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Seeing the face appear under that red mask David felt waves of emotions. He is none other than the person who interrogated David at the hospital Officer Ross.

 The most disturbed person after seeing the true identity is none other than Judy. She seems not to believe in her eyes and constantly denies the hard truth in front of her.

Judy seems to become a mad person and constantly repeats a single sentence again and again on the communication device.

' how is this possible? How is this possible? How is this possible? How is this possible?' ( Judy)

David realized the mental state of Judy is not good and decided to comfort this broken soul.

[Judy, snap out of it. Do not let your emotions get the better of you. I don't know what you are feeling nor I can understand it but this is not the place to lose yourself. We have to work together to overcome the trouble in front of us. If not both of us will die a horrible death or face a fate much worse than death. So please get hold of yourself and try to remember your loved ones waiting for your return.] ( David )

Due to the long distance between them, David can not rush toward Judy and comfort her in person but this is the only thing he can do. If Judy missed her role then their whole plan is as good as ruined.

Hearing her saviour's voice Judy was able to regain some control over her emotions. So what about the person she trusted the most after her family became the mastermind behind her current situation? She will not submit to her fate not after her curse got lifted. She has many things to do.

She now has a brand new life ahead of her. She has a loving family and many dreams she can pursue now that her curse is lifted. She remembered many happy moments she spent with her family and finally her first kiss.

She refused to let go of these beautiful memories and sink into the bottom of some dark emotions. Judy composed her emotions and spoke to David using the communication device.

[ I am okay. I just do not expect to get betrayed like this but this does not change our plan. That person was my superior and most trusted person after my family. His name is Officer Ross. He is a < B - > rank person so now we are in deep trouble. If it's a one-on-one battle I have some confidence to hold him up for some minutes but defeating him or killing him is out of my limits. So are we still following the same plan or retreat and think of a better plan.] ( Judy)

In her heart, Judy thinks retreating is the best option as the strength of her enemies is over the limit. Both in quantity and quality, they are far lower than the opponent.

David listened to Judy's voice and sighed in relief. If Judy has a mental breakdown now then they are as good as finished as Judy is the main pillar in their plan.

Now the situation has not reached a critical level and has room for operation. David compared the pros and cons of the current situation and decided to follow the original plan.

If these people are allowed to go back and heal then next time chances of them falling into the trap are almost zero. The first time we caught them by surprise but can we catch them off guard a second time?

David can not take the risk based on pure luck so decides to follow the original plan. Even if things get out of hand he still has the key to escape in the face of danger. David replied to Judy.

[ we will follow the original plan. Just there will be some changes to the later part. I will inform you about the changes later so now focus on your part of the plan. Do not miss this or we will be lambs to be slaughtered.] ( David )

Judy is surprised that David still wants to follow their plan even after knowing the strength of their enemies. Personally, she felt they were in a hopeless situation but since David wants to risk his life she will try her best to do her part.

During their conversation, people on the explosion site recovered from their chaotic state and organized themselves. White mask men have various types of injuries. Some have heavy injuries making them unable to battle while some have mid-level injuries making the drop in their battle powers.

One thing is sure except for the red mask man now identified as Officer Ross all other people can not show the full power of their rank.

Seeing the tragic condition of his subordinates and his shattered mask Officer Ross gets very angry. He blamed himself for allowing that lass to escape to protect his secret but all of those previous attempts were wasted because Judy must have known his true face now.

' dame it who the hell planned such a dirty trap? It is impossible for Judy as I know that girl can't carry this much of the explosives on her. How can a naïve child like her think of such a vicious trap? There must be someone with her and that person set this trap.

I must catch them before they make any more trouble for me and remove that unknown variable in my almost perfect plan.' (Officer Ross)

Suddenly the ground beneath them started to shake. Officer Ross thought there were more explosives buried in the ground and prepared a good defence. If not getting caught off guard this type of explosion can not harm his clothes much less make his mask use the one-time life-saving skill.

As Officer Ross and his subordinate prepared themselves for another impact something more horrifying thing appeared in front of them. A giant red ant drilled out of the ground followed by more of same same-looking ants.

Officer Ross realized that they were still in the trap. Those explosives were not prepared to finish them but to disturb these sleeping ants. If his doubt is correct then they must be standing under the colony of these ants.

'Well played, very well played. The person with Judy is one of the most cunning and vicious people I have met till now. But if they think this much can finish us then they are overconfident.' (Officer Ross)

Thinking this Officer Ross takes something out of his space storage ring. It is a potion bottle filled with some sort of powder.

Officer Ross told his men to cover their mouths and nose and try not to breathe the powder. But the subordinates go into chaos as soon as giant red ants appear. They totally ignored their boss's orders and tried to run to save their lives.

'Bunch of fools'. Officer Ross cursed his cowardly subordinates and sprinkled the powder in the air regardless of his subordinate's chaos.

The powder quickly spread to the whole area. Ants smelled the powder and seemed to be in some sort of illusion. They stopped in their track and stood still.

Before Officer Ross rejoices sudden change caught him off guard.

David always keeps an eye on the situation of his enemies. Seeing the ants appeared a smile appeared on his face.

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Name - soldier demon ants

Rank - tier 3 mid-level

Race- mutant ( insect )

Affinity - blood ( 20 % )

Talent - shell hardening - use mana to make their outer shell more durable and hard.

Bloodline - titan ant ( unawakened )

Str - tier 3 high

Agi - tier 3 low

Stm - tier 3 high

Mana - tier 3 low

Mana recovery - tier 2 peak

Bloodline skills -

Spirit communication - demon ants can speak to each other using their minds or spirit at long distances.

Skills -

Cushing jaw ( D ) - Increases the strength of jaws with mana by 80%.

Quick steps ( E ) - increase the movement's speed by 45%.

Staus - angry 

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This is the real trap I prepared for my enemies. These ants are overlords of this area. Many high-level rankers take detours seeing these ants. Single ant may not pose much threat to a party of skilled rankers but if the whole colony attacks you then only luck may save you.

Actually, these ants do not actively attack anything and mind their own business but if someone provokes their slumber then they enter into rage mode.

I marked this place as must not enter the zone on the map but who knows this place will become a crucial part of my plan. Seeing the tricks played by Officer Ross David did not feel threatened. The original small smile on David's face becomes longer. This is the chance David has been waiting for.

[Judy now.] ( David )

At David's signal, Judy fired an arrow toward one of the ants. The arrow has a small bottle attached to it.

Officer Ross looked at the arrow that suddenly hit one of the ants and a small bottle attached to the arrow exploded into pieces due to impact from the hard shell of the ant.

Some sort of red powder spread in the surroundings and covered nearby ants. Due to the sudden attack, the ant comes out of its trance. It smelled like the powder spilt from the small bottle.

As soon as it smelled the powder its eyes turned red and it entered into a violent state. Due to the bloodline skill of these ants, other ants also received the crazy ant's thoughts and broke out of their illusions as well.

They also smelled the powder spread from a small bottle and entered into a berserk state. They shifted their anger to the only target in their vision. Officer Ross and his subordinates become the target of ants.

Seeing the situation in front of him Officer Ross knew that they got played again. He avoided the jaws of one of the ants and thought hard about what to do next.

Officer Ross's subordinates except those in < C > rank failed to put up some proper defense and got swallowed by the angry ants. Their miserable cries resonated throughout the whole area.

Seeing the tragic condition of his subordinate Officer Ross becomes very angry but he can do nothing to change this situation.

Suddenly Officer Ross sensed someone outside the range of their area. Officer Ross looked in that direction and spotted someone running away in the other direction.

Seeing the person responsible for their tragic condition running away Officer Ross lost all calmness and pure rage took over his thinking process. He and his other < C > rank subordinates try to break out of the circle of ants.

As they were about to escape an arrow hit one of the < C > rankers and forced him back into the group of ants. In his rage Officer Ross forgot about the archer hidden in the dark.

Officer Ross got sober and decisively abandoned that person and escaped with only one remaining < C > rank person.

Officer Ross chased in the direction that person ran off. Taking a lesson from the previous event Officer Ross kept his senses on high alert for any traps and tricks.

In front of absolute strength, all tricks are worthless.

Officer Ross and the only remaining white mask man with no. 1 written on it continued to move deeper into the forest area. Soon they arrived near the location of another mutant group.

It is a group of large size elephants. They are happily basking in the warm sunlight unaware of an intruder into their territory.

David moved with caution and approached the group of elephants. If those ants were starters then these elephants are the main course. This group of elephants loves peace but the quietest beast shows its most ferocious side if it gets triggered.

After gaining enough distance David attacked the cubs of the elephant group. Some cubs get injured while some receive serious injuries.

Suddenly getting attacked out of nowhere and also their cubs getting attacked sets off the whole group of elephants into a frenzy. They looked at the attacker and charged in his direction.

The only thought they have is to trample the tiny ant that bared to attack their children. David looked at the incoming elephants with a calm look and started to run away.

The Elephant group chased after David. After some minutes of getting chased, David confirmed the route of the plan and used one of the skills of his class shadow lord.

David used the skill shadow merge and merge with the shadows. At the same time, Officer Ross and the no. 1 white mask man came out of the bushes and faced the running elephant group. Angry elephants that lost their original target shifted their rage on the newly emerged officer Ross and his subordinate.

Finding a group of angry elephants running in their direction Officer Ross again cursed his unknown enemy and turned around and started to run away.

The group of elephants lost all senses and madly chased after Officer Ross. Finding that the group is getting closer a sharp light flashes into Officer Ross's eyes.

Officer Ross looked at his only remaining subordinate and made a decision. He attacked the running white mask man.

Not expecting his boss will attack him white mask man took full blow and his speed was reduced by a lot. Finding this chance Officer Ross quickly sprinted into the deep forest leaving behind the injured white masked man.

Seeing the group of elephants coming closer white mask man knows he can't survive so he accepts his fate. Angry elephants trampled the enemy that hurt their children. Due to somewhat same color of clothes elephants take David and this man as the same group.

David sneaks out of the area of those elephants and moves into a different location. While moving David erased his scent and mana signature so as not to get chased by those bunch of angry elephants.

David arrived in the open space away from those elephants and other mutants in this forest area. David brink some potions to recover his lost stamina and mana.

This may look like a piece of cake but only David knows how close to death he was. One wrong step and he will have the same fate as that white mask man.

David sat on the stone and patiently waited for the final showdown.