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I Became an Ant Lord, So I Built a Hive Full of Beauties-Chapter 217: Say Goodbye!
Chapter 217: 217: Say Goodbye!
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Betrayal. Treason. All masked as duty.
Hoorius had no intention of letting the Queen return to the throne. Her mother’s absence would become permanent. And in the void... the Scarlet Ant Kingdom would fall into her laps.
Mia stared out into the midnight garden beyond her chamber windows, the moonlight etched with pale frost.
She needed Kai. She needed her Dawn-Blades. But they were gone. Even if she knew the truth, there was no evidence.
By dawn of the next day, Hoorius stood on the outer rampart overlooking Legion Plateau. Twenty thousand armored ants in a dusk black plate formed wave after wave across the field, banners snapping in the wind. General Vorak awaited below. His seven star rank aura flexing around his frame like coiled smoke. The Regent raised one hand; silence radiated through the ranks.
"Find the silver-haired man," she commanded, voice ringing across the plateau. "Drag him to stand before this throne or bring me his head and shattered core."
Vorak slammed a gauntlet across his chest, plates clanged like thunder. "For the Scarlet Ant kingdom," he roared.
The legions surged forward in perfect columns. The earth trembled with the march. Dust plumed behind them as they funneled through the eastern gate, spears glinting, banners bearing Hoorius sigil unfurling like blood red wings. Hoorius watched until the last regiment vanished beyond the ant kingdom gate. Only then did she allow herself a thin, satisfied smile. It was an expression that never reached her eyes.
The game had begun. And with the queen sealed away, the Regent’s game board was hers alone.
Five days after the queen’s enter her seclusion
The Ant Kingdom buzzed with tension. Patrols doubled. Propaganda posters demanding the head of the silver haired murderer spread across every hive corridor. Mia sat alone beneath a rocky cliffside canopy, where moss grew thick and glowing between cracked boulders. Her cloak hung loosely around her shoulders. Her blades unstrapped for once, hands clutching the rock she had been sitting on.
Then—faint. Like a dream’s echo.
A voice.
A presence.
"Mia."
She froze. Tears welled before she could even think.
"Kai?"
And so began the soul call that broke her world open—first denial, then anger, then relief, then tears and promises. Leaving Mia no doubt: everything she feared about her kingdom’s new regent... everything she needed to fight... she wouldn’t fight alone.
Because somewhere in the southern wilds, across forests and deserts, Kai was alive. He will be her big support. But for now he couldn’t come back to her. Otherwise if Hoorius finds out the truth Kai will face a problem that he can’t solve with his current power.
End of Flashback. Story will continue from their(Kai and Mia) conversation.
A pause stretched between them, and on the other side of the soul thread, Mia exhaled sharply—as if steadying herself before dropping a weight too heavy for words.
"Kai," Mia said softly, the link steady now, though her voice carried the weight of five harrowing days. "It began the moment Queen Mother—my mother—sealed herself into closed door cultivation. She’s trying to break through to Nine Star rank using the Desert Ruler Core."
Kai blinked. "Is she really doing that?"
"She had no choice," Mia murmured. "At least, that’s what she said. But with her gone, she left the entire kingdom in the hands of Hoorius... Darius’s mother." She tells him everything about what happened.
Kai exhaled slowly. "So, that happened."
Mia nodded, face clouded. "She’s been given full authority to rule in the Queen’s absence. And she’s wasting no time. She already sent out a seven-star general Vorak with twenty thousand elite soldiers to hunt down the silver-haired killer who... who murdered her son."
Kai didn’t speak.
Mia’s next words came slowly, weighed down by tension that clung to every syllable. "They don’t know it was you yet. Not for certain. They still think you are dead... but that won’t last."
Kai listened in silence, his breath barely stirring.
"But they’re getting close," Mia continued. "When you killed Darius... There were witnesses. Not many, but enough. Rumors started spreading—about a silver-haired man with strong powers. And now that same description matches the one who supposedly defeated the Silvertail Wolf Clan’s young master."
Kai’s gaze dropped to his shadow stretching against the stone. So, it had begun.
"They’re going to connect the pieces soon," she said. "Your hair. Your build. The fighting style. The mountain lair near the desert. It all adds up. Even if they don’t realize it yet... they will. Sooner or later."
Kai closed his eyes, jaw tightening. The old peace was gone.
Mia’s voice dipped lower, barely more than a breath. "Hoorius sent the general out for another reason, I think. A political excuse. But once their real mission’s done, they’ll come for you. With an army. With blood in their teeth."
A long silence followed. It was deep, still, and loaded with thoughts too sharp to voice.
Finally, Kai spoke.
"I didn’t kill Darius because I had to," he said, voice like stone cracking under pressure. "I killed him because he killed my friends. Good ants. Loyal ones. He threw their lives away like dirt... and walked away clean because he was a noble born. Because he had power. That memory never faded." His words lingered in the link like smoke from a dying fire.
"You must be careful," Mia whispered, heart clenching. "Don’t underestimate them."
"I won’t," Kai said. "I’ve been training. Fighting. Every day since the desert mission. I didn’t waste my time. I’ve become stronger. And I’ll keep pushing until no one can touch me and my people."
Mia let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding. "Then it’s time. You need to be safe before you are strong enough."
"I know."
"Contact me when you return to the Eastern forest. I’ll keep you updated on everything here." Mia’s voice softened to a whisper again. "And Kai... I still hate you, you know."
A small smile curved Kai’s lips. "I still miss you, Mia."
"Shut up." She replied.
"Say it back." Kai demanded.
There was a long, stubborn pause. Then, "...Fine. I miss you. A lot. Happy now?"
"Ecstatic."
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