Chapter 147: Once again
As she looked at the Ant Queen, Antonia, who was standing not far away from her, as well as at her mistress, who was currently sitting on a chain, Canty couldn't help but slightly click her mandibles, feeling worried about why she had been summoned here.
At this moment, in Canty's opinion, the reason why she had been summoned was the fact that since a few weeks ago, she had begun growing rather rapidly.
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Looking at the little ant on the ground, which had become quite a bit larger since she had last paid attention to her, much more so than normal ants, Beatrice couldn't help but faintly smile.
"It seems as though her transition is going smoothly," said Beatrice as she suddenly waved her hand, causing Canty to suddenly fly to her shoulder.
Hearing this, Antonia, who was standing nearby, nodded.
'Yes mistress, the moment your ascension had ended, I knew that the time had come, and that the process could begin,' said Antonia, causing Canty, who was on the same mental frequency as them, to turn her head sideways, confused.
But even so, Canty did not dare disturb this important looking discussion, as such, she then lowered her body onto the shoulder of her mistress and felt the latter's warmth.
"Then how long will her transformation into an Ant Queen take?" asked Beatrice, causing Canty to suddenly jolt upwards.
'As she was already quite intelligent before she began this transformation, it will only take roughly five more weeks for it to end,' said Antonia, causing Beatrice to touch her chin as she fell into thought.
"That's too much time, I guess I will have to send her with you, she can branch out on her own after she fully transforms," said Beatrice, causing Antonia's eyes to suddenly light up.
Nearly ever since she had been born, Antonia had desired to take her colony to the outside world and free it from that small room.
Now though, from the words of her mistress, Antonia could sense that this time was nigh, and that the colony would finally be free to wonder in the outside world.
At this moment though, Canty, who had previously frozen still with her antennae forming a question mark, finally regained her senses.
Only a moment later, Canty suddenly jumped off Beatrice's shoulder and began sprinting towards the colony at her fastest speed, causing Beatrice to suddenly shake her head.
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As she looked at the floating Ant colony behind her, Beatrice couldn't help but faintly nod, causing her to suddenly snap her fingers.
The moment Beatrice snapped her fingers, the colony seemingly disappeared at first glance, becoming completely transparent, but once you took a closer look, one would be able to notice the faint outline of the nearly perfect rectangle.
This was of course not a spell, rather, what Beatrice had done just now was something most powerful mages could do as well, and something which the first mages all did.
Using their mana to achieve things without the help of a spell.
This was the reason why the concealment of the colony was not very perfect, as Beatrice did not use any sort of spell to achieve this effect, rather, she simply used her raw mana to hide the colony.
And then, a few moments later, Beatrice suddenly flapped her wings and began flying into the distance, with the huge colony floating behind her.
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As she looked at the Ant colony that had been submerged underground, as well as at the thousands of ants moving around the earth, completely unrestricted, a faint smile appeared on the face of Beatrice, who was floating around half a meter in the air.
Unlike inside their previous home, the ants now had the space to begin expanding without any worry, which, in turn, would help Beatrice quite a lot in the long run.
Suddenly, though, an ant suddenly rose from the ground beneath Beatrice.
And with a heroic jump, the Earth Ant jumped that half a meter gap and grabbed a hold of Beatrice's foot.
After that, it was smooth sailing as the ant quickly climbed onto Beatrice's shoulder, causing the latter's lips to slightly twitch.
"Is my shoulder so enjoyable for you to sit on?" asked Beatrice as she looked at Canty, causing the ant to suddenly freeze.
'No mistress...' said Canty, causing Beatrice's to slightly frown, making her aura seem a bit colder.
Seeing this, Canty's heart nearly broke apart, as the thought of the Mistress becoming mad at her traveled through her mind at a lightning speed, causing the 2gb's of ram that powered her brain to short circuit.
As she looked at the ant, who had become extremely scared from just a change in her expression, the look on Beatrice's face couldn't help but lighten, as she suddenly stretched out one of her fingers and touched the antennae of the little ant.
"You don't have to be so scared of me little ant, I'm not someone who would eat cute little ants like you," said Beatrice as she waved her hand, causing Canty to suddenly fly to the ground.
Then, a moment later, after transmitting some more information to Antonia, Beatrice flew away under the bewildered eyes of Canty, who continued to stare at her.
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As she flew through the sky, a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Beatrice's face, with the 'adjustments' that she had made to the Soul Swap technique that she had given to Antonia, Beatrice would now have a steady supply of obedient cute little ants, who would listen to her every word.
Suddenly, though, that faint smile from Beatrice's face disappeared, as a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in front of her.
The moment the old man appeared, Beatrice froze, but even though Beatrice's physical body had been frozen, her mind was not, and she was able to witness the Dark Barrier protecting her body, as well as her body itself, be instantly destroyed by the middle-aged man
The moment this happened, Beatrice's soul suddenly became like a floating piece of wood in the middle of the ocean, but before the middle-aged, who had an extremely casual look on his face could take action, a hole suddenly appeared behind Beatrice's soul, which was then swallowed into it.
Midway through the process, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand at lightning speed, grabbing after the soul.
But the moment the hand of the middle-aged man came close to the portal that had opened, a ruthless look appeared on the face of the middle-aged man, causing him to suddenly cut off his own hand and separate from his body.
Only a moment later, that separated hand then began rapidly aging under the eyes of the Archmage.
In but an instant, the seven thousand years of life this hand still had left in it vanished, as it quickly became older and older, turning into dust a few moments later.
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As he stared at the disappearing hole, which had swallowed the soul of the 'Dark Calamity', Archmage Dragonheart, who had been asked by the Prophet to kill her, knew that something was extremely wrong.
In the opinion of the Archmage, no matter what an Official Mage, especially one as young as this one did, they could not hope to escape from his grasp.
Sadly, though, this situation did not go according to plan.
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