The Gene Gamer

"Fire Bead!" he summoned the fire bead skill. 

Responding to his cast, five fire beads exactly came out from the air and headed towards the two ants, killing them in the process. 

However, it was only two ants. Compared to the hundred others that were there, this number was really too little. 

[You have leveled up]

But he didn't stop there, he still continued firing his fire beads, over and over again before he ran out of mana. 

But that also didn't stop him as he quickly got out his mana potion from his pocket and started to gulp it down. And right after, his mana started to regenerate at a fast speed before stopping at a certain line. 

However, even though his mana hadn't been filled to the brim, he didn't drink another potion. 

If he does so, the potion would be wasted; since his mana was around 54 right now and the maximum mana he could hold was 77. 

If he drank another potion, he would be wasting 27 mana. 

But he didn't delve into the mana potion for long; he just threw the vial away and once again started casting his skill. 

And just as the five fire beads had formed and was ready to be fired, he saw Gourmet - or exactly, him and his five summoned creatures. 

Their combination looked notorious - five entirely black creatures that had a large build surrounding a gray robes person with a hood over his head. If seen by the locals of this world, he would definitely be endured as a sinister evil mage. 

They were exactly as he said, the summoned creatures of Gourmet. 

At the start of the hunt, the four-person group divided into three parts which Gourmet and he were alone and Pruse was with Cold Mountain. 

Looking at the shadow creatures now, they seemed much more convenient. They were actively attacking the ants and killing them while also defending their master of any harm. 

He knew Gourmet's hidden class was going to above average, but seeing now, it wasn't just above average. It was excellent. 

And just as he was seeing the big bodies of the shadow creatures, a thought suddenly popped up inside him. It was a strategy and since it seemed doable, he immediately went to Gourmet in order to explain his strategy. 

"Gourmet, let's team-up" came Cylius' shout as he held his fire bead and escaped from the ants' struggled. 

Fortunately, the ants didn't seem to care much about him as long as they didn't hurt them directly. So they just swarmed to their dead companions and swallowed their carcass. 

This was what happens when the creature in control - the queen didn't give them any commands. 

It was already busy itself so how can it care about its soldiers now?

So since their brain - the queen didn't give them any commands, they just acted on their instincts and tried to eat their companions. 

They weren't intelligent so they didn't care about any attack on their colony unless they themselves have been directly attacked. 

...

"What plan do you have?" asked Gourmet as he commanded his shadow creatures to fight the ants. 

"You command your summoned creatures so that they keep the ants concentrated in a certain spot. While they are doing that, I will shoot through them with my fire beads. With this, we'll be able to efficiently kill them." 

"Hmm... Ok. That seems good enough. Then I'll do that. I'll make my creatures gather the fire ants near a tree so when I give the signal, you attack them." 

That ended their conversation. 

So without further ado, they both did their thing; Gourmet commanded his creatures so that they gathered the fire ants in a certain spot while Cylius prepared his spells. 

After some time of gathering them, a total of 10 fire ants had gathered together. So Cylius who had already summoned 10 fire beads immediately shot towards them. 

Since they were gathered together, there was no need to aim at each one of them. So, he was able to cast two 'Fire Bead' skills without worrying about hitting the target or not. 

After all, they were condensed into a small spot. They were already getting on top of each other in order to not be squashed together. 

"Pew!" the ten fire beads sliced through the air as all of them shot towards the ants. 

The ants who were kept at bay by the shadow creatures reacted to the incoming danger and struggled to get out, but with the shadow creatures' abilities and power, they weren't able to. 

After all, the three shadow creatures that were keeping the ants all had large, powerful bodies. So, they didn't allow any of the ants to escape through and kept them concentrated in a tiny area, allowing Cylius to fire without any concerns. 

The fire beads also didn't lose their targets and hit the ants, making them shriek out in pain. 

Unfortunately, one of the shadow creatures had been hit with a single fire bead. It didn't go the way he wanted to. 

However, he quickly brushed it off and started gulping down on the mana potion, recovering 50 mana. With this, his mana was fully restored. 

After his mana had fully been restored, he once again started his work and summoned two fire beads, albeit this time, he concentrated on it a little bit since he didn't want to hit the shadow creatures again. 

So with a bit of effort, this time, he was able to hit the fire ants without hitting any shadow creatures. 

With this batch, most of the ants died with only one of them remaining now. 

"Kill it" commanded Gourmet. And as per its master's orders, the shadow creature killed the fire ant with just a single punch. 

[Your party has killed 10 lvl. 11 Fire Ants]

[Exp is shared by party members. It will be divided based on the contribution]

[+164 exp]

[Level: 11 (171/300)] 

"Great! I leveled up. Did you also level up?" exclaimed Gourmet as he turned to look towards Cylius. 

"I leveled up a while ago"