From a distance, I saw a fierce battle breaking out on the other side of the city wall. In front of the city wall, flames shot into the sky, and a series of explosions were heard from time to time.
On the battlefield next to the dead forest, the corpses of nearly eighty ghost-striped male ants were lying in various directions. Each ghost-striped male ant required at least a four-wheel truck to transport it. The team led by Surdak could not
After taking away so many ghost-marked male ants, we can only take out the most precious magic core from the skull of the ghost-marked male ant.
Even the heads of the ghost-marked male ants couldn't be taken away. Although there was an empty space behind the ghost-marked red ants, a large number of ghost-marked red ants still rushed here from the north of the canyon in response to the summons of the unlucky queen.
Surdak stood on the back of the ghost-striped male ant. After possessing 'insight', he could see very far at night.
A group of ghost-striped worker ants came from the north of the canyon, but there were not many ghost-striped worker ants in these ant colonies. With these first-turn veterans, it was not too difficult to block these ghost-striped worker ants.
Fifteen veterans of the cavalry battalion, led by Andrew, formed a battle formation around the ghost-striped male ants controlled by Aphrodite. The veterans waved the knight swords in their hands and strangled them vigorously. Although these ghost-striped worker ants could spray acid
, a pair of pincers are quite powerful, but they are no match for the veterans. There is almost nothing they can do against the knight's light shield in the hands of the veterans, they just pounce on them based on instinct.
In the past three weeks, these first-level veterans didn't know how many ghost-marked red ants they had killed in the city.
At this time, the physique and strength of the veterans who have been blessed by many gods have almost reached an unprecedented state. These one-meter-long ghost-patterned soldier ants are like a group of hungry wolves rushing towards them. They don't even have any fear.
He just kept rushing forward, opening his tentacles and biting them.
The hard armor on their bodies is not that hard, and the knight's long sword can easily cut off the joints of the ghost-striped worker ants.
Surdak even set up a marching tent on the back of the ghost-striped male ant, and Selena lay unconscious in the tent.
Aphrodite stood on top of the ghost-striped male ant, controlling the ghost-striped male ant to walk deep into the dead forest. Fifteen veterans, led by Andrew, were responsible for cutting off the rear and following behind the ghost-striped male ant.
Fight and retreat at the same time.
The dead forest here has been eaten away by ghost-striped red ants. This dead forest is located at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the canyon. It belongs to a narrow forest belt. Walking through the dead forest and walking up the mountainside, the terrain suddenly rises to an extremely steep slope.
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In fact, this is not the main problem. Climb less than a hundred meters along the steep mountain wall of the canyon, and you will see thorny stone pillars clustered on the mountainside. These stone pillars are completely grown out of the mountain. Longer stone pillars can reach dozens.
Meters long, shorter stone pillars are only a few meters long.
These thorn-shaped stone pillars are so densely packed together that neither humans nor beasts can pass through this area.
Aphrodite controlled the ghost-striped male ant and climbed straight up the mountainside.
Behind them were a large group of ghost-striped worker ants, while the veterans of the cavalry battalion fought and retreated.
Further away, a ghost-striped queen ant and more than fifty ghost-striped male ants were also chasing here.
They were originally troops coming for reinforcements, but they moved a little slower. When they arrived at this battlefield, they only saw the corpses of ghost-marked male ants everywhere...
I saw a group of humans retreating towards the edge of the canyon wall from a distance.
The queen continued to gather the ghost-striped red ants in the canyon, and then the army of red ants chased after her from behind.
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Aphrodite stood on top of the ghost-marked male ants, and under the guidance of a veteran of the cavalry battalion, drove the ghost-marked male ants toward the halfway up the Thorny Mountains.
The hillside is extremely steep, and it is very difficult for the male ants to walk on it. Rolling stones often slide down the hillside.
The terrain here is extremely steep. If this ghost-striped male ant causes a large landslide, not many people in Surdak's cavalry team will survive.
Moreover, the rugged mountain roads are very unsuitable for the male ants to climb.
There are ghost-striped worker ants all over the mountains behind. The worker ants are not very big, so the slope of the mountain wall does not hinder them in any way.
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In such a dark night, the gravel on the hillside often makes a rolling sound.
Gulitem held the skull of the queen ant in his arms. He could not wait to sit on the back of the ghost-striped male ant, ready to eat the frozen brain inside the skull.
Although Surdak believed that the ogres' habit of eating raw food should be completely changed, that condition was not available now.
The ogre held the ant queen's head, licked his lips, wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with his hands and made a difficult decision. He said to Surdak who was standing aside: "Boss, this is better to be put in a seal."
In the magic box, I think it would be more delicious if you bake it and eat it..."
Surdak lowered the curtain of the marching tent, looked at the hesitant Gulitem, and asked him with a smile: "Isn't your brother about to wake up?"
Gulitem scratched his head vigorously, and said to Suldak a little embarrassedly: "I guess I won't be able to wake up after eating the brain of this queen ant, and I will have to eat at least one more... If the latter one...
The queen ant followed us into the mountain col, I guess I will have hope this time."
"Boss, am I good at eating?" Gulitem asked Surdak again.
Gulitem sat where he was. Surdak took out a large magic-sealing box, threw it in front of Gulitem, put his arm on his shoulders, and said: "It's okay, eat."
How much food...it doesn't matter. What matters is how much sanity you can retain under the dual temptation of hunger and delicious food...For an ogre, I value this more."
The ogre opened the lid of the box, stored the queen's head in the magic box, and said, "Uh, boss, do you think we can kill the queen behind?"
Surdak nodded and said: "There is great hope. Although she is a little timid and suspicious by nature, she is now considered the king of this alliance. Even if it is to stabilize her position, she will try to attack us."
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Samira stood on the buttocks of the ghost-striped male ant, staring at the canyon behind.
A large number of ghost-marked red ants gathered from all directions, especially a large number of ghost-marked soldier ants from the direction of the north city wall, almost completely blocking the retreat of everyone in Surdak.
If you want to return to Duodan Town behind the northern city wall, you will inevitably encounter those ghost-patterned soldier ants head-on.
The veterans of the cavalry battalion came out without riding horses this time, so they could not use the heavy cavalry's penetration tactics to break through the encirclement.
Therefore, Surdak could only lure the ghost-striped red ants up the hillside.
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The cavalry battalion had only been in Duodan Town for a short time and was not very familiar with Duodan Canyon.
When the cavalry battalion first arrived in Dodan Town, they walked out of the Dodan Canyon almost every day and patrolled the border between hills and mountains. They only had a certain understanding of some of the special terrain in the canyon.
This is a very special place.
It is located on the east side of the mountainside in the middle section of Dodan Canyon. There is a mountain depression surrounded by many thorny stone pillars.
The entrance there is very narrow, and although there is no escape route inside, the entrance can be defended with very few troops.
This was also part of the assassination plan. Surdak had never thought about killing a ghost-striped ant and then returning to Dodan Town. His appetite was much bigger than this.
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Surdak stood at the entrance of the col on the mountainside...
If you hadn't walked close, you would never have imagined that there was such a narrow path less than three meters wide hidden in the mountainside densely covered with thorny stone pillars. It could only accommodate a ghost-striped male ant. Carefully crawl through it, and when you meet the turning point
Also be extra careful.
An endless stream of ghost-patterned worker ants followed behind, and Andrew led ten veterans to block the entrance to the road. They were wearing bulky full-coverage armor and possessed the blessing of God, the 'Blessed Body'.
, physical strength recovers quickly, and due to the suppression of weapons and equipment, fighting ghost-patterned worker ants becomes very simple.
In just a quarter of an hour, the corpses of ghost-striped worker ants at the intersection were piled up one meter high.
The ghost-patterned worker ants behind stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed up, spitting acid and rot at the veterans, who could only hold up their shields to block them.
Although the attack speed of the ghost-striped worker ants was slow, they still broke into the narrow passage step by step.
Seeing that this attack method was very effective, the ghost-striped worker ants almost completely used acid to clear the way, forcing the cavalry team to retreat little by little, leaving a pile of corpses of ghost-striped worker ants on the narrow mountain road.
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The ghost-striped red ants are not able to climb over the thorny stone pillars, so they can only chase Andrew and the cavalry team along this narrow mountain road.
Aphrodite controlled the ghost-striped male ant to continue walking inside. The rugged thorns and stone thorns on the left and right sides of the path were like the most tangled trees...
This road covered with thorny stone pillars extends horizontally along the mountain. It is only about 150 meters long. When you enter it, you can see an open space as big as half a football field.
Surdak also didn't expect that there was such a large space inside the col.
The terrain in the mountain col is also all sloping, like a gully washed out by rain.
Andrew led a group of veterans out of the mountain road and into the mountain col.
A large number of ghost-striped worker ants crawled out of the mountain road in a steady stream, and more and more gathered in the mountain col. The ogre Gulitem also jumped off the back of the ghost-striped male ant with a bone-crushing stick, and stood on Andrew's side.
Beside him, he swept the big stick in his hand horizontally, which could hit several ghost-striped worker ants at the same time.
Andrew followed Suldak's footsteps to the deepest part of the mountain col, where there was no way forward.
There is a thick stone beam across the middle. It is probably because of this stone beam that the empty mountain col below is formed.
Below the stone beam is a not-so-large gap. It can't be considered a cave. It can only be regarded as a horizontal stone gap at most.
Surdak asked Aphrodite to control the ghost-marked male ants to lie outside the stone cracks, which could just block the stone cracks for about six meters.
For the Surdak team, it is a perfectly located shelter.
As long as Andrew and Gulitem take turns leading the veterans to guard the entrance of the cave, they can block the attack of the ghost-striped red ants.
Surdak pulled out two large wooden boxes and placed them on the edge of the hole. He opened the lids of the boxes. Inside were a row of neatly arranged explosive bags wrapped in linen. Each explosive bag contained
Very long fuse.
He asked Gulitem to guard the entrance of the stone crevice, and under the protection of Samira and Andrew, he placed these explosives one by one at the roots of the thorny stone pillars on the mountainside on both sides of the stone beam. He was worried that the power of these explosive packets was not enough.
Throw all two boxes of explosives in, and spread out the spare box.
At the beginning, Surdak used black gunpowder to blast some limestone and dredged a drainage channel in a deserted land. Naturally, he was very skilled in the use of explosives.
At this time, a large number of ghost-patterned soldier ants were already attacking the mountain col.
Andrew fought his way back to the entrance of the stone crevice and met up with Gulitem. With their excellent physique, the two of them regained the precarious entrance.
The ghost-striped male ant lying between the cracks in the rocks is actually a natural barrier against attack by the ghost-striped red ants. This big guy is blocked here, and the ghost-striped soldier ants will not attack it at all.
The veterans guarding the entrance of the cave would occasionally throw one or two fire-scale bombs towards the mountain col. The fire-scale bombs would explode among the ghost-marked red ants, often killing and injuring a large number of them.
This kind of fighting lasted until dawn. The corpses of ghost-marked red ants had piled up at the entrance of the stone crevices. Andrew and Gulitem both had some scars on their bodies after the long battle, and acid rot was flowing everywhere.
Surdak almost felt that this booby trap plan was going to fail.
Standing high on the stone beam, Samira shouted to Suldak: "The group of ghost-marked male ants and the queen ant have come in..."
Surdak quickly emerged from the crack in the stone, climbed up the corpse pile of ghost-striped red ants, chopped down a ghost-striped soldier ant that climbed up, and saw that a large number of ghost-striped male ants appeared at the entrance of the mountain col.
, these ghost-striped male ants are rushing towards this side quickly.
However, a dozen ghost-striped male ants surrounded the queen, but they just stayed near the exit of the mountain col, not daring to get even half a step closer.
"Let them get closer..." Suldak spat on it and said, enduring the sour and unpleasant smell.
Samira continued: "They are still approaching, and the queen ant has also come in."
"Then let's start our welcome ceremony now!" Surdak bent down and picked up a burning torch and said loudly.
"Everyone, get into the cave!" Andrew held a torch, jumped onto a protruding rock, and shouted loudly to the veterans around him.
Surdak and Andrew lit the extended fuse almost at the same time. The fuse, which was made of gunpowder wrapped in cotton cloth, burned very fast. The sound of "chichi" made the fire look like dancing silver snakes.
Surdak and Andrew jumped into the crevice at the same time.
More than thirty male ghost-striped ants also climbed up from the bottom of the hillside. The ghost-striped male ant queen was more than two hundred meters away. Samira stood on a high stone beam and shot a projectile arrow at it.
The wind element wrapped the steel arrow in a graceful arc in the air, and accurately shot towards the ghost-patterned ant queen.
The queen ant sensed the danger and was so frightened that she contracted her wings and landed downwards. Several ghost-striped male ants raised their forelimbs at the same time. One of the male ants firmly blocked the falling arrow.
Samira took this opportunity and jumped into the crevice of the stone nimbly.
Gulitem quickly blocked several prepared ghost-marked soldier ant corpses outside, and a large number of ghost-marked soldier ants swarmed onto the pile of corpses outside the cave.
Just as Surdak’s countdown sounded:
"five four three two one!"
The explosion of landslides and ground cracks rang out from above everyone's heads, and the entire stone beam was crumbling. During the violent shaking, nearly half of the stone cracks collapsed.
The ghost-striped male ant squeezed outside moved nearly two meters into the stone crevice. The narrow gap squeezed its body and completely distorted it.
In the rumbling sound...
Countless smashed thorny stone pillars collapsed from the mountainside like a turbulent current, instantly submerging the entire mountain col...