This dragon girl raising system is a bit strange.

Thor finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the system's mission begin.

Indeed, the key is one's own perception.

He even felt that as long as he could become proficient, it would be possible.

One day in the future, he will be able to believe that this is a Zerg mission without having to say these words.

However, this is enough for now.

He snapped his fingers, and Yulia was immediately enveloped in a sphere of water ripples and floated in the air.

First-tier spells: Levitation and Water Ball.

This will protect Yulia from ant attacks.

The mission clearly states that Yulia should not be attacked by the monsters on her side.

Then it must be satisfied.

By maintaining a safe distance, Yulia will not be attacked while she is in the air.

Upon experiencing weightlessness, Yulia found herself floating. The confusion on her face disappeared, replaced by excitement, her red tail swaying behind her.

"Wow, this is so much fun!"

She waved her arms and kicked her legs in the air, playing by herself.

Engraved in the DNA of the dragon race, her love for flying brought her unprecedented joy.

For her, flying in the air is something that brings her the same pleasure as eating and sleeping.

Meanwhile, after a brief period of reflection.

She now fully understood what Thor had just said.

When you're out having fun, you always need some kind of atmosphere.

Mr. Thor just mentioned those stories about fighting the insect swarm.

It should be similar to the knight-saves-the-princess story from childhood.

The princess, trapped in a siege, was rescued by a knight from the insectoid horde.

Thor plays the knight, and she plays... the maid princess?

It's just very romantic.

This was a carefully devised scheme by Thor to distract her, hoping to escape the shadow left by the church as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Yulia was somewhat moved.

"As expected of you, my nominal master..." Yulia exclaimed.

[Yulia: Affection level increased by 3]

Current favorability rating: 22/100

Thor: ?

He just doesn't understand why his affection level keeps increasing.

He'll have to analyze the commonalities behind these recent increases in favorability.

But now, he has to focus on solving the problem of the magic ants.

Thor looked down at the soil on the ground, where among the many crawling ants, there was a clearly visible hole.

Below this opening, it's practically an underground world.

Ants dig countless underground cavities of varying sizes, which, together with their main stem, serve as rooms.

I need to find a way to catch them all in one fell swoop.

If a magic ball were to be fired, it could indeed blast the anthill to its ground.

But as the soil collapses, many magic ants will be buried in the soil.

Due to the magical ants' innate defensive capabilities, such burial cannot kill them.

Thor might have to dig through the soil with his hands to find the queen ant, which is something he doesn't want to see.

He decided to implement a strategy of encircling the enemy's stronghold and attacking reinforcements.

With a thought, a faint blue light covered his right hand fingers, and magical energy gathered in his hand.

Yulia watched all of this with curiosity; it was the first time she had ever witnessed a battle between superhumans.

Thor pressed down lightly with one hand and instantly killed an ant.

Just as the ant was crushed to death, the ants that had been busy on the ground suddenly stopped in unison, then turned their bodies toward Thor, maintaining an eerie stillness.

Not a single ant acted on its own.

They are all waiting for instructions.

A few seconds later, the instant they received the command, the ants surged toward Thor at a speed of several body lengths per second, all moving in unison.

Thor snapped his fingers, and he too flew into the air, about half a meter off the ground.

Ants quickly gathered at his feet.

They first formed a circle, but found they couldn't reach Thor.

Then, starting with someone, their bodies began to overlap.

Layer upon layer of ants supported their companions on the layer above.

They attempted to challenge Thor in the air by using this method of building ladders.

Everything was as Thor had expected.

Just as the ants were piling up higher and higher, about to reach him, he had a sudden thought, and the distance of half a meter from the ground instantly became one meter.

Even more ants have fallen into the cloud ladder project.

Thor chuckled inwardly.

"Ants really do act solely on instinct."

If the ants insist on splitting up and fleeing, he naturally has no way to deal with these insects.

And as long as they choose to gather.

A few magic bullets from myself can easily solve the problem.

His eyes were fixed on the ant colony, observing any unusual individuals among them.

There must be a queen ant.

Finally, from the hole in the soil, an ant that was noticeably larger slowly crawled out.

Unlike other ants that merely shimmer with starlight, this ant is covered with faintly visible stripes.

Thor realized that the Queen Ant had arrived...

He dared not delay and immediately chose to unleash his full power in the spell.

A blazing, dazzling blue orb of light formed in his palm. The orb grew larger and larger until it was the size of his hand, emanating faint magical particles.

Thor flicked his right hand, hurling the fully generated ball of light towards the queen ant.

The ball of light left a shimmering trail in the air.

The queen ant had no time to react before the ball of light exploded in front of her, unleashing a burst of energy that was more than a meter in diameter.

boom!

Dust filled the air at the scene.

"I never expected this..." Yulia thought to herself.

At first, she thought Thor was just a rich, idle playboy.

The kind that you can easily push over...

Even if he is an extraordinary being, I can still use my excellent physical abilities to outmaneuver and fight him.

But the reality was beyond her expectations.

If that blow had actually hit an ordinary person, they would most likely have ended up dead without a complete corpse.

A hint of longing flickered in Yulia's eyes, hoping that one day she could become that strong.

However, the smoke and dust dissipated.

The queen ant, who should have died in the magical explosion, was nowhere to be found; only the remains of an ordinary engineer ant remained on the ground.

The next second, at the top of the cloud ladder, the queen ant appeared, and magical energy emerged in front of her.

This is its counterattack.

"Oh? Teleportation?"

Thor immediately realized what was happening.

The queen ant and the worker ant at the top of the ladder used magic to switch places.

The magic ball aimed at the queen ant only hit a regular worker ant.

The queen ant is now in the most threatening position and can easily attack Thor.

Its ball of light immediately shot out, flying upwards towards Thor.

"Just ants, causing all this trouble..."

Thor didn't flinch. He immediately canceled his levitation spell and cast a defensive spell in a very short time. Azure magic protected Thor, and he crashed directly into the swarm of ants on the ground.

Thrown by the queen ant, the magical bomb, which was supposed to travel a distance, was detonated immediately.

With a loud bang, the ant colony on the ground finally disappeared.

Only one magical gem remained, which had been extracted from the remains of the queen ant after her death.

[Task Completed]

[1. The swarm was defeated (successfully)]

2. Protect Yulia's back from attacks by the monsters on your side (Success)

3. Kill 0/100 enemy Zerg Engineers (Tier 4) (Failure)

4. Personally kill 1/1 enemy Zerg leader (Success)

Overall Rating: A

[Rewards are being processed, please wait]

Thor looked at the list and realized that he hadn't completed the only task explicitly marked as "Sapper (Tier 4)".

Perhaps his change of mindset wasn't thorough enough.

Or perhaps the clearly defined mission objectives cannot be misled.

He didn't quite understand the principle.

First, pick up the magic gem that was released after the queen ant died.

The gemstone was no bigger than a grain of rice, with a faint blue glow. I couldn't use it myself, but I could sell it for some money.

Meanwhile, on the side street, many residents came out of their houses.

They heard the noise outside and were somewhat worried.

At first, when people heard the explosion, they thought something terrible had happened.

They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was Thor.

"Oh, it's Thor."

"Oh, that's not surprising."

"Let's go, let's go."

Thor is famous, so it's not surprising that he'll cause any kind of trouble.

The crowd dispersed automatically.

The levitation spell on Julia dissipated, and she returned to the ground.

I realized I hadn't been able to help much.

How can I gain Thor's trust?

She quickly came up with an idea.

Yulia squatted on the ground, observing the dead ants on the ground.

Let's make sure all these ants are completely dead.

What if they're all faking their deaths?

She picked up a twig from the ground and poked the dead ants at her feet.

The ants here were indeed still; they were completely dead.

However, she was more cautious than expected, and poked another group of ants that had scattered.

From the second time onwards, the nature of the matter changed.

She discovered that poking ants with a stick was actually quite fun.

So she poked it a few more times.

"That's interesting."

She didn't stop poking at the ground with the stick in her hand.

Thor, who was standing to the side, didn't bother with her and started checking the system's rewards.