YM778.TV Chapter 108: Illusion Butterfly and Wood Termite
His demonic aura, the one thing he hope to use at such moment, would barely work, as they seemed to be able to use the illusion to block his aura.
He did not know how that work but he put it with the bullshit that is magic.
"Well, the best way would be divide and conquer," a smile formed on his face as he began his plan.
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As he had said, the plan is to divide and conquer. While they might be sleeping in a large group, when feeding, they did not go in group, splitting up to avoid competition between themselves.
It is during their feeding time did Alros began his plan. With his Forest Wasp and Giant Dragonfly as the main force, they would strike and split the butterflies, herding them to the webs.
It is a simple plan, but it make it so effective, as it would be near impossible to screw up.
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"It is more effective than I thought," Alros mused, watching as the Illusion Butterfly scattered the moment they are attacked by the wasp and dragonflies.
With how much of a surprise their attacks are, the butterflies scattered, before finding themselves chased by the two bugs. Then, it would find itself trapped, a Mist Spider watched them and making sure they would not escape.
As the total number of Forest Wasps and Giant Dragonflies is around 300, the butterflies find themselves outnumbered, especially when the Black Steel Beetle joined the fight, on their back goblins and ants doing their best to scare the butterflies away.
In matter of hours, all 237 butterflies were caught, and subdued by the incubus.
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"Now, the much harder target," Alros mused out loud, his eyes on the large mound that make up the nest of the Wood Termite. The colony he is targeting is the smallest one he could find but even the numbers inside it could reach a staggering 500 to maybe even 1000.
It is also the most defensible position out of all the priority, something he expected, but that did not make it any less annoying to deal with.
"The Demonic Hobgoblins should be strong enough to destroy the outer walls, but if it could not, then I need to give them better equipment to help with the destruction.
Then, fighting against the termites. It would be easier but the problem is making sure they would not be killed during the battle, or at least the casualties can be minimized.
Though, there should be soldier termites. Not sure how strong they would be but at the very least, it could contend somewhat with the Flame Ant Soldier,"
As Alros examined the different variables, he quickly formed the plan that would give him the best chance to succeed, a smile on his face as he reread all over again.
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The termite of the colony was busy reinforcing the walls of their mounds, as more began to come and go. The day had gone as usual, that when an attack occurred, the termites caught off guard.
When the attacks began, the soldiers quickly head towards the entrance, ready to subdue or weakened their opponents. When they did so, they find themselves trapped by green monsters.
They tried to escape but the threads that captured them is too strong. Soon, they were brought in front of a powerful being, before it put its hand on their head. And now, they have a new master to obey.
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Outside the nest, the hobgoblins slammed the large clubs in their position and began to club walls, breaking them slowly but surely. Any termite soldiers that come out of the holes find themselves captured and subdued, soon gathering in front one of the entrance.
Alros was there with the turned termites, ready to enter the mounds so he would be able to subdue the queen termite with ease. The plan is simple. The hobgoblins would cause a commotion, forcing the colony to send soldier termites to deal with the treat.
When that happened, the other group will captured them, before sending them to Alros to be subdued. When there is enough termites, the hobgoblins will stop their attack and make it seem like the attackers stopped.
When that happened, the soldier termites would returned, with Alros hiding himself between the termites as they would lead him to the queen termite. A simple but complicated plan to do.
As the termites lead him to the queen, Alros remained calm, making sure to have some of the termites carrying Illusion Butterfly, to give him an extra cover.
With the cover, it is easy for him to enter the mounds without being detected, making him sigh slightly at how easy it is to fool the termites.
Soon, they reach the queen\'s chamber, where the bloated queen laid eggs, increasing the numbers of termites of the colonies. Around her, there is no guards. Then again, the impregnatable defense might be the reason for it.
So, he quickly have the soldiers get closer, causing some form of unease to the worker termites. Before they could do anything, Alros leap towards the queen, subduing her with ease.
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"Termites should be the easiest colony to subdue," Alros remarked, seeing as how easy it is. The moment he subdued the queen, he ordered the queen to call out the others, where he began a subduing process, turning all of the termites and making them become a part of his force.
He also need to get 5 medium-sized lair, filling them with termites. It slightly troubled him with how much space the ants and termites at the large size colonies could take, but he decide to take it with stride, as their utilities would be better than having an empty space in both lairs and population.
He stretched his body, looking at the new lairs. The ants and termites from the same colony would have their lairs conjoined as the number of lairs would be greater than one.
Now that he think about it, he should check another one of his project. One designed to increase the number of his main monster.