From Ant to Abyssal Demon

Chapter 28: Subordinates and Kin!

Subordinates and kin were what every boss possessed.

Just like the Goblin Priests, Goblin Centurions, and the Goblin race under Goblin General Gorg.

The strength of subordinates and kin also somewhat determines a boss’s status in the game world.

Of course, every boss can freely decide whether to develop subordinates and kin.

If it were in another world, Su Bai would definitely abandon subordinates and kin. Wouldn’t it be better to eat, kill, and continuously evolve alone, enhancing his strength?

Why bother to develop subordinates and kin?

But this was a game world!

What was the scariest thing in the game world? Players!

When the game starts and tens of thousands of players arrive, it would be the end of many bosses in this world. Not to mention Su Bai, the newly appointed Boss of the Novice Village; even higher-level bosses couldn’t withstand the overwhelming attacks from players.

Su Bai didn’t expect these subordinates and kin to withstand player attacks, but at least… when players appear, he would have cannon fodder to use, helping him buy more time.

Besides…

If he could truly develop subordinates and kin, he might not be able to counterattack the players, but at least he would have a foothold in this world.

Therefore, developing subordinates and kin was very necessary.

As for the choice of subordinates and kin…

Su Bai already had a decision in mind.

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Two days later, Su Bai returned from the depths of the Gloomy Forest to its edge.

The place where his ant nest was located.

After several evolutions and level-ups, Su Bai’s size had grown to over a meter in length and more than thirty centimeters in height. With such a size, it was naturally impossible to enter the ant nest.

Appearing under the low cliff, Su Bai reached out with one claw, easily destroying the rock and expanding the ant nest entrance several times.

Countless ants swarmed out of the nest. Under the influence of Su Bai’s Lord’s Might, these almost mindless creatures immediately lost control of their bodies, obediently lying on the ground, watching Su Bai repeatedly destroy their home.

Half an hour later, the huge ant nest was nearly completely excavated by Su Bai.

In the deepest part of the nest, a plump white queen ant, five centimeters long, lay in the middle of the cave.

Sensing the faint fear emanating from the queen ant, Su Bai expressionlessly picked her up and placed her among the ants on the ground.

Then…

Following the unclear memory in his mind, Su Bai continued to dig.

This time, his movements were much gentler.

As if afraid of hurting something.

Bit by bit, another half hour passed.

A cave that appeared extremely small relative to Su Bai appeared before his eyes.

In this cave, a pitch-black worker ant, three centimeters long, was dazedly eating — constantly stuffing round larvae food into its mouth.

The worker ant that had been responsible for caring for the larvae back then.

Su Bai didn’t know why such a big change had occurred in just a dozen days.

But by following his intuition, he knew this was the only worker ant he cared about!

When Su Bai saw the worker ant, it also stopped eating.

It raised its head and stared blankly at Su Bai for a while.

Then it crawled to Su Bai’s front, placing a small round ball in front of him, its black antennae twitching slightly, releasing several different scents.

“Eat…

“…I also…eat…

“…Grow bigger…”

When he discerned the meaning of the scents emitted by the worker ant, Su Bai suddenly felt on the verge of tears.

It was like a wanderer finally returning home.

Since being reborn into this world, Su Bai had always been in a state of fear. Even though he possessed three extremely powerful innate skills, even though he had crossed chasms in a dozen days that most monsters couldn’t cross in a lifetime, this feeling hadn’t diminished.

No one could communicate with him.

He didn’t know when players would arrive, turning him into experience and levels, just as he had done before.

In this despairing world, only the worker ant made him feel warmth.

Especially when he returned victorious, having killed Gorg and become the ruler of the Gloomy Forest, he found the worker ant also working hard.

It was eating, trying to grow bigger.

It was following in his footsteps.

Even though the worker ant’s progress was pitifully small compared to Su Bai, it was still trying.

Su Bai could clearly feel that the worker ant had evolved from the dim level to the tiny level. In the entire nest, besides the already tiny-level queen ant, the worker ant was the only one that evolved.

Moreover, while evolving, the worker ant hadn’t forgotten Su Bai.

When he appeared, it recognized him immediately, placing the larvae food before him just like before.

Even though this small amount of food was now barely enough to fill a gap in his teeth.

A wave of warmth filled his heart.

Two gentle light orbs appeared between Su Bai’s claws. With a slight movement, these light orbs flew towards the worker ant and the queen ant.

The next moment.

Crisp system prompt sounds rang out one after another.

[Ding! You have chosen the ant race as your kin, do you confirm?]

[Ding! You have chosen the queen ant as your subordinate, do you confirm?]

[Ding! You have chosen the worker ant as your subordinate, do you confirm?]

That’s right!

The worker ant and the queen ant were the subordinates Su Bai chose for himself, and the ant race he was born into was his chosen kin!