Under the personal leadership of Commander Lambofo of the Second Army, the ten squads formed the usual dense formation and used a horizontal formation of flying geese to kill more than sixty scythe-hunting ants.
Just looking at the number of troops committed to the battle, the ratio between the two sides was about eight to one. Although the protagonist already has a high evaluation of the enemy's individual combat effectiveness, he also believes that this strength advantage is a sure win, especially since the warriors of the Divine Envoy King are battle-hardened veterans.
Facing the aggressive Legion of the God Envoy King, these scythe-hunting ant warriors did not flinch. Even though they were far away, the protagonist could still detect the hatred in their eyes, which made the protagonist very strange.
The ant-hunting warriors did not line up in a tight formation, but became more dispersed. They expanded the defensive area and were evenly distributed in front of each of the Angel King's squads. They had no intention of concentrating their forces to defend or break through.
As the distance between the two parties came closer, when they were within one decimeter, the ant took the lead in launching an attack.
Although these warriors prefer to rely on vision and jumping to ambush prey and enemies with one hit. But if they need to face the enemy head-on, they are not afraid.
One by one, the Scythe Hunter ants suddenly rushed forward, and then kicked their hind legs. The soldiers of the God's Envoy Army could only see the afterimages left behind in place - their movements were too fast.
The next second, the scythe-hunting ferocious ant warriors fell from the sky and slammed into the Angel King's team. The airflow and smoke caused some unsteady Angel King warriors near the landing point to fly away.
Later, when the formation of the Angel King's team was destroyed and in panic, these sickle-hunting ants used their mandibles to suppress the nearest Warrior of the Angel King, then killed him with their stingers, and then quickly jumped away. battlefield.
In this attack alone, the Divine Envoy King's army lost forty or fifty soldiers.
This method of fighting reminds the protagonist of the mantis he hunted back then. That mantis once brought great fear and threat to the protagonist. Later, during the entire roundup of "Dongyang City", the mantis often used its jumping and flying abilities to fight in and out of the roundup team. It was not until the end that he underestimated the enemy. And died at the hands of the protagonist.
These sickle-hunting ferocious ants also adhere to the principle of one-hit and go, using bounces to make surprise attacks, and then immediately slip away to avoid being besieged by the legion of the Divine Envoy King with superior strength.
If it had been earlier, the inexperienced God Envoy King Army might have been exhausted by this tactic. But now, the Divine Envoy King's Legion has encountered various enemies and has rich experience in responding to battle situations.
When the enemy fell from the sky, some warriors of the God's Envoy King who had not been knocked away immediately launched a counterattack against the swooping ants.
Although most of the ant-hunting ants were killed and evacuated immediately, there were a few ant-hunting warriors who were slower or encountered fierce resistance and were quickly bitten by the encircling God-King warriors.
Some of these surrounded scythe-hunting ant warriors gave up on killing and quickly retreated, while others were surrounded and unable to escape, and were quickly cut into pieces by the small, agile and numerous Divine Envoy King warriors.
After the first round of fighting, the Angel King's army lost forty or fifty warriors, and the enemy also lost seven ants.
Relative to the number of enemies, such losses were very serious, but the Legion of God's Envoy King greatly increased its confidence because it successfully found a way to destroy the enemy.
When the God Envoy King's army gathered up the newly destroyed formation and moved forward again, these sickle-hunting ants hesitated and retreated slightly. It seemed that they were very sensitive to the number of casualties.
But the protagonist had to stop the ten attacking teams.
On the other side of the forward direction, two new groups of enemies appeared, which were also hunting ants. One group had more than twenty enemies, but the other group had hundreds of them.
Together with the previous ones, these two groups of enemies totaled about two hundred, divided into three parts. In addition to showing great hostility towards the Divine Envoy King's army, they were also wary of each other: baring their teeth and claws from a long distance apart. threats and do not get close to each other.
It was obvious that these were scythe-hunting ants belonging to three different forces, but due to the appearance of the God Envoy King's legion, they actually came together to intercept them in a tacit understanding.
This gave the protagonist a headache. He didn't offend these ants. Who knows what kind of medicine they took to stop his actions.
If we work harder, I believe that the God Envoy King's army can also destroy the enemies in front of them, but it will only waste some time. But the protagonist doesn't know if there will be more scythe ants, or even more scythe ant nests, participating in this battle.
If the situation develops towards the worst, then the God Envoy King's army will inevitably suffer heavy losses here, and the original target - the remaining parasitic ants can also take advantage of this time to escape.
After weighing the pros and cons, the protagonist decided to retreat first. After all, the parasitic ants are now defeated and cannot return to a larger scale in a short time. Moreover, the area where the parasitic ants are currently active should also be infested by these scythe-hunting ants. Maybe both sides will fight until both sides lose.
The protagonist is still confused about this new force and does not want to easily create another enemy. After killing one-eighth of the opponent's warriors, he barely managed to account for his own victims.
As a result, the rear group of the God Envoy King's army changed to the front group and began to withdraw in the direction from which they came. The ten squads of the Second Army that were originally responsible for the offensive mission became the rear troops, and they retreated slowly and vigilantly step by step.
Regarding the sudden retreat of the Divine Envoy King's army, the three ant-hunting teams seemed very cautious. They kept a distance of two to three meters and slowly moved forward step by step. Perhaps due to the huge disadvantage in numbers, they did not pursue the retreating Angel King's army, but monitored their actions.
The legions of the God's Envoy King withdrew to a hill on the shore of a lake where they came from. The three ant-hunting forces were separated from each other. After watching the legions of the God's Envoy King retreat, they did not catch up with the hill, as if the hill was their territory. Borders are average.
In this weird atmosphere, the Legion of the God's Envoy ended their expedition hastily and returned to the temporary camp.
It's not like the protagonist never thought of taking a detour, but the flying knights who lowered their flight altitude for reconnaissance found that the area was full of small groups of hunting ants. Considering the opponent's excellent eyesight, the protagonist does not think that such a large force of his own can sneak through the opponent's activity area without being discovered.
The protagonist who returned to the temporary camp was very depressed. A wonderful action of chasing the poor bandits was interrupted.
What are the origins of these newly emerged predatory ants? Why do you feel that they are full of hostility towards the Legion of God's Envoy King? The protagonist feels the need to get to the bottom of these problems.
