At a different part of the map, team 1 was just done killing a knight rank emerald crystal back gorilla and was taking a break while using the corpse to attract more beasts to their locations.
That was when they saw the points of team 6 rising at an alarming rate. It kept on increasing for close to half an hour before finally settling at 45k points!
'Just like I suspected they have found an insect hive and at this rate, we won't be able to catch up to them if they decided to take 2 days off.' Seeing that their speed of farming wouldn't cut it, Luciano began thinking of other options.
Close to Luciano who was in deep thoughts, Serhan was meditating in a crossed-legged position. His black spiky hair was being fluttered by the wind and his Greek nose rhythmically widen and contracted as he controlled his breathing.
Since more beasts were to be attracted by the smell of blood from the corpse, he was absorbing as much energy from the environment as possible.
That was when his earring released a dim glow and an elderly voice interrupted his mediation.
'Surprisingly, he failed us.' The elderly voice said.
'How? If offered a lot of riches there was no way he was to go back on the deal.' Serhan was shocked but tired as much as possible to remain respectful to the elderly voice.
'It seems he was way smarter than we thought because the only reason I can think of is that he found out that he would still be killed after the mission.' The elderly voice explained.
'Does this mean that the mission is a complete failure?' Serhan asked.
'Not really. Actually, the kid had made it easier for us to get him killed. All that is needed is to change the one that was to initiate the chain of events that would lead to his death, and that will be you.' The voice continued. 'For you to do this you have to meet up with him at the ant hive. So here is the map.'
Because his eyes were close no one was able to see them glow as the image of a map similar to the one-handed to Sach.
'So what will be of the commoner after the exam?' Serhan asked the elderly voice.
'You shouldn't be thinking of that right now, your main concern should be finding out a way to convince him to go to the hives.' The elderly voice referred to Luciano who was still in deep thought.
'Once needed, the teleportation array would malfunction and he will be killed. So just do your path.' With that said the elderly voice disappeared and his mind became quiet.
At least for some seconds before he began brainstorming on how to approach Luciano with the proposal.
"Listen up, after this, we are done with this set of beasts coming our way. We are going to locate the location of team 6." Luciano said breaking everyone's attention.
'Speaking of the devil.' Serhan couldn't help but smile when what he was looking for came his way.
All around the test location. After seeing how their points were skyrocketing, the various teams had come to a conclusion that Blake's team had found a hive of insects.
Just like Serhan, the noble leaders of the other teams (except for that of Haldor's team leader who had been eliminated by Haldor himself) had received a mental map of the test's location from similar pieces jewelry.
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Back to the ant hive.
Blake and his team had wiped out the army of 60 ants and were currently over the hive's entrance with Darkbringer concealing their presence.
They watched as over a 120 elite rank ants move towards the forest they came from just before they had found the hive. It was a sign that the ants had solidified their position in their current area and had begun expanding.
Blake and the rest the decided it was better to be patient. During their quite long wait, they saw as corpses of insects and different kinds of beasts were being conveyed into the hive.
It was after close to 4 hours of wait that the team saw a trail of 50 ants moving towards a different direction, but the problem was that they were being led by a Knight-rank ant.
"So what do you guys think, do we attack them?" Blake asked seeking the consent of his teammates.
"I say we should. Although the knight rank ant will be quite troublesome, you can handle it, while we take care of the others." Sach said receiving nods from the others, well that was except for Ansgar.
'Why is it in my turn of being the lookout that we are to face a knight rank ant?!' Ansgar was unhappy about it, especially the idea of Blake taking on the knight rank ant. This meant that he would further continue to take up most of the individual points for himself.
"Alright then, let's move out." Seeing no complaint from his team, they moved out and began tailing the ants.
After close to 10 minutes of following them, the ants got to an area of the forest infested with 7 poison centipedes.
'This will be quite tricky.' Blake thought as they watch both groups engage in combat.
He wasn't too sure on how both groups would react to their presence. He didn't want a situation when both groups would gang up against them or where some ants were able to escaping, thereby leading to the location being overran by ants.
'What do you think?' Blake asked the system for the best course of action.
[Well I think you are thinking about it from a human perspective and forget you are dealing with beasts.] The system said. [All you have to do is wait for when the battle has reached its peak before attacking. By then every insect in the area should have been occupied making it even easier to eliminate both groups.]
'That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the advice.' Blake thanked the system before signaling everyone to take their positions.