At the exit of the Dark Worm Valley, under a huge earthquake that shook the ground, and after the ice, snow and frozen soil shattered, six giant male ants emerged from the soil underground in no particular order.
Behind them were a group of purple-red ghost-striped soldier ants. These soldier ants were only slightly smaller than the giant soldier ants. A large number of red ants crowded together and swarmed towards the lakeside battlefield in the cold wind.
Explosive barrels kept falling from the sky, and explosions were heard one after another. A wave of ants poured into the battlefield, rushed onto the ice lake, and rushed towards the location of the catapult. These six catapults were obviously unable to suppress it.
These soldier ants came overwhelmingly.
At the same time, the group of archers standing behind the catapults began to throw arrows into the sky. Although the hard armor of these soldier ants was stronger, some arrows could always penetrate the gaps between the eyes of the ghostly patterned soldier ants and the hard armor.
, slowing down their charging pace.
Six giant male ants rushed at the front, but as soon as they stepped onto the ice, there was the sound of the ice breaking.
The thick outriggers broke through the ice and stepped directly into the unfrozen mud underground. The giant male ants did not dare to go any further. Only those dark red ghost-striped soldier ants rushed up in large numbers.
Andrew led the cavalry to cross in from the right wing of the battlefield, hoping to attack the soldier ant charging camp from the right...
After firing the first round of arrows, more than a thousand archers quickly stepped onto the sledges that had been prepared at the back of the team. Hundreds of Gubo horses pulled the sledges and quickly retreated northward.
Armed Thunder Rhinoceros form a wall on the northern shore of Ice Lake.
Gubo Laima pulled these snow sledges through the gaps between the Thunder Rhinoceros and quickly retreated behind the ice lake.
Andrew's cavalry did not rush into the army of soldier ants. They were just on the periphery of the army of soldier ants, taking advantage of the speed of the cavalry to eat away at the outermost ghost-patterned soldier ants.
It wasn't until these soldier ants were about to rush across the lake that they were intercepted by eighteen armed thunder rhinoceros on the lake.
Fifty-six bed crossbows fired giant crossbow arrows almost at the same time. These giant crossbow arrows crashed into the ant colony and failed to stop their charge. However, at the feet of the armed Thunder Rhinoceros, three thousand indigenous warriors formed an infantry phalanx and were already ready.
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Seeing the ghost-patterned soldier ants swarming towards them, the indigenous warriors raised their shields in unison at the command of their commander.
Surdak and Gulitem stood at the front of this square military formation. A halo of power lit up under Surdak's feet for the first time. However, this halo could not cover the entire army. At best, it covered less than the three surrounding areas of Surdak.
Ten yards range.
However, he held up the commemorative shield and faced the charge of the ghost-patterned soldier ants, but he always stood at the front and never retreated.
The two-headed silk mannequin Gulitum was also beside Surdak, and let out a low war cry. The low and passionate voice immediately shook the morale of the entire infantry formation, and the natives struck with their heavy swords.
Touching the edge of the shield, the uniform knocking sound sounded deafening in the ears of the ghost-patterned soldier ants.
These huge ghost-striped soldier ants looked more like a herd of bison. The moment the front ghost-striped soldier ants hit the shield of the military formation, the front row of indigenous warriors were knocked flying with their shields.
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But behind the shield was a group of tribal warriors holding the shield firmly with their bodies. The charge of these ghost-patterned soldier ants was blocked, and they immediately sprayed a large amount of acidic liquid towards the infantry camp. They used their four back legs to prop up their bodies.
Use the sharp claws to pinch the tribal warrior behind the shield.
However, they were desperately stopped by a group of tribal warriors holding heavy swords behind them. After the heavy swords collided with the tentacles, a harsh sound of gold and iron was heard.
Just when the soldier ants used their size and strength to suppress the tribal warriors, countless Paglio spears stretched out from the gaps between the tribal warriors and pierced the huge mouths of the soldier ants.
Surdak held the Holy Light Torch, and the torch erupted with brilliant Holy Light in the crowd. The memorial shield in his hand blocked a ghost-patterned soldier ant from being strangled with giant pincers. He waved the Holy Light Torch and lit up a series of complicated magic patterns.
, a dazzling holy light burst out from the torch, and at the moment it hit the soldier ant's head, a huge light ball rushed into the ghost-patterned soldier ant's body.
The body of the ghost-patterned soldier ant lights up with countless runes, and the light inside the body rushes out through the runes.
The next moment, the ghostly patterned soldier ants turned into a line of smoke under the burning of the holy light, and were blown away by the biting north wind.
The powerful sacred aura spread outward from Surdak's body, forcing the ghost-marked red ants near him to retreat, leaving a huge space of ten meters in diameter.
The two-headed ogre was not too far away from Surdak's position. Gulitem used all his strength to smash the bone-crushing stick in his hand onto the head of a ghost-patterned soldier ant. The broken skull was
The turbid slurry opened up, he stepped on the corpse of the ghost-marked soldier ant with one foot, and stuffed the fireball in his other hand into the mouth of the soldier ant that rushed up from behind.
The exploding fireball scared away the ghost-patterned soldier ants that rushed up from behind. The two-headed ogre strode forward to pursue him. A group of indigenous warriors followed his killing footsteps and rushed towards the lake. However, they were stopped by Surda not far away.
Ke calls to stay.
At this time, Samira, who was standing at the feet of the armed Thunder Rhino, held a torch and bent down to light the fuse at her feet.
The next second, several sparks shot out into the lake with faint blue smoke.
Then a series of explosions came from the lake. These explosions were not earth-shattering, but they caused ice and snow to fly.
The ghost-striped soldier ants were scurrying around in the explosion, but not many ghost-striped soldier ants were injured. The explosions on the ice continued to spread outward, forming a dense line of explosive sounds.
If someone looks down from the sky at this time, they will find that the explosion on the ice lake spreads outward in a spiral shape along the center of the lake. Although the damage caused to the ghost-striped soldier ants is not great, the cracks on the lake surface are.
Spreading outwards rapidly, and these ice cracks are constantly expanding.
The two-foot-thick ice exploded, and the ghost-striped soldier ants on the ice tumbled into the glacial lake along with the exploding ice.
The soldier ants were stained with lake water and kept climbing on the floating ice blocks. Unfortunately, they were so big that no ice block could bear the weight of a ghost-striped soldier ant. They were floating up and down in the ice lake for a while.
I don’t know how many ghost-striped soldier ants fell into the ice lake.:.
The ghost-striped soldier ants who were isolated on the south bank, relying on the constantly exploding ice lake, could only bravely charge towards the army on the north bank of the ice lake. Giant crossbow arrows harvested the lives of the soldier ants in the chaotic scene.
It has to be said that these dark red ghost-striped soldier ants are much more powerful than those when the beast tide broke out. Unfortunately, they were still pierced through the body in front of the bed crossbow.
A large number of indigenous warriors crowded around the lake. They held shields in their hands and kept slashing with their heavy swords. Behind them were the indigenous warriors holding Paglio spears. They swarmed up and continued to squeeze these ghost-marked soldiers.
The living space of ants.
The entire ice surface was constantly exploding. The soldier ants wanted to escape from the ice surface, but they had to face the stubborn resistance of the tribal warriors.
At this time, several large roc birds were hovering in the sky, and the continuous and low explosions could not cover up their clear calls.
In fact, the indigenous warriors only pushed the ghost-striped soldier ants on the north shore into the lake, and returned to Shiqiao Camp one after another before dark, leaving only countless soldier ants struggling in the lake, with the howling cold wind blowing around them.
, taking away the little heat in their bodies.
Extremely cold nights are obviously the most deadly for these soldier ants. Their joints will freeze when they are exposed to water. These frozen areas continue to thicken, making it increasingly difficult for them to move. The cold wind blows on the lake surface.
On top, a thick layer of ice quickly formed.
Valley/span> Some ghost-striped soldier ants climbed ashore, and their bodies were covered with thick layers of ice. They struggled to crawl on the snow, and finally died in the pursuit of Andrew's cavalry.
Some ghost-striped soldier ants simply drowned in the lake water and refrozen with the broken ice in the lake.
Less than half of the ghost-striped soldier ants were able to escape back to the Dark Worm Valley from the south bank of the lake, and the six giant male ants could only stand on the north bank of the lake and roar angrily.
1. The cold night wind refroze the shattered lake surface, and countless ghost-patterned soldier ants like ice sculptures were buried under the thin layer of ice.
In the early morning, Surdak and his army reappeared on the south bank of the glacial lake, and saw an unknown number of ghost-striped soldier ants frozen on the vast lake. Their bodies still maintained their original struggling appearance.
These ice cubes reflected the dazzling sunlight, causing the warriors on the lake to squint their eyes slightly.
Since the ice was not frozen solid, Suldak prohibited the soldiers from running to the lake to collect these trophies.
At this time, the combined forces of the adventure group and the mercenary group poured out from behind. They did not go to pick up the corpses of the soldier ants on the newly frozen lake. These were the trophies of Viscount Surdak and were sacred and inviolable private property.
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But those ghost-striped soldier ants that had fled to other parts of the lake to freeze their bodies but not completely die became the prey that the coalition forces competed for.
Three days later, a group of indigenous warriors with spears in their hands began to walk onto the ice lake, began to cut through the ice, and gradually took out the frozen ghost-striped soldier ants from the ice.
The corpses of countless ghostly patterned soldier ants were transported to the Shiqiao camp.
After this battle on the lake, the ghost-patterned soldier ants completely retreated into the ant nest in the Dark Worm Valley and refused to come out.
The good news of victory has been sent back to Dodan Town from the Stone Bridge Camp. Surdak did not rush to the Dark Worm Valley. He just set up seven catapults on the north bank of the Ice Lake and continued to throw explosive barrels every day.
The ant nests in the Dark Worm Valley undergo continuous bombardment.
During this recent period, there have always been countless rocs hovering in the sky...
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At the end of December, the chiefs of twenty-five tribes in the Invercargill Forest arrived at the Stone Bridge Camp on the south bank of Ice Lake. Seeing the chiefs of their tribes coming to the camp one after another, the indigenous warriors were in high spirits and contributed to the chiefs one after another.
Rewards received during these days.
The clan leaders sat in Suldak's marching tent with faces of embarrassment and embarrassment. Everyone looked at each other, but no one was willing to speak.
Surdak walked into the march tent covered in ice and snow. He kept sending gentle greetings to the indigenous tribe leaders. When he entered the tent, all the indigenous tribe leaders stood up one after another.
Afterwards, everyone sat down one after another, and Surdak asked them why they came. Is it necessary for the indigenous warriors in the military camp to return to their respective tribes this severe winter?
The clan leaders shook their heads one after another, indicating that this was not the case.
The leader of the Dakuni tribe coughed twice unnaturally, then looked at Surdak cautiously and said to him:
"The food reserves of each of our tribes are pretty good this year. They are enough to last until the spring flowers bloom, and the tribes have also begun to raise yellow sheep. Speaking of these, we must also thank Lord Surdak for his strong support, so that we can survive the beast tide.
The first winter since then has been so easy.”
The chiefs of other tribes nodded in agreement.
"Is there a problem at the copper mine?" Surdak asked strangely.
The clan leaders shook their heads and said no.
Seeing the confusion on Surdak's face, the Darkuni clan leader said: "Lord Surdak, you have achieved brilliant results in the Dark Worm Valley, but please forgive us for making an unreasonable request. Are you really
What’s more, we can’t kill these ghost-patterned soldier ants anymore…”
Unexpectedly, the indigenous tribes who had just been massacred by the beast tide were actually the lobbyists of these ghost-marked red ants.
Surdak asked even more doubtfully: "Why is this? Why don't you let me continue hunting these red ants?"
"If we continue to kill, it will affect the lives of the birds living on the cliffs of the Holy Mountain to the north. These red ants are usually the food of the birds." The leader of the Dakuni tribe explained, his voice a little dry.
"Red ants are numerous in number and reproduce in large numbers every year. Once the number reaches a limit, a tide of beasts will break out..."
When Surdak heard what he said, he realized that these indigenous people actually had a deeper understanding of this forest, and they just didn't talk about it usually.
The leader of the Dakuni tribe continued: "But if you clean up these ghost-striped red ants on such a large scale after the beast tide, they will quickly reduce their numbers. Once they can't catch enough red ants to fill their stomachs, they will plunder them."
Go through Invercargill Forest and hunt the monsters in the forest and us."
"For us, the beast tide only occurs once every ten years. Once the rocs are recognized as food that can satisfy our hunger, I'm afraid we won't be able to live in the hills and mountains. You know... they are the overlords who control the sky here!"
Suldak nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Then he said: "Although this Northern Expedition was not too successful... I originally planned to occupy the Dark Worm Valley, but the strength of the ghost-marked red ants here exceeded my imagination. Now that I say this, I accept your decision
Persuasion, I will gradually withdraw our troops within a week and retreat to the Mountain Stream Chain Bridge Camp."
"In the future, this large-scale campaign is expected to be carried out once every winter to control the number of these ghost-striped red ants..."
"In addition, the Iron Chain Bridge camp will not be removed. It will become the bridgehead on the northern border of the imperial army and the entrance to the hunting ground in the northern part of the Bailin plane. I will open this hunting ground to the adventure groups and mercenaries in the northern plane.
The corps is open, and of course tribal hunters can also come here to hunt ghost-marked red ants."
He raised his head and said to Andrew and Samira who were standing at the door: "Get ready, the baggage troops will leave the Shiqiao camp first, and the cavalry battalion will be responsible for the rear..."
None of the indigenous chiefs expected that he would withdraw his troops so decisively, and they all stood up and saluted Surdak. We provide you with the fastest updates and free reading.:.