the Rose Fairies. The more she thought of the young World Tree, the more her heart softened, and the more her determination grew.
'As a tree, the option to flee just doesn't exist for her. She is rooted here, helpless if a powerful enough enemy cos.'
Flor rembered the joy she felt when Liu Shu talked to her with actual words for the first ti, as well as the laughter and peace her canopy's shadow gave her. Flor's lips arched, 'Can I really run and leave her? I can't.'
"FLOR!"
Flor looked at Ignatia again and smiled. "Ignatia, in truth, I understand what is going on between us a bit."
Ignatia looked at Flor with a surprised expression. Flor laughed. "I know that you have affection toward . I don't really know what kind of why, but I know you don't treat like others."
When those words reached her, Ignatia felt as if her heart was going to rip apart into pieces.
Flor continued softly. "But…"
Ignatia shook her head. "Please, Flor."
Flor looked at the beautiful and growing Willow Tree and smiled softly. "How can I face Liu Shu later if I don't fight?"
Ignatia, although incapable of shedding tears, felt as if her eyesight was blurring. Flor looked over and saw the trees on the walls starting to attack the approaching enemies to defend Liu Shu.
"They are here. Ignatia, take the low-level Rose Fairies and Clavel and guide them away." Flor looked at the Level 10 Rose Fairy and smiled. "You discovered Liu Shu and always got along with her. Be sure to continue doing so.
Clavel understood Flor's intentions, so she didn't complain. She nodded firmly and started guiding all the low-level fairies toward the tunnel after having gathered the Rose Fairy Seeds.
Cinderielle, Verdantia, and Tempestria walked forward, and energy started gathering toward their bodies as their bodies transford.
Ignatia constantly looked between Flor, who flew closer to the wall, and the escape tunnel she had secretly crafted during the last months. Her mind was locked in a battle of instinct against will.
BOOM!
A giant explosion opened a massive hole in the walls, catching everyone's attention. Then, hundreds of people rushed through the hole.
Soon, Ignatia could see the all-out war starting. 'What do I do?'
Her instincts told her to run. She had been subconsciously walking backward this whole ti, and the ants felt her hesitation, so they were all ready to flee at the slightest sign of Ignatia's retreat.
The Ant Queen looked at her and gritted her teeth. 'I am also close to completing my quest! If I complete it, I will beco much stronger. I could've probably pulled a defensive stance right now! But I need to either befriend or kill a Level 10 beastkin.'
Ignatia saw Flor flying through the hordes of Level 9s, slaughtering everyone as her wind blades sliced through the bodies of those who approached.
Her figure was valiant and elegant as the mighty Rose Fairy Queen fought with seemingly no rival. The three Sylvans fighting around her were also incredibly powerful, not allowing a single enemy to cross over.
While it looked like they were winning, Ignatia knew that this was far from over.
As the Ant Queen expected, her compound eyes sharpened as her vision focused on a shadow moving through the hole at a horrific speed toward Flor.
When her mind imagined the consequences of turning around, her body, which had been tied down by a battle between instincts and will, broke free.
Once the instinctual fear was overco, all that was left was her anger toward the people entering her domain and attacking those precious to her. 'Why are these people attacking us? Why do you force her to sacrifice everything!? It's all their fault… ALL THEIR FAULT!'
A primal anger ca from deep within her bloodline, forcing her aura to go berserk.
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