There was a huge cave at the end of the tunnel that Reign and the others had just traversed. Thousands of stalactites could be seen hanging from the 10-meter high ceiling of the cave from which droplets of water would fall down.
“What is that?” Shadow asks while looking at the cave with a stupefied expression on his face. His mouth was slightly open as he was in awe of the sight in front of them.
A small vortex could be seen in the middle of the cave. It was simply floating in the air peacefully, and contrary to what one would imagine it did not attract anything to it. Droplets of water would fall down right next to it peacefully with no reaction. It was a weird sight, seeing the dark purple vortex spinning in the air without disturbing anything in its vicinity.
“That’s the anchor point.” Reign calmly tells while staring at the vortex, he didn’t know why but he was able to feel a slight pull from it. It was an attraction that he couldn’t explain by words, he just knew that he had to get to the vortex no matter what.
Slowly they all step into the cave and make their way towards the anchor point. They were still on guard as they didn’t think the ants would simply let them off when they were so close to the anchor point.
As expected they suddenly hear sounds coming from the side as a wall of the cave breaks open. Numerous ants crawl out of the cave and make their way towards them while two bigger ants come out from behind the troops.
[Lvl 22 Elite soldier Ant ]
Both of the ants were very similar to each other. Their bodies were double of the normal ants and they had huge heads with two menacing mandibles. The speed of the soldier ant was above the normal ants as they swiftly charge at the party.
Reign charges at one of them while Greenie takes on another. Whilst charging Reign summons his spear and uses the lightning spear to attack the giant ant. The spear travels with great velocity as it hits the ant.
Clang!
Reign’s eyes widen in shock as he sees his attack being completely blocked by the ant’s giant mandibles. He suddenly stops and narrows his eyes as he inspects the ant. He smiles as he sees a small crack appear on the mandible that blocked the attack. Still smiling he clenches his hand around the sword and goes to meet his opponent.
As the ant was much bigger than the others Reign knew that his strength might not be enough to fight it head-on. Still, he charges straight at him as he swings his sword with both hands.
Downward Slash
Clang!
The sword and mandibles clash against each other as Reign could feel his arm go a bit numb from the collision. The ant’s strength was great, but it was nothing too worrying. Swiftly Reign jumps back as the ant’s legs penetrate the earth on which he previously stood. Seeing the long legs that had enough power to destroy the earth of the cave Reign gulps as he imagines what would have happened to him had he not dodged the attack.
On the other side, Greenie had just clashed with the other soldier ant. His back was slightly arched back as he looked at the monster in disbelief, the strength it possessed was larger than expected. Greenie puts one hand back as he uses the other one to continue holding the monster back.
With a shout, Greenie uses his shattering punch and hits the side of the ant’s head. The ant moves sideways from the force of the punch as Greenie pants a bit from their previous exchange. Looking at the ant whose head was fine even after taking a 50% charged shattering punch he turns serious. His Vajra blood ability was currently on cooldown and he was unable to use it. The only thing left is to use Vajra Might, but Greenie was concerned about the speed of the ant as the ability would turn him bigger and slower.
The ant however doesn’t allow Greenie to think further as it charges back at him with its mandibles open and ready to tear him apart. Greenie uses his hammer to attack and keep the ant at bay while he was thinking of the correct strategy to win the battle. The opponent outclassed him in both speed and strength, the only advantage Greenie had was his utilization of mana. With the help of mana that he channeled to his arms and legs, he was able to fight evenly with the monster for now.
Suddenly.
Clang!
“Damn it!” Greenie suddenly struggles furiously to take his hammer back from the closed mandibles of the soldier ant that managed to catch his hammer before he hit it. Greenie struggled ferociously to take the hammer back but it was for naught as the ant had no plans of letting it go. After some time Greenie could feel his hands slipping from the hammer as the physical contest between the two of them made him incredibly tired.
Before he could do anything Greenie suddenly lets go of the hammer and jumps sideways as the soldier ants long legs pass by. Rolling on the ground before getting up Greenie puts his hand on the left side of his abdomen and winces in pain. The ant was able to injure him.
The soldier ant tries to bite through the hammer so it could eat it, but quickly losses interest as it realizes it was too hard for his mandibles to destroy. Throwing the hammer away it charges back at Greenie who was now vulnerable as he was without a weapon.
“You bastard!” Greenie shouts as he prepares himself for the attack. He starts channeling the rest of his mana at his right arm in hopes of dealing a death blow to the ant with his shattering fist. What he didn’t realize was that his hand was glowing with a dim purple color that extended all the way to his elbow. Suddenly a large amount of information flowed into Greenies brain. He was able to use a different attack.
With a smile, Greenie clenches his hand while muttering a thank you under his breath. He extends his legs as he takes a deep stance while his right arm was situated right at his waist. The ant comes and Greenie punches.
Bam!
A small shockwave was produced from the collision of Greenies fist and the ant’s mandibles that were now broken. The ant was pushed back by a couple of meters as Greenie stood in place, panting hard. The attack he used now took all of his mana and he was not in a fighting condition right now. The ant was not much better, the impact from before not only destroyed its mandibles but made a mess out of its internals, it was barely able to move.
The two were locked into a stalemate as neither one could fight anymore. Suddenly a hand came from behind and pat Greenie on his shoulder.
“Good job.” Reign was standing behind him with blood flowing from his arm, it was evident that his fight was not an easy one either. Without waiting for Greenie to say anything Reign starts channeling his mana to him as he smiles.
“You should finish it.” Reign takes his hand back as he looks at Greenie who was approaching the soldier ant. He goes around the monster and takes his hammer before slowly nearing it. The ant was already laying on the ground as its legs weakly swung around in hopes of hitting him.
Greenie swings his hammer as he starts breaking the ant’s legs. A couple more swings and the ant was now completely defenseless. Greenie slowly comes up to the ant’s head and lifts his hammer high in the air. Without waiting further he drops it down with full strength as the giant ants head cracks. Still, it was not enough to kill it. Greenie had to hit the ant 3 more times before the monster’s head finally broke into pieces, his body was sprayed by the yellow blood and insides of the ant.
Everyone was finished with their fight, as well as Reign, slowly approaches the anchor point. The ants were defeated and they all managed to get some exp, unfortunately, they didn’t manage to get any items from them, they wondered if it was even possible to get items as a reward for killing the huge insects.
The nearer Reign comes to the anchor point the clearer it becomes to him what he was supposed to do. His eyes were slowly starting to glow with the same white light as before while his hair was turning black. As he comes some 10 meters close to the anchor point his feet suddenly stop moving as he was slowly being pulled to the vortex. Floating in the air Reign stares at the purple vortex and extends his arm.
Lightning cracks and goes to the vortex that in turn starts spinning faster. A huge gust of wind was generated from it as everything except Reign gets blown away from it. Reign opens his arms wide as he and the vortex suddenly touch. A bright light was the only thing the party could see before a huge pillar of mana was shot in the sky. The burst of mana was so sudden and violent that they couldn’t even look at it.
“Reign!” Shadow shouts as he struggles to get closer to the mana pillar. Slowly the gust of wind starts dissipating and the brightness of the mana pillar dies down. Everyone was now able to clearly see what was in front of them. Reign was currently floating in the mana pillar as it burst and extended through the whole dungeon. .
[Anchor point found.]
[The player has successfully taken control of the anchor point.]