'As expected of my liege... This humble servant is simply overcome with emotion once again.'
Moved by his master's power, Beru watched Jin-Woo's fight with tears streaming from his wide-open eyes. However. The numerical disadvantage was slowly tightening around his liege's neck. Watching Jin-Woo grow increasingly overwhelmed by the enemies' intensifying attacks, Beru struggled desperately.
'Your Majesty! Your Majesty!'
Then at last, Beru saw Jin-Woo get struck by the Plague Monarch's massive hand and slammed into a wall. The King was in danger. The King was in danger. The King was in danger. I must protect the King. Snap. Something broke inside Beru's head. The empty space where reason had been was replaced by an "emergency mode" dedicated to protecting the King.
"KEIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Beru's face twisted like a demon as he let out a roar. Arms, shoulders, neck, chest, thighs, calves, ankles! Every part of his body swelled simultaneously, pushing back against the ice that was compressing him. Crack! Crreeak! Fractures spread across the ice prison that had seemed impossible to escape. Beru twisted his body. Crunch! Unable to withstand the force of the ant soldier thrashing from within, the surface of the ice prison cracked ever more grotesquely. Even through it all. Only one thought occupied Beru's mind—he had to save the King. KEIIIIK! Putting every ounce of strength into twisting his body, the chunk of ice split wide open with a crack. CRKKKK! Forcing the gap open with his crushing grip, Beru broke free from the ice prison and flew straight toward Jin-Woo, abandoning everything else.
"Your Majestyyyyyy!" "Beru!"
He didn't even have time to rejoice at his liege turning to look at him with a glad expression. The small wounds on his master's body came into view. That was because the bug woman had struck the liege earlier and sent him crashing into a building. The bug woman had dared to lay a hand on his King. Dared to touch his King!
"KEIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Eyes rolled back in fury, Beru flew straight toward the Insect Queen. The Frost Monarch was stunned by Beru's thunderous roar that echoed through the war-torn city streets.
[A mere shadow soldier broke my binding spell?]
Impossible. But the moment the Frost Monarch caught a glimpse of Beru's power, now activated in emergency mode, he gasped. This was no mere shadow soldier's strength.
[How did a legion commander-class entity emerge from a human's hands?!]
Shadow soldiers who moved like extensions of the Shadow Monarch's own limbs—each legion commander-class soldier was an incarnation of destruction. The Frost Monarch had never imagined encountering a legion commander-class entity here, and while he stood there in shock, the Insect Queen, bearing the full weight of Beru's fury, stepped forward.
[A misbehaving child who can't even recognize its own mother deserves a punishment.] "KEIIIIK, you crazy bitch!" [What did you say?]
The Plague Monarch, master of every bug in the chaos, flared up at the Ant King's insolent outburst. Whoosh! Beru dodged the Insect Queen's attack and unleashed a mana-laden roar toward the writhing mass of bugs at the center of her body.
"KYAAK—The request was rejected because it was considered high risk