Chapter 336 Third ambush part 3 (1/2)
Expose by the light, the scouts turned to retreat after I ordered them, taking advantage of their now rear facing commercial zones to fire a few parting shots at the horde as the monsters charged toward us. I positioned myself between the enemy and the retreating scouts, knowing that I could take more punishment than my siblings and hoping to absorb some enemy fire.
The monsters looked a touch angry, let off the hook from their zombie control and endless walking they have embraced the opportunity to ma.s.sacre the ants in front of them with gusto. Unfortunately for them I don't plan on allowing that to happen.
The worrying sign is the blazing lights in the sky, clear evidence that the lizard-wizard and attendants are taking a direct hand in the battle for the first time and there is a gnawing sense of anxiety in my gut as I have to consider what else they may do. Lights in the sky are annoying but not exactly terrifying, but who knows what else they may be capable of.
Not willing to get surrounded by the horde of onrus.h.i.+ng monsters, I turn and start to run at a right angle to the horde, distracting a number of monsters and forcing them to chase after me. To keep them angry, I use a dash to charge toward the closest monster and sever it in twain with a savage bite before turning and das.h.i.+ng away, the claws and teeth of creatures sc.r.a.ping on my carapace as I charge away.
Gweheheh. Can't catch me you slugs!
Of course, at that moment the golden fence sprang into existence in front of me.
And not just me, it cut off half of the retreating scouts from the woods and safety. What the h.e.l.l?! Where the heck did this thing come from?!
Illuminated by the burning lights, I can see two of the lizard's servants have appeared on either side of the fence. How the heck they got there I've no idea. Perhaps they'd been there all along, just waiting for us to move past them so they could spring this trap.
This doesn't look good!
My heart begins pounding in my thorax as I realise the danger that we are in. I can see the scouts are trying to bite the wall or climb over it but nothing seems to effect it, their mandibles and legs can't find any purchase and the ants are left with no option but to hurl themselves into in the hopes that it might break. Behind us, the horde roared with hunger, sensing the kill between their jaws.
”Dig under it! Now, now, now!” I bellowed and spun quickly, my claws scratching in the dirt as I executed the turn at high speed.
POW! POW! POW!
The last of my acid blasted out and splattered against the magic fence line in three separate locations. Please work you stupid acid, we need this right now!
I don't have time to wait and see how it goes, I need to try and save as many of the scouts as I can. My two sub-brains have been hard at work since the moment the wall sprang up, throwing themselves into action before I'd even thought to direct them. Gravity mana is pulled out of my gland and pumped into the complex construct that is the gravity domain.
This is gonna hurt dammit…
The roar of the horde is deafening in my ears at this moment, the heat rolling of the monsters as they charge, hungry for Bioma.s.s buffets into my antennae and the future glimpses of each monster I see are enough to make me dizzy. I shut it all out. None of that is important. I breathe out slowly, and then charge directly into the face of the enemy.
Leeroy would be proud.