Watching his final desperate attack being easily blocked, Milonglong’s entire body trembled violently at this moment…
Of course, his trembling stemmed from rage! From the unwillingness in his heart!
A warrior of the Ant-Man race, a descendant of the King… to die so pitifully here!
And behind him, the other Ant-Men were also trembling.
Unfortunately, these fellows weren’t trembling from anger, but from genuine fear… fear of everything they were about to face…
“Do you call yourselves great warriors of the Ant race?!” Milonglong roared with uncharacteristic force, not by vibrating his wings, but with his mandibles striking the air!
The other Ant-Man nobles behind him were all stunned, then expressions of shame appeared on their faces.
“It is not the final moment yet!” Just before sinking into this deathly mire, this Ant-Man warrior still raised his fist and roared!
“We are noble Ant-Men! We possess wings that can conquer the skies!”
Whoosh—! He suddenly raised a hand, pointing forward at the girl who seemed quite leisurely sitting in Insmouth’s palm.
“She is the root of all this! As long as we kill this human, all this calamity will vanish!”
“If you charge with me… all despair can be changed!!”
With Milonglong’s roars, the other Ant-Men around him seemed infected by his spirit!
A chorus of agreement instantly rose around them!
“Follow Lord Milonglong!”
“Kill that human! We want to live and return!”
“Long live the Ant-Man Empire!!”
Amid the roars, led by Milonglong, a group of Ant-Men took to the air! Vibrating their wings as they charged towards Ileya’s direction!
However… although Milonglong’s final speech was passionate and extremely stirring.
This wasn’t a shonen manga. A pure, impassioned speech imbued with conviction wouldn’t grant the warriors any substantial boost.
Even he himself received no special treatment.
The moment he flew off the sandworm’s head, Milonglong felt those soul-crushing gazes from all around!
And he understood why his subordinates had fallen from the sky for no reason.
Because he wasn’t much better off.
“Huh?”
Almost instantly, this insect-man warrior’s entire body stiffened. Like a stone tossed high into the air, he ultimately fell towards the mire below…
Thud!! The moment his body hit the ground, countless bone-white skeletal hands grabbed every part of his body…
Experiencing the terror of his soul being touched and torn without any hindrance…
“Urgh… uwaaaaaah—!!”
This warrior of the Ant-Man race finally couldn’t hold on at the last moment, screaming out loud.
After Milonglong was dragged into the abyss, the other Ant-Men lost all hope of survival, screaming in despair as they were dragged into the [Underworld].
Gurgle… Finally, as the giant sandworm sank into the pitch-black death mire… peace finally returned to this place.
But… while this place was calm, the hearts of those present remained unsettled for a long time.
Especially Reliel. Her pale blue eyes held a trace of confusion as she looked at Ileya.
Was it… over just like that?
When… did she become this strong?
What was that just now? Magic? Or… a special ability?
To devour all those enemies in front at once, and that wasn’t all… She stared somewhat dazedly at the young lady sitting in Insmouth’s palm.
Ileya now looked refreshed and spirited, as if venting her pent-up frustration had… improved her mood.
But… looking left and right, Reliel couldn’t detect a single trace of fatigue on Ileya.
This person… could that terrifying attack just now not even be her limit?
Then… the gap between herself and the other…
Whoosh!
Before Reliel’s thoughts could fully turn to this… Insmouth suddenly moved.
It used its free hand to directly lift Veil, who was shrinking in Reliel’s embrace.
“Mmph 😰?!” The pitiful Goddess Young Lady was like a little rabbit being picked up by its ears.
She possessed not a shred of ability to resist, completely at the young lady’s mercy.
“You…” Before Reliel could say anything, the Goddess Young Lady had already been tossed by Insmouth directly into Ileya’s arms.
Hmm…
For some reason, the fluctuations in Reliel’s mood now were even greater than when she had just witnessed Ileya display power beyond her comprehension!
Watching the pitiful Veil sitting in Ileya’s lap, Miss Younger Sister’s fists subconsciously clenched, her silver teeth subconsciously gritting together.
Thump! Reliel instinctively stepped forward, kicking Insmouth’s shin, causing Ileya, sitting above, to look down somewhat blankly at the unfriendly-looking Reliel below.
“Put her down.”
Huh..?
“Hey, don’t cause trouble now, I need to hold her for a bit~” Ileya gently soothed her cheap younger sister who was always getting angry for some unknown reason.
Obviously, letting the foolish goddess down was impossible.
Because the moment Veil sat on her, those seemingly omnipresent, prying gazes instantly vanished without a trace.
Though the young lady’s face was calm and composed, a somewhat smug smile curled at the corner of her heart.
This… was the so-called killing with a borrowed knife.
By opening such a large-scale “Underworld” passage… pulling the entire sandworm into it… it would absolutely produce the same effect as the first time she opened the “Kingdom of the Dead.”
Attracting the prying gazes of some unknown entities.
And by utilizing the gazes of these entities, Ileya could completely control her enemies without lifting a finger.
Of course, this also carried risk.
That was, after the enemies… or rather, the active individuals within the death domain disappeared.
Those gazes would gradually turn towards her.
This feeling was absolutely not pleasant, and Ileya didn’t want to experience it for even a second.
But Ileya had already thought of a countermeasure beforehand.
Though usually its usefulness was approximately zero, in this special circumstance… this fellow was actually quite handy.
“Truly worthy of the young lady!”
Whoosh—!
Amisa’s figure slowly emerged from the shadows. Her eyes looked towards the gradually vanishing black “swamp”…
That sandworm just now had at least Mithril… maybe even Adamantine rank strength.
That is, fifth rank, approaching sixth rank Transcendent.
Plus the White Silver rank Milonglong…
In a life-or-death struggle, even she would have less than a forty percent chance of defeating these two.
But the young lady had subdued them so effortlessly…
The head maid shook her head with a bitter smile.
Physical pain brought her pleasure… but in this situation, Amisa genuinely… felt a sense of defeat.
Over a decade ago, in East County, she was considered something of a genius.
But compared to her own foolish disciple, she was too ordinary, and compared to the young lady before her… there was simply no comparison.
The word “genius” seemed too conservative to describe the young lady.
Perhaps… the young lady was truly like the legendary [Saint-Witch Tieriaruo], a naturally extraordinary being?
Thinking this, Amisa smiled, feeling a sense of release…
Her gaze softened as she looked up at the exquisite girl with white hair stirred by the midday breeze, sitting in Insmouth’s palm.
The vast Gobi seemed to have become her backdrop.
And faintly, Amisa seemed to see the Lady from her childhood…
Truly worthy of… the Lady’s bloodline.
If there hadn’t been the Kingdom’s ban back then, would the Lady… have shone as brightly as the young lady?
She didn’t know, but in any case…
Whether it was the Lady, or the young lady… she would protect them both!
But with her current strength, perhaps it was already insufficient, right?
So… Amisa’s eyes gleamed slightly, her shadow at this moment began to slowly distort like a restless water surface.
For the first time in over a decade, the middle-aged head maid felt such a strong, burning desire to become stronger!