Is this really a Game?!

[Battle has been concluded, distributing experience...]

-          Lvl 40 Antoid killed, 7 000 exp gained

-          Lvl 35 Major Ant killed, 5 000 exp gained x9

-          Lvl 30 Worker Ant killed, 1 500 exp gained ( 5 levels lower means only 50% exp )

-          Lvl 31 Worker Ant killed, 1 600 exp gained

-          Lvl 25 Worker Ant killed, 1 000 exp gained

…

[The players have earner 425 000 exp and  900 S coins, distributing …]

[The player has earned 70 000 exp and 150 S coins ]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing subordinate experience ]

-          Lvl 35 Major Ant killed, 5 000 exp gained

-          Lvl 32 Worker Ant killed, 3 400 exp gained

…

[ Subordinate has killed 44 monsters, 100 000 exp earned ]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing pets experience...]

-          Lvl 31 Worker Ant killed, 3 200 exp gained

-          Lvl 25 Worker Ant killed, 2 000 exp gained

-          Lvl 28 Worker Ant killed, 2 600 exp gained

…

[Your pets have killed 47 monster, 120 000 exp points earned.]

Ding!

[ Player has enough exp points to level up ]

[ Level up ]

[ Level up ]

[Current player level is 39, additional stats gained]

[Free Attribute points + 4, Agility + 2, Spirit + 2, Strength + 2 ]

Name: Reign

Level: 39 ( 13 000/ 58 000 )

Class: Magic Swordsman (more info in the class menu)

Race: N? (more info in the race menu)

Attribute points: 28

Strength: 50 (80) (+10 from ability, +20 from item)

Agility: 53 (81) (+11 from ability, +17 from item)

Endurance: 34 (51) (+7 from ability  +10 from item)

Vitality: 37 (50) (+ 6 from ability, +7 from item)

Willpower: 36 (58) (+ 6 from ability, + 12 ??? + 4 from item )

Spirit: 48 (72) (+8 from ability, +16 from item)

Proficiencies:

Knife Proficiency  D +

Hand to hand combat  A +

Sword Proficiency A +

Dual-Wielding Proficiency B

Throwing Weapons Proficiency B-

Skills:

[Inspect ] – Rank B

[Lightning charge] Rank A

[ Lesser Lightning Body ] – Rank B

[ Lighting movement ] – Rank C

[ Lightning Stab ] – Rank B

[ Compact Punch ] – Rank B

[ Lightning Bullet ] – Rank B

[Lighting Arc] – no rank

[ Lightning Discharge ] – no rank

[ Swordsman] – no rank

[ Downward slash ] – no rank

[ Magic Swordsman Heart ] – no rank

[Lightning Spear ] – Rank B

[ Magic Missiles ]

[ Mana Coating ]

[ Mana Slash ]

[ Etherial Truth ]

[ Severing, Sword One ]

[ Rage of the Kirin ]

[ Severing Light and Darkness ]

[ Lightning Fists ] – Rank B

Ability:

Lightning manipulation  S ( lvl 85 exp: 45%)

Unknown  rank ??? ( lvl ? exp ???)

Ding!

[ Subordinate level up ]

[ Subordinate level up ]

Name: Greenie

Name: Greenie

Level: 34 ( 38 000/ 48 000 )

Race : Vajra Ogre (variant)  (more info in the race menu)

Strength : 75 (83) ( + 5 from item, + 3 from ability )

Agility :60 (68) ( + 4 from item, + 4 from ability)

Endurance : 44 (49) ( + 3 from item, + 2 from ability )

Vitality : 45 (50) ( + 3 from item, + 2 from ability )

Willpower : 42

Spirit : 36 ( 42) ( + 3 from item, + 3 from ability )

Proficiencies:

Pickaxe Proficiency C

Sword Proficiency B

Hammer Proficiency B +

Two-Handed Proficiency B +

Hand to Hand combat B +

Skills:

Shattering Punch

Dominating Slash

Crescent Kick

Shattering Stomp

Inferno Eruption, Hundred Strikes of Judgement

Inferno Eruption, Demonic Spear

?

Ability:

Vajra Might

Vajra Blood

Vajra ?

Special :

Blessing from a tribe leader

The battle had finally finished. Reign and the others sat down on the floor of the now wrecked cave as they look around themselves, the flesh that covered the whole cave had been almost completely destroyed as bits and pieces of it were scattered around the cave. Blood could also be seen flowing from the fleshy walls as it slowly covered the floor before finally stopping.

Reign and the others quickly did a quick sweep of the whole cave in order to find how exactly the ants arrived here, and where did the flesh come from. Soon they came across one place that looked different compared to the rest, the flesh was thicker and there was a weird kind of door on it. Well, calling it a door wouldn't really be correct as it looked like the outside of a rectum ( I know that this is a bad way of saying it. )

Everybody was grossed out after seeing it and they decided to simply blast everything to uncover what was really there. After a couple of seconds, the fleshly wall was no longer there, everyone was covered in blood and pieces of flesh as the wall actually exploded in a gruesome fashion after being attacked a couple of times, compared to the other parts of the cave, this one was a lot more sensitive. I wonder why.

As the flesh was gone everybody was able to see an entrance leading to a tunnel that went down, as Reign and the others were really in the mood for exploring they simply decided to get some earth used so that they can patch up the hole and put some rocks there.

Reign went out with Shadow and Beast while the others stayed in the cave, there might be some more ants that come out of the tunnel so they were staying in order to block more from invading the cave. Laura was there to heal them while they wait for Reign and the others.

As Reign exits the cave he was surprised to see the carcasses of 6 ants outside, Neil, Cameron, and the others quickly ran towards him as they inspected him. Even though he was dirty and had some injuries, outside he looked fine so everyone guessed that the problem was solved without any major problems, which was in fact true. Before the players could speak Reign motioned them to stop with his hand as he opened his mouth.

"I can already guess what has happened, alright, if anyone is heavily wounded, carry them inside, anyone that has an Earth manipulation ability come as well, we're gonna need your help for this one." The player perk up their ears as they listen to Reign, after he finished his speech everyone was suddenly busy as they were transporting the wounded inside, they had previously given them some ointments and low-tier potions, but they knew that Laura could heal them much better and more efficiently.

As the huge crowd enters the tunnel they witnessed the remains of the carnage that took place inside, about 300 dead ants littered the tunnel and people had difficulty even moving. The carcasses had many different wounds, some died after being burned, some were cut apart, some were smashed, some exploded from the inside, some had holes in their bodies…

Seeing the ants that all of them previously struggled with dead in such crazy numbers made them all a bit lightheaded, even after using everything they had they were barely able to kill 6 ants, well, Neil and Cameron's squads didn't use everything they had.

But still, the difference was staggering, most of the players wondered how it was possible for such a huge difference between them to exist, they were players like Reign and the others, but how were they so much weaker?

Most didn't care as they knew that Reign and the others had been fighting against monsters since day 1, some others simply thought that they were gifted more and simply more talented when it came to fighting and using mana.

At the end of the day, however, everyone was happy that they were on the same side.

Upon entering the cave the players felt their scalps go numb upon seeing the 10 Major Ants, compared to normal ants, the Major ants were much bigger and one could only imagine how powerful they were compared to the normal ones, of course, one other thing took their attention away.

A corpse that was standing nearby as a spear was holding it in place. The human-like body had made them all think it was another player at the beginning, but after looking at the charred body for a bit longer they were able to spot differences between this body and a human's.

Even though half of its head was gone, the players could still see the mandibles, well, one of the mandibles. The hands that were pointed at the end, the weird joints that it had, all of those things made them get covered in a cold sweat as they realized what the corpse was.

Reign suddenly goes towards it and takes the spear out of the body before putting it in the inventory. The body falls down to the ground and parts of it break, which proves enough to wake up the players out of their stupor as they quickly go toward Laura and the others.

The wounded were put nearby as Laura started using her ability to heal them whilst inspecting the hole with the others. Her ability allowed her to heal anyone in a 10-meter radius so it was fine for her, she could heal from a longer distance, but the efficiency would drop.

The earth ability players quickly come to them as they start working. They first start closing a part of the tunnel, since the ants managed to come here once then they needed to make this part tougher compared to before. The players use their ability to move the soil around before trying to put rocks in front of the soil.

Unfortunately, the players were still weak and it was hard for them to strengthen the soil and create rocks easily so this was going to take a while. After about 2 hours of the players resting and repeating the process the hole was filled, and of course, it was much sturdier and harder compared to before.

They hoped that this would be enough to keep the ants at bay, perhaps they would be confused as to why the hole was gone and why the soil and rocks were different at this part now. Soon Reign and the others have to go and participate in the challenge, they didn't know how long the challenge would last or where it would take place. They didn't want their territory to be attacked when they were gone so Reign made sure to get some more traps and to pay some more soldiers to patrol the city, if he had them in the city previously then perhaps no players would have died, unfortunately, all the soldiers were keeping guard outside.