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The guards exchanged worried glances. "Take him to the Healing room immediately," one said, stepping aside.
"I'll inform Captain Darius, You, come with me" the other muttered.
The young ants carried Kai through the winding tunnels of the Ant Kingdom, passing curious onlookers and whispering soldiers. News traveled fast in the ant colony. Whispers filled the air.
"He is just a worker Ant. Why is he being carried like a war hero?" an on-looker soldier said.
They ignored the voices. Inside the Healing room, elder ants rushed to take Kai from the stretcher. They surrounded his body, casting diagnostic aura, inspecting wounds, and debating emergency procedures.
"He's stable," said the lead healer. "But his aura system is overloaded. He's in regeneration shock."
As the workers watched, Kai was placed into a large honey crystal pod filled with liquid amber gel. The fluid bubbled as it sealed around his body, stabilizing his condition.
"Will he live?" asked the youngest ant.
