Re:Ant Lord-Chapter 145: Hidden Gate!

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Kai went next, spear haft braced across the rope like a riding bar. Luna came after, Miryam secured in the chest-sling, her tail whipping at copper droplets.

Ten meters ... twenty ... forty. The crevasse widened into a winding slot canyon. They landed on loamy sand beside a subterranean stream whose surface bulged with green bubbles of mineral gas.

Heart Mason uncapped a jar and spread a thin resin sheet over the water, it hardened in seconds, forming a floating walkway the sled could roll across. Miryam chirped, fascinated by her own reflection shimmering through resin. Luna steadied her claws on the slick surface, laughing softly when the wyrmling pounced at bubbles.

No predators or beast came, Shadeclaw’s intel held true.

They exited the canyon onto a dark plain of obsidian scales, shards forced up by ancient lava flows. Each fractured plate overlapped like a frozen black fan. Sharp edges hummed in the wind, static skittered across them with faint blue sparks.

They crept ahead, When he dropped one onto a plate, the fireline ran in a lightning-shape, revealing thin fractures. Skyweaver sprinkled aura dulling dust so the glass wouldn’t mirror their silhouettes to skyborne predators.

Kai switched to half crouch gait, spear butt tapping each slab. At intervals he’d pause, eyes glowing with predator instinct, strings of pale energy danced under the glass. Where they brightened, he redirected the party, those veins led to sinkholes.

On one detour a cluster of glass wasps erupted. It was transparent exoskeletons beaded with mercury. Kai signalled:

The Boars Shift!

Stone Ram and Iron Rampant lifted the sled, surged forward, then hammered tusks down. Shards exploded, silhouettes clattered in the mid air, dead before they realized prey had fangs. Skyweaver swept fragments into satchels, wasp glass brewed potent anesthetic if powdered.

Within two hours the black fan thinned and the land began a gentle descent. The rumble of distant water hinted at their final landmark.

The coordinates matched, runoff from storm peaks had gouged a slot canyon whose far wall carried a waterfall of gray foam. Behind that curtain a sliver wide passage yawned. It was too thin for normal travelers to notice, but Shadeclaw’s senses missed nothing.

Kai shivered as a chill mist hit him, the water tasted of ozone and chalk storm charged. Stone Ram and Iron Rampant shifted the sled to low profile. Tunnel Crown and Heart Mason unhooked side crates and passed them hand to hand, squeezing into the curtain one by one.

Inside, the passage angled sharply down. Obsidian ribs arched overhead, dripping condensation. A faint golden phosphor coated the walls, traces of essence vapor seeping through porous rock. Miryam inhaled, eyes half lidding in pleasure.

Luna caught Kai studying the glow. "Even here it leaks out. The essence pool must be very close. If it’s real!"

"It could be a trap Or the guardian tricks," he replied.

They advanced single-file. The tightest squeeze forced Kai to retract his exo-spurs. Luna slipped sideways, flattening ears. Skyweaver folded wings, belly crawling for three body lengths. Miryam giggled through the link—<>—and nipped Kai’s collar.

At last the crevice belched them into a ledge chamber overlooking the true rift basin. Shadeclaw’s hidden perch. Sheer cliffs dropped fifty meters to a floor paved with smashed megaliths and shimmering puddles of liquid essence. At the center, a cyclone of argent light drilled upward, lightning climbing its spine like living veins.

Below and right, Kai spied two distant encampments, a green banner unit on a lower shelf, a silver banner on the opposing rim. Too far for details, but aura traces confirmed four star presence, maybe even five star. "Expedition teams of other species," he muttered.

Luna’s ears trembled. She sensed the black aura of a savage rabbit clan, "Kai we must be careful, I Sense wild and savage clan aura. They are a very violent rabbit clan. They eat whatever they find, I mean living things. They don’t fear any species. Their species came from a Nima star rabbit and a Nine star predator offspring. It’s a wild love story from a few centuries ago. I got distracted, Main point is that they are strong like predators of the same rank. We must avoid them at any cost."

"Why?" Kai asked, "I can take down the same star rank predators very easily. You must tell me about the wild love story when we get back. I want to know how they are able to breed bunnies with predator strength." He says in a low voice, "Maybe our kids will be like them. I need to work hard and quickly put a baby inside you."

"My Ant Lord, My dear husband. I know you are strong. But they always travel in groups of 10-20 rabbits. If they all attack together... it will be difficult for us. Also don’t forget about Miryam safety. What if she got injured. We can’t take any risk." Luna didn’t hear Kai’s last comment about making her pregnant as soon as possible.

Kai agreed. "We can’t compromise my little queen’s safety." He patted Miryam’s head while saying it. He thinks, "Sooner or later, I will go and see how strong these savage rabbits are." He allowed himself one satisfied evil slime. Their secret route had placed them above and behind the competition.

"Let them fight each other." He gave one last comment.

The ledge widened into a natural alcove. It was dry, shielded by fanged stalactites. Perfect for a forward base. Stone Ram and Iron Rampant angled the sled into a crescent barrier. Tunnel Crown hammered pitons. Heart Mason applied resin to seal cracks.

Skyweaver took wing, circling silently. She returned with raw intel. The guardian spoor near the basin floor where stone melted, aura residue fresh but no sign of trigger events yet. The pool hadn’t fully emerged.

Kai unfurled a memory projection containing Shadeclaw’s last topographic scan. He overlaid it with live Insight: ley-flows had coalesced into three spiral streams feeding the cyclone. One lay almost beneath their ledge.

"Tomorrow at first surge we tap that spiral," he told Luna. "If the sample proves safe, we feed it to Miryam in controlled doses. We all will take some too."

Luna paled. "That could mutate her."

"Or accelerate her rank." He stroked the wyrmling’s neck. Miryam purred, eyes luminous. freewёbnoνel.com

Night crept. They lit no fire. Heart Mason dispensed cold ration gel. Kai set a trip grid of stinglets keyed to his aura. Stone Ram dozed with tusks braced like caltrops. Iron Rampant kept one eye open. Skyweaver roosted in the stalactites, membrane sensors attuned to sonic shifts.

Kai murmured by himself, "Where is Shade claw? He should be back to us by now."

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