Lancelot flew directly towards the nearest Ant Goliath. The three surviving ones had lined up right in front of our path to not allow us to get through into the eggs. The guys were very reluctant, and some began to unleash magic attacks while trying to stall for time so more Ants would come. I could already sense a few hundred in our way and the other eggs had begun to crack as well, as if the Dungeon itself began to infuse Mana into them so their development would be hastened. This was really cheating now!
However, the Ant Knight I just created flew valiantly, as his Domain of Abyssal Swords emerged once more, countless swords began dancing around him as his main Living Cursed Sword unleashed countless Aura Slashes, which converged into storms of slicing darkness against our foes.
However, the attacks were not that effective! Lancelot was better at attacking smaller foes, but he lacked the overwhelming strength to overpower titans such as these. However, he was good enough to distract them, as Lucifer immediately ran forward alongside me, as the two of us transformed into our enormous and monstrous forms once more.
Lucifer had discovered that if he turned back into his humanoid form and then transformed once more into his dragon form, he could abuse the enormous explosion that was unleashed in that moment to his advantage, even more, the sudden weight generated would also form a powerful attack by itself, and that's what he did just now!
His entire body erupted in darkness and phantasmal flames just as he body slammed one of the Goliaths into the ground, his enormous size was larger than them, and he didn't even wasted a single second to quickly use his claws and the sharp blade-like tip of his tail to slice through two of the Goliath's legs, while his jaws extended and tore apart another leg as well!
The furious titan used its enormous jaws to attack Lucifer, slowly beginning to crush and pierce through his chest. However, the enormous dragon didn't falter as he used his claws to slice through the ant's eyes and then kicked it away strongly, using his greater body weight to his advantage.
The Goliath fell upside down, as the rest of my Undead quickly began to swarm it, this time I didn't let them explode, as there were Moles and Bird Monsters there which I wanted to keep for myself as well, but by their combined attacks alone, the Goliath was slowly dying, while two others remained.
Lucifer quickly unleashed a powerful breath attack, setting ablaze one of the two remaining Ant Goliaths, as Lancelot and Partner moved forward and began attacking the Ant. Lucifer's blazing breath easily weakened the enormous Ant with its Cursed Black Flames, and it was ready for picking!
Of course, I was also fighting. With the combination of my [Gorgon's Transformation] and [Abyssal Demon Transformation] Skills, I became an enormous and abhorrent creature resembling a chimeric mix between countless furious snakes and a fly-like bug. Using my enormous size, I took down the Goliath they were attacking and used my dozens of snake jaws to bite through its hard legs, breaking them apart.
With that one falling, I quickly attacked the second one, mauling its head with my enormous bug-like jaws. Yeah, you guys weren't the only ones with one like that! And although he was slow, he still managed to bite through my soul using its enormous snapping jaws imbued with magic. Nonetheless, with the assistance of everybody else, especially Emeraldine who fired a powerful Holy Light Arrow into the Goliath, we managed to defeat the last one.
Right before us, several rooms filled with eggs were revealed. We didn't had any time to lose, as we began running across the corridor while bombarding these smaller rooms filled with eggs, stopping the ants from hatching from their grotesque clutches of eggs growing out of rotting carcasses, they were parasites after all.
Lucifer's breath, Emeraldine's Holy Light Arrows, Takeshi's Fishing Rod and powerful Water Magic, Laura's Explosive Items and Fire Magic, Partner's Blood Magic and long-ranged Spear Techniques, and my own Darkness, alongside Lancelot's Blade and Gero's Acidic Venom quickly took care of hundreds of clutches of eggs as we ran forward towards the presence I was sensing farther into the caves.
"A dead end again?!" Partner said frustratedly.
We had already reached two more dead ends, but although the presence of the Queen seemed closer we were still walking around the maze, my map was being filled but there were also too many intricacies and it seemed as if the queen was able to manipulate the soil or something, as the map sometimes automatically changed some things.
Wait, is the Ant Queen… a Dungeon Master? It makes sense. Not any monster could just manipulate the interior structure of a Dungeon to such an enormous level of detail. I guess we are really going against someone powerful this time around.
Well, at least the EXP was good, although we are being tailed by an army of hundreds of ants, so more EXP might soon arrive.
[You and your Party slain [Abyssal Parasite Ant Legion Worker (B- Rank)] x309]
[Your and your Party slain [Abyssal Parasite Ant Legion Eggs (D- Rank)] x1403]
[You and your Party slain [Abyssal Parasite Ant Legion General (A- Rank)] x30]
[You and your Party slain [Abyssal Parasite Ant Legion Goliath (A Rank)] x4]
[You and your Party slain [Abyssal Parasite Ant Legion General Knight (A Rank)] x10]
[Calculating EXP Earned…]
[Your Level has increased from Level 31 to Level 38!]
[All Your Stats have increased]
[You earned Bonus System Points]
[The [Plague Slayer: Lv10] Title has awakened into the [Plague Exterminator: Lv1] Title!]
[Plague Exterminator: Lv1]
An evolved form of the Plague Slayer Title which has awakened after the Title has reached Max Level and after the user has slain one thousand Plague-type Monsters within an hour. A Title that puts the user into the top of the food chain in terms of bugs and creepy crawlies, granting an excessive enhancement to damage dealt of +150% with an additional +20% with each Skill Level. Additionally, 20% of the total HP and MP of any Plague-type Monster slain will be recovered to the user.
Wow, now that's what I call an upgrade!