She refused to believe ordinary locusts could grow this massive. Something was wrong with these locusts; they might have mutated, which accelerated their growth, and thrown nature off balance.
The evidence in her hands only confirmed what she suspected, and why she had insisted on entering the barrier in the first place.
Looking around at the barren stretch of forest land, she understood. Their massive size came with monstrous appetites. The swarm had consumed the land too quickly, leaving nothing but desolation behind and driving them to starvation far sooner than nature could handle.
"Princess, did these locusts grow this big just from eating all the vegetation in the forest? Did they overeat and… become massive?" Elric asked, his voice tinged with disbelief.
His eyes tracked the few female locusts busily laying eggs in the damp soil mounds scattered around.
