The reason why one male ant is left behind is because Suzaku is worried that the worker ants alone will be unable to cope with unexpected situations and will not be able to handle the task of cutting off the rear.
The male ant was already injured in his leg, which slowed down the speed of the large army.
Neither the selected male ants nor the soldier ants had any objections to this order. In the hearts of ants, collective interests are always higher than their own interests. They stayed where they were and watched their companions leave south.
The pavement ants in the back didn't have to wait too long. Soon, the sound of rustling sounded from behind, getting closer and closer.
The pursuers were chasing so fast that they inevitably came into contact with all kinds of vegetation, dead branches and leaves, and made these noisy and life-threatening sounds. This is also a typical feature of the mysterious Ant Gate operation.
Several huge mysterious ant warriors emerged from a small patch of snakeberry bushes and appeared in front of the pavement ants behind them. The remaining male pavement ants immediately opened their jaws at the pursuers, provoking them while moving backwards toward the southwest.
He wanted to attract the attention of the mysterious ants to himself, and then lead the pursuers to escape in another direction, buying some time for his companions who were leaving due south to escape.
Seeing the pavement ants, the mysterious ants about half a meter away also opened their jaws and approached. Perhaps in their eyes, they dared to provoke these small prey that were destined to die. It was really overestimating their capabilities.
Several pavement ants immediately turned around and ran away. Now was not the time to fight bravely. Death was not terrible, but failing to complete the task and dragging down the large army was unacceptable.
The mysterious ants behind saw this and were about to catch up, but a mysterious ant with a boss-like appearance and thicker tentacles stopped in place. From the moment it appeared, it has been dangling in the sky with its tentacles, searching for something.
This mysterious little ant leader stopped where he was, and the ordinary mysterious ant warriors who were trying to chase him also quickly stopped and guarded the little leader.
I saw the little boss's tentacles twitching and trembling, and the tips of the tentacles slowly pointed toward the south. Then, the little leader immediately started up, ignoring the Pavement Ant Cutting Queen troops who had stopped beside him, and led his subordinates to pursue them straight to the south - the direction where Suzaku and the others escaped.
The pavement ants behind them immediately became anxious, and they also chased after them, hoping to stop or interfere with the pursuit of the mysterious ant team.
At this time, the pavement ant male who injured his leg sadly found that he was slowing down the team again. He could only ask the six pavement ant workers to ignore him and catch up first.
The mysterious ants and pavement ant workers soon left the lone male ant far behind. Although the six pavement ant workers finally caught up with the mysterious ants, without the command of the male ants, the hasty attack launched by these reckless pavement ant warriors was quickly crushed, and all of them died tragically under the jaws of the mysterious ants.
They didn't even cause a trace of damage to the enemy, only slightly delaying the enemy's pursuit time for half a minute.
——I am the dividing line——
Suzaku soon discovered that the sound of enemy pursuit sounded again behind him, and another scout issued the most urgent report with his life.
Obviously, the last wave of troops that broke off the rear failed, and Suzaku did not need to think too much about their fate. Now he is more worried about the fate of himself and so many male ants around him.
Suzaku once again sent out twelve pavement ant worker ant warriors, ordering them to stay where they were and fight to the end. Since the previous strategy of breaking off the rear troops to lure away the enemy failed, we can only go head-on.
However, the troops behind the second wave obviously could not buy enough time. When Suzaku felt that he had not run away from the place for a long time, the sound of pursuit appeared again.
Facing ten strong and mysterious ants, the twelve pavement ant warriors were completely invincible. They could not even trade their lives for half a minute.
The mysterious ants are huge and run very fast. When moving quickly, they will inevitably bump into some obstacles. The noise produced by just ten mysterious ants dashing forward and chasing them all the way is louder than an entire legion of marching pavement ants. exaggerate.
This sound was like a reminder, making Suzaku and the male ants frightened.
It was obviously unrealistic to continue sending troops to break up the rear. Nearly half of the escort team around Suzaku had been lost, but it could barely delay the enemy for a moment.
Suzaku calmed down, touched the tentacles of a male ant next to him with his tentacles, and issued an order.
The male ant immediately took the command, and she and Suzaku emitted aura at the same time, supplemented by the sound of friction. Both commands express the meaning: "Follow me."
Under this seemingly contradictory order, the remaining male ants and worker ants immediately divided into two groups of approximately equal numbers, following Suzaku and the male ants respectively. Both teams were heading roughly south, but slightly staggered east and west.
Suzaku's calculation was that if the enemy chose to pursue them all the way, half of the male ants would survive. This was a gamble on life, and the bet Suzaku placed even included his own life.
The noise behind him seemed to pause briefly, and just when Suzaku hesitated with a hint of joy, the noise that made him shudder appeared again, but it was much weaker.
Suzaku felt a chill in his heart. The enemy had obviously chosen to pursue in separate directions, which made Suzaku very helpless.
The male ants have almost no fighting power. The remaining ten or so worker ant warriors around him can at most defeat one or two mysterious ant warriors. Even if the enemy divides his forces, there will obviously be more than one or two along the way.
The thrilling chase soon came to fruition. When five mysterious ant warriors appeared behind his team within sight, Suzaku knew that it was difficult for him to escape.
There are only five enemies. Although they are very powerful, there is no other way. Instead of leaving the Duanhou troops behind and being consumed little by little, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there are still a dozen warriors and the male ants have enough physical strength to fight to the death.
Suzaku exuded a faint red aura, and the ants around him stopped. This was an order to fight to the end.
Whether they are petite worker ants or oversized male ants, they are all closely together. At this moment, there is no distinction between class status. They are just a group of ants struggling as if they are drowning, just looking for a way out.
——I am the dividing line——
Suzaku dragged one hind leg and tried to crawl forward. He injured a leg, but he was lucky.
Of the original team of more than sixty pavement ants, no more than half are still moving at this moment, and the rest have become corpses, some of which are still broken into pieces.
Each of the five mysterious ants seemed to be the god of death. With three strikes, five and two, they defeated the desperate team of pavement ants and started a common massacre.
Even if the pavement ants fought to the death, and even if the male ants showed bravery only during the wedding flight ceremony in their lives, it was as ineffective as moths flying into the flame.
