Of course, the elegant Lady did not stick her head out to look at the sky like the others.
Instead, she transferred her vision to the outside, onto the Spectral Horse that Amisa was riding.
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
The sound of flapping wings grew louder, and through the Spectral Horse’s line of sight, Ileya also saw… hovering in the sky ahead were over a dozen insects.
“Are these… Antfolk?” Amisa asked, somewhat puzzled.
The Antfolk were the overlords of the Gobi, a fact known to everyone…
But this Foreign Race generally would not actively attack Humans… yet at this moment, the feelings these creatures harbored toward them… were far from friendly.
“So these are the Antfolk?” Ileya’s voice emanated from the burning Soul fire within the eye sockets of the Spectral Horse below.
Eh? Amisa was slightly taken aback at first, then, as if thinking of something, she shifted her bottom, her face blushing slightly.
“Y-yes, Lady… The Antfolk of this Gobi are a quite famous race. Their population is massive, and they seem to have a structured system…”
The Head Maid only thought for a moment before relaying the information she knew to Ileya.
Hmm… the City Lord of Gilliris had also mentioned the matter of the Antfolk to her before.
And now… the Purpose of these things blocking their way… The Lady narrowed her eyes slightly.
It seemed that these Antfolk were not as friendly as the Ratmen…
At this moment, while everyone here was discussing the floating Antfolk ahead, the Antfolk above were also communicating with each other using the vibrating sounds of their wings.
“Hmm? By the Main Mistress… why do these Humans look a bit strange?” Milonglong, hovering in the air, frowned, his pitch-black compound eyes staring at the mummies carrying the palanquin below.
In the eyes of the Antfolk, these “Humans” looked much better than the common, ordinary white-skinned Humans.
The skin on their bodies seemed to form a layer of armor floating with grease, pitch-black and wrinkled… looking very tough.
But compared to the shiny, oiled armor of their Antfolk… it still fell short.
“Team Leader, these Humans seem to have come out of the Ruined City!” a two-winged Antfolk beside Milonglong buzzed.
“Oh?” Milonglong tilted his head.
“Then… capture them all. We can let Meat Ants drill into their brains to see if there is any useful information inside.”
“Yes! Team Leader!”
In just a few words, the life and death of these Humans were decided by them!
And what needed to be done next…
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Over a dozen two-winged Antfolk on the flank brandished their weapons, assuming a diving posture!
And at this moment… down below, Arthur had, at some unknown point, grabbed the window of the palanquin with one hand, quickly relaying the intelligence he knew about the Antfolk race.
It had to be said that Arthur’s knowledge reserves were indeed profound.
He even knew the class structure of these Antfolk.
From the looks of it now, above them should be two four-winged Soldiers of the Antfolk, and a group of two-winged Nobles.
And according to the hierarchy, above these Antfolk were the six-winged Kings and the Main Mistress who endlessly laid eggs to supply the race.
“Antfolk Main Mistress…” Muttering this term, a glimmer of interest gradually shone in Ileya’s crimson eyes.
Buzz—!!
And right now, outside…
Watching the dozen or so black shadows in the air rushing toward the Lady’s palanquin, Amisa immediately drew her dual blades from inside her cloak…
And Holly’s Holy Sword also… flashed into her hands at this very moment!
Whoosh… The instant [Desire Paradise] appeared, the expressionless mask on the Sword Hilt immediately changed!
It turned into an excited look with the corners of its mouth slightly turned up!
This was Holly’s impatient desire to confirm her current Power!!
“Still trying to resist? You lowly Humans who can only crawl on the ground… get on your knees and beg for mercy! Perhaps you might yet receive the leniency of the great Antfolk Soldiers!!”
The Antfolk charging at the front swung the spear in its hand, thrusting the spearhead forward!
Swish! Pfft—!
But in the next second… as a cold light flashed in front of Holly!
This Antfolk’s spear, along with its body, was actually cleaved in half diagonally in this instant!
“?!”
‘How… how is this possible? The carapace that Antfolk Nobles have evolved over countless generations… ordinary swords and spears of the Human World simply cannot pierce it… right?!’
‘How was this kin of mine so easily Slashed, as if slicing through sand?!’
Before this Antfolk, who was splattered with green blood, could figure it out, it suddenly felt a heavy weight on its back!
It seemed something had jumped onto its body…
Buzz, buzz, buzz!!!
The surrounding companions flapped their wings frantically to issue a warning, but it had no chance to notice!
Because two Deboning Knives had already crossed… with a squelch, taking its head off!
‘What on earth… happened…?’
The Antfolk Noble with countless compound eyes lost consciousness in bewilderment…
“Bastard! How did that guy jump up there!?”
“D-didn’t see… completely… eh?!”
The somewhat fearful Antfolk subconsciously hovered in the air, but before they could think it through…
From beneath the Shadow of its vibrating wings, a hand holding a Deboning Knife… abruptly thrust out!
“This… Great Person Milonglong!” Watching the almost one-sided slaughter below, the Antfolk Noble floating beside Milonglong subconsciously shifted back a few meters…
“That is a Human Transcendent…”
“Hmph… they do have some skill.” Compared to the panic of his subordinate, Milonglong still had his dual claws crossed over his chest, while his other two hands held a spear in one and a shield in the other…
“But facing the great Antfolk Soldiers, just relying on this kind of Power is still not enough!!”
“Noisy!” Amisa, who had just neatly disposed of the seventh Antfolk Noble, cast a cold glance upward… at that loudly buzzing four-winged Antfolk, and with a flick of her wrist!
Three Throwing Knives flashing with a cold glint flew straight toward the other party’s face!
But Milonglong neither dodged nor evaded, directly taking this strike with his faceplate and large pincers!
In an instant, the clanging sound of metal striking metal rang out in the air!
The Throwing Knives scored direct hits, yet they only left three white marks on this Antfolk Soldier’s face…
“Pfft—!” The moment the Throwing Knives hit, Milonglong opened his mandibles and spat a glob of emerald green liquid toward Amisa!
As soon as the liquid touched the air, it emitted a sizzling corrosive sound!
“Tch… thick-skinned enough…” Of course, Amisa wasn’t going to use her face to take the opponent’s attack.
With a blur of her figure, she dove directly into the Shadow beneath the wings of the falling Antfolk corpse!
Pfft… sizzle!!
The instant the acid touched the Antfolk corpse in the air, it completely corroded it away mid-flight…
“Master!!”
The fierce battle above made Holly, watching from below, incredibly anxious!
‘As long as she gets a little closer, Master can use Shadow Shift to directly mount those Antfolk…’
But she didn’t have any very good anti-air methods.
She could only worry helplessly on the ground!
‘Dammit! I want to go up and help too…’
The instant she thought this in her heart, before Holly’s eyes… the Source Sea appeared once again!
Furthermore, the star paths ahead all flashed with a faint light at this moment; it seemed that with a single thought… she could activate one of them!
Holly was momentarily bewildered, but after scanning these thirty-one star paths, she immediately made her choice!
Buzz!!
As the Holy Sword Bearer’s will ignited a dim star, the Holy Sword in her hand… directly shattered at this very moment!
Clatter!!
And under the bewildered and shocked eyes of everyone, it quickly rearranged and reassembled, attaching itself to Holly’s back… forming a pair of metallic wings with a two-meter wingspan!
[Desire Heaven: Wing]!
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