Compared with Neferpitou's sinister aura, which held a trace of delicacy...
The aura Moyu and the others now saw was not only immense, but embodied an utterly pure intent to slaughter, free of any other quality.
Its owner was Menthuthuyoupi, one of the Three Royal Guards—a Chimera Ant born entirely from a mixture of magical beast genes.
The Chimera Ant Queen had conceived three Royal Guards in total.
Neferpitou had been born first. Two days later, Shaiapouf had emerged from his egg sac.
Judging by that pattern, Menthuthuyoupi would likely emerge tomorrow or the day after.
But the Chimera Ants' reproductive process was unusual. Their offspring continued developing inside their egg sacs until fully mature, only then breaking out.
That was the most terrifying aspect of their reproduction: from the moment they were officially born, they had already skipped infancy and adolescence.
In other words—
Youpi, the last of the Three Royal Guards, was already fully mature, even though he had yet to leave his egg sac.
After learning of the threat posed by the two Special Humans from Neferpitou, Shaiapouf had made a decision sharply different from hers.
Unlike Neferpitou, who had resigned herself to waiting upon learning that Youpi had not yet awakened, Shaiapouf believed they needed his fighting strength now. So he had "woken" Youpi without hesitation.
Fortunately, Shaiapouf considered himself a refined, cultured male. Rather than brutally cutting open Youpi's egg sac, he had injected Life Energy into it to stimulate him into waking.
His actions had left Neferpitou visibly astonished.
But when she saw the soaking-wet Youpi tumble out of his egg sac, she put aside those needless emotions and let out a quiet sigh of relief.
For her, Youpi's arrival had resolved an urgent crisis.
Temporarily freed from her guard duties, she immediately began