After Being Exiled From the Country, I Became the Fourth Enchanter in the World!

Chapter 78 Queen Ant VS Mental Breaker

Now that I see her up close, it’s much bigger than imagined.

Moreover, it’s covered with a shell that looks much sturdier than that of the General Ant.

The skill itself isn’t a big deal, but I wonder how I’ll defeat her….

「Shaaaaaa!」

「Oops!」

Acid was released from the Queen Ant’s mouth.

Given that the body is large, the amount of liquid is not a joke….

「I’m superior in terms of status… so let’s do it according to the theory.」

In order to make the Queen Ant’s movements worse and make it easier for me to land a hit… let’s cut off the legs one by one!

Not only the queen, but the surrounding ants are also swarming to kill me, so it’s quite hard.

There were a lot of attacks and I got hit several times by the ant’s acid, but I ignore the pain and cut off the first joint.

「Kishaaaa!?」

I see, it hurts, huh….

Then, I’ll make you feel that pain many times again.

「I should be grateful that the examiner during the temporary B-rank exam was the guild master….」

His dismantling swordsmanship seemed to be useful and convenient, so I incorporated his movement into my swordsmanship training.

Thanks to that, I was able to cut the leg of an A-rank monster even with this sword.

「Kashaaa!」

In anger at having her leg taken away from her, the Queen Ant’s attacks became more intense.

But at the same time, the opening also became large, so I calmly continue to aim at the remaining legs.

The enemy’s movement gradually slowed down after losing the third leg… and after that, I could cut off the remaining legs easily.

「Even so, it’ll be bad for me if I got hit by her acid and jaw attacks….」

It would be better to carefully slash the antennae to further reduce her fighting strength.

「Fire Ball! Fire Ball! Fire Ball!」

I shot fireballs repeatedly to distract the Queen Ant.

It’s elementary magic with weak power, but it’s <fire> that ant-type monsters don’t like… and no one likes to have a bunch of fireballs shot at their face.

Also, the Queen Ant’s face is large, so I can easily hit it even if I’m not very good at controlling it.

Since the front legs have already been slashed, the Queen Ant is desperately trying to deal with them by hitting them with acid, but….

「You’re too distracted. You’re full of openings!」

Aiming for the moment she spits out the acid, I jumped up and cut off one of the antennae.

Then, I jumped on the Queen Ant’s head and cut off the other antennae as well.

「Shaaa…」

After losing her power to resist, I slashed the joints of the torso as a finishing blow.

「The ants retreated when the Queen Ant is defeated, huh….」

When the Queen Ant’s body was absorbed into the labyrinth, the remaining ants scattered and fled.

What was left behind was the Queen Ant’s magic stone and jaw.

…… And a large number of drop items spread all over the place.

「I’m tired. I want to take a good rest, but… in this state, there will be a commotion if other adventurers come. I guess we have to collect them all quickly….」

For now, let’s return to the three.

「Onii-sama! I am glad you are safe!」

「Thank you for your hard work!」

「Esther, Nina… it seems that you’re not seriously injured. I’m glad everyone survived.」

If I didn’t defeat the General Ants and Queen Ant quickly, we might not be able to reunite happily like this.

「I am really sorry. I should have suggested abandoning the adventurers and running away. It seems that I was unconsciously getting carried away.」

Ahaha, that hits a sore spot….

Still, the one who should be blamed is me.

「I was the one who made the final decision, so you don’t have to worry about it, Ian. Fortunately, no one died, so let’s be careful next time.」

We were lucky this time, but… if we had made a mistake, our corpses might have been collected by the labyrinth by now.

As I told Ian, I am the head of this party.

I have to reflect on this so that I don’t make the same mistake again next time.

「But this time, it was a great success if you look only at the results…. For now, let’s put regrets aside and rejoice that we are still alive!」

「「「Yes.」」」

After taking a short break, we all picked up the materials.

It’ll never end if we were to pick them up by ourselves, so we roughly collected them using Wind Magic.

Even so, it took us about an hour to finish it.

Many items were trampled and broken during battle.

We plan to deliver them to the guild as they are, so I can only sympathize with the adventurers who will do the counting work….

Let’s just say that it’s the guild staff’s fault for pushing their work on the adventurers!

After finishing collecting the drop items, we decided to return to the surface.

There’s a good chance that the adventurers we had helped would inform the Adventurer’s Guild about the ants.

If we didn’t return from the labyrinth for a long time… the whole guild would be in an uproar because they wouldn’t be able to ascertain our safety.

「Master~. Since you defeat an A-rank monster, does that mean you will be promoted to the temporary A-rank?」

Nina suddenly asked me about my adventurer rank.

Come to think of it, I did defeat an A-rank monster, didn’t I…?

「Hmm…. It’s too fast for a promotion, and I only defeated one monster, so I guess promotion is still a long way off.」

If anything, what’s waiting for me is a scolding for facing a swarm of ants….