"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm afraid the underground shelter won't do!" Meng Lei vetoed Old Peter's suggestion at once. "The underground shelter can only defend against normal beast tides. It won't be able to stop the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants!"
"Why is that?
Old Peter's brows drew together into a frown.
"Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants are a type of dark-elemental Magical Beast that live underground. The moment they catch a whiff of their prey, they'll start to dig tunnels!" Meng Lei explained solemnly, "You can try imagining how fast Sixth-Grade Magical Beasts are at digging tunnels. The shelter won't be able to stop them at all."
"What should we do, then?"
Old Peter's countenance changed at once. The village sat at the Magical Beast Forest's fringes—the shelter was their last hope. What were the villagers supposed to do when even the shelter couldn't serve its purpose?