While Lan Bofei was leading the second legion of the Divine Envoy King in a fierce battle, the protagonist, who was not yet aware of the intensity of the battle, was presiding over an execution in the main nest "Qingqiu City".
The target of execution was Darong.
After betraying the protagonist, Darong indeed brought a lot of trouble to the protagonist, and all the protagonist's arrangements on the north bank of the river were ruined. Therefore, the protagonist hates this traitor so much that he wants to kill him.
After proposing to exchange male ant prisoners of war for big banyans from the main nest, the male ant commanders of the Northern Expedition weighed the pros and cons and felt that the deal was a good deal - one king could be exchanged for hundreds of kings and kings, among which Many of them are senior people with high authority.
So, after a brief discussion, the kings of the Northern Expedition unanimously agreed and directly ordered Darong to follow the flying knight back to the main nest.
As for Darong, although he knew that returning to the protagonist's side would be very dangerous, he still obeyed the order happily. He could not disobey the order of the King's Council - if it were not for his foolish loyalty to the King's Council, Darong would not betray the protagonist. He is deeply Knowing the unfathomable strength of the God Envoy King's legion.
Darong was escorted to "Linshui City" by the flying knights. At this time, there was no war in "Linshui City". Lan Bofei also knew that the protagonist "valued" Darong very much, and directly asked a small team of garrison troops to escort Darong to the main nest "Qingqiu City".
The day before the defense battle of "Linshui City" began, Darong arrived at the main nest.
Darong stood outside the entrance of "Qingqiu City" and looked up at this majestic lair that had changed its owner. Many past memories came to his mind.
He was a male ant born in "Linshui City". Only three male ants were born in the entire nest this year. When he reaches adulthood, he and two other male ants go to the main nest to participate in the wedding flight ceremony.
In the end, he failed in the wedding flight ceremony, failed to successfully mate, and failed to leave his own offspring.
But he was also lucky. Another male ant in the same nest died directly in the cruel wedding flight ceremony. At least he was still alive.
But he was unlucky. Another male ant in the same nest not only successfully mated, but also gained the qualification to stay in the main nest. After that, he accumulated qualifications and achievements little by little, and finally became the king. He is the King of the West, a male ant who once befriended the protagonist.
Although Darong failed in mating, he was able to stay in the main nest and start as an ordinary king. A few years later, because the original male ants of "Linshui City" died in the battle, he was ordered to return to the "Linshui City" that was recaptured by the protagonist and others and serve as the local ruler.
He originally thought that his end would be to die at the hands of his old enemy, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, in a glorious and heroic winter defense battle. But he didn't expect that he would end up on the opposite side of the God Envoy King, the conqueror of the "Linshui City" he once ruled and his one-time boss.
Now, the God Envoy King is in this lair, and he will face him again.
Once upon a time, Darong always regarded his fellow countryman, the King of the West, as his target, and he also wanted to become the king. However, those who lose in the wedding ceremony rarely become kings, and the mark of failure will remain with them throughout their lives.
But he was unwilling to give in, so he decided to betray and throw himself into the arms of the Northern Expeditionary Army when he learned of the God Envoy King's intentions. He felt that his achievements would enable him to join the ranks of great kings in the future.
But now, he was used as a bargaining chip and given to the God Envoy King who hated him to the core.
He had been wronged and unwilling to accept it, but he understood that even if he was a member of the King's Council, he would agree with this plan to maximize benefits. So he has no regrets.
Therefore, even when the protagonist saw him and asked him why he betrayed him, Darong still cursed the God Envoy King with the most vicious curse he could find:
He cursed the evil and untraditional God-King to be burned to death with sacred fire.
The protagonist was so furious that he ordered Darong to be burned at the stake, and all the male ants in the main nest "Qingqiu City" watched the execution.
In human history, although the method of burning the victim to death is very primitive and barbaric, it is very common in both the East and the West. It is said that punishment by fire has a purifying effect. Therefore, punishment by fire is always associated with the elimination of heresy and evil. For example, Bruno, who insisted on promoting the "heliocentric theory", was burned at the stake. So-called witches were burned at the stake throughout Spain in the Middle Ages, and so on.
Big-headed ants are the same as humans in believing that fire can purify, so some male ants who firmly support the King's Conference will say that he will be thrown into the fire when cursing the protagonist.
The same goes for Darong.
On the one hand, the protagonist wanted to "repay the other party with his own evil" in anger, and on the other hand, he planned to prove to his subordinates that he was an orthodox person protected by God, and that his opponents should be burned to death by the sacred fire. This torture.
The scene of the burning was the combustion chamber at the bottom of the main nest "Qingqiu City". The fire burned blazingly all year round, emitting strong light and heat to the surroundings.
The male ants who were watching the execution stayed in a corner of the combustion chamber cautiously. This distance allowed them to see the execution scene clearly without being too hot and causing dehydration.
Human burning executions often involve controlling the prisoner and then lighting a fire next to the prisoner. But the ant's fire is difficult to move, so Mrs. Ingenuity, the protagonist, creates another method of execution.
The big banyan was tied to one end of a long thin wooden stick. The other end of the thin wooden stick was bitten by twenty strong soldier ants with their jaws. There was a stone standing on the ground in the middle as a fulcrum.
Following the protagonist's order, the soldier ants stretched out the long thin wooden sticks forward, and gradually sent the big banyan tree with its top tied into the fire.
All the male ants who were watching saw that although Big Rong's six limbs were tied and unable to move, his mandibles opened and closed excitedly and his tentacles swayed wildly, showing the intense changes in his heart.
The ants could not speak, and the male ants onlookers didn't know whether Darong was fearful, begging for mercy, cursing, or unyielding. They could only watch his body getting closer to the yellow outer flame.
Before it entered the flames, the top of the thin wooden stick was already turning black and scorching at a speed visible to the naked eye. The big banyan's body also curled up and twisted, and its tentacles and six limbs quickly dried, cracked and burned in the high temperature.
The big banyan just struggled briefly and lost its life in the high temperature. Then the ant threads binding it were burned. The big banyan's body fell down and fell right into the bottom of the fire, where it was quickly devoured and disappeared.
After the execution was over, the male ants left tremblingly. The protagonist was very satisfied with the effect of this public punishment of the enemy - sometimes, fear is also a way to control subordinates.
He immediately sent a messenger to send the information package about the burning to his subordinate territory to check it out for all the male ants, especially those who were restricted to the original main nest in "Dongyang City".
He wanted all the male ants to see the consequences of betraying him and the God Envoy King, and let his subordinates who still had dissatisfaction think carefully about it.
