The protagonist and his party have to flee south-west, which is the direction of [New Yang City], so that they may encounter ants who can support them.
But just now under the boxwood tree, hundreds of ants, burrowing ants and Japanese black ants came out from the southwest, blocking the way to escape home. The protagonist and the magic soldier were alone. The ant guards had no choice but to escape from the ambush circle of the ants to the east.
Not far from the small-leaf boxwood, there is a dense forest of mugwort. These perennial mugworts have grown more than half a meter high, and new feathery leaves have just grown on the tall mugwort stalks.
The magic soldier ants in the back are very brave, and they will not retreat in front of the torrent of pursuers. They do not seek to kill more enemies, but try their best to block those pursuers who try to get past them and fight to the death for the God Envoy King and his companions. Try to get even a second or two to escape.
Their sacrifice successfully protected the protagonist and his party from escaping into the wormwood forest, but the pursuers who followed quickly relied on their numerical advantage to kill all the magic ants behind them, and followed them into the forest.
The grass and leaves in the wormwood forest are dense, and the feathery wormwood leaves grow in circles from the roots to the top of the wormwood stalks. The forest is so dense that it looks like there are umbrellas everywhere. This environment makes the protagonist feel at ease.
At least even if the enemy is ambushing in front, shooting acid will not be effective in this environment.
Not only can it avoid acid rain, but the wormwood stalks in the wormwood forest are very dense, which is not conducive to the pursuit of soldiers in groups. On the contrary, it is more beneficial to the protagonist and his party with a small number.
The unique aroma of rich mugwort leaves settles in the mugwort forest. The protagonist has no time to care about this peculiar herbal smell. The "rustling" sound of the mugwort leaves behind him when being touched indicates that the pursuers are not far behind him.
After escaping for a while into the wormwood forest, the protagonist felt that he could not keep escaping eastward, as that would only make him farther and farther away from [Xinyang City]. Although there is also the auxiliary nest of the Ant Alliance to the east, it is a long way and it takes a long time to walk. I don’t know if I can get there before dusk.
Most of the guardsmen were injured and had traveled long distances all morning. They could not outrun the pursuers who had been recharging their strength for a long time.
So the protagonist immediately led the guards to turn around and start walking south. It would be best if they could use the dense wormwood forest to get rid of the pursuers, and then turn southwest and return to the main road leading to [New Yang City].
The magic soldier ants leave pheromones and dangerous messages from time to time along the way to inform the transportation team coming to carry the locust eggs to stop by for support.
These ants are the only support the protagonist can get. As long as there are hundreds of big-headed worker ants equipped with iron jaw knives, the protagonist will not be afraid of at most a thousand enemies.
At this time, the protagonist regretted not letting the flying knight accompany him today, otherwise [Xin Yangcheng] would have learned of the situation and sent reinforcements by now.
In the dense wormwood forest, it is impossible to see the scene a little further away, but the pursuers have been following behind, and the sound of their march has always fallen behind. The protagonist does not know how the enemy can be tracked so closely without relying on sight and smell. Own.
Maybe it's the sound of the protagonist's movement that guides the pursuers.
As soon as I thought of this, the wind suddenly picked up, and the tall wormwood swayed, making a noisy sound, which was much louder than the sound produced by the march of ants.
The protagonist was overjoyed. Maybe this way the pursuers would have no clue, so he hurriedly led his subordinates to get away quickly.
The magic soldier ants supported some of their more seriously injured companions and followed the protagonist closely. In fact, if the protagonist had run and jumped at full speed, he could have left these guards behind and perhaps escaped.
But firstly, he was reluctant to give up these elite guards, and secondly, he was afraid of running into the ambush circle of abdominal ants again. Without the guards, he would die faster, so it was better to take the magic ants with him.
The wind gradually gets stronger and blows continuously. The pursuers cannot hear the movement of the protagonist and his party, and the protagonist does not know the movements of the pursuers.
Suddenly, dozens of burrowing ants emerged from under the mugwort stalks in front of the protagonist.
The two sides almost collided directly at close range, and they were both stunned. The protagonist reacted first, picked up a dry grass stalk under his feet, and threw it violently.
The burrowing ant that was struck rolled out immediately as if it had been hit by a soft whip, but the grass stem was too soft, so it was soft when hit, and the opponent was not seriously injured.
The remaining burrowing ants opened their jaws and pounced on them. The "Celestial Immortal" also pounced on them with some magical ant guards, and the two sides fought together.
The protagonist also wanted to go up and fight, but the other magic ant warriors surrounded him tightly and carried him away from the battlefield.
The sound of fighting was gradually buried in the sound of wind and grass, and only a dozen guardsmen were left around the protagonist.
He was a little worried about the "Celestial Immortals". There were not many enemies. As long as there were no reinforcements, the "Celestial Immortals" and the others would definitely not be afraid of those weak digging ants in close combat, but they were afraid that if the enemy reinforcements came to encircle them...
Continue to leave pheromones along the way so that the "celestial beings" and others can follow. The protagonist and his party continued to run wildly in the wormwood forest where the sun could not be seen, turning based on intuition and escaping in the direction of [Xinyang City].
Suddenly, it suddenly became clear that the wormwood forest had reached the end. The protagonist and his party got out and looked around. It was not a very familiar place. There was no ant tunnel they were looking for nearby, and there were no traces of ant activity.
Neither the protagonist nor the guards knew where they were running. Looking up at the sun, it seemed that the direction they had just run was not much different.
You can't run around blindly, otherwise you won't know where you are going. There are large undeveloped areas between the nests of the Ant Alliance. If you really get lost, it will be troublesome to go home.
The protagonist and his party could only stop. Several magical ant warriors spread out and searched the ground with their tentacles, looking for short-acting pheromones left by foraging ants.
But there was no news yet. Standing on the high ground of a weed, the protagonist, who was personally on guard, saw dozens of pursuer ants coming out of the wormwood forest very close to the north, and more came out one after another from behind. The leader is none other than the male fire ant.
The other party also saw the protagonist, and immediately pursued the enemy and tried to surround him. The abdominal ants also raised their abdomens as if they were about to shoot.
The protagonist quickly jumped down from the weeds where he was standing, called the nearby soldiers to come closer with a screeching sound, and hurriedly fled to the south.
At this time, the "Tianxian" and the others also came out of the wormwood forest. It seemed that they had nothing to lose, so they gathered together and ran for their lives together.
These pursuers are so fierce that they want to kill the protagonist. Those small burrowing ants run very fast in the open field. The tall magic ants cannot get up because they are all injured. The pursuers are coming. Getting closer.
The protagonist turned back frequently, seeing that the pursuers were gradually catching up. This was not an option, so he simply bit his jaw and ran to the side, leaving the open space and entering the dense wormwood forest.
At least the dense wormwood forest can also slow down the pursuers!
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