BXBX NOVEL Chapter 202: Storming In
The battle above ground soon ended . With the opposing red ants’ reinforcements exhausted, their battle formation immediately collapsed as they jumped toward us, all at once . Everything after went so smoothly that I didn’t even need to raise a finger .
It might perhaps be a standard battle tactic amongst red ants .
We have twenty red ants that survived . Of the ants that have perished, we’ve exhausted five here and five more from the flanking unit that got swallowed up in the collapse of the nest entrance .
I counted around eighty dead bodies from the opposing red ants lying about the area . We’ve suffered ten casualties while they’ve suffered eight times that . It was a good fight if I do say so . Even if the opposing ants’ nest was larger, we should have taken out more than half of their fighting force .
For now, I’ll check my status .
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[[Irushia]]
Species: Ouroboros
Status: Normal
Level: 41/125
HP: 842/1156
MP: 51/1112
Attack: 509
Defense: 362
Magic: 546
Speed: 410
Rank: A
Characteristic Skills:
[[Dragon’s Scales: Lv 7]] [[Voice of God: Lv 4]] [[Grisha Language: Lv 3]]
[[Flight: Lv 7]] [[Dragon Scale Powder: Lv 7]] [[Dark Attribute: Lv –]]
[[Evil Dragon: Lv –]] [[Automatic HP Recovery: Lv 8]] [[Presence Sense: Lv 5]]
[[Automatic MP Recovery: Lv 6]] [[Double-Headed: Lv –]] [[Split Spirit: Lv –]]
Resistance Skills:
[[Physical Resistance: Lv 5]] [[Fall Resistance: Lv 6]] [[Starvation Resistance: Lv 5]]
[[Poison Resistance: Lv 5]] [[Loneliness Resistance: Lv 6]] [[Magic Resistance: Lv 4]]
[[Dark Attribute Resistance: Lv 4]] [[Fire Attribute Resistance: Lv 3]] [[Fear Resistance: Lv 3]]
[[Oxygen Deprivation Resistance: Lv 4]] [[Paralysis Resistance: Lv 4]] [[Illusion Resistance: Lv 3]]
[[Instant Death Resistance: Lv 2]] [[Curse Resistance: Lv 2]]
Normal Skills:
[[Roll: Lv 7]] [[Status Check: Lv 7]] [[Scorching Breath: Lv 5]]
[[Whistle: Lv 2]] [[Dragon Punch: Lv 3]] [[Plague Breath: Lv 6]]
[[Poison Fang: Lv 7]] [[Paralyzing Poison Claw: Lv 6]] [[Dragon Tail: Lv 2]]
[[Roar: Lv 2]] [[Star Drop: Lv 2]] [[Nutcracker: Lv 3]]
[[Humanization: Lv 7]] [[Wind Slash: Lv 5]] [[Neck Breaker: Lv 4]]
[[High Rest: Lv 6]] [[Autoregeneration: Lv 5]] [[Travelling Companion: Lv –]]
Title Skills:
[[Son of the Dragon King: Lv –]] [[Walking Egg: Lv –]] [[Klutz: Lv 4]]
[[Simple Fool: Lv 1]] [[Infighter: Lv 4]] [[Pest Killer: Lv 4]]
[[Liar: Lv 3]] [[Evasion King: Lv 2]] [[Spirit Relief: Lv 9]]
[[Tiny Hero: Lv 6]] [[Path of Evil: Lv 7]] [[Disaster: Lv 7]]
[[Chicken Runner: Lv 3]] [[Chef: Lv 4]] [[Mean King: Lv 6]]
[[Gutsy: Lv 4]] [[Big Eater (Giant Killer): Lv 3]] [[Pottery Craftsman: Lv 4]]
[[Group Leader: Lv 1]] [[Laplace’s Interference Authority: Lv 1]] [[One Who Knows Eternity: Lv –]]
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Finally hit four digits, huh? That’s A rank for you . Attack and magic easily managed to get to a whopping 500 .
With this kind of MP, I should be able to humanize for twenty minutes . No, considering [[Automatic MP Recovery]], I should be able to maintain it continuously for more than thirty minutes .
I don’t remember much of that hero’s stats since I only managed to get a glance of it, but I’m certain that I remember him having more than 600 in something . The average could have been just around 600 . I’m not too sure .
It’s not like I have no chances of winning, but it’s likely that this is going to be a fairly hard fight . The focus is on how much I can level up from the second half of this fight .
With these stats, I should be able to solo all the red ants in this nest . And if my partner does her job, then my blind spots are covered as well . It might be a good idea to have the red ants stand next to me to prevent being flanked . Anyhow, let’s keep proceeding .
My team of red ants begin to dig out the entrance that had collapsed in order to continue the attack inside . Looks like round two is going to be taking place inside the opponent’s nest .
After a considerable amount of digging, the red ants start to grow more cautious in their movements . It seems like the opposing red ants are just on the other side, which is making them act more cautiously .
I think it might be that if they go about opening the entrance poorly, then they’ll lose the ability to make a preemptive strike .
Hold on, with my attack and speed being where they are now, couldn’t I just burst right in there with a surprise [[Roll]]?
“Gwo-!”
I bark at the red ants . The Ant Commander looks back at me .
“Kucha-?”
In a way, I think the Commander’s attitude has become more rounded out, in both his tone and manner of voice .
Ball Rabbit, if you would be our interpreter .
[At once, part . I make move . ]
The commanding red ant cocked his head to the side in wonderment, but afterwards called out to the other red ants . The red ants scattered off to the left and right . I backed up till there was a sufficient distance for me to accelerate .
I twisted my head, dropped the Ball Rabbit, and caught it in my mouth . The Ball Rabbit, who has gotten used to it, offers no resistance . Though there was a resigned look in its eyes .
“Gaa-?”
Partner looks at me in wonderment .
[Curl up . ]
Ball Rabbit conveys with [[Telepathy]] without missing a beat . While also anxious, partner drew in her neck .
I kick off the ground, fly into the air, curl up my body, and roll straight ahead . Thanks to my status increasing, my speed feels completely different . So this is the world of [[Roll]] at 400 speed? It’ll probably be difficult to control if I give it my all, but right now all I have to do is barrel through in a straight line .
I plunge into the collapsed burrow entrance . My body slams directly into the massive wall of sand . The huge recoil rocks through my entire body .
After that, the whole area around me suddenly goes dark . Seems like I was able to safely breach the red ants’ nest . I continue barrelling on forward without slowing down .
“Kucha-!” “Kucha-!”
“Kuchaaaaa-!”
I counted ten nearby red ants that I knew I had blown away .
[604 experience points was obtained . ]
[Due to Title skill [[Walking Egg: LV–]], an additional 604 experience points was obtained . ]
[Level of Ouroboros has increased from 41 to 45 . ]
That was about four taken down? I continued to cut through the middle of this darkness even though I couldn’t see my surroundings .
In the middle of my roll, a wall appeared in front of me . I did not come through a dead-end passageway . The opposing red ants probably used [[Clay]] to construct this . I continued rushing towards the wall without stopping . The inside of the passageway tremored as the wall collapsed .
Next, there was another wall that also collapsed via my brute-force method . After being slowed down from smashing through three walls of clay, I uncurled from my [[Roll]] to regain my posture .
Even though I’m fully capable of using [[Roll]] again, the nest is more likely to collapse before I can take down my opponents . It would be better to fight normally from here on out .
I spit the Ball Rabbit out directly above me and catch it on top of my head .
“Pefu-!”
Ball Rabbit uses [[Light]], setting afloat a few small balls of flame that illuminate the immediate surroundings .
“Kucha!” “Kucha!” “Kucha!”
I see a group of red ants on the other side of the collapsed clay wall . There looks to be no more than twenty?
Taking into account the nearly ten ants that were too late in getting away and fell victim to my [[Roll]], then does that mean there were about thirty or so of them waiting in here? It’s about time that we run out of red ants here .
[110 experience points was obtained . ]
[Due to Title skill [[Walking Egg: LV–]] an additional 110 experience points was obtained . ]
Woah, what just happened? Glancing back behind me to check, I see my army of red ants coming up from behind . Seems like one of the red ants that had been weakened after I sent it flying was stabbed by a finishing blow from some reinforcements that had split off towards me, causing me to gain some experience points because of it .