Chapter 15

Mikhail received a report from one of his troops at the new base of operations that they finished the defenses, his lips curled to one side as Gamma was massaging his shoulders despite being in an 11-year-old body it was still stressful to deal with the constantly changing world around him.

And no, he wasn't trying anything sexual towards Gamma nor did he even bother to give her such signals as all he wants to do is make a foothold in this world because once he manages to do so it'll be a snowball rolling down a steep snow-covered mountain~

Now he just had to ensure the safety of his new place of operations.

At the same time, get a better understanding of his pets, especially Skuld!

that Snake made something in his powers change, he wasn't sure what it was nor if it was a good change or a bad one but still the most welcome change was the 'telekinesis' while it was currently only strong enough to lift a few pebbles off the ground for a minute before his nose started to bleed, at least now he had more stuff that he could do and practice on.

The bloodfest in the forest continued as Mikhail watched two of the three freaks of nature finally succumb to their wounds with the oldest still struggling to survive while others were more focused on capturing the snake women that he placed in a difficult position.

What?

that was cruel of him?

heh sorry, he doesn't care since, one, they are currently stronger than him and his defenses so it'd be suicide to have them brought here!

Two why the hell should he even care for them if they are just after his tech?

Mind you if they find out that they can easily snatch it from him and milk his mind for more so that they can monopolize it, they won't hesitate to do so as one of his dreams such a situation had happened at least until he purposely introduced nuclear reactors to which he had built in a faulty manner leading to a nuclear ending.

So he'd rather not have that experience again!

the only people he can trust are those that are registered as his units so if you aren't even if you are a completely seductive snake woman that is completely his type he'll harden his heart to ensure his survival.

In worlds like these, one had to be cruel to live long enough especially if you have things that can change the tides of war and empower kingdoms to become nearly unstoppable empires, so with that in mind he sure as hell will keep his distance until he has sufficient powers and manpower to back him up!

Well while enjoying himself by playing with their lives.

While he did cause some trouble for the snake girls Mikhail certainly wasn't going to let it be THAT easy for their captors to take the ladies and leave as they intended~

Because the phantom ant that was carrying the dreadfully deadly device was being chased by the girls to turns the table in their favor as they failed to realize that where they were going wasn't a safe place as thousands more of these little ants were waiting for the enclosing prey.

the interesting thing as to why they didn't suspect the ant to be luring them somewhere was due to the fact that one Phantom ants can't do complex planning more would they do anything to endanger their queen so it never occurred to the chasers that it was bringing them to a nest while Mikhail was micromanaging the Insects as the 'food' was about to be served.

when they reached the designated location he had the luring ant hide into the ground while the rest of its siblings surrounded the group of people without them noticing.

One of the heaving men that chased after the Chrysopelean women relayed his ultimatum.

"You girls really should surrender while Me and my men still have control of ourselves~"

The man had short oily brown hair, a long scar along the side of his face and his right eye was turned grey from the damage it had received at the time, he had a week-old beard and mustache that failed to hid his decayed teeth which ruined his somewhat good looks, his outfit was similar to a light armored warrior with metal plates that covered his vitals with the rest of his lean and heavily scarred frame out for everyone to see, with a greatsword strapped to his back with a scimitar tied to his hip.

He remaining eye green flickered as he struck a pose as if to say 'I am Handsome!" much to everyone else's disgust for the sight.

Before he continued while striking another pose that emphasized his upper back muscles.

"If you girls really won't surrender then i guess we'll have to break a few of you first~"

His muscles expanded a bit as he had a wide smile on his face, while the onlooker Mikhail wanted nothing more than to end this appalling man's life right then and there as he now ordered his ants via the Queen to act now as thousands of them suddenly emerged from the ground to follow his order while caressing the carapace of the ant queen that was on his lap.

Yes, he had them lured a few miles away from his base for a few good reasons.

To separate them from the others, the place was in a controlled area as the ants aren't the only things there waiting for his order, then finally if things go south his final lasher tank will attack from a distance as will his turret that was now aiming at the area that they were in.

The poser was quickly swamped by the ants as he integrated another earth-based idea what would happen if they interlocked with one another then held their prey in place while the rest delivered the deadly bites?

NO ESCAPE~

This is roughly what happened with every single one of them the greedy ones pulled then buried underground the Chrysopelean women, however, thanks to their physical bodies it was somewhat difficult to do the same to them but it was still easy to hold them in place before letting the other ants do the biting.

But interestingly enough one of the women spoke out loud.

"I am Number ONE of the Chrysopelean tribe, I wish to speak with the tamer, about our freedom!"

Mikhail cocked an eyebrow at this before commanding the ants to all 'flinch' before continuing with their task, he wanted to lead them on as well as try a few things as he noticed a number of gaps in her mental defenses compared to the humans...

Hell, all of the Snake girls had this problem!

The snake girl spoke in a fearful and hasty manner.

"I AM SORRY THAT WE HAD ENTERED YOUR LANDS, but I were sent here with my sisters hoping to recruit someone who had made the second prince, Uther, of the united kingdom, fall into a coma including many more, plea-"

A particular phantom ant named Ivan had landed on her head as it was going to act as Mikhail's portable 'speaker' as long as the ant touches the person He wanted to communicate with they will be able to hear his mental thoughts and allow him to hear theirs~

It was a work in progress but at least Mikhail can keep himself hidden.

His mental thoughts entered One's mind which is why she suddenly stopped speaking.

"Speak now, Woman, and don't bother lying to me as our thoughts are now connected"

Yes, it needed to be said as Mikhail was able to read her mind somewhat, including the thoughts of her wanting to possibly kill him if she had the chance since his voice was deeper and seemed older as her hate for men human men especially were stifling, which further confirmed his actions as the best decision ever anything that came to her mind was quickly being scanned and 'copied' by him as the bitch was still thinking of some dark thoughts that included his demise.

So left a firm warning with a mental blast.

"next time, trying to not think of such dumb thoughts, that is if you manage to wake up~"

A look of panic flashed on her face before her body shuddered then she collapsed, her mindscape didn't shatter but it definitely made her unconscious!

The other girls panicked from this while one particular one was rather vocal.

"Damn you! how dare you hurt my sister! IF I GET MY ON YOU-"

Mikhail ordered the named ant to connect with her this time hoping to scan her mind while helping the girl relax.

"Relax she isn't dead, but she will be soon if you continue to rant~"

He teased her to see if she could control herself or if-

The girl from the info he collected from her mind was called number 7 the said snake woman bit her lower lip to control her anger before asking coldly with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"So what are you going to do to us? enslave us? sell us? or kill us?"

Mikhail was already starting to like this one, so fiesty!

"None of the above, just that, I need information, answer my questions truthfully and I might let you all go in one piece~"

He was able to scan her mind more easily compared to the first one as her mind was similar to that of a child's~ so he started with the basic questions name, age, race, etc, etc.

Just that her age made him do a double-take with a 'huh!?' as Seven was actually over 110 years old!

As her following words also answered why her mental defenses were weaker than One's.

every ten years for a Chrysopelean is equivalent to a year for a human as our race is practically immortal unless someone poison's or kills us!

Yeah, Mikhail was definitely going to add their DNA strain to his Virus troops!

After nearly an hour of Questions and answers, he collected a few samples from number one while the others were distracted by him, then let them go while leaving a message for their superior.

"I'll be paying a visit to your 'kingdom' soon enough hopefully then we will have a good partnership in the future~"

While he will offer some basic weapons and defenses he wants to make sure there won't be any betrayals as how long will they last if he created some 'golem' turrets that will protect their home then when there are enough of them surrounding the kingdom only then would he... uh, borrow it for an indefinite amount of time~

That was one of his plans that usually worked, however, it also took 200 or so days to complete to ensure its success so he could also introduce some medical technology via his psychic abilities as thanks to Skuld he had some understanding of Biokinesis, only that it drained his double the rate compared to telekinesis so he was getting giddy from the prospect of having some willing test subjects as he won't use it on his precious troops.

A Time skip will be happening soon and things will gradually fall into Mikhail's hands~