In addition to these measures, the protagonist also sent a messenger to contact the Lao Wang and the Big-headed Ant survivors.
Of course, the protagonist will not mention the difficulties he faces to them. He just asks the messenger to simply greet the leaders of the two factions and expresses that he will not forget his commitment to his allies.
He was also indirectly reminding the other party that not only did he have a commitment to the other party, but the other party also had a commitment to fighting side by side with the Divine Envoy King. When the protagonist is in need, he hopes to get help from his allies, and this does not need to be announced.
According to the messenger's report, after the beginning of spring, the life of the queen ant inheritance faction and the big-headed ant remnants are living well. Thanks to the restoration of vitality in the natural world, and with abundant food, the two factions have expanded in size and become more powerful. One floor.
But this improvement in strength is only relative to itself. Compared with the vast territory and numerous ant colonies of the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the strength of these two allies is still a bit insufficient.
However, what surprises the protagonist is that the oldest king revealed to the messenger that their forces have newly controlled several sub-nests in the southern part of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. Although these sub-nests do not look strange to the outside, they still obey the main nest "Qingqiu City" command.
But as long as the ant queen inheritance faction gives an order, these deputy nests will publicly declare their submission to the oldest king and the ant queens.
This was an unexpected surprise, and it narrowed the balance of strength between the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the protagonist, the Queen Ant Heritage Faction, and the Big-headed Ant Survivor Alliance.
——I am the dividing line——
These days, the protagonist has been using various strategies against his subordinates to win over them and consolidate his position.
He first used his identity as the God's Messenger King to constantly claim that he had obtained new divine decrees. Most of these divine decrees were to promote that the God's Messenger King was God's spokesperson, the only prophet, etc. in this world. Through this, he continuously strengthened his memory. , the protagonist creates a new image among his male ants whose loyalty is doubtful, an image that is different from the previous image of just a brave and wise king.
After borrowing the power of gods and religions to gain new prestige for himself, the protagonist began to use messengers who had been to the main nest to spread the distrust of the main nest towards the Legion of the Divine Envoy King to all commanders of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
The news being spread is not groundless, but most of it has been taken out of context and exaggerated. Although the main nest has a lot of opinions about the protagonist and the army under his command, they are basically focused on the God Envoy King personally. The rest is at best the main nest's discrimination against the sub-nest ants, just like the people of the Imperial Capital and the Magic City treat outsiders. Pretty much the same prejudice.
But because it concerns themselves, and the ants have always been honest, the male ant commanders firmly believe in the messenger's words, and their dissatisfaction with the main nest and the king's meeting is spreading. The protagonist allows this emotion to spread. Only when the dissatisfaction with the main nest reaches a certain level can he best control the psychology of his subordinates.
But these are far from enough. What the protagonist wants is to turn the Divine Envoy King's army from top to bottom into his own private army, saying the same thing and acting like an arm. He knew very well that the existence of the main nest and the King's Conference for hundreds of years still had great influence on all big-headed ants.
——I am the dividing line——
On this day, the Angel King's army suddenly appeared near the auxiliary nest of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
This secondary nest is located between "Dongyang City" and "New Yancheng". It is also located on the most convenient channel for "New Yancheng" to transport salt to the main nest "Qingqiu City". The land is very close, transportation is convenient, and the strategic location is important.
The protagonist decided to take over here to connect his territory in the southern region and make it easier to communicate with his allies.
Of course, the protagonist's action was not authorized by the King's Council, but his efforts over the past few days have paid off. After he announced that the male ants in this sub-nest had been infected by parasitic ants, he successfully brought the army over.
In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of messengers from the main nest, some sent by the king's conference, and some sent by some more senior kings on their own.
Most of these messengers expressed their opposition, condemnation or even curse to the protagonist's "murder" of a male ant in the name of the King's Conference or a certain King's personal name. The King's Council also requires the protagonist to go to "Qingqiu City" immediately to accept the inquiry and disposal of the King's Council.
This makes the protagonist smell danger. Naturally, he cannot go to the main nest and throw himself into a trap. Instead, he is stepping up preparations for war - maybe the next arrival will not be a messenger, but a few soldier ants or an army responsible for capturing him. .
In fact, the protagonist overestimated the King's Council's determination to deal with him, and his delusion of being persecuted was somewhat serious. The King's Council has never dealt with such a case of deliberately killing compatriots of the same class, and they don't know how to deal with this "murderer". What they want to do at the beginning is simply to let the person involved come to the King's Council for questioning, and then decide Disposal measures.
With a high probability, even if the King's Council, which has no experience in interrogation, finds the crime guilty, it is impossible to execute the "murderer". Otherwise, what is the difference between them and the "murderer" who killed his compatriots?
But the protagonist is a fan of the authorities. He did not expect so much, nor did he expect the consequences of his original actions. Now misunderstandings and prejudices have made him determined to use military force to ensure the safety of his hard-earned new life after time travel.
After the legion of the God Envoy King arrived at this sub-nest at a traffic chokepoint - let's call it "Sitong City" - the protagonist immediately summoned all the commanders and sent a messenger in front of them to request the male ants from this sub-nest. Come out for a meeting.
But soon, the messenger reported back that the male ants in charge of "Sitong City" said that they had received orders from the main nest and refused to fulfill the orders of the Divine Envoy King.
Therefore, the protagonist announced in public that he had received divine decree. The male ant was indeed infected by the parasitic ant, and he demanded that the male ant be captured immediately.
This order caused an uproar among the commanders. The protagonist completely delivered the information package provided by the messenger to all the male ants in the legion. Some of these male ants had participated in the war against parasitic ants, and the rest had also learned through the information package. .
Although the parasitic fungi can confuse ordinary ants through smell and other means after parasitizing on the host, making them unable to tell which of their companions have been infected, and even ignore the abrupt hyphae on their bodies.
But male ants are more intelligent and can distinguish between parasitized ants with hyphae and healthy ants.
Now, the male ants in this sub-nest obviously do not have the characteristics of being parasitized, but why would the God Envoy King issue such an order! ?
The male ants were whispering and passing ideas on to each other. The protagonist saw all this but did not stop it.
