The friction and small-scale conflict between the Hunting Sickle Ants and the Third Legion of the Angel King stationed in the "Stump Fortress" had been reported to the protagonist at that time. However, because the protagonist was preoccupied with the big worker ants at that time, after learning that the situation was not serious, he let it go and left it to the commander of the Third Army, Rambo Wan, to solve it.
After the parasitic ants escaped and migrated away, several hills in the northern part of the originally hilly area lost their rulers. These hills were captured by parasitic ants from the predatory ants that originally lived here after they migrated here.
Although the sickle-hunting ants are all fierce warriors, the number of ants in each nest is too small. Even if nearby nests unite, it will be difficult to resist the army of parasitic ants with a large number of people and the assistance of war beasts.
But when the parasitic ants disappeared, the small-group lifestyle of the predatory ants showed their extremely rapid expansion.
When food is abundant in spring, summer and autumn, although the ferrets reproduce slowly, their survival rate is greatly improved because there is no shortage of prey.
Moreover, the immature male and female ant hunters can marry and fly at any time, unlike big-headed ants and other ants that only marry and fly after the rain in late spring and early summer. In this way, new tribes of hunter ants are constantly being established. .
The main food source of hunting ants is hunting, so in order to meet the needs of survival, the size of a hunter tribe is not large. When the number of ant colonies in the tribe is large, the supply of prey in the tribe's territory is likely to be insufficient. At this time, the larger tribe will obtain a new queen through internal mating, and then split.
New tribes that were constantly being created or split off consciously moved towards the northern hills where there was no ruler, quickly occupying the territory vacated after the parasitic ants left, and finally came to the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress".
The garrison at "Stump Fortress" did not initially take hostile action against the nearby scythe-hunting ants, because the protagonist only asked them to monitor and prevent the resurgence of the parasitic ant forces.
"Stump Fortress" doesn't have many ant colonies, and it has the logistical support of "Dongyang City", so it doesn't need a large territory to supply food. Therefore, at the beginning, the two sides maintained a state of not infringing upon each other.
But perhaps these newly-migrated sickle-hunting ants have no experience fighting against the Angel King's army and do not understand the terror of the opponent. Therefore, soon, a nearby tribe of hunting ferocious ants entered the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress" to forage, and attacked a small group of worker ants who were out looking for grass seeds, causing the death and injury of several worker ants.
After receiving the warning from the escaping worker ants, Rambovan immediately led half of the army and rushed to the scene of the incident - he was not the kind of character who needed to carefully study countermeasures, and he also adhered to the code of conduct of "retribution must be meted out".
When they arrived at the scene of the incident, the bodies of the enemy and the sacrificed worker ants were gone. However, following the traces along the way, Rambowan and his legion quickly found the nest of the perpetrator tribe.
Subsequently, the Third Army launched an attack on this small nest with only more than twenty Scythe Hunter ants, and completely wiped out the opponent at a very small cost. Subsequently, the bodies of the sacrificed worker ants were indeed found in the granary of the ant's nest.
According to the current rules of "East Yang City", the remains of the sacrificed worker ants were transported back to "Stump Fortress" and buried in a nearby cemetery. The bodies of the killed ants were discarded at the borders of the "Stump Fortress" territory as a warning to other of their kind who dared to violate the boundaries.
Some of the hunting ant nests active in the nearby area were angered by this warning method and had several conflicts with the Third Army. However, after seeing that they could not gain any advantage, the hunting ants quickly accepted it. The territorial boundaries of "Stump Fortress" are rarely crossed.
After that, the five flying knights from "Dongyang City" stepped up their reconnaissance near the "Stump Fortress" to avoid encountering a surprise attack by the linked army of sickle-hunting ants.
However, this worry did not come true. Instead, the flying knights discovered some interesting details.
Every time it rains, you can always see predatory ants busy around the corpses of some large insects that have rotted.
After the flying knights lowered their altitude, they discovered that these corpses already had thread-parasitic bacteria. These parasitic fungi should not come from destroyed parasitic ant nests or corpse piles, but from wild species. This also verifies the speculation that thread parasitic fungi are native species in hilly areas.
The ants apparently hate parasitic fungi and actively attack and kill any parasites they find. The parasitic bacteria move slowly and cannot pose much threat to the agile ant-hunting warriors without the help of a host. After cleaning up all the parasitic bacteria, the ants left.
It seems that both sides have some natural enemies.
These things do not attract the attention of the protagonist for the time being, because there are other important things that need to be dealt with by him.
On this day, the main nest sent a messenger. This travel-worn messenger traveled for a long time before arriving at "Dongyang City". He conveyed the instructions of the king's meeting: asking the God Envoy King to rush back to the main nest immediately. Urgent matters need to be discussed.
The protagonist is confused. After he came to "Dongyang City" and became the Tu Emperor, this originally unknown sub-nest has become his private territory, and his strength has grown rapidly. Now it is superior to all the sub-nests, and even faintly With the strength to compete with the main nest.
During this period, the ruler of the main nest has not actively contacted the protagonist, and the protagonist only occasionally flies back to the main nest. Now that the King's Council suddenly recalled him, what important matter was there?
The protagonist is a little uneasy. Could it be that his actions in "Dongyang City" were known to the main nest? However, although he has become a separate nation, he has no plans or actions to break away from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. The main nest will not attack him.
Or has the secret of his reforms in "Dongyang City" been leaked? The King's Council cannot tolerate its many subversive behaviors?
Although he was confused, judging from the anxiousness of the messenger, there was indeed something important that he needed to go back by himself.
Therefore, the protagonist decided to go back and take a look. He felt that this was not the Hongmen Banquet, otherwise there would be no need to send a messenger. Given the character of the ants, they should send an army. And even if there is an ambush, the protagonist is confident that he can rush outside and escape with his "god descending from the earth" ability.
So, after a little preparation, the protagonist rode Xiaoqing II, took the Flying Eagle and ten flying knights and set off to fly to the main nest.
Soon, the landmark towering hill castle of the main nest appeared in sight.
