68 First Layer

The Collector sped through the winding maze of tunnels, moving so quickly that even when it did trigger burrowed insects to arise to the surface, by the time they had unborrwed, the Collector was too far ahead of them to catch up.

Its movements snaked along the whole breadth of the tunnel, its serpentine body maintaining enough speed to move on the ceilings or sides to avoid traps when needed.

Eventually, the goblin lord adapted, unburrowing huge hordes of insects in advance. Some of these, the smaller and weaker ones, the Collector could completely brute force its way through by putting its armored shoulder forwards like a battering ram and then activating instantaneous high-speed movement with its mana, smashing through entire crowds and leaving a trail of flying legs and innards in its wake.

But as the Collector went deeper, the insects became larger.