On the large Frigate, the two men could be seen standing and watching the event unfold in the distance.
The Ants used their number to overwhelm the hunters greatly but thankfully, there was yet to be any death.
On the side of the main attack party, Steve had long since prepared a massive holographic screen which was used to view their battle through the tunnels to the Queen.
The team advanced swiftly, ignoring all ants they could and quickly dispatching those that obstructed their mission.
"Everything seems to be proceeding well" Gunhee said after a while as he sat in a provided chair behind him.
"They have yet to meet the Queen so we can't say for sure" Steve replied as he too took a seat.
Their duty was to eliminate all ants that may try to escape from Jeju Island but the Barrier that Steve set up was working wonders.
"You can sense it right?" Gunhee suddenly asked
"It's hatching," Steve replied with a grim expression on his face.
This was a whole new thing of its own, he hadn't exactly investigated the island well.
He had just gotten the general power level of the creatures and had created a training simulation based on that.
He hadn't actually seen the two National Level Monsters, he had been warning them about.
He didn't want to push his luck, he may be way more powerful now… Probably more so than even a National Level Hunter. However, he wasn't one to go test his lick against two monsters that are nearly on par with him.
Now things were a bit more different than he expected, the monsters just hatched.
These were ants that evolved at speed visible to the human eye and yet, there were two of them that just hatched and had power that completely dwarfed that of the S-ranks.
If they let it live, it will eventually continue to evolve and just like the rest of the ants, evolve and grow significantly more powerful.
…..
Within the tunnels to the Queen, The main raid party could be seen running towards where they sensed the most energy.
Usually that was where the Queen was, they had learnt that, the hard way during the simulations.
"Cha Hae-in!!" Beak Yoonho shouted as he immediately dived towards her.
Before she could understand what was going on, a loud bang was heard as they all saw Beak Yoonho holding one of the ants by the throat.
It was dead but the message was very clear in their minds, it meant that some of the ants had developed some form of stealth techniques.
Each one doubled their level of caution as they had no real idea what they might face within these tunnels.
Their battle continued as they progressed and soon they came upon a large opening.
It was a space as big as a football field (normal), there weren't that many ants within the space but they could see a hefty amount of webs and ant eggs.
All of them sensed an extra presence within the large room, it was the Queen.
"She's big," Min Byung-Gyu noted as they slowly walked into the large room.
"Choi Jong In, light it up" Ma Dongwook said as they all prepared for the chaos that was about to ensue
Without much hesitation, the redhead unleashed a large magic circle as flames overtook the entire cave.