The herald sent by the protagonist fails to complete the mission.

Perhaps it was because the ants besieged the locusts relatively smoothly, and the locusts fled, which made the ant warriors feel relaxed and slack.

The herald chose to go straight through the area where the locusts were grabbing the corpses, so that he could find the main force as quickly as possible and complete the task assigned by the protagonist.

However, this time, when a lone ant appeared in view, the locusts that had fled in the desert showed their hideous claws.

A bold locust withdrew from the fierce rush after making sure that there were no more ants around—in its eyes, a small ant was good food compared to the mutilated carcasses of its companions who were fighting for a few pieces of meat......

I saw that the larger locust rushed towards the herald, and the protagonist couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw it on the top of the bush.

The locust's attack was swift, its well-developed leg muscles, and its immature wings flapped and blessed, like a lightning bolt that swept through the air, leaving only a vague afterimage.

However, the herald was also a seasoned veteran, and although his eyesight was poor, the locusts jumped from a distant point of view. However, the herald sensed that something was wrong from the subtle changes in light, wind direction, and wind speed, and quickly moved his position to avoid the first sneak attack.

The herald angrily flashed his jaw at the attacker, only to find that the locusts in front of him were not deterred.

At this time, the herald finally realized that something was wrong, and that he was no match for this tall locust without the help of his companions alone.

The locust's huge chewing mouthparts wriggled and could be seen flowing with salivation, which meant that the locust was hungry and had a strong fighting spirit.

After a grappling that the protagonist can't bear to look at, the Soldier Ant Herald is subdued by a locust that is many times larger, bites into his mouth, and chews and eats it.

The killer then left and continued to join the rest of the fight for food.

The protagonist is unusually angry, but also examines himself.

For species that are adept at using collective strength, a group and one or two are units with very different combat power, not only for the species itself, but also for the species' daily opponents and prey.

In the African savannah, lions are afraid of a group of human hunters, even if they only have rough stone spears. However, a pack of lions will never be afraid of a lone human, and even a lions will dare to sneak up on a lone hunter.

When the collective is not there, both humans and ants will fully expose their shortcomings in size, strength, speed, and agility.

Only organization is the greatest guarantee for these species. Only by uniting humans, ants and ants, two species that are not outstanding in terms of comprehensive strength, can dominate their respective fields.

The protagonist is also obviously underestimated, he did not anticipate this situation, and there is no detailed rule that the herald will take a safe route, so that this situation will occur.

So, this time, the protagonist sends ten Praetorian Guards to act as heralds, taking the route of low locust density and relative safety to inform the large army.

He knew that the group of locusts in front of him who had eaten the corpses of their own kind, and even ants, could not stay.

These locusts have tasted flesh and blood, and they leave memories of their own kind, ants, and even other arthropods that can be used as food.

When food is scarce, when swarms of locusts begin to migrate, it is often these locusts that are the most ferocious and aggressive. These locusts must be eliminated so that their genes do not remain in the world.

In many places, there are rules for keeping dogs, if a dog bites a person, it must be killed. In places where there is a tradition of eating dog meat, dog meat or bones are never fed to dogs. Because both dogs, both of which will retain aggression towards humans or their own kind, may also be taught to their offspring.

Now, the protagonist is faced with this situation, and he must eliminate the bloodthirsty and murderous locusts in front of him as much as possible.

- I'm the dividing line -

After receiving the order, the army begins to make a U-turn in the distance of the protagonist's line of sight.

The pasture was supposed to be very rich, and the sturdy stalks of the grass could still be seen from the past.

But now, there is almost nothing to see except bare ground and dry grass stalks, and locusts everywhere. Most of the blades of grass and edible rhizomes have found their way into the stomachs of the greedy locusts.

Because of this, the protagonist in a high place has an excellent view and is able to see everything that happens in front of him.

When the ant army turned around and began to outflank the corpses of their fellow species that were being killed by the ants, some of the keen-eyed locusts sensed the anomaly and began to jump away.

The ant army has nothing to do with these fleeing locusts, and it has to be said that the more bloodthirsty and cruel individuals are, the more they understand that danger is imminent.

But there are also many locusts, either affected by hunger, or light, or unaware of the abnormality, and still gnawing.

When the ant army was outflanked and attacked, only a few strong, jumpy individuals escaped, and a large number of locusts were killed by the ants, becoming part of the corpses that were once considered food.

The protagonist found that the effect of this encirclement and suppression was even better than before. Because of the carcasses as "bait", the swarms of locusts trapped in the encirclement are denser and more deadly and wounded.

So, the protagonist has a large army around this dense pile of corpses, and every once in a while they launch a siege, destroying thousands of locusts in one day.

I saw that the battlefield was full of corpses, and there were whole or separated locust corpses everywhere. Those intact corpses are generally killed by ants, while the mutilated corpses have experienced the gnawing and destruction of the same kind.

Although the results were fruitful, they were a drop in the bucket compared to the desperate number of locusts in the entire meadow.

The protagonist still can't feel at ease, at this rate, before the locust swarm reaches reach adulthood, he can only eliminate half to one-third of the locusts at most, and he still can't prevent the locust swarm from becoming a disaster.

But it's getting late today, and the protagonist can only turn back with his troops.

On their way back, the ants received orders to bring back all the locust carcasses they could find.

This is not only to use the spoils as food, but also to prevent the ants from becoming fodder for other locusts and accelerating their growth.

These thousands of locust corpses made it difficult for the entire legion to transport them back. Fortunately, the ant colony was large enough, and even if there was a large amount of food tempting, the locust colony did not dare to come forward to challenge this army.

The army returned to the "transit station" without danger.