Who would have thought that by coming here with the intention to cure the felines of the plague, Michael would come to uncover a giant ant colony consisting solely of spiritual beasts, rapidly growing in number?
Time had become an even more pressing matter than before. Even though he wasn't an expert in ant biology, Michael could easily conclude that numbering in the thousands, the ant colony was close to expressing a sudden population rise.
A higher number of soldiers meant that their collective work would fetch more food, allowing the ant queen to create more offspring, increasing their numbers even more exponentially.
Since the ant queen was a spiritual beast led by Lord Eleanora, a woman who had made her disdain for the feline nature apparent, neither Michael nor anybody on the crew deluded themselves into entertaining the thought that maybe the enemy Lord would use the boosted forces of her ant army to aid humanity.
