The next morning all the Hunters gathered in front of the gate. Not only the Hunters, some reporters who were busy reporting the raid, and some Heroes as well as policemen who were in charge of guarding the area. Even a news helicopter was sent to report on the raid location.

" The Hunters are currently gathered in front of the gate. This raid was a joint venture between Japan and Korea. Several well-known names were mentioned as joining the raid. "

Aside from the reporters that trying to report the news, a tense atmosphere was felt among the Hunters. Some of them are nervous about the upcoming raid, while others are staying calm.

Izuku was part of the second group. This is the second time he has entered the S-rank dungeon. But for some reason, he had a bad feeling that something was going to happen, which made him a little nervous.

" What's wrong with your face? nervous? "

Izuku turned his head to see who was calling him, but he was surprised to see who it was.

" Ichirou-San?! why are you here?! "

" You think I can only stand still while knowing the others fight "

" Although you have just got out from the hospital? "

" You forgot I'm also S-rank, it would be embarrassing if I just lay in the hospital bed without doing anything "

" Are you sure? "

" Don't worry, I'm in perfect condition "

" It's good to hear that then, by the way, Ichirou-San which team are you on? "

" I happen to be on team two"

" Really? then we are on the same team "

" You're right, oh! that reminds me "

Ichirou then grabbed something out of his pocket and gave it to Izuku.

" what is this? "

" It's a new communication device, other Hunters have already had it, and I brought yours since you weren't seen at all last night "

Thanks to a large number of incoming investors, the development of dungeon technology are developing rapidly. Several devices that can function in dungeons have been created, one of which is this communication device.

This new communication tool was developed by a company run by the Yaoyorozu family, as can be seen from their logo printed on every product they put out. This communication device is also equipped with a feature that can translate various languages so that users can communicate with each other without language barriers.

" is that so, thank you, and sorry if I trouble you "

" no problem "

Izuku immediately put the communication device on his ear, after feeling right, Izuku then offered his hand to Ichirou

" let's hope for the best Ichirou-San "

Ichirou happily accepted Izuku's handshake. He gripped Izuku's hand firmly showing his strong determination.

" Sure, let's work hard so that we can go home safely "

09.00

The Hunters all entered the gate. The giant red ant army blocked them the moment they entered. The second team immediately faced the ant monsters and opened the way for the first team to the boss room.

The wizard-class hunters led by Korean Hunter Choi Jong-In immediately activate their magic to burn enemies who stand in their way. The moment the passage opened, the first team immediately broke through the crowd and went straight to the boss's room.

The main team has faced several monsters, but it hasn't slowed them down in the slightest. With Cha He-In, Ma Dong-Wo, and Goto in front, they broke through the crowd of monsters at a terrifying speed.

It didn't take long for them to reach the boss room, by memorizing the structure of the cave, they arrived in just less than ten minutes.

In front of the boss room, many monster eggs are scattered throughout the room. The scene was enough to make anyone who saw it feel horrified, including the main team.

Goto looked at the scene in front of him, some eggs had hatched and some hadn't. He noticed that one of the eggs that had not yet hatched was larger than the other. Others also noticed it, they could feel the powerful magical energy of the egg.

Each team member reacts differently when they feel it. Tatsumi walked to Goto, asking what they should do.

" Should we exterminate it " (Tatsumi)

" no, leave it to team two, we will be headed first " (Goto)

As Goto said, the first team went straight to the boss's room, but what he didn't realize was that his decision would be disastrous for the first team later.

The first team enters the boss room, and in it, the boss queen and her bodyguards guard the queen and her eggs, as well as some worker ants. Unlike other ants, queens have a white exoskeleton and a larger body than other ants. The Queen has eight guards beside her and each is as strong as an S-rank Hunter.

Goto then ordered his team to prepare to fight. They held each their weapons, and a tense atmosphere enveloped the invading team in an instant.

Knowing that the enemy is entering their territory, four queen guards and all workers are assigned to attack the intruders, while others protect the queen.

At Goto's signal, Korean Hunter Ma Dong-Wook, who served as a tank, activated his 'Taunt' skill, attracting the attention of the queen's guards.

As the guard's attention focused on Ma Dong-Wook, Cha He-In stepped forward slashing at the two guards coming from the right with brisk swordplay. Goto is also incredible, he killed two ants coming from opposite directions with just one slash.

Meanwhile, Yumiko and Tatsumi work together to wipe out the remaining worker ants. With the magic buff Min Byeong-Gu gave them, they could deal with those monsters easily.

Even so, the number of monsters they faced was large enough to overwhelm them. They couldn't even get close to the queen with monsters coming up endlessly.

"Goto-San there's too many monsters, if this continues we will run out of energy before fighting the queen" (Yumiko)

" What is your decision leader? " (Tatsumi)

The pressure began to come from behind, Goto felt a sense of crisis without even mentioning them. He then quickly made a decision.

" Tatsumi, pave the way for us, Hunter Ma please divert the attention of the monsters, I and Hunter Cha will finish off the Queen, Yumiko, you support us and protect Hunter Min "

The team members nodded in unison in agreement with Goto's plan.

Ma Dong-Wook again uses his 'Taunt' skill to divert the attention of the monsters toward him. Tatsumi then begins to gather his magic power in his hands, creating a huge whirlpool of wind. He then released the wind wiping out any monsters in his path.

When the road opened, Goto and Cha He-In immediately ran through the crowd of monsters. All the monsters that tried to get close to them immediately fell thanks to the arrows that Yumika shot.

It didn't take long for Goto and Cha He-In to reach the queen.

Knowing their queen was in danger, the remaining guards immediately moved forward to protect the queen.

Goto and Cha He-In directly confronted the queen's bodyguards. Each of them deals with two at once. Despite hampering them a little, they managed to kill it.

With all her bodyguards killed, the queen's defense is now reduced. The only thing left is killing the queen, but it is also not an easy task.

The queen refused to die at the hands of a creature that was supposed to be mere prey, she fought back with all her might. With her already low magic power, the queen's attempts to maintain herself were practically futile.

It is evident how Goto and Cha He-In were able to cut her body apart from her exoskeleton. With her consciousness almost fading, the queen transferred all her magic power somewhere as her desperate undertaking.

Goto and Cha He-In, who realized this, tried to stop the queen's actions by beheading the queen. But they were not quick enough, the queen had finished transferring all her magic power.

" Hunter Goto, just now... " (Cha He-In)

" I know, "

' damn, I don't know what it planned, but I have a bad feeling.' (Goto)

Without them noticing the queen's magic power flowed out of the room towards a certain object. It absorbed the queen's magic power that awakened something in it.

Crack~

A cracking sound sounded from the corner of the darkroom to the front of the boss's room. Cracks appeared on the largest eggshell of the pile. The dense magic energy seeped out of the gap that appeared.

The egg received all the magic power from the queen greedily. Simultaneously, the queen whispered her final command to the figure sleeping in the egg.

" For the sake of our kingdom,

Make the enemy who stands in our way tremble with fear.

you have to become stronger,

consume everything there is to consume...

... and become stronger,

my child"

More cracks appeared afterward, followed by a huge explosion. From the inside of the egg, a jet-black humanoid ant figure with sharp claws and four transparent wings stood on the remains of the eggshell.

SHRIEEEKK~

A shrill scream along with a huge burst of mana exploded from the figure. The monster that is about to wreak havoc has been born into this world as a creature destined to become the next ruler.

A huge storm of magical energy revolved around it. The figure was filled with anger after receiving the first and last orders from its queen.

Although it has just awakened, the monster still has a strong instinct. It instinctively knew the location of the powerful enemy who was a threat and rushed towards them in an instant.

The main raid team that was unaware of the approaching danger still maintained their vigilance when they saw the boss's corpse lying helplessly.

The rest of the team gathered near the boss's body, and that's when they felt a powerful evil mana coming towards them that made them freeze instantly.

Cha He-In who was sensitive to the smell of magic energy immediately covered her nose as soon as she smelled it.

A black figure quickly passed by them and appeared on the side of the dead queen's body. The figure of the black humanoid stood with his back to the raid team, he touched the lifeless body of the queen.

Anger once again overwhelmed it. As the monster turned around, its eyes flashed a deathly bloodlust aimed at the enemy in front of it.

The bodies of the raid team members froze as their eyes met the monster's gaze. The shadow of death appeared as a wave of evil red mana hit them.

In an instant, the monster disappeared and reappeared beside Cha He-In. The monster swung its arms, flying Cha He-In's body against the wall of the cave. The raid team that reacted too late immediately came to their senses and rushed to attack the monster.

Goto quickly swung his sword trying to slash the monster, supported by Tatsumi's magic attack and Yumika's arrow. But even with all the attacks it still didn't scratch its exoskeleton.

Although he has tried several times, the result has not changed. Goto's face solidified when he realized their attack had no effect.

Ma Dong-Wook immediately rescues the unconscious Cha He-In as soon as the fight begins and takes her to Min Byung-Gu to heal. After entrusting Cha He-In to Min Byung-Gu, Ma Dong-Wook immediately went to the front row to help Goto fight monsters.

Min Byung-Gu immediately activated his healing magic. But no matter what he did, Cha He-In showed no signs of waking up.

" How's she? " (Yumiko)

Yumiko asked him without a glance while continuing to shoot arrows.

" This is bad, she didn't react no matter how many times I tried, it seemed that her body received a huge shock from the impact just now " (Min Byung-Gu)

" ! " (Yumiko)

" We must retreat " (Tatsumi)

" But what about the two of them? " (Min Byung-gu)

" They should have realized the situation by now " (Yumiko)

As Yumiko said, Goto and Ma Dong-Wook are well aware of their current situation. They can't kill the monster in front of them with only five people while protecting the wounded.

They had no other choice but to retreat, but turning away from these bloodthirsty monsters was tantamount to death. If this monster comes out of the dungeon, they don't know what disaster it will cause.

Goto got goosebumps thinking about what kind of destruction would happen if such a monster came out of the gate.

The current raid team is in a desperate situation, if Goto does not make up his mind immediately, other victims may appear.

" Sh*t! Yumiko took the others back, quickly informed the others of the current situation, gathered all the S-ranks that could fight, and ordered the others to retreat "

" But what about you Goto-san? "

" I will restrain this monster "

Goto knew this decision would get him killed, but he could at least buy some time until all the reinforcements arrived.

" YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF?!... " (Yumiko)

" I know it, JUST GO!... "

" Damn it!... "

They left the boss's room with heavy hearts, leaving Goto alone with the monster.

As the figures of the members of the assault team disappeared into the darkness, Goto turned his gaze back to the black humanoid ant in front of him. The ants showed no signs of attacking the raid team and only focused on the opponent in front of it.

" Now that all the distractions are gone, shall we proceed to the second half? "

KIEEE~

The monster responded to Goto's challenge and directly attacked him. Swords and claws collided, with the second round of their fight just beginning.

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