Chapter 616 Chimera Ants (12)
There was no movement at first from the ant, but then it suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the leaf that I was holding up in front of it.
As soon as it swallowed this leaf, it suddenly opened its eyes.
I made sure that I had been right in front of it when it opened its eyes, so the first thing that this ant saw was me.
After seeing me, the ant paused for a second before suddenly coming forward to nuzzle up against me.
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It was only because I had this that I felt confident enough to take care of these Chimera Ants.
I really had to thank the second prince and the fourth prince for giving this thing to me.
This was in the treasures of the second prince that the fourth prince gave me.
After getting this ant to imprint on me, I immediately cut off a small part of my flesh for it to eat. It was only a small part of my arm that was only the top part of the skin, so it didn't bleed that much.
Though to say that it didn't hurt would have been a complete lie.
The little ant looked worried about me at first, but I just offered it my flesh as I said, "I'm fine."
The little ant still looked at me with that worried look for a bit, but in the end, it still ate the flesh that I offered it.
I waited for it to finish eating my flesh before asking, "Do you understand me now?"
The little ant slowly gave a nod, though there was a bit of a confused look on its face.
That wasn't strange since one moment, it didn't really understand what I was saying and then the next, it started understanding the words that were coming out of my mouth.
This was a queen ant that was just born a few minutes ago, so it wasn't as if it knew about its abilities just yet.
At this rate, they would be exhausted just from focusing on the ants and keeping up with them.
However, Cecilia believed in her man.
He was the one that had killed the queen ant and he was the one that said that he would be able to take care of these ants as long as he was given some time.
This was a man that had surprised her again and again, so the only thing that was left in her heart was trust for this man.
But...
There was a soldier that had slipped and was about to be stabbed by the pincers of the ant that he was facing.
With how sharp those pincers were, there was no doubt that he would be pierced through by them.
Without hesitation, Cecilia ran forward with her sword raised as if she was planning to block it herself. But at the last second, she was able to find an opening on this ant and she was able to stab it in the abdomen, cutting it in half.
For a second, she let her guard down and that was all that it took.
"Watch out!"
When she heard this, she turned to see another ant coming right at her with its pincers opened as if it was about to snap them onto her body.
Cecilia knew that it was already too late, so all she could do was raise her sword to block it and brace herself for the pain. She hoped that she would be able to take it with her well trained body and her armour.
But before it could reach her, there was a seam that appeared in the center of the ant.
Then that seam split and the ant was cut in half, falling to the sides in front of her.
She then felt a strong arm take her into its embrace and when she looked up, she saw a familiar face.
I looked down at her and said with a smile, "Who told you to be so reckless? You almost gave me a heart attack."
