Four days later, when the protagonist climbs the branches of a tree again in thick clothes, he discovers that the ice on both sides of the river has been connected.

This does not surprise the protagonist, yesterday and the day before yesterday, the protagonist had noticed that the ice on the surface of the river was expanding faster, and he was already mentally prepared and had the defenders of "Waterfront City" prepare for the battle in the next few days.

The defenders are in good shape, the spacious and warm nest inside the banyan tree preserves their combat effectiveness as much as possible, and the warm air coming out of the combustion chamber along the passage is a little choking, but it warms up the whole nest, and the food is also open, the original defenders have never eaten so much meat. And in terms of fighting spirit, the protagonist never has to worry.

Compared to the ice and snow outside, the "Waterfront City" is a warm paradise inside.

The protagonist observes for several days, and finds that the closer you get to the burning chamber deep in the trunk, the higher the temperature of the nest, and the better the ability of the Divine Angel King warrior to move. The temperature of the outer nest near the bark can only be maintained between zero and ten degrees, which still has a lot of influence on the defenders. If you want to pull the army out into the field, then the fighters will immediately freeze.

However, the protagonist has no intention of fighting the enemy in the field, and the field is the home of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and the home of the Divine Angel King Legion is in the interior of the "Waterfront City" that is quietly arranged.

Today, the scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, who routinely came to the surface of the river, soon discovered the place where the river was completely frozen, a naturally formed ice bridge, half a meter wide.

While the scouts rushed back to the departure base to report, another wave of scouts carefully crawled across the ice and onto the land on the south bank of the river.

This is the first time this winter that an enemy has set foot on the territory of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom.

The protagonist didn't try to stop the actions of the enemy scouts, and now he has no subordinates to go out into the field to carry out missions, and even the protagonist himself is still shivering from the cold in thick clothes that affect the action, and he can't exert the combat effectiveness of Issei on weekdays.

The main character is on a tree with very high branches, which will not be detected by the enemy for a while, so he decides to stay here and observe the movements of the enemy army, and then find out what weaknesses can be exploited.

In the distance, with the return of the messenger scout, the departure base on the north bank of the Great River seemed to be alarmed, and countless paving ant barbarian warriors poured out of the entrance and exit with a stiff robot-like slow pace, gathering on the open ground.

This happens every day when the weather is good, but the protagonist feels that today is still different, and the enemies who come out of the hole seem to be extremely fanatical. I don't know if it's the enemy who becomes fanatical when he learns that the river is frozen and can attack, or if it's the protagonist's psychological effect.

More and more enemies are pouring out of the departure base, and the square formation of each legion is gradually taking shape and expanding. However, it will take half an hour to complete the assembly, and it will take half an hour for the Paving Ant Barbarian warriors to sunbathe and fully charge, and it is estimated that it will take about half an hour for all the enemies to cross the river and climb to the "Waterfront City".

That is, in about an hour and a half, the battle will begin.

Let's take a look at the scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, whose mission is to find the camp of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army, find out the defensive strength and report back to it, so that the commanders of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army can formulate an attack plan.

The scouts seemed to know the exact location of the "Waterfront City", and after landing on the south bank of the river from the ice bridge, they raised their heads, observed the position of the Great Banyan Tree, and then quickly climbed towards it.

The direction they climbed to, the shore of the "Waterfront Castle" facing the river was a large rock, and the cliff about half a meter high towered over the ice. However, this obstacle obviously could not stump the agile scouts, and they climbed up the cliff in three or two clicks.

The banyan tree appeared in front of them.

But these scouts did not rush to climb the banyan tree, they were very methodical, in groups of three, first searched and checked all the ground under the banyan tree.

When encountering crevices in the rocks and roots of trees, these scouts will leave one or two companions to wait outside, while another one or two scouts will go inside to inspect. The scout who was waiting outside also pressed his tentacles tightly to the entrance of the cave, so that he could immediately sense any movement inside.

Under the search of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army scouts, they quickly determined that there was no trace of the enemy in the land under the banyan tree. Under this kind of rigorous search, if the Divine Envoy King's army wanted to arrange an ambush, it would definitely be discovered. However, considering the need to keep warm, the protagonist is not prepared to arrange such a force outside the cold lair.

After searching the ground, the scouts briefly communicated, and then several more scouts crawled back to the south bank of the river to report the news.

The rest of the scouts began to assemble and climb up the trunk of the banyan tree, where the entrance to Waterfront City was located.

Due to the obstruction of the branches, it is no longer easy for the protagonist to see what is happening below, so he moves to the top of the trunk, which is just in time to see the entrance to Waterfront City and the scene on this side of the trunk.

The scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army were still in groups of three, loosely arranged in a circle around the trunk of the tree, and then slowly and cautiously crawled towards the tree as they groped. They would tap their tentacles from side to side as they went, and if they found any depression in the bark, they would go in and explore.

In this way, they are not moving fast, but slowly and resolutely, and it will not be long before the entrance to Waterfront City will be discovered by them.

Some of the cavities that had been blocked by the protagonist with small rocks were discovered by the scouts, and their tentacles were able to reach into the gaps between the rocks and the cavities, and they also felt the heat emanating from some of the cavities connected to Waterfront City, as well as the smell of enemies.

So the scouts struggled to remove the rocks blocking the road and get into the hole. But the stone blocks are very tight, and the strength of the protagonist is not comparable to that of these little scouts, and they have tried for a long time to no avail.

The protagonist didn't expect that his previous move of blocking the door with a stone would also play a role in diversion. The scouts were delayed for more than ten minutes before they had to give up and move on.

Soon, the first scout discovers the entrance to Waterfront City.

And on the north bank of the river, the enemy forces have already assembled on the ground. After the assembly, the formation of the paving ant barbarian army appeared unusually quiet, and all the ants were stretching their limbs, so that more sunlight could shine on their bodies. The sun gives them energy, their body temperature rises, their bodily fluids flow faster, and their fighting spirit is as blazing as the scorching sun.

- I'm the dividing line -

I'm a little uncomfortable today, I'll go to bed when I get home, I'm sorry!