After bombing the inside of the tree he sat there waiting for the notification of all of the kills.
The damage over time was killing the swarm in the tree but he did not think the clouds of shadowfire would last much longer.
'These ants have a ton of damage resistance but I can bypass it with some of my spells, I should mainly focus on killing the queen to see the reaction of the hive.'
When he tried to harm the queen he heard an odd sound coming from the tree itself which resembled that of squealing metal on metal.
He focused his spells on the root system to ensure the tree was well harmed and damage would spread further to reach the queen but then he saw the searms of ants growing larger.
That was when he saw that the ground where the tunnels had once been were now teeming with these ants.
The reaction of the swarm surprised him and he wondered if the ant queen had somhow alerted them to her plight.