Chapter 484: Blazing Ant Nest (1/2)

After killing many more monsters, Theo finally arrived at the entrance of the Blazing Ant Nest. The nest seemed to be located under a hill filled with trees.

Although it was hardly visible, he could see several holes on the hills with several ants crawling around those holes.

”…” Theo furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the entrance, which was a ten feet radius hole. Compared to other holes, he didn't see any ant's activity from this hole which shouldn't be possible.

The ant itself had a five feet long body and three feet in height. It could be compared to that of a human. The ant had a red color and marks all over their body and according to the information, the ants could release fire from their bodies.

This ant became deadly because they could literally smoke their entire nest to repel the humans. Luckily, Theo had Telekinesis that could repel the air around him to make sure he didn't get poisoned or had enough time to escape.

”Ava, can you hear something?” Theo asked while observing the hole.

”Kyu!” Ava shook her head and pointed at the entrance and her ears. She then expanded her feet.

”Ehm, I don't understand…” Theo shook his head in confusion.

Ava then jumped off his shoulder and shouted, ”Kyu!”

She moved one foot forward and shouted again, but in a lower voice. ”Kyu!”

She repeated it a few times, showing something to Theo.

”Ah! Echo.” Theo understood after a while. ”You can't listen very well inside the nest because of the echoes produced?”

”Kyu!” Ava nodded furiously.

”I see. It's not your fault.” Theo smiled and put her on his shoulder again. ”Well, I guess your hearing ability is so strong that the echo is confusing you.”

”Kyu.” Ava wanted to apologize, but Theo brushed it off with a laugh.

”Anyway, we should destroy this nest. According to the information, there are around five hundred ants of that size.” Theo pointed at the ants on top of the hill. ”It should be able to bring me seven to ten levels. I hope I can find something better in this nest.

”Well, we won't fight for too long inside the hole because we need to hunt for other monsters. I don't think we can eat ant meat. We also need to set up a camp, so yeah.” Theo paused for a moment, summoned his clone, and walked forward. ”Are you ready Ava?”

”Kyu.”

They then entered the nest. The cave was made of blue-colored rocks. Still, as one would expect from an ant nest buried under a hill, the light barely reached the inside. Theo couldn't see anything after walking thirty feet from the entrance.

That was why Theo activated his Night Vision glasses without enhancing the light of the moon. In other words, it was just an ordinary night vision, allowing him to see through this darkness.

Ava didn't have this problem and kept looking around.

Upon entering, they found two paths immediately, leading to unknown places. Theo didn't know where to go, so he usually let Ava handle it.

”Ava, choose,” said Theo as his voice echoed through the two tunnels.

Ava looked at both tunnels for a moment before randomly pointing at the tunnel.

In the end, they chose the left path.

Theo observed the wall's condition.