Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 96

There were many more of blade locusts than there had been in the previous waves, but thanks to the presence of Zen "the Windmill," they were destroyed more quickly than before. After the dozens of blade locust officers were slaughtered, the remaining blade locusts withdrew.

Since there was a heap of blade locust corpses on the ground waiting for Zen to pick through, gathering the spoils, he didn't give chase to the retreating blade locusts.

Martin was puzzled at the sight of the blade locusts retreating, a thought flashed, and his face darkened at the possibility that came to his mind.

"No! Impossible! Retreat! Everyone, fall back!" shouted Martin in an urgent tone.

Hearing Martin shouting, Zen stopped plucking crystal cores from within the blade locust officers' chests with his knife, and asked in bewilderment, "What? Why?"

"When ordinary blade locusts retreat, it means... It means that there must be..." Martin's face was white, and his fear gripped him, making him unable to finish his sentence.

"What? There must be what?" Seeing the fear on Martin's face made Zen realize how dangerous the situation must be.

"Queen... blade locust!" stammered Martin with a guttural grunt.

He had been at the Dragon Fort for many years and knew the habits of the blade locusts, and that both the officers and the average blade locusts were under the orders of a queen blade locust. The blade locust officers could think independently, but the real commander of the army was the queen.

Without independent thought, each common blade locust was a daredevil. No matter how formidable the enemy was, they wouldn't hesitate to attack, so, in general, they didn't have the concept of fleeing or retreating.

In this aspect, they were natural warriors.

On the other hand, since they were retreating, there must be a queen blade locust near, calling them.

The queen was the sovereign mother of blade locusts. Once met, even refiners at the nature level needed to flee in haste, and only stronger refiners were able to battle her.

If a queen appeared here, everyone present would surely perish.

This was why Martin was so scared. In addition, he was confused about something.

The daily tasks assigned to the imperial army by the Dragon Fort should not be this risky.

Although the queens were frightening, there were also numerous powerful cultivators at the Dragon Fort, such as the well-known Flying Dragon General who had personally killed several blade locust queens.

The imperial army did an excellent job of surveillance, and usually wouldn't assign such a dangerous task to the Green Haze Group.

Therefore, it was not reasonable for the Green Haze Group to be sent to such a dangerous area. 'Unless someone is using this opportunity to destroy the Green Haze Group!' thought Martin, appalled.

He did not share his concerns. At the moment he just wanted to get his Green Haze Group back to the fort as fast as possible.

At Martin's command, everyone stopped digging out crystal cores and headed to the fort immediately.

However, just as they turned in the direction of the fort and safety, they felt a tremor in the ground.

"Boom!"