Throughout this whole journey, as long as we had the Black Blood Queen Ant lead the way in front of us, the golems would ignore us. This ti was no different, or at least it should have been so. Heart pounding with anticipation, I had the queen ant proceed forward as always while Sasani carefully watched over him. With him there, that bug didnt dare to try anything funny.
Yet what I thought would just be a routine flash of our insect access card ended up failing those two golems actually prevented her from proceeding!
As before, the Black Blood Queen Ant gingerly approached the golems. Up till that point, we had all assud that everything would work, though my breath and fists were all tight at that mont. Yet just as she was about to squeeze in between these two golem guards, they suddenly moved.
The two constructs stepped out in unison and stuck an arm out to block the queen ants passage. By doing that, they had not only blocked that flustered queens way, but they had also tossed an icy cold bucket of water over my burning heart
Thanks to all our previous encounters with the golems, while that queen ant was also just as terrified as she was now, she had basically beco accustod to this sort of role. Thus, the fact that she failed now was truly a surprise for us all.
The queen ant imdiately retreated backwards in fright while we swiftly entered a battle stance. Yet just when we thought that a battle was about to break out, the two golems suddenly stepped back, following the exact path they used to step forward as if they were so kind of rewound tape. The both of them had returned to their original positions like nothing had ever happened.
Whats going on hererather, what are you two trying to pull here? We were all raring to fight already and you suddenly just pressed the rewind button on us? Are you ssing with here?!
Faced with such an unexpected turn of events, no one had any idea in mind so they all turned to . At tis like these, the decision making was often left to since I was the leader. I turned towards No.3 who was also waiting for my decision: Have that bug continue trying.
Understood, Master. Having received his command, No.3 walked up to the bug who was currently cowering behind a pile of crumbled rocks: Get on it, keep walking towards them.
Imscared
Youre scared of death then?
Yesss She nodded her head.
Having his command rejected like that felt like a slap to the face of his ego so No.3 imdiately lost his temper and yelled at the poor ant queen: You might die if you crawl forward now, but if you continue to not listen to us, Ill kill you right now! Dont you dare doubt ! Dont think for a second that youre all that, we can simply find another queen ant to replace you! After all, we can easily just run away anyti but what about you?!
*weep* Being yelled at like that brought the queen ant to tears.
At the side, Mo Na eagerly watched the spectacle with glee. The only thing she had to do now in order to qualify as a spectator was to clap her hands.
Probably noticing the growing aura of murder that was enveloping No.3, the queen ant promptly turned around once more to place herself in harms way. For that sliver of hope, she crawled ever so slowly towards the crack between the two golems. As she did that, she would turn around to find No.3s terrifying gaze staring right back at her at which point she would quickly avert her gaze and continue crawling forward, never speaking for the entire way. At tis, her attention would turn towards those three pairs of blood red doggy eyes staring at herI bet she really hated those two right now.
Of course, it could just be she hated.
For the second try, the queen ant tried to take a test step forward but just as she did so, she was stopped once more by the golems. However, the golems rely blocked her way and did nothing else.
Ahhh, how annoying. It was working fine last ti so why not now?
With no other choice, the queen ant ekly crawled back to us. Seeing that, the two golems returned back to their posts as well. Had I not witnessed this entire process myself, I would have honestly thought that they had never moved at all.
Rebuffed, the queen ant was deathly afraid that she would be tortured for failing once more. However, after that display by the golems, I knew that this wasnt the fault of the queen ant.
Why isnt it working now? Dont tell weve maxed out our insect access card?
Beside , Sinmosa suddenly chid ub, having pondered this problem for quite so ti herself: Because its a matter of her social status?
Social status? What kind of problem can she have there? I know shes our slave and allbut in the eyes of those golems, she should still be a slave of the master of Sable RadiancewaitIve heard of this beforea case where slaves arent allowed to walk on the streets like normal people
In fact, Ive heard of more extre cases in the human world where servants arent even allowed to eat on the table as their master, let alone slaveseven speaking had to be done with the utmost respect. In short, both parties werent on the sa level, each had their own place in the social hierarchy so to speak.
I doubt the world of the devils is any different eitherso the reason why she was blocked wasnt because of so complicated reason, rather it was simply because her status was too low?
If thats true, all we have to do is circle around the other way and pop through that hole in the city wall.
I laid out my idea to the others who readily agreed to it since they had nothing better anyway. Either way, it was the queen ant who was leading the way so even if anything were to happen she would be the first to dieas for uswe had all the ti in the world to run away and catch another need test subject.
As facts would soon prove, my idea was right. We actually made it into the castle courtyard. Throughout all that, the two watch golems didnt even bother glancing in our direction and allowed us to pass through that hole in the wall.
Now that we were here, we basically had no need of the ants anymore. Truth be told, having those ants follow us was rather disconcerting for as well. For the ti being, we shouldnt need them as food either. More importantly, the mont those ordinary ants tried to enter the castle, those two golems suddenly reacted and tried to chase them away. Most likely, it had to do with their status being too low.
After all, if their queen was already a slave, what about them
The insides of the capital was a lot better than the scene we saw outside. At the very least, the buildings we saw were all intact. Thus, the mont I laid my eyes on what was supposed to be a castle structure, my excitent surged. Why? Because the so-called castle, rather than being a traditional castle, was actually a thousand ter tall mountain, standing tall as if it was so sort of pitch black sword.
All the structures had been carved into this giant mountain, with steps leading from the base all the way to the peak. Even though it was basically impossible for to see what was on the peak because of our angle, I could already tell that there was a giant palace waiting for us to explore at the peak. If everything went according to plan, that Fallen Angel statue should be there as well.
Throughout the journey upwards, I discovered that the buildings here were all mostly for living, with no signs of any weapons factory at all. Truth be told, I was rather interested in finding out if there were any golem production facilities here. If it was possible, I would certainly love to find out how to create golems.
However, reaching the peak took precedence now.
From the multitude of buildings dotting the walls of this giant black mountain, I could tell that a large number of creatures must have lived here back in the day, not all of them were devils too. Most likely, the other fiendish creatures lived here as well. Though their rocky exterior was now worn out, I could tell that they must have been ornately decorated in the past. Yet after 80 000 years of wear and tear, was it any wonder that they were so dilapidated?
After all, ti changed everyone, and that included buildings.
If this was Chinait would be miracle if those buildings even survived 80 years, let alone 80 000.
Initially, I had thought that this place would be swarming with golems and yet I found none at all.
Our road upwards proceeded smoothly and there, as I had expected, we found a giant palace waiting for us Hold on, thats definitely a palace but its actually built by hollowing out this entire mountaintop! The entranceway to the palace was built in the fashion of a giant arc similar to the Arc de Triomphe. What was amazing however, was that this giant entranceway seed perfectly new and tallic. In fact, there was no signs of wear and tear at all as if those 80 000 years werent even enough to leave a smudge on its impeccable face!
With how huge the entranceway was, even Nola, with her mountain-like body, was able to fit comfortably through I bet even three Nolas can fit through this gate. Can this even be considered a gate anymore? Maybe its actually a catapult for launching Gund*m
Just like before, I had the queen ant lead the way forward, just as a precaution against needless casualties. Still, it had to be said that the world we now found ourselves in was like a completely different dinsion when compared to the outside world. If the outside city was an old photo taken by so black and white cara, then this palace had to be a perfectly realistic photo taken by the most expensive of caras.
Everything had a surreal feel to it. Even though it was rely a single step separating us and the outside world, it was like looking into two different realms altogether, one fantasy and one reality.
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