From the perspective of having a common and unrelenting enemy called parasitic ants, "Dongyang City" and the Scythe Hunter Ants should have a relationship of friends rather than enemies.
However, the first contact between the two sides could not be called friendly. Not only did small-scale conflicts break out, but there were also casualties on each other. Fortunately, the number of casualties was not large, and it did not lead to an irreversible feud.
In the following days, the protagonist sent heavily guarded envoys several times in an attempt to communicate with the other party, but these attempts failed.
The sickle-hunting ants will definitely launch an attack after the Angel King's army reaches a certain distance. They are not afraid even if their numbers are far inferior, which makes it impossible for the two sides to communicate at all.
The protagonist had to give up this effort.
However, it is not easy to conquer the indigenous people in these hilly areas militarily.
Although the size of each hunting ant nest is not large, there are usually only a few dozen to two hundred warriors. However, these ants are naturally fierce warriors. The protagonist estimates that each time he attacks a ant nest, he needs to use ten times the opponent's strength to ensure victory with a small loss.
There are hundreds or even thousands of ant nests scattered across vast hilly areas. It will undoubtedly be a protracted war to completely wipe out this area.
The protagonist had to give up his plan to chase the parasitic ants through the territory of the hunting ants. He could only comfort himself, considering the ants' abhorrent attitude towards parasitic ants and parasitic fungi, maybe the ants would destroy their enemies without having to do anything themselves.
After returning to the temporary camp, because it is close to the activity area of the hunting sickle ants, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, the protagonist even ordered the Angel King Legion to withdraw to the Stump Fortress together with the descendants of the parasitic ants in the camp.
——I am the dividing line——
The war with parasitic ants has ended for a month, and many important things have happened during this month.
The main force of the Divine Envoy King's Legion returned triumphantly to "Dongyang City" with a large amount of seized materials, as well as aphids, scale insects and other resources collected in the conquered areas.
Now, the nectar source of "Dongyang City" has greatly increased, and it is already able to supply normal needs while still being somewhat wealthy.
The "Southern Fortress" originally built to defend against the attack of parasitic ants, and the "Transit Station" on the only way to the hilly area, built to transport materials for attacking the parasitic ant nests, have also been preserved.
However, with the destruction of the parasitic ant forces, the strategic significance of these two strongholds has been greatly reduced. The protagonist only stationed a hundred worker ants in these two strongholds as a defense between "East Yang City" and "Stump Fortress" contact station for use.
The significance of "Stump Fortress" is still important. After the main force returned to "Dongyang City", the Third Legion of the God Envoy King still stayed in the "Stump Fortress". They will serve as a nail in the hilly area and closely monitor the hunting ants and ferocious ants here. Parasitic ants, to prevent the parasitic ants from resurrecting one day.
The protagonist also dispatched a thousand worker ants and ten flying knights from "Dongyang City" to station in "Stump Fortress".
The worker ants are not only responsible for maintaining the fortress, but also foraging nearby to ensure that the fortress is basically self-sufficient in food. However, due to the small space in the "Tree Stump Fortress", there is no mealworm breeding farm. The required meat needs to be obtained by hunting, or supplemented by the transfer of cured meat from "Dongyang City".
The mission of the flying knights stationed in the "Stump Fortress" is to take off every day for reconnaissance, weather permitting, not only to detect the movements of the hunting ants, but also to detect the traces of the parasitic ants.
What makes the protagonist feel strange is that for many days, no matter how the flying knights expanded the search area, the remaining parasitic ants seemed to have disappeared from the world, leaving no trace.
But the protagonist does not think that these cunning and tenacious enemies have been wiped out. They must still be hiding in a dark corner, peeking, and waiting for opportunities to counterattack.
On the contrary, without the parasitic ants as a life-and-death enemy, and because the Angel King's legions also adopted a more cautious strategy and limited their activities to the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress", the indigenous sickle-hunting ferocious ants ushered in their good days.
In the summer when food is plentiful, new nests of hunter ants appear every day. Some of these nests originate from the power established by new queens who fly after marriage, and some are split from larger nests.
A large number of nests began to spread towards the territory of the original parasitic ants, and soon approached the "Stump Fortress". After the Third Legion of the God Envoy King was dispatched several times to drive away some scythe-hunting ants that were approaching the fortress very close, these assassins slowly grasped the rules and no longer approached the sphere of influence of the big-headed ants - both sides A certain tacit understanding has been reached.
The protagonist is also very busy in "Dongyang City" this month.
He went to visit Xiao Qing, who flew back to the fly stable in "Dongyang City" on his own after being injured. What made him sad was that Xiao Qing's wings were severely damaged and it was difficult to fly, let alone continue to be the protagonist's mount.
The protagonist can only let two worker ants take care of Xiao Qing's daily life, and then announce Xiao Qing's retirement.
But out of necessity, the protagonist must have a strong and agile fly as a mount. And in order to ensure that it is easy to control, the protagonist tames it himself.
Fortunately, the domestication of flies in "Dongyang City" is already quite large-scale, and there is a special breeding farm responsible for cultivating fly maggots. Here, the thin fly maggots will be used as food, and only the strong fly maggots will be cultivated to pupae according to the number required.
The protagonist quickly found a suitable mount from a group of flies that had just emerged from pupae - a red-headed fly with red eyes and green armor like Xiao Qing.
This new mount reminds the protagonist of the days when he met and tamed Xiao Qing, so the protagonist named it "Xiao Qing II".
Afterwards, the protagonist devoted himself to training Xiao Qing II.
Although there have been successful cases of taming Xiaoqing before, and "Dongyang City" has accumulated a lot of effective experience in training flying knights, taming new mounts is still a time-consuming and labor-intensive matter.
Not only must the rider's dominance be established through constant punishment and rewards, but a special saddle must be made and the mount adapted to the saddle. Finally, several weeks of running-in must be carried out to ensure that the rider can control the mount like an arm. refer to.
Therefore, the protagonist spent most of this month with Xiaoqing II.
The final result is also very satisfying. The protagonist and Xiao Qing II have been able to cooperate seamlessly, just like the protagonist and Xiao Qing were together. The protagonist is finally able to soar into the sky again. This feeling of flying is really wonderful.
