Inexperienced

Richard watched the ants slowly rip the remaining flesh form the tail. He scanned the ants and was surprised at the level.

Iron core ants

Level: 12

Attack power: 15

Attack rate: 50

Defense: 70

Speed: 12

Crafting materials: Iron needle legs, Iron core

"Im sure i can make something with those ingredients" Richard thought to himself

He waited about two hours for the ants to completely tear the remaining flesh from the tail. Busy thinking about what he could possibly create with the ingredients, he hadn't noticed that the biggest ant had been pulling a chunk of meat to its nest and bumped into him.

Since the smaller ants were roughly the size of newborn puppies the bigger one was about the size of a 1 month old puppy.

But this menace was no puppy it was huge. mandibles far larger and saw blade like compared to the smaller versions of itself. The beasts seem to be completely blind so the hadn't noticed richard until now. all of this because the tiny ants behemoth sized mandible hit his shoe causing a flight or fight responsein the hive mind of the group of beasts now alerted to his position.

Caught in thought Richard had let his guard down. He had failed to even feel the bump it was so slight.The ants communicate and see through smell instead of sight and after bumping into Richard the larger ant probably of the warrior class of its community. turned and smelled what it thought was a rock and found a living being their instead and immediately bit into it. Straight through Richards shoe and through his foot the pain was excriciating.

The mandibles just like its legs were iron so it was as if Richard had been put in a vice grip with needles on the end of serrated knifes. It was painful to say the least and on top of that the ants that these seemed to mutated and would excreted a powerful pain inducing substance whenever they bite.

Richard had been snatched back to reality in the most harsh of ways and immediately produced a fist to punch the larg ant. After punching it and hurting his hand as well he summoned his sword from his watch, and promptly cut the head off of the large ant instantly killing it. Unfortunately its bite didn't release when killed and was still piercing through richards foot, so he had to hop through an obstacle course of fire ants to try and avoid the fifty or so smaller ants trying to surround their fallen comrade.

The head still in his foot was acting like a homing beacon for the smaller ants, reacting to the viscera of their protector as a call to arms. If someone was to look from the outside it would have been a very laughable sight to see but Richard couldn't misstep or he might fall to a gruesome death.

After a couple snippets of meat from his heels the army of these smaller ants, had Richard in a dire state

As richard hopped for his life, Alice was sitting in her room stewing in her adult version of pouting, constantly tensing and releasing her fists and having a heated discussion with herself. "I let them stay here and they think i can be spoken to any way they please that's it I'ma stab them." Gripping a small knife in her hand she realized she was being to harsh "As***les no respect for anyone i think a slap will do just as well."

Alice walked out of her private room and right up to jason *SLAP* "What the hell was that for crazy" jason screamed but couldn't move well enough to get up and hit her back. Alice spoke with a creepy fish eye stare looking directly into Jason's eyes "....Deserved ... your brother is next!"

Alice then immediately walked to the exit of her base and started climbing down the tree no hesitation or anything. As if the last series of exchanges she had where nothing but normal This woman was at the penical of what could be considered a explosive and unpredictable nature.But she soon saw Richard hopping around on one foot and a group of ants were chasing him.

A little conversation was heard in her head

"should i wait he seems to be in trouble?...

NO he disrespected you slap that bi**h."

Richard was fighting for his life the pain was excruciating and the ants where hot on his heel. He didn't think he could get away he had to find a spot of respite and pull the mandibles from his foot. Richard hopped as fast and as hard as he could up to a tree and rested his shoulder on it to try to pull the mandibles out.

All of the sudden Alice appeared out of thin air and yelled "Bi**h" and slapped the dog sh*t out of him. with a falling motion propelling his head towards the ground .He fell to the ground and didn't have time to inquire what her reason was for slapping him so he tried to pull the mandibles from his foot once again

The pincers were deep in his flesh and were locked in place because of the death of the ant but he was finally getting them to give way after straining hard to pull them apart only to look over and see the swarm of ants crawling directly towards him.

But by the grace of Alice he survived she appeared again with a large stick in her hand punting and whacking the ants in different directions they no longer paid Richard any head thinking they had found the aggressor who harmed their brother. After knocking the majority of them away and against trees and rocks the ants retreated knowing they had lost.

Alice looked at richard and spoke softly" you owe me ...bi**h"