Chapter 59 The first war of the hill (1/2)
I can feel my crus.h.i.+ng bite crunch down with sickening force directly on the poor beasts throat, destroying it immediately.
[You have defeated level 4 Crevit Lupus Draco]
[You have gained experience]
[Basic profile of Crevit Lupus Draco unlocked]
[Crevit Lupus Draco, Grown Wolf-Dragon, the evolved form of the cub, this larger, more powerful creature has a greatly increased Might, allowing it to strike brutally with its scaled tail]
Not enough experience to give me a level up but the low level of the monster makes me hopeful it might have given up an evolution and condensed a core, not that I have time to extract it right now.
As soon as I have dealt the final blow to the wolf-dragon I am immediately set upon by a definitively un-fluffy horde of rabbits. I'm not too worried about their a.s.sault since I a.s.sume that my s.h.i.+ny diamond carapace will repel their efforts, its incredible hardness is Gandalf guaranteed!
I am swiftly disabused of that notion as several rabbits bare their notably long fangs and manage to puncture my s.h.i.+ny hide ever so slightly. What the h.e.l.l?! I'm supposed to be hard as diamond Gandalf? Is this false advertising?
Small stinging pains can be felt wherever the rabbits have bitten me and I quickly check my status to confirm exactly how much damage I've taken.
Phew!
Thankfully the damage is minimal, just four Hp, but I'm still fairly shocked to see that those fangs are able to defeat my st.u.r.dy carapace. This isn't good! Those little b.u.g.g.e.rs are going to be able to rip right into the workers when they arrive!
My concern is a beat too late as lots of workers have responded to my pheromone trail and upon seeing the conflict they immediately throw themselves into battle, rus.h.i.+ng forward to latch bite savagely at the first rabbit they see.
d.a.m.n workers! Can't you hesitate, even for a second?
Now I'm terrified that my actions here are going to put a significant number of my colony brethren six feet under, not in a digging sense but in a burial one. Dammit Anthony! Get in there and help out your people!
Ignoring the rabbit monsters who are literally hanging off me I turn and charge out of the center of the battle, making my way to where the ants have begun to fight. Tiny starts reaching out with his little fists and pounding the rabbits directly in the face with all the strength he can summon. He doesn't seem to be doing much damage but at least some of the rabbits are irritated enough to let go!
Nice a.s.sist there little buddy!
When I reach the side of the ants there I already a steady stream of reinforcements arriving from the hill, roughly twenty ants are here already, moving towards the nearest enemy and latching on immediately with their mandibles, causing many rabbits to shriek painfully and lash out with their powerful hind legs.
I see a few ant hatchlings sent flying before I even get in position to help.
I wince when I hear them crash into the ground, one poor sap even colliding with a tree. I hope they are able to last long enough for the Queen to heal them. I'll take them myself as soon as I'm able!
Once I reach the front line I start to lash out left and right with my mandibles.
Crus.h.i.+ng Bite! Crus.h.i.+ng Bite!
Two rabbits are immediately heavily wounded when my powerful jaws clamp down on them with vicious force, snapping bones and shredding muscle. I'll leave them to the others to finish off as the fight is quickly escalating. More and more ants are engaging the enemy and the black rabbit monsters are las.h.i.+ng out, causing savage wounds with every bite.
With a little breathing s.p.a.ce behind me I turn my head slightly to get a quick look and then blast out another jet of acid, catching an advancing rabbit directly in the chest.
Trying to sneak up on me you little varmint?! Let my acid take a bite out of you!
My unfortunate victim begins to screech in a high pitched whine that immediately grates on my ears. I thought rabbits were supposed to be quiet creatures? Apparently they don't like acid, who knew?
I swear more rabbits have arrived since this combat began, at first I thought I'd only seen around twelve but there must be at least twenty as I hastily survey the field.
The remaining wolf-dragon is snarling a constant low rumbling growl as it continues to lash at the monsters around it with tail and fang. Since all of those monsters are demon rabbits I'll happily leave it to its business and turn my attention back to a.s.sisting my fellow ants.