Apparently the ghost-striped red ants have entered the state of wintering, probably to avoid being found by the lord army, and blocked most of the cave entrances on the eve of the heavy snow.
Now the ghost-striped red ants have retreated from the Dark Worm Valley to the depths of their caves.
The sky was filled with the cries of rocs. This should be considered a hunting ground for them. Unfortunately, with the invasion of the lord army, the rocs also lost this hunting ground.
Lance and the mage reconnaissance team are paying attention to this group of rocs from the north every day, and Surdak is worried that they will attack the Lord's army in groups.
Although the gains from entering the White Forest plane this time were huge, and the ghost-marked red ants took the initiative to avoid the underground nests, Surdak did not intend to give up this battle with the ghost-marked red ants. As the lord army gradually entered this place,
In the Dark Worm Valley, the military camp is built under a giant mushroom umbrella.
The surface of these giant mushrooms is like hardwood with texture. Even if the mushroom umbrellas are covered with a thick layer of snow, these giant mushrooms still stand firm in the insect valley.
Many giant mushrooms have traces of being bitten by ghost-striped red ants. The red ants even chewed some holes in the giant mushrooms. However, they do not eat this kind of wooden giant mushrooms. Their food is the fresh and soft food.
Fungal spore plants.
Probably the winter food reserves are enough for them to survive for a while.
After the temperature dropped sharply, the ghost-striped red ants lost nearly half of their combat effectiveness in the extremely cold weather. It was obviously a better choice to hide in the ant nest to avoid fighting.
But Suldak has no intention of letting these ghost-striped red ants go. Their reproductive power is so strong that this dark insect valley can no longer accommodate their population, so an outward-expanding ant wave only breaks out once every ten years.
This time Surdak wanted to be a little harsh on these ghost-striped red ants.
Throughout the Dark Worm Valley, there can be hundreds or even thousands of holes in the nests of ghost-marked red ants, and most of the entrances to the ant nests are now buried under the ice and snow.
The heavy armored infantry squadron of the Lord's Army began to explore the entrances of these ant holes in the Worm Valley, and half of Surdak's Constructed Knights also entered the Dark Worm Valley together with the magic pattern war horses, as well as the heavy armor of other Lord's Army.
The cavalry regiments entered the Dark Worm Valley one after another.
The cavalry can gallop freely in the Dark Worm Valley and quickly provide support to various areas, so the search range of the heavy armored infantry regiment almost involves the entire Dark Worm Valley.
In just a few days, Suldak harvested hundreds of ant nests.
In the tent, the commanders of each lord's army gathered together and reported to Surdak.
"Count Suldak, our seven search teams found seventeen ant nest entrances in the Western District. The entrances were very tightly blocked by mud. We tried to open one, but the mud was mixed with the mucus secreted by red ants.
The condensed colloid soil layer is very difficult to dig." The commander of the Collins family reported to Suldak and marked the entrance of the ant nest they found on the map.
Surdak nodded, and then looked at the other lord army commanders sitting aside.
The commander of the Langdon family, who was sitting next to the commander of the Collins family, coughed slightly and said to Suldak: "We organized nine search teams to search for sixteen ant nest entrances. We once encountered ants at the fourth entrance.
A battle broke out among the red ants in the burrow. They did not seem to be in love with fighting. They sent a few soldier ants to get out. The red ants behind them blocked the entrance of the ant nest again. "
Suldak looked at Andrew.
Andrew touched the stubble on his chin. This Nanai warrior seemed to have something to say.
"The red ants are determined to avoid fighting with us this time. They probably want to wait until this winter is over and the Poison Mist Swamp seals the Dark Worm Valley again. At that time... even if we continue to stay here, the logistical supplies will be exhausted.
Forced in the middle." Andrew gestured on the map and then said: "So our best time to fight is in winter."
Gary Decker, who was sitting next to him, placed a helmet with a visor on the long table, and her straight black hair fell like a waterfall on the back of her head. Since returning from the battlefield, she seemed to have become more ladylike.
Some.
"It's just that once we enter the ant nest, all the advantages we currently have will be gone." Gary Decker said: "The ants can crawl freely in the ant nest, but our heavy-armed warriors cannot, and when they arrive,
We won't be able to use crossbows or black powder barrels at that time, and we can't bury our soldiers in them, so I don't agree with attacking the ant nest."
The commander of the Collins family suggested: "Unless we apply for a Constructed Swordsman Group from above, I think only the elite Constructed Swordsman Group can fight deep into the ant nest."
Suldak immediately shook his head and said: "The current lords will not send out the constructed swordsmen they have finally accumulated,"
Commander Collins turned around and asked: "So...Lord Suldak, what are we going to do next?"
Surdak tapped the table with his fingers to get the attention of all the commanders who were discussing in private, and then said his plan: "Since they don't want to come out, I will go to all the cave entrances next."
Setting up a sealing circle will block the ant nest. I'm really worried that all the ghost-marked red ants hiding in the ant nest will rush out. I estimate that by then, our tens of thousands of lords' army will not be enough to see.
"
Finally, Suldak added: "And the weather is not cold enough now..."
It’s just that the commanders present were a little confused as to how many sealing arrays were needed for so many ant nest entrances!
…
Inside a clean large tent, thirty young magicians were crowded. These magicians had followed Surdak's lord army and had been in the Bailin plane for half a year. According to the agreement signed with Surdak,
According to the contract, as long as they insist on staying here for the first half of a year, they will each get a natural magic pattern.
They had seen similar magic skins in Lance's hands, so they agreed to Lance's invitation and came to work for Lord Surdak.
Now, a new opportunity fell on their heads. The mysterious alchemist master next to Suldak was actually willing to teach them a simple sealing circle. As long as they are magicians in the mage group, they can learn it. Of course
The price for learning this sealing array is that each person needs to draw ten sealing arrays.
Although the structure of the magic circle is extremely simple, all the magic runes are not a magic pattern magic circle constructed in accordance with the ancient Elf language.
This sealing circle is completely unfamiliar to these magicians. They are like babies learning babbling words. They have barely learned this sealing circle by rote memorization. The magic principles in it are far from the elf magic.
, according to the explanation of the mysterious alchemist master, this sealing circle contains the Hex technology of the goblin era.
It is not ancient elf magic, so it may be difficult for you to learn. In addition, don’t study too deeply, otherwise many principles and magic pattern construction are contrary to elf magic. If you think too much about those incomprehensible things, it will be easy to misunderstand them.
It makes people crazy...
But these magicians never thought that the magician standing in front of the blackboard and explaining the theory and structure of magic to them would actually be a succubus.
Moreover, her lower abdomen has been slightly swollen, and the black magic robe can no longer cover it up. Every time she walks in front of the blackboard, she will touch her lower abdomen very naturally.
In just a few days, she became the goddess in the hearts of these young magicians.
Even if she wears that mysterious mithril mask, even if she is a pregnant woman with a slightly bulging belly, none of these can stop the charm exuding from her...
The night after the last teaching, Aphrodite complained to Surdak: "If King Amozdan knew that her first students would be a group of human magicians, she would definitely come out of hell in anger.
He personally captured her back to hell and tied her to the furnace of purgatory to be tortured."
Surdak was putting his head on her bulging belly, listening to the gurgling sound inside, and raised his head to look at Aphrodite after hearing the words.
Aphrodite showed a sweet smile, gently stroked Suldak's stubbled chin, and said:
"Dake, you have to grow up quickly. At least King Amozdan will come to hunt us down. You have to be able to escape."
"The big devil you mentioned would really go to the human world to hunt us down because of such a trivial matter?" Surdak asked worriedly.
"This is not a trivial matter. There is a secret to magic here. If there are a few smart people among them, more advanced sealing magic will probably be derived from this sealing circle." Aphrodite explained.
Surdak sat up, leaned over and held Aphrodite's pretty face with both hands, pecked her dark purple lips, and then said: "Hearing what you said, I really want to remind Lan