As Rush's scream echoed in the room, the humanoid ant's mandibles twitched, and it spoke. Its voice was harsh, scraping against their ears like nails on a chalkboard:
"Who... who is the strongest?"
No one answered. They were frozen, staring at the grotesque creature with a mixture of terror and disbelief. The tension was suffocating.
Amy, her face pale but determined, crouched beside Rush. She pressed her glowing hands to his bleeding stump, her ability barely keeping the blood loss in check.
Then, a sharp chime rang through the air:
Ding!
A notification flashed in everyone's field of vision:
[Final Tutorial Boss: Venomdrake]
The creature stood tall like a man, but its body was covered in the shiny, armored carapace of an ant. Its pincers gleamed with a metallic edge, and iron-like feathers protruded from its back, reminding them of the deadly Griffin it resembled. Its eyes, black and soulless, bore into them.
