I didn't know whether there was an ant world somewhere in this Six-Sided World, but ants were definitely one of the dominant forces among monsters.
There were marching ants on the Demon Continent and phalanx ants on the Begaritt Continent. Back when I had been an adventurer on the Northern Continent, I had also heard of Snowfield White Ants whose bodies were the same color as the snow.
When I had traveled with Ghislaine before, she had also told me about Steel-headed Giant Ants in the Great Forest, which possessed exceptionally powerful individual attacks.
They came in all varieties, each region with its own distinctive species. If one were to count the populations of every race, ants would undoubtedly rank first in the world we currently lived in.
After encountering the phalanx ants of the Begaritt Continent, although their flying soldier ants did not attack us from the air—
While we waited in place for the phalanx ants to leave, black ants attacked us from underground.
Fortunately, my "Flow Perception" covered all 360 degrees, including beneath the ground.
Otherwise, we would have been caught completely off guard.
After discovering the ants underground, I directed Rudy to cast the advanced earth spell Earth Splitting.
It created a massive fissure in the ground and drove those black ants out.
There were not many of them, around thirty.
I had originally wanted to fight them, but Rudy and Roxy both insisted that we retreat.
I did not want to put my companions in danger because of my own opinion, so I retreated with them.
The ants that crawled onto the surface were not as fast as us, and we quickly left their pursuit range.
After escaping the phalanx ants, we took a detour and continued north.
We still encountered plenty of monsters along