Chapter 45: Escape (3)
The reason why one male ant was left behind was because Suzaku was worried that it would be difficult for the worker ants to cope with the unexpected situation and would not be able to cope with the task of breaking off.
And this male ant was already wounded in the leg, which slowed down the speed of the large group.
For this order, the selected male ants and soldier ants have no objection, and in the hearts of ants, the collective interest is always higher than their own interests. They stayed where they were, watching their companions depart south.
The paving ants didn't have to wait long, and soon, the sound of the rope sounded from behind them, getting closer and closer.
The pursuers chased all the way quickly, inevitably touching all kinds of vegetation, dead branches and leaves, and making these noisy and urging sounds. This is also a typical feature of the mysterious antgate operation.
Several huge mysterious ant warriors, emerging from a small patch of snakeberry bushes, appeared in front of the broken paver ants. The paving ant male ants who remained immediately opened their jaws at the pursuers, and while provocative, they moved backwards to the southwest.
He wanted to draw the attention of the mysterious ants to himself, and then led his pursuers to flee in the other direction, buying some time for his companions to escape due south.
Seeing the paver ants, the mysterious ants about half a meter away also opened their jaws and approached, maybe in their eyes, these little prey in front of them who were certain to die actually dared to provoke, it was really beyond their strength.
A few paving ants immediately turned around and ran, now is not the time to be brave and ruthless, death is not terrible, but it is unacceptable to drag down the large army if you fail to complete the task.
The mysterious ant behind was about to catch up when he saw this, but a mysterious ant with a leader and thicker tentacles stopped in place, and from the moment it appeared, it had been swaying in the sky with its tentacles, searching for something.
The little mysterious ant leader stopped in place, and the ordinary mysterious ant warriors who tried to pursue it also quickly stopped and stood beside the little leader.
I saw the tentacles of the little leader tremble, and the tips of the tentacles slowly pointed to the south. Then, the little leader immediately started suddenly, ignoring the paving ant broken troops who had stopped on the side, and led his subordinates straight to the south, the direction where Suzaku and they fled.
The paving ants immediately became anxious, and they also reflexively chased after them, trying to stop or interfere with the pursuit of the mysterious ant team.
At this time, the male paver ant who injured his leg sadly found that he had slowed down the speed of the team again, and he could only let the six paver ants leave themselves alone and catch up first.
The mysterious ant and the paver ant worker ant quickly left the lone male far behind. Although the six paver ant worker ants finally caught up with the mysterious ants, they lost the command of the male ants, and the hastily launched attack of these reckless paver ant warriors was quickly crushed, and all the staff died tragically under the big jaws of the mysterious ants.
They didn't even cause the slightest damage to the enemy, only slightly delaying the enemy's pursuit for half a minute.
- I'm the dividing line -
Suzaku soon discovered that the sound of the enemy's pursuit was sounding behind him again, and another scout sent the most urgent report with his life.
Obviously, the last wave of broken troops failed, and Suzaku didn't need to think 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 twelve paving ant worker ant warriors and ordered them to stay where they were and fight to the death. Since the strategy of the troops to divert the enemy after the last wave was interrupted failed, it can only be a hard hit.
However, after the second wave was broken, the troops obviously couldn't buy enough time, and when Suzaku felt that he hadn't run away for long, the sound of pursuit reappeared.
In the face of ten strong and healthy mysterious ants, the twelve paving ant warriors were simply invincible, and they couldn't even exchange their lives for half a minute.
The mysterious ants are huge, and they run quickly, and when they move quickly, they will inevitably bump into some obstacles, and the sound produced by the ten mysterious ants rushing forward and chasing all the way is more exaggerated than the paving ant troops marching with an entire legion.
This sound is like a talisman, which makes the red bird and the male ants tremble.
It was obviously unrealistic to continue to send troops, and the escort team around Suzaku had already lost nearly half, but it barely delayed the enemy for a moment.
Suzaku was ruthless, he touched the tentacles of a male ant beside him with his tentacles, and gave an order.
The male ant immediately took the order, and she and Suzaku exuded breath at the same time, supplemented by a grinding sound. Both commands say: "Follow me."
Under this seemingly contradictory order, the remnants of the male and worker ants immediately divided into two groups of roughly equal numbers, and followed the Suzaku and the male respectively. Both teams moved roughly south, but one east and one west were slightly staggered.
Suzaku's calculation was that if the enemy chose to pursue all the way, then half of the male ants would survive. This is a gamble on life, and Suzaku even includes his own life in the bet.
The sound behind him seemed to pause for a moment, and just as Suzaku hesitated with a hint of happiness, the sound that made him tremble reappeared, but it was much weaker.
Suzaku felt a chill in his heart, and the enemy obviously chose to pursue him in separate ways, which made Suzaku very helpless.
The male ants have almost no combat effectiveness, and the remaining dozen or so worker ant warriors around him can defeat one or two mysterious ant warriors at most. Even if the enemy divides his troops, it is obvious that there are more than one or two along the way.
The thrilling chase and escape soon came to fruition, and when the five mysterious ant warriors appeared in sight behind his team, Suzaku knew that he could not escape.
There are only five enemies, and although they are strong, there is no other way. Rather than continuing to stay behind the broken troops to be consumed little by little, it is better to fight to the death while there are still more than a dozen fighters and the male ants also have physical strength.
Suzaku exuded a faint red aura, and the ants around him all stopped, this is an order to fight to the death.
Whether it is a petite worker ant or a large male ant, they are all close together, and at this moment there is no class status, they are just a group of ants struggling as if they are drowning, just trying to survive.
- I'm the dividing line -
Suzaku dragged on one of its hind legs and struggled to crawl forward. He hurt a leg, but he was lucky.
The original team of more than 60 paving ants can still move no more than half of them at the moment, and the rest have become corpses, and some are still broken corpses.
The five mysterious ants all seemed to be descending into the world, and they crushed the team of paving ants who were fighting against the water and began a commonplace slaughter.
Even if the paving ants and worker ants fight to the death, even if the male ants show the bravery that they only have in this life during the wedding ceremony, they are as ineffective as moths to a fire.