Chapter 40
Title: Chimera Ant Massacre...
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"By the way, what is the game that you want to play." Asks Netero.
Jax smiled at this, and his eyes got a certain sense of amusement on them. "Well I wanna see who can kill the most Chimera Ants without getting caught. Since you are old, you can have Morel and Knov backing you up… since… you know… you are an old man and all that."
Immediately Netero screams hysterically. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OLD MAN BRAT. I BET I CAN BEAT YOU SCORE."
Knov and Morel are confused when they hear Netero be so sensitive about his age. Because when he is with them, he always embraces his age and even makes fun of it himself.
'Has he finally gone senile.' Thought Knov and Morel with awkward faces.
Jax just shrugged at Netero. "Well it is the truth. Plus we will observe the enemy camp and after that our game will start."
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Just like this they pass one full day of travelling, and finally they reach their destination… The Chimera Ant Nest. Though they are still over three kilometers away from it. Netero uses his pointing and thumb finger to male a circle. He used nen and put his hand up to his eye, that is how he sees Pitou.
When Netero notices that he says. "That creature… it seems to be stronger than me." Referring to Pitou.
Jax is able to see Pitou with his natural sight.
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-Jax POV-
She is strong… stronger than her friend (Pouf) who is in the shadows of the nest. Netero isn't wrong, as he currently is, his chances of winning are pretty low. But after meditating he should be able to handle Pitou within minutes, after all, contrary to the popular belief, the stronger someone is, the shorter their battle.
In HxH canon, Meruem vs Netero fight lasted only around a minute. But in that minute, thousands of confrontations had happened.
I just smile at this. "Well then, see ya old man."
I immediately walk away, leaving Knov, Morel and Netero up to their devices and plans… as I went around for a look.
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-General POV-
-Nineteen Days Later-
Two giant bug like Chimera Ants were looking for humans when suddenly.
*fwish*
Their heads disappeared from their bodies, who later turn into specs of light. Jax then spread his EN and tried to find any other Chimera Ant around…
'Hmmm… this makes 146 kills.' Thinks Jax as…
*Fwosh*
He immediately appeared above two other Chimera Ants close by, and he just sank his fingers behind the creatures necks… and then he ripped off their heads. Their bodies disappear in light particles too. Of course Jax needs to touch his tabled and the body of the one whom he killed to get the EXP… but he has been doing this for so long, and with his stats… it seems like it is instantaneous, like as soon as he kills them, his victims turn into Exp.
'The King will be born soon… hehehehe.. I really can't wait to fight him, these little things that have already started getting boring.' Thinks Jax excitedly.
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After some time, and as Jax continues hunting for some days. On Netero's side something else completely happened. While Morel and Knov were resting in a cave they noticed a Chimera Ant flying towards them.
Immediately they are about to escape, after all, when there is one Chimera Ant there are supposed to be at least a dozen more. But then… they see the white flag signaling surrender on the flying Chimera Ant's hands.
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They decide to hear what the Chimera Ant, whose name is Colt, has to say after all with Knov's ability they can escape whenever they want.
And what they heard shocked them… THE KING IS ALREADY BORN.
Of course Colt proposes the deal that they heal the queen and he will give them even more information.
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They took some doctors and Chimera Ants specialists and went to the Chimera Ant Nest, since the King had moved away, they expected to not have a lot of ants but… they are all on guard. It is TOO quiet.
Suddenly they hear footsteps and Morel, Knov and Netero are immediately on guard. After all, no matter how much they believe Colt's story they will never let their guard down in an enemy's territory. After all, even though they have already verified with different methods that Colt was being truthful, they are experienced hunters and it isn't too strange for someone to trick their messenger to have an edge over the enemy.
Netero's physique has also changed and it's closer to his prime now. His elderly thin body has gotten more muscular and he cut his beard shorter. He is also wearing his lucky heart shirt now.
Suddenly Colt gets a nervous look on his face, he uses signals to try and determine if it is some other chimera ant but the results shocked him. He is able to determine that it is unlikely to be an Ant as it didn't receive the signal.
Suddenly out of the corner out of nowhere comes Jax. They are a little shocked except Netero who simply says. "So I guess that you won our little game didn't you."
Jax just smiles at this. "Yep. As soon as the queen was reported to be dying, the Squadron Leaders tried to leave. But I decided to not just let them out in the world… so I killed them all in here. Sadly some were able to run away successfully."
Then Jax's smile turns malicious. "I can't wait to hear about their reappearance. So I can slaughter them all, they were pretty arrogant when I came here but... they immediately had their tails between their legs and ran away two seconds later. Hahahahaha."
When Colt hears this he feels uncomfortable, and a tingle in his spine. He doesn't understand what is going on here. His instincts are somehow warning him, but he can't feel anything above a normal human of the man in front of him. Even his Aura seems about as average as a normal human.
"Hohohoho." Netero laughs wholeheartedly at this. He is amused by Jax's way of acting. He then strokes his chin, since he has cut his beard now. "So Jax, is the queen alive?"
Jax shrugs at this and answers. "Yep, but she is pretty close to death. I didn't really kill her yet due to wanting to know the location of the King."
Netero's expression becomes serious as he says. "Well then, lets get there quickly before she dies."
Jax yawns at this and starts walking away, out of the nest. "Well you guys do you. I have better things to do than try to save an already dead Chimera Ant Queen."
He already saw the look that Netero has in his eyes. No matter what, the queen will not be walking out alive. They just want to know something like the Nen Abilities of the King or one of his Royal Guards, so they will act like they are saving the queen in front of Colt. Whether they kill Colt later depends.
Netero looks at Jax's back as he walks away. 'Hmmm… there is not even a spec of blood on him, or the walls. It must be his Hatsu Ability. I wonder what it is.'
'I guess I will just wait for the attack on the palace… that time I can fight the King. Also I copied some nice abilities from the Chimera Ants' Thinks Jax, as he takes out his tablet and looks at his stats..
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Author Note:
Soon there will be some massive fights. Also we usually don't see what is happening in the world due to the story following and observing Jax's actions.
P.S: Around this time Gon and Killua are fighting against Knuckle.
P.P.S: Jax LET some of the squadron leaders. After all, at his current power, none of them can really escape him.
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