An Awakener with the Gamer Class

With a single movement, Violet arrived in front of the gate’s mouth. She was on the left side while Charlotte was on the right.

With the ants’ slender bodies, there was naturally a gap on either side.

Of course, that gap might only be large enough for a slender woman to pass through.

Charlotte had already moved to enter. Seeing that, Violet did the same. She even pushed the ant beside her, causing Charlotte to become squeezed between them.

However, it wasn’t enough to stop her completely. She still managed to force her way inside.

"I knew you were hiding."

Unlike outside, there was no smoke behind the gate.

The smoke outside was quickly drawn back into Charlotte’s body.

Although Violet remained invisible, Charlotte glanced in her direction.

However, it only lasted for a moment before she focused on the space beyond the gate.

There were countless ant larvae here. They seemed to be mixed with steel, indicating that they were larvae of Steel Ants.

And their numbers continued increasing because they were being produced by a single ant wearing a crown.

It was also a Steel Ant, but its entire body was bright red.

DING!

(Monster Level 20!)

The notification appeared on Enzo’s screen.

However, he frowned.

His eyes scanned the surroundings, but he couldn’t see any treasure.

Talents usually appeared in the form of books, similar to Skill Books, only larger. Yet there wasn’t a single book in sight.

Shua!

The Red Steel Ant charged toward Charlotte.

Its speed was enough to surprise Enzo.

Charlotte couldn’t dodge at all.

Both of the ant’s hands reached toward her left and right waist.

However, instead of piercing through her, they hit nothing.

Charlotte’s body transformed into smoke that couldn’t be attacked, similar to Violet’s Slime Mode.

Buzz!

An incredibly powerful gravitational force suddenly filled the entire room.

This time, it was truly overwhelming, enough to make the ceiling look as though it was being forcibly pulled downward, although it didn’t actually collapse.

The problem was that it affected Violet as well.

Invisible Mode couldn’t protect her from the gravitational force.

Under these circumstances, maintaining Invisible Mode actually consumed quite a lot of Mana.

Violet stopped using it, causing her figure to appear as she coldly stared at Charlotte.

It wasn’t because of Enzo.

It was simply an automatic reaction because Charlotte had targeted Violet.

At that moment, Enzo realized something.

Charlotte’s body seemed to be forcibly returning to normal.

Apparently, she couldn’t use her Talent to transform her body into smoke while simultaneously releasing gravity at its maximum limit.

That was only natural for someone at a relatively low level.

Charlotte calmly stepped toward the Red Steel Ant, which was struggling to move under the overwhelming gravitational pressure.

At the same time, Violet unleashed Instant Death on the ant.

Moving was difficult, but fortunately, she could still attack without moving.

BANG!

The ant immediately collapsed, unable to maintain its stance.

It had been drastically weakened by the external pressure combined with the attack from within.

Its eyes dimmed, and it could barely maintain consciousness.

"You have an incredible skill. Now I can’t obtain the full amount of EXP and SP from this Ant Queen," Charlotte couldn’t help but praise.

She remained calm, her expression elegant as ever.

Then, a thin silver sword appeared in her hand.

She immediately slashed it across the ant’s abdomen, tearing it wide open.

DING!

(Your character contributed to killing a Level 20 Ant Monster. You and your character receive 100,000 EXP!)

(You received 300 SP!)

[Name: Enzo Muller]

[Level: 15]

[EXP: 1,565,500/1,800,000]

[SP: 5,550]

The notifications appeared immediately, but Enzo’s eyes widened at something that suddenly jumped out from inside the ant’s abdomen.

It was a flexible, translucent skin pouch.

"There really is a Steel Ant Source inside this queen."

Charlotte was both surprised and amazed, and she immediately looked excited.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Larva after larva jumped out from the opening of the skin pouch known as the Steel Ant Source.

It was clearly an organ belonging to the Ant Queen, but how could it continue functioning even after the ant had died?

Violet had naturally been prepared for something to emerge.

Her invisible threads had already spread throughout the area.

The moment she saw the skin pouch, she immediately tried to wrap her threads around it before Charlotte could take it.

However, Charlotte was also fast.

She had clearly anticipated Violet’s movement.

Even the gravity around them seemed to gain additional strength.

Violet would clearly lose in terms of speed.

In this situation, Violet activated the power of Eye of Time.

Just for another brief moment.

It should be fine.

From Violet’s perspective, Charlotte’s movements instantly slowed down drastically while her threads remained unaffected.

The threads successfully wrapped around the pouch first.

Shua!

The pouch was immediately pulled toward Violet and landed in her hand.

Charlotte’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"You?"

But before she could finish speaking, the pouch disappeared from Violet’s hand, entering her ring.

"This is a fair competition. I hope you won’t start shouting that I cheated," Violet said calmly.

Enzo simply felt like mocking the woman.

After all, it was quite obvious that she actually had a hidden arrogant side.

She had simply been educated so well that her arrogance was almost impossible to notice.

DING!

(You obtained an S-Class Item, Steel Ant Source. It is capable of giving birth to Steel Ants by providing it with Mana from a Healer. The Steel Ants born from it cannot be controlled unless you possess a Beast Tamer Talent, but they can be used as opponents to generate EXP and SP or released to wreak havoc on enemies.)

(The highest level of Steel Ants that can be born is Level 20. You must provide your own resources to increase their levels!)

An explanation of the item appeared.

Enzo hadn’t expected it to be an S-Class Item.

However, he had to admit that it was indeed extraordinary in its own way.

"I can only blame my own weakness. And it seems it won’t be easy to take that from you," Charlotte replied calmly.

Violet turned her attention back to her.

"But it won’t be useful in your hands. How about selling it to me? I can offer you a fair price in exchange," Charlotte added.

"It seems you really want this," Violet said.

"I do..." Charlotte nodded. "It’s useful in the right hands. I want to use it to do something good."

"Then what are you going to use it for?" Violet asked.

"You must have already received an explanation about it from your System. I plan to open a Monster Prison—or more precisely, an Ant Monster Prison—to provide a safe place for people to level up.

"Several people in other cities have obtained Steel Ant Sources as well and opened Ant Monster Prisons, but they charge extremely high fees.

"What I want to open will be free.

"To make it even more beneficial to all Awakeners, I’ll provide A-Class Weapons for them to borrow.

"It will cost an enormous amount of money, but my plan is to manage this place to strengthen our world."

"Is that so?" Violet asked, sounding unconvinced.

Enzo was surprised, but he wasn’t convinced either.

He doubted that someone could truly have such a noble heart.

Of course, he had heard about individual Monster Prisons in several other cities.

They were more powerful Monster Prisons capable of helping people level up to Level 20 and even Level 30.

But their fees tended to be absurd.

Even the Awakener Association’s Monster Prison was extremely expensive, so how could individuals possibly charge less?

In the end, there were still far more selfish people who sought personal profit than those who genuinely wanted to strengthen Earth.

To most Awakeners, other Awakeners weren’t comrades.

They were rivals who needed to be watched carefully.

Did Charlotte have an ambition that went against the capitalist traditions of the Awakener world?

"You don’t have to believe me. Just believe that I’ll buy it from you at a fair price," Charlotte said.

"This is an S-Class Item, you know. What S-Class Item can you offer me that’s actually suitable for me?" Violet replied.

For Enzo, that was acceptable.

The only thing that mattered was that whatever she received in exchange had to be useful to Violet.

Was it really that easy to prepare an S-Class Item?

Perhaps the truth was that Charlotte could only offer a few A+ Class Items in exchange.

And indeed, she frowned when it became clear that Violet also wanted an S-Class Item.

And it had to be something suitable for her.

"How about we discuss this again after this? We can’t waste time here. People are already starting to return from this tunnel," she replied.

"Of course..." Violet nodded.

As long as the Steel Ant Source remained in her hands, the deal could still happen.

Of course, Enzo knew that he needed to be careful.

He wasn’t going to trust her so easily.

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