Chapter 169: Fierce Battle in the Fortress (15)
The parasitic dung beetle was extremely tenacious, and even though its entire abdomen had been torn open, and its internal organs, blood, and tissue fluids were flowing like a flood covering a large city wall, it still did not die.
The gigantic creature's six arthropods, good and crippled, swung wildly, driving its body on its back to the sky to twist and move, and its surroundings were cleared into a no-man's land, and the ants on both sides who could not dodge were blown away or crushed into flesh by the final burst of the dying war beast.
The protagonist has long since escaped, and he calls back the Praetorian Guard, far away from the dying beast.
The Divine Envoy King Legion and the parasitic ants actually stopped attacking at the same time and surrounded the mad war beasts. This peace is temporary, and when this war beast is dying and can no longer hurt ants, a great war will break out.
Just when the protagonist thinks he can breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly hears a loud "boom" behind him.
The protagonist turns around and sees a puff of smoke rising high above the fortress, but the protagonist's view is blocked by the city wall and he can't see what happened.
The protagonist has a bad premonition in his heart, and he hurriedly climbs up the second layer of the city wall with a few steps, looking out over the east side of the fortress.
There, a large hole was broken in the middle of the originally intact city wall, and the breach was filled with smoke and dust, and the head of a huge parasitic dung beetle was still arching there, trying to destroy the gap even more, so that its fat body could squeeze in.
This is the parasitic dung beetle that the protagonist threw down the fortress. Falling from a height of more than a decimeter from the fortress did not cause much damage to the dung beetle's sturdy body.
The parasitic dung beetle was only instinctively startled, and then it was driven by the new large worker ants that arrived and crawled up the fortress again.
While the protagonist is dealing with the war beast on the other side, the parasitic dung beetle climbs the first wall of the fortress in a few steps. Without the assistance of the protagonist, the defenders of the Divine Envoy King Legion on this side were completely powerless to fight against this monster, and the tight defensive formation was instantly overwhelmed.
At this time, the parasitic ants who had been attacking the first city wall for a long time received the latest order from the pale gold workers in the rear.
As a result, the parasitic ant army changed its tactics. Except for a small number of parasitic ants that launched a diversion attack on various sections of the first city wall, the parasitic ants of the rest of the legions gathered near the parasitic dung beetles.
The commander of the parasitic dung beetle drove it directly into the thin second wall.
The second wall is very thin, only one-third of a decimeter thick, and the structural strength of the "ant concrete" is far inferior to that of human building materials. Under the impact of this powerful parasitic dung beetle, the originally smooth wall surface broke open and cracked.
The parasitic dung beetle then began what it did best, using its horned head and shovel-like forelimbs to quickly dig bigger and bigger holes in the walls.
At the same time, a large number of parasitic ant warriors who accompanied the parasitic dung beetles climbed the tall back of the war beast, and from here they climbed towards the second city wall.
The defenders of the second wall sensed the danger, and countless pottery bombs were thrown in this direction, although they could not threaten the parasitic dung beetles with thick carapaces, but they finally temporarily stopped the parasitic ants from climbing the second wall.
The defenders of the fortress on both sides of the first wall also noticed the critical situation here, and in the areas where the defensive pressure was not high, they constantly drew out one or several squads to form a tight formation and move over, attacking the parasitic ant warriors accompanying the dung beetles from the flank.
The crazy parasitic ant warriors, on the other hand, relied on their numerical superiority to withstand the flanking attacks of the Divine Envoy King Legion, and would never take a step back even if they paid a huge sacrifice.
The reinforcements on both sides were difficult to advance, but the breaches in the walls were getting bigger and bigger, and once the walls collapsed, there would be no more fortifications to stop the enemies and beasts from driving straight into the interior of the fortress.
The squad of the First Legion, which assisted in the defense of the second wall, was commanded by the brave and crazy male ant commander, and the entire squad jumped down from the wall and jumped onto the back of the parasitic dung beetle, trying to find a weak spot and attack the beast directly.
This war beast had a large number of silk parasitic bacteria and parasitic ant warriors on its back, and the entire team was overwhelmed by the enemy's tide the moment it landed, and it didn't even stop this parasitic dung beetle for even a second.
As the walls were dug thinner and thinner, countless cracks began to spread inside and outside the walls.
Finally, there was a loud "boom", and a small section of the city wall collapsed along with the defenders above, bringing up a large puff of smoke and dust. This is the strange noise that the protagonist heard before.
The parasitic dung beetle shook its head, and the huge amount of smoke and dust and the shards of the walls that smashed on it were uncomfortable.
However, under the fierce sting of the commander behind it, this parasitic dung beetle could only endure the harsh environment, and continued to use its huge forefoot to dig into the gap in the city wall to accommodate its huge belly to pass through.
When the protagonist hears the news, he quickly arrives with a Praetorian Guard team to support.
The First Legion of the Divine Envoy King, as a reserve, was also alarmed, and a large number of soldiers who were on standby on the inner platform of the fortress, under the command of Roll, bravely rushed to the gap in the city wall.
Although the gap in the wall has not yet been fully opened, and the parasitic dung beetles are still expanding the gap, the parasitic ants have begun to launch a general attack. They frantically climbed the second wall, trying to drive away the few and terrified defenders on it.
There were fewer and fewer parasitic ants in other directions, and the defenders of the fortress were quickly concentrating on the only place where they were still fighting.
The soldiers of the First Legion, who had surrounded the gap in the wall, rushed through the narrow gap to the hideous-looking beast of war, intending to attack its eyes. The parasitic dung beetle is expanding the gap and constantly waving its forefeet to knock away the soldiers who dare to approach. Or open your mouth with the smell of rotting corpses, and chew and swallow the soldiers one bite after another.
The battle for the second wall was also extremely fierce, and many places were lost one after another, and then recaptured by the First Army desperately. The army that has followed the protagonist for the longest time has the highest proportion of veterans, and they have not lived up to the protagonist's expectations, firmly blocking the parasitic ants under the city walls and unable to advance.
The protagonist travels up to the breach from the second platform of the wall, dealing with enemies climbing up frantically along the way, and occasionally assisting the First Legion in repelling parasitic ants that have gained a foothold on the wall.
In this way, the speed of travel is inevitably affected. When they finally reach the gap, the protagonist is already in the lead, and Mulan and the other Praetorian Guards are still a few steps behind.
The protagonist has just come to the gap and suddenly his feet are loosened, and the wall he is standing on is dug up by a parasitic dung beetle, and the protagonist falls down along with the pieces.
And the place where he fell was right next to the foul-smelling mouth of the parasitic dung beetle......