Chapter 23 The invasion (1/2)

As quickly as possible I start chowing down, trying to get as much Bioma.s.s as I can.

[You have consumed a new source of bioma.s.s: Lupus Draco Cub, you are awarded one Bioma.s.s]

[Basic profile of the Lupus Draco Cub unlocked]

[Lupus Draco Cub: Wolf Dragon Cub, The young form of the fearsome Wolf Dragon, they have a high resistance to flame]

Good to know, looks like these creatures are only the young? Crazy.

Must keep eating!

The sounds are slowly growing louder now, I still can't see anything but I have a terrible feeling I know exactly what is coming my way.

If I only I had an extra hour, even ten minutes would be enough! Don't think, just eat!

[You have gained one Bioma.s.s]

Must.

Keep.

Eating.

[You have gained one Bioma.s.s]

Dammit, I'm starting to feel too full to eat. I've consumed an entire wolf dragon at this point, my stomach is full to bursting!

Wait! I just remembered a disgusting thought… Something I recall learning due to my hobby of keeping a pet ant colony at home.

Ants have two stomachs…. Scouts and workers don't always carry prey back to the nest. Sometimes they eat and fill up their 'social stomach' and then walk back to the nest and regurgitate the food for other ants to eat.

If I recall correctly, honeypot ants take this to a ma.s.sive extreme, where some worker ants will turn themselves into living storage containers, their gaster swelling to ridiculous sizes as they stay in the nest and give food to their hungry colony.

So if my personal stomach is full….

Time to fill the social stomach!

Each more!

I move over to the centipedes and start wolfing down food as quick as I can.

The rapidly growing sounds are like a whip on my back, urging me to work faster. I can make out the sounds better, the clash of swords and the roar of flame are growing closer and closer.

I need one more Bioma.s.s and then I'm outta here!

Cmon'.

CMON.

[You have gained one Bioma.s.s]

Finally! Thank you Gandalf!

Gogogogogo. I need to get back to my nest and down the shaft and quickly as possible!

I try to burst out with all my speed, only to find my back section is too heavy, weighed down by all of the Bioma.s.s, it's dragging on the floor!

Noooooo. Don't do this to me!

Scrambling as fast as my little legs will carry me I crawl and drag myself towards the wall and stat climbing up.

I'm so d.a.m.n heavy!

Climb, climb climb you fat ant!

Slowly I pull myself up the wall and start moving towards the side tunnel where my nest is. I can hear the roar of monsters as they throw themselves into battle and the shouts and clash of arms of human soldiers as they rip the creatures apart.

I can see my nest now, only ten more metres!

I can see something else too! Soldiers are starting to come into view!

Advanced Stealth! I need you now!

Haul Anthony, haul yourself up this d.a.m.n wall!

More and more soldiers are appearing up the tunnel, advancing in organised groups they are blasting every monster they see apart with coordinated fire, moving to side tunnels launching magic and arrows down them before sending pairs of soldiers in to make sure they leave nothing behind.