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When they arrived in that room, it was the same size as the previous one, but the ceiling was higher.

At the end of the room, there was an ant larger than before. And it had wings. It must be the ant queen. Does the presence of wings indicate that they have just begun to build a nest? Or maybe it's a species that has wings.

"Chikichikichiki..."

They said something... but unfortunately, I don't know what they're saying. Anyway, I won't give them any advantage. There's only one enemy, so I'll use "Confuse" here.

"'Confuse'! ...Oh, it worked. I didn't think it would work with the boss, but 'Charm'... Hm, rejected!"

From Rae's build and characteristics, "Charm" on a single opponent affected by the "Confuse" condition has a higher success rate than "Charm" in normal conditions. But if this doesn't work, maybe the queen has special resistance due to her status. Maybe she's not affected by charm from her own kind.

And because she successfully resisted "Charm," it seems she's recovering from confusion. Conditions related to "Magic Mental" will return to normal if one condition is successfully overcome.

"Marion! Use 'Cooling'. Others, block from a distance! I need a little cooling time to reuse 'Confuse'."

"Okay. 'Cooling'!"

After recovering from confusion, the queen slid towards Rae. Immediately after, arrows shot by Remy and Riley hit the queen's front legs, causing her to slip. The cooling effect began to take hold, slowing the queen's movements even though she struggled to rise. Then, a sword thrown by Kelly hit the queen's head with a sound of metal clashing, although it didn't pierce, it was enough to disrupt the queen's attack.

Meanwhile, Marion's cooling further lowered the temperature, making the queen's movements even slower.

Every time the queen tried to rise, Riley and Remy hindered her by throwing close-range weapons, while Kelly took weapons thrown by others and directed her attacks straight to the queen's head. At this point, the queen was almost unable to make effective attacks, and Kelly could easily evade them.

"All right, 'Confuse' again! ...Good, now it's time for 'Domination'!"

The effect of the second 'Confuse' is shorter, and although its success rate may not be too high without the previous 'Charm,' 'Domination' is performed. Although there is a feeling that the queen is putting up quite a strong resistance, she eventually succumbs to its influence, and her slow movements stop altogether.

"It's impossible for you to be dominated by anyone."

"Right? Now, accept me. 'Manipulation'."

Since the queen isn't moving at all, it may not be visible from the outside, but to Rae, she feels that the queen has submitted to her.

Now Rae can see the status of the queen. She appears to be a type called Queen Vespaids.

"Huh? Not ants? You?"

With that name, it's more like a wasp. Rae previously thought it was an ant, but it turns out it's a bee.

Initially, the ant soldiers didn't immediately submit, or there may have been a delay, but they eventually became Rae's indirect subordinates under the queen's command.

"The achievement of defeating Enemy Name [Vespaids Kingdom] successful."

"Personal Area [Queen's Kingdom Site] will be opened."

"Do you want to establish [Queen's Kingdom Site] as your Home?"

It seems to follow the same pattern as the Leopard Group of Criminals.

Although they have a kingdom, perhaps this is also an emerging enemy boss name like Kelly and the others. Although their numbers are many, they're not as large as a kingdom.

Anyway, this marks the end of the battle. They will move their Home here, and the old place will be left empty. Someday, someone might find it and make it their Home. Although this is near human territory, it's also creature territory, so it's unclear whether human race or creature players will enter.

"Oh, damn. Is there any water source here? Humans find it hard to survive without nearby water."

Although the queen still can't move, slow communication seems possible.

According to the queen, as they expand their nest, they open access to an underground lake. Previously, their Home was directly connected to the underground lake naturally, but this time they dug and connected it. The location is not too far, and it might be the same water source. This should be investigated before an unknown person enters another Home.

"Or maybe, if we dig a tunnel from here to another Home, will it be considered one Home?"

This is something that needs to be investigated.

Rae feels excited.

"However, we have to wait until the ants recover before trying that. Maybe a day will be tough... Although this room can summon white healers, it will make us unable to leave and require overall expansion. Moreover, now that we have more experience, and I want everyone to learn magic."

The logout time is almost reaching 12 hours. I want to use the animal skins I've obtained, but they're still not processed, so they have quite a strong smell. I take them out briefly and then immediately store them back.

To process the skins, magical power should be used if one has the 'Leather Crafting' skill. I need to make sure someone learns it.

"But yeah, sorry I have to sleep for a bit. We can talk about the next plan after I wake up. Oh, don't worry about the bed. I'll sleep wherever it's comfortable. Goodnight."

Although efforts to be civilized are important, flexibility is also needed. Rae stops Kelly and the others from making a bed for her, and quickly lies down and logs out, taking off her clothes.

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