The day after completing his request to subdue Goblin, Ray and Sett were seen on the road.However, unlike before, it does not fly over the sky, and instead, it travels on a regular road.
　In fact, Ray was planning to fly again, but when he left the city, he was asked to stop flying near the city or landing on the highway if Langa could.It seems that he was sued by travelers and merchants who ran away when Sett landed on the road yesterday.
　All Ray had to do was to protect him from flying near the city and not landing on the road, so he decided to do it with Langa's face.

"Well, this request is for the subjugation of Soldier Ant."

　I remember the contents of the request that had been posted in the guild.
　In the past few days, he has frequently seen Soldier Ants near the city -- but only within a few hours' walk.
　This is a request for the subjugation of Soldier Ant, and the site of the declaration is a dagger-like projection growing on the back.The purchase price is about twice that of a goblin, with five copper coins per projection.
　According to a story Ray heard from the Guild's receptionist, there was probably a queen ant, or so-called queen ants, coming near the city of Guillum by separating her nests.However, since Soldier Ant is ranked F and Queen Ant is ranked C, it's advised not to interfere when discovered.

(Rank C, and when I looked it up, the water bear was also Rank C.Then the magic stone, whether set or death-size, will surely acquire skills, so there's nothing you can do but aim for.)

　Thinking inside, he goes along the road with Seto in search of the figure of Soldier Ant.
　Sometimes Seto cries in his throat, "Don't you fly?" but Ray caresses his back gently along the road.
　Sometimes I meet passersby, but most of them harden as soon as I see Seto, and as soon as Ray passes by, I run at full speed toward the city of Gilm.

"Ringling!"

　About an hour after he started walking along the road, Ray, who was distracted by the unimaginable scenery, switched his mind to a state of battle when he heard Sett's groaning as he walked next to him.
　He had a death-size body, and when he checked the surrounding area, something black appeared as if it were just wet from the bushes beside the road.

"Are you here?"

　Some of the black ants were black ants, or Soldiers Ants, who might have found them.It threatens us by rattling its huge scissors-like jaws.

"Giggling!"

　Regardless of its call, it is almost the same as ants except for its size.The only difference would be the dagger-like protrusion on the back.

"Giggle!"

　Soldier Ant runs up to us with a short cry.He came straight to Ray to bite him with his sharp chin, but the speed was far from fast.At least for Ray, the rare goblin species that he fought yesterday seemed to be much stronger.

"Huh!"

　He cuts off Soldier Ant, who opens his jaw to bite Ray with magic in death size.
　Soldier Ant could normally act normally even if he lost one of his hands and feet, but it would not have been possible if he had his body amputated in two, and eventually stopped moving with twitching legs.

"Grunt!"

　When one of them was knocked down, one, two, three, or four of them appeared from the bushes where the fallen Soldier Ant appeared.
　Ray claps his tongue at the sight.

"Set, firebrace!"
"Gurgling!"

　Seto opens his mouth with a loud cry over Ray's voice.Then the next moment the flame came out of his mouth.It is a new skill that I learned from yesterday's goblin rare species of magic stone, but because of its low level of Lv.1, I can breathe a little bit of fire and have a range of 2-3 meters.Still, the flames seemed to have succeeded in inflicting some damage on the Soldier Ant, and the movement was certainly slow until he was killed.
　And no matter how many, if the already slow-moving Soldier Ant slows down, it's no longer Ray's enemy, it's not a monster to fight, it's just a prey.

"Ahhhuh!"

　Using magic, the body is cut in half with a blade and the blade, and the body is cut in half.Alternatively, a sword is flashed in the air by striking the belly with a handle, and the blade is split into a kara-take.
　Seto also uses water polo to burst his head, or concentrate on a single firebreath and spit it out to make charcoal.It penetrates the body with its unparalleled kuchibashi and blows off its neck with its claws.
　It's been a few minutes since the battle began.In a matter of minutes all the more than thirty Soldiers were killed, and their fluids and parts of their bodies were scattered to the ground.

"Roll-rolling.

　Next to Seto screaming for victory, Ray is wary of additional enemies, but the bushes remain quiet a few minutes later.

"This seems to be the whole party,"

　Ray finally breathes a sigh of relief after confirming it.
　As it is, Seto asks the people around him to be vigilant, and collects the back protrusions and magical stones that prove the subjugation.
　though the firebreath burned out the Soldier Ant was completely extinguished, and neither the bumps nor the magical stones could be recovered.Other than that, individuals whose bodies were ruptured by water polo were ruptured together with projections and magical stones, which could not be recovered either.

(It is only natural that if an attack is carried out too strongly, the magical stones and the parts of the proof of subjugation will not be able to be recovered.You'd better keep that in mind from now on.)

　With this in mind, he takes out a beginner's story about the demise of a demon from Mistilling and opens the section on Soldier Ant.
　In the book, the materials that can be peeled off by Soldier Ant are tactile, which can be used for medicine, and the crust of the abdomen, which can be used for protection.
　The touch was easily cut off with a bronze knife, but the problem was the shell of the abdomen.
　He cut the knife into the crevice of the crust, which was quite a difficult task for Ray, and although the crust itself was intact, the flesh from Soldier Ant's abdomen was stuck together without being able to peel it off as described in the book.
　Even so, the shell is successfully removed after a while, and they are collected and stored in the mistling.

"Now we have made the minimum request for subjugation.All I have left to do is look for Queen Ant."

　Ray looks around, breathing out.About 30 dead Soldier Ants are scattered there.This is the number of troops that are considered to be the leading forces.I couldn't help but sigh at the thought of how many Soldier Ants I had to fight to become Queen Ant from here.
　Soldier Ant himself is not such a strong opponent.No, it's no problem to say it's weak.It's not groundless because it destroyed more than 30 Soldier Ants in minutes.
　But the problem is the degree of fatigue.This time, 30 of them have hardly felt tired even after they were knocked down.But what would happen if they fought a few, a dozen, or dozens of battles with Soldiers Ants of the same size that they had destroyed now?
　Regardless of whether it's Ray or Seto, its body is more resilient than the average person or the average monster.However, it does not mean that he has unlimited physical strength.It's only natural that tiredness slows down the movement, and slow down the movement can lead to attacks.and though Ray and Sett's bodies are immortal, they are not immortal.
　However, it's too much to miss the magical stone of Queen Ant, a C-ranked monster.

"Well, what should I do?"

　Somehow I felt something was wrong with the shell, as I thrust it into the chest of Soldier Ant with a death-size handle.

(What? What did I feel uncomfortable looking at this crust? This crust is normal... yes, it's not that big, but it looks like ants.There is no doubt about that.but...?!)

　I muttered so much in my heart, and finally understood what was wrong with me.Ants that leave their nests to break up are usually winged ants, commonly known as wing ants.However, the shell of the Soldier Ant, which is now lying before Ray, has no feathers attached to it.(In other words, don't the ants of Elgin have the habit of becoming wing ants, or are these ants that break up and don't become wing ants...it's definitely an opportunity anyway?)

　It would be too optimistic to think that all the ants under Queen Ant have wings to fly.But at least these Soldier Ants, who had been knocked down by Ray and Sett, had no wings.In other words, Ray thought it would be better to make a surprise attack on Queen Ant from above than to be honest on the ground and head for Queen Ant.
　Fortunately, the group led by the Queen Ant was informed by the Guild's receptionist that they would not be able to maintain the group if they overthrew the Queen Ant, the center of the group.Soldier Ants will appear more frequently around the streets of Gilmoo for a while, but it will be better than being led by a group boss like Queen Ants.

"...set,"
"Glu?"

　While watching around, Seto, who was pecking at Soldier Ant's body, turns to Ray in wonder.

"Let's search for Queen Ant from above.And I'll make a surprise attack and kill Queen Ant all at once."
"Gruly!"

　Seto nods to Ray's suggestion and bends over.Ray straddles his back holding his death size.

"Gurgling!"

　A set of eagle wings fluttering after a few steps of running, loosening their cheeks at the speed of a kick in the air, smiling at the fact that they had just discovered another group of Soldiers heading for their place.

"It will take some more time to get to the point where I and Seth have fallen, but if we had stayed there, we would have been forced into a war of attrition.Is it right to decide early?"
"Glu".

　I agree. I'm going to sing a short song.While stroking his neck, he looked at the forest from above, which was not so deep as to say, the grasslands and forests that spread along the road.
　It's been about 20 minutes since I started flying.I found chocolate chocolate and monsters, but I couldn't find the Queen Ant I was looking for.

"It's not that easy to find, is it?"
"Gul... Gul!"

　Seto almost makes a song as if to comfort Ray, but turns into a sharp song in the middle.It's a cry of alarm.
　The reason for his voice was immediately understood.An enemy emerged from the forest.I can't say for sure because I don't have a comparison object at a distance, but it looks a little bigger than Soldier Ant.and there were wings growing behind it, flying straight through the sky to Seto.Five of them.

"Can you fly and be bigger than Soldier Ant?Should we call them "Konoe ant" or "Imperial ant"?Here we go, Set!"
"Ringling!"

　He flapped his wings with a cry like a scream, and he rushed without hesitation toward the Imperial Ant, who was coming straight to him.
　And the distance between us shrinks...

"Ringling!"

　With the cry of Seto, a water polo appears near his face and shoots at the Imperial Ant.

"Giggle!"

　Imperial Ants flying in the lead avoid the attack by slanting, but Imperial Ants flying behind him did not.A water polo that hits the face and bursts at the same time.Most of the upper half of the body is ruptured with water polo and falls to the ground.

"Four left."

　muttering, Ray began to cast a spell.'Fire, gather, gather.Thou shalt be thronged in individually.Show me in groups. Show me in my voice."

　When the spell was over, there was a mass of flame about one meter at the tip of Ray's death-size.Ray is going to the Imperial Ant who is coming towards us and wielding his death size.At the same time, the flames fly straight toward the enemy.
　However, the speed is only about half the speed of Seto's first water polo, which seems to be insufficient.
　In fact, the Imperial Ants dispersed to avoid the flames...

"The blooming blaze!"

　As Ray invokes the magic, the flame explodes.It scatters a large amount of fist-sized flames around it at high speed.

"Giggling!"

　It was a magic created by Ray in the image of fireworks, but the power of the flames after the explosion is not so high.
　Still, it is powerful enough to burn the Imperial Ant's wings, and the two of them fall to the ground with all their wings burned.
　It will fall from a height of 30 meters, so it won't be saved.
　And there are two Imperial Ants left.

"Grunt!"

　Crush the torso with Seto's sharp claws.

"Huh!"

　Ray's sharp, death-sized blade cuts it in half.

"Well, now I'll find out where the Queen Ant is."

　As Ray muttered, a loud cry rang out around him.

"Giggle, google!"

　The main voice is near a tree about 30 meters in front of the set.There was a monster of ants that was incomparably large compared to Soldier Ants and Imperial Ants.
　That is to say.

"Queen Ant,"
"Grunt!"

　Seto agrees with Ray's muttering with a sharp sound.He stroked his neck with a smile at his courage.

"Well, then... here we go!"
"Roll-roll-roll-roll!"

　She sings high in response to Ray's voice, and Seto swoops down toward the Queen Ant on the ground.