One of the most dumbfounding things for the merchants of Duodan Town is that the town has been peaceful for less than a day. Because the ghost-striped red ants have returned, all mercenary groups have been forced to withdraw to the town.
The hard armor trade of ghost-striped soldier ants was forced to interrupt again, and this time the size of the ant colony was larger than before.
News from the city wall said that four queen ants appeared in the ant colony this time. They should have the same status, but they all have their own male ant guards, and they formed four camps in the canyon.
Crowded together in a mess.
On the other hand, the soldier ants and worker ants seemed extremely excited. They seemed to have found the guidance of light again. The position where the ant army stopped for the first time was actually just outside the range of the bed crossbow.
Perhaps it is because the queen ants have joined forces to control the ant colony and have been able to convey instructions to every ant clan, so they stand so neatly on the battlefield in the canyon.
The worker ants and soldier ants at the front are crowded together, almost forming a straight dividing line.
At the same time, more soldier ants appeared in the ant colony. At first, the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants was almost 1:20.
Until the giant soldier ants appeared, there were not as many worker ants as before, but it was still about 1:10.
But now the number of worker ants in the ant colony has further decreased, and at the same time, the number of advanced ants has increased significantly. The ratio of soldier ants to worker ants is almost 1:5. In the dense ant colony, you can always see ghost patterns that are almost twice the size.
Soldier ants.
In addition, ghost-striped male ants also appeared at the rear of the battlefield, each one like a giant siege beast.
Although the ants that gathered under the city wall this time were not so bloody when they rushed up, and there were no monsters all over the valley to massacre them, the sense of oppression they brought was much stronger than the first time.
The city defense guards standing on the top of the city have pushed the rolling stones tied with hemp ropes to the front end of the guide channel. At least half of all the rolling stones are exposed outside the city wall.
The bed crossbows also had sharp giant crossbow arrows exposed from the wall stacks, and the brightly polished giant crossbow arrows reflected the cold blue light in the sun.
Adams was also very speechless. He finally managed to take his shift to guard the city wall during the day. After just one relaxing day, he once again welcomed the ant army. At a glance, he felt a little dizzy. The entire canyon was a sea of red.
The ant swarm army pressed on the border, and the iron fence of the north city gate came down again.
The siege was about to begin, and this time the four queen ants appeared to be more cautious, hiding in the center of the bodyguard group at the rear of the ant colony, far away from the north wall.
Gallatin stood next to Adams. His face was a little pale, but he was in good spirits. The injury had not fully healed, but it did not affect his participation in the battle.
I heard from Adams that Commander Surdak is preparing to update the merit exchange list.
Gallatin was as excited as chicken blood. As the captain of the heavy armored infantry brigade, Gallatin would gain nearly a hundred basic merit points every day as long as he participated in the battle. For every ghost-patterned soldier ant hunted by his soldiers, he
Everyone can get a little bit of it. If you kill a ghost-marked red ant, you will gain even more...
Now he is ready to pile up his achievements in exchange for a magic pattern.
Of course, there is a small promise from Adams. He has no pursuit of achievements at the moment, so he promised his friend Gallatin that the achievements he gained can be temporarily lent to Gallatin, and he will pay back gold coins, magic crystals or other things in the future.
Anything is fine.
According to the market price, one hundred points of merit will be repaid with one gold coin.
This Gallatin team was something he never expected, so he got up from his bed in the dormitory like a shot of blood and joined in this battle to defend the city.
"Come here quickly, come closer, I really don't understand why they are still hesitating... Oh my god, when did these ants actually have brains..." Gallatin stood at the top of the city with an exaggerated expression.
"It's the queen ants. These new queens have completely controlled these ant tribes. It can also be said that these ant tribes are already subjects of these four queen ants. Their kingdom has been established, and it is also an alliance-style kingdom. These worker ants
They don’t have much brains, but the queen ant behind them has at least rudimentary intelligence.”
Adams glanced outside the city and urged the soldiers on the wall to pile bundles of arrows on the top of the city.
He felt that he would soon face the most difficult battle.
Barrels of kerosene have been piled on the wooden shelf behind the oil tank. It seems that as long as enough ant corpses are accumulated in this siege, the fire wall will be rekindled.
Gallatin leaned against the wall, with his shield and sword leaning against the wall, and said to his friend:
"Adams, you said this siege...will Surdak still use those precious magic scrolls?"
Adams said with certainty, "I will definitely do it. Now that I have taken it out, I will definitely use it!"
"I said...Commander Surdak is really generous this time!" Gallatin sighed: "Adams, how much does a magic scroll like this cost in the magic market of Bena City?"
Adams thought about it seriously before saying: "If it is really a magic scroll made by the third-level magic 'Hell Flame', if one scroll is thrown out, at least one magic crystal will be thrown out. The fire magic scrolls are in groups of ten."
, throwing out two groups at once is really a generous move."
Gallatin once again looked at the ant colony outside the city, and then whispered: "Ten catapults are now equivalent to ten first-turn magicians guarding the city wall, tsk tsk... No wonder we can get Miss Hathaway's
Favor.”
Adams glared at Gallatin and whispered a warning: "Be careful what you say!"
As low-level officers of the Luther Legion, they cannot discuss members of the Luther family under any circumstances. This is an extremely serious offense.
Gallatin touched his mouth and found that the stubble on his chin was already very prickly. He took out a sharp dagger and scratched it casually twice while saying: "Do you think he will be able to take charge of Luther in the future?"
Legion?”
Adams said bluntly: "It should be about the same."
The two of them waited until the sun went down. Andrew and Samira led the team to the top of the city for rotation. There was no movement from the ghost-striped red ants outside the city.
This time, Samira still had the blessing of 'insight'. When the sky darkened, she was not disturbed by the light. When she looked into the distance, it became clearer. She could see the four queen ants moving forward cautiously.
Moving.
The army of red ants under the city wall gradually crossed the range of the crossbows, and then entered the range of the archers.
Samira did not hesitate. She stood on the archery tower in the center of the northern city wall and ordered all the archers to shoot projectile arrows...
This kind of arrow is only equipped by long archers. It is a type of arrow that is shot into the sky with all its strength. When the fine steel arrow flies to the commanding heights in a parabola shape, it is then pulled by gravity and falls. The higher it is thrown, the more powerful it is when it falls.
Two hundred archers fired projectile arrows at the same time. The arrows drew graceful arcs in the evening sky, and then crashed into the ant colony like falling meteors.
This kind of ordinary arrow cannot cause much damage to ghost-marked soldier ants, but it is fatal to ghost-marked worker ants.
A hail of arrows fell, and those who fell on the battlefield were almost all ghost-striped worker ants.
Hundreds of ghost-patterned soldier ants with fine steel arrows stuck in their bodies stepped over the oil tank and began to climb the city wall...