Noah tapped the skill in the system interface, and instantly, the system panel flashed brightly like a flashbang. 'Ahh, holy fuck, why so bright?!' Noah cursed, shaking his head frantically.
The Queen turned her gaze to Noah, watching him as he rolled around on the ground, frantically scratching his face with his front leg. The Queen clicked her large mandibles, chirping in a friendly manner.
'Aurghh, so embarrassing.' Noah huffed, his mandibles clacking in embarrassment. 'This skill better be worth my dignity as an ant.' Noah grumbled, his antenna swinging in the air.
[• Gate: A one-time use ability that creates a spatial rift to the dimensional crack, allowing to create a successful portal to a Monarch's realm.
The Gate allows a permanent access to one of following realms, hidden from the view of any higher beings.
Please choose: Demon realm or Plague realm. ]
'What…?' Noah stared at the description, his ant body stiff from the shock.
'Monarch realm? When was such a thing in Solo Leveling?' Noah felt his head buzz, literally, his antenna twitching in annoyance.
'That damn goblin didn't say anything about Monarch realms!' Noah cursed, his mandibles clacking loudly in frustration, causing the other red ants to flinch and back away from Noah.
'Alright, calm down, Noah. Let's think this through.' Noah took a deep breath, his mind churning with 100 ant-speed.
'That goblin did say the Monarchs planned to wait until Earth saturated enough mana for their descent.' Noah pondered deeply.
'In the canon, it was said the Monarchs, after losing the war to the Rulers, escaped to the cracks between the worlds, where the Rulers wouldn't be able to find them.' Noah felt his direction of thinking was correct, and then something clicked in his brain.
'And from there, this universe's canon must have diverged.'
Noah tapped his front legs on the ground, his mind processing this information faster.
'In order to rebuild their armies again, the Monarchs must have created their own domain in the dimensional gap, each ruling those domains separately.' Noah felt his line of thinking was the most correct—or partially correct.
Since he didn't have the full understanding of what must have gone on with the Monarchs and Rulers, but with whatever information he had, and the Gate skill's description, Noah felt his conjecture was at least partially the truth.
'Alright.' Noah took a deep breath, his eyes focusing on the skill again.
"Let's go for a demon hunt. I need to level up."
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Authors note.
Short chapter, but Info dumps over. Didn't expected that it will take me only 6 chapters to fully complete the whole introduction part of this fic. Also, I need to clarify. This fic will be a bit slow paced.