Bellamus served Arraune and the others.

　There were at least eight hundred Arraune's men.
　But they didn't eat as much and consumed less food than expected.

　After distributing the food, Vellumus went to find Delarosa and the others.

"Huh? Where is that strange goblin you were just negotiating with me for? There was something I wanted to talk to you about.

　Elenchy speaks to the chief in goblin-speak.

'You mean Vellums? He's not a goblin, he's a man.
Really. I thought it had no horns and was a different color, but it was human.
So what's the story? I'll ask him for you, if Vellums isn't here on an urgent matter.
Okay. I wanted to tell you why our village was destroyed. It's all about the survival of this goblin village. ......

　Elensee said with a serious expression on his face.
　He has something important to tell them, so the mayor decides to gather everyone in the village and listen to what he has to say.

　As the goblins gather, Elenchy begins to speak.

Have you ever heard of the monster known as the Legionnaire Ant?
Legion of Honor?
An ant monster?

　The goblins don't seem to know what they are.

"...... isn't a Legionnaire?

　Only the Mayor seems to know what he's talking about.

"You've heard of this village, chief?
'Al. I have never seen it in person, but it is said to be one of the most powerful demons of all. It is said to be one of the most powerful demons of all.
What kind of demon are you: ......?

　Legionnaire Ant.

　They look like bipedal ants.

　Although it appears to have many ants, these ants are all individual creatures.

　The legion ants have a kind of mainframe that creates all of them, called the ant core.

　When this core disappears, all Legion ants cease to exist.

　The antho-core consumes nutrients to create new legion ants.

　There are different types of ants, and the Ant Core first creates a highly intelligent and powerful queen ant that governs all ants.
　Since the Ant Core is only capable of producing ants, it needs an ant to lead them.

　The soldier ants listen to the commands of the queen ants and bring nutrients from the outside to the ant core.

　As their numbers grow, so do the general ants and leader ants.

　Legion ants start out small. They start out small, slightly larger than normal ants.
　But as they evolve, legion ants grow larger.
　Unlike other monsters, they don't need to eat a specific monster.
　When the total number of legion ants reaches a certain level, they evolve.

　As the ants continue to evolve, they will grow to human size.

And the one that attacked our village was as big as an ordinary goblin. At that size, the total number of ants must have exceeded ten thousand.
Ma-ten thousand?
You can't even imagine what that is: ......

　The goblins begin to buzz.

''But I've heard that the ferocious Legionnaires are crushed when their numbers start to grow a bit, or that the Legionnaires who are numerous aren't as ferocious as they should be, Jaga.
''That's right . The legion ant's nest had been recognized for a long time, but they didn't hunt too vigorously, gathering nutrients little by little, so they didn't crush it. But all of a sudden, the ants went berserk .
It's not that weird.
"I don't know what happened, but we were attacked anyway. One of them is weak, but there are too many of them. If we hadn't known they were coming and fled, we'd have been devoured by now. These legion ants are rampaging in the south and many demons are being driven from their homes. Perhaps the legion ants will come to our village.

　The goblins turned pale at that.

"Tens of thousands of ants have come to our village. What about this village?
"What will happen to .........
Where the hell is Bellamus?
"I'm looking for Delarosa and the others: ...... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Isn't this awful?

　Goblins are buzzing around.

"Oh, slow down! We're not sure if they're coming yet. In fact, our village is a long way away, so there's a good chance they won't come this far.

　That reassured the goblins somewhat, but it didn't completely erase their fears.


　Fat.


　Meanwhile, Bellamus was looking for Delarosa and the others.

　There are always signs that the four baby goblins walked, so he searched for them.

　Then they heard something running.
　Bellamus turns to face the direction of the sound and braces himself.

　The sound got closer and closer until the running thing came into view.

Hmm? Isn't that Alead and Berel?



　It was Alead and Berel who showed up.

Oh! Vellums!
What happened to Delarosa and Medero?
That's the hard part!

　The two men explained that Delarosa had fallen into the hole and that a large number of ants were headed for the village.

　Bellamus didn't change his expression, but he was getting impatient, saying that it was going to be very bad.

(Legion Ant, that ant must be ...... tens of thousands in terms of size, and the hole that Delarosa and the others fell into ...... probably A den of legions of ants. It's too unnatural to have a hole that deep when there's nothing there. Legion ants sometimes make traps and drop prey into their lairs. (Perhaps he fell for it.)

　Bellamus thinks.
　First, he wonders if Delarosa and the others are safe.
　The Legionnaires aren't very strong.

　They usually die when they fall into the pit, so there won't be a large number of legion ants waiting for them underneath the pit.
　Unless you're too reckless, you're not going to die.

　And that's just for now. If you don't go for help, you'll die.
　I need to get to them right now, but that will put their village in danger.

　If we don't run, they'll die. And even if you do, they'll be chased out of the village the same way they were chased out of Arlaune and the others. Then some of us will die.

　If we destroy the Ant Core, the Legion ants will perish.

I will sneak into the lair and make sure Delarosa and Medeiro are safe. Then I'll crush the Ant Core. Then we destroy the Ant Core.

　Bellamus has set a course.
　Whether we can do it or not is the biggest question, but whatever it takes must be accomplished for the safety of the village and for the sake of the goblins.

I'll handle Delarosa and the others. You go back to the village and tell them about the ants. And when the ants come near, tell everyone to leave the village.
Okay, okay!
Delarosa and Medero, you must help me!
So, where is the hole that Delarosa and Medero fell into?
If you go straight in here, you'll go straight in!
Okay. I'll be off.

　Bellamus ran as fast as he could toward the hole.