Hisoka and Cordis pressed their backs against the wall, cautiously peeking around it to look inside.
The Ant Queen was clutching her belly and wailing in agony. As she pleaded again and again, her abdomen began to writhe violently.
Then a pair of hands covered in green scales tore straight through it. Unmoved by the Ant Queen's pleas, he pulled hard with both hands, forcibly stretching her belly as wide as it would go.
The next second.
A figure emerged, green from head to toe, with long earlobes hanging beside his shoulders and a face that radiated authority without a trace of anger. Those purple eyes, in particular, gazed upon his mother's wretched state.
There was no expression in them, as though the Chimera Ant before him, who had given everything to ensure his safe birth, were nothing more than an irrelevant stranger.
The King had been born.
His eyes held the innocence of a newborn as he curiously surveyed everyone standing in the cave. Cordis did not know whether he had imagined it.
When he had peeked around the wall just now, his eyes had met the King's.
That single glance was enough for Cordis to feel an indescribable power. He immediately pulled his head back, and in an instant, the sensation of death spread through his heart.
"This is hardly good news~"
Hisoka still looked much the same as usual, but the slight furrow in his brow testified to the strength of this so-called King.
"What should we do?" Cordis cautiously poked his head out again to watch.
But long after he asked, Hisoka still had not answered. A little puzzled, Cordis turned to look beside him.
Only then did he discover that Hisoka, who had been standing there a moment ago, was already gone.
All that remained