Verdantia entered through the trapdoor first and looked around with raised eyebrows. "This place has walls. It's not a dirt tunnel."
Cinderielle followed and lit up a fla to illuminate the surroundings. "What about traps? Can you summon other creatures to check?"
Verdantia asked with a frown. "Do you want to kill more of those cuties?"
Rolling her eyes, she answered. "Can't you use non-important summons or sothing? You know, those that are mindless and weak."
Verdantia snorted. "Every creature has its own cuteness! Even being brainless makes them adorably dorky!"
Flor stuttered. "D-Dorky?"
Ignatia, who was entering last, comnted. "What's the plan, by the way? Do we go in and check for a while?"
Flor nodded. "Let's not get too involved for now. We can send others when we map a bit of this place and return to protect-."
Verdantia quickly turned around and shouted to Ignatia as her own energy surged and vines shot forward. "IGNATIA, HOLD THE TRAPDOOR!"
The Ant Queen reacted as quickly as possible and jumped backward using her trendous bodily strength. With more than 100 Physique stat points, the stone floor below her cracked as she beca a blur.
However, on the other side of the opened trapdoor, the vines that Verdantia had previously left holding it up had been cut, and the person who had done that was slamming the trapdoor shut.
Ignatia's heart sank, knowing that she would not make it. 'I am not quick enough!'
Yet, a hot ball of pure fire flew by her shoulder, making her realize what was going to happen and what the intention was in a fraction of a second. With an incredibly swift reaction, she placed her arms in a cross before her face and used one of her skills to increase her bodily defense.
BOOOM!
The fireball exploded in the tight passage, creating incredible pressure that prevented the trapdoor from closing as the man shutting it down felt it almost being blasted open.
Nevertheless, his strength was much higher than they expected, and the trapdoor didn't stop its quick descent by more than a second. Moreover, with the explosion's strength, he was confident that the other side had been thrown flying as well. 'I got them!'
Yet, as the trapdoor was about to close…
BANG!
The man's face changed from a smug smile to a shocked one. He had relaxed in that last second, so the forceful slam threw him a few steps back, and he lost balance. 'Wait- FUCK!'
The trapdoor was blasted open but without a single dent, showing its durability. Ignatia jumped out from the entrance with a wrathful face. Her arms were burned, and her head and shoulders bruised because of the impact against it, but even when a few hundred of her Phoer Body Shard reserves were lost, her eyes and other senses were completely focused on the man who had just recovered balance.
As she fell from the sky, Ignatia heard the man shout. "Tsk. I miscalculated your strength and reaction speed, Ant Queen."
Ignatia prepared, and the second she landed, she shot forward and punched. The trendous strength of the Ant Queen was felt by the whistling of her fist. But to her surprise, the man actually lunged forward and t her fist.
BOOM!
A shockwave spread as their fists collided, and Ignatia's face changed when his strength pushed her body back several steps. 'Strong! What level is he?'
However, before she could start analyzing, the man rushed forward and unsheathed his sword. The speed of the sword was so fast that even her complex compound eyes almost lost sight of it.
With a quick reaction after dodging the sword that passed definitely too close to her neck, Ignatia's hand ignited and created a blast of fire before her. Yet, to Ignatia's surprise, the man pushed forward while receiving around 500 damage.
Seeing the sword approaching and having no way to dodge it, Ignatia prepared to receive a lot of damage. However, from her sides, a massive torrent of wind rushed forward and blasted the man flying a few ters back.
Flor's calm voice reached her. "Ignatia, are you okay?"
However, the Ant Queen could notice the suppressed anger in Flor's tone as torrents of wind circled around the mighty Rose Fairy Queen.
Ignatia smirked. "Just a few scratch marks, nothing serious."
The human male didn't attack right away as Cinderielle and Verdantia had also co out, which gave the girls enough ti to analyze him.
***
Level: 15
Aether Mana Shards: 16,897/17,172
Phoer Body Shards: 30,749/31,084
Anima Energy Shards: 15,138/15,480
Attributes: Aether 102 (68 34), Physique 183 (135 48), Anima 92 (68 25), Willpower 145 (135 10), Destiny 60 (60)
***
The faces of all the girls changed, and Cinderielle asked. "Ignatia, are you sure you are okay?"
Ignatia's smile faltered, and she gritted her teeth while saying. "My hand is broken."
Flor didn't lose eye contact with the relaxed man for a single second while she used one of her skills called
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