It had to be said that Chimera Ants really were gifted.
Unfortunately, some Chimera Ants were not particularly bright. Otherwise, with Gido's ability, even Qiao Lun would have needed to put in some effort to kill him.
Gido's appearance was only a minor interruption.
"You don't need to worry too much. Even among the Squadron Leaders, not every Chimera Ant is particularly good at fighting," Qiao Lun reminded Pokkle and Palm when he noticed the worry on their faces.
What he said was indeed true.
Squadron Leader-class Chimera Ants among the Soldier Ants were powerful, but the nest did not contain only Soldier Ants. There were Worker Ants too.
Even if Worker Ants became Squadron Leaders, their fighting abilities were only average. Among the Chimera Ants, these Worker Ant Squadron Leaders were better at using their brains. When it really came to hand-to-hand combat, their strength was nothing special.
In Qiao Lun's view, as long as Pokkle used the Shadow Ball, he had a chance of defeating his opponent.
But Qiao Lun's reassurances did little to put the two at ease.
After all, among the ants they had encountered, even the Officer-class Chimera Ants, let alone Squadron Leaders, were already strong enough that they had to give everything they had for a chance of winning.
Qiao Lun also knew that reassurance alone might not help, so he simply stopped talking.
The group continued toward the capital, and along the way, they began encountering civilians heading there too.
The civilians' faces were full of exhaustion, yet they had no way to stop walking, because soldiers guarded the outside of the procession.
Every one of those soldiers carried a rifle, as though they would open fire on anyone who dared to run.
It made the procession heading toward the capital look less