In order to answer his own questions, the protagonist can only increase the intensity of his investigation in order to find some clues.

As for the way of investigation, it is nothing more than ground reconnaissance and aerial reconnaissance, theoretically both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the protagonist first excludes ground reconnaissance.

With the poor eyesight of the big-headed ant, the scouts on the ground may not even see the shadow of the enemy, and they will be killed by the scythe ants with excellent eyesight, dexterity and agility, and a knack for ambushes.

The only thing left is aerial reconnaissance, which is also the reconnaissance method that the Divine Envoy King Legion has relied on more and more since the establishment of the Flying Knights.

Although limited by the eyesight of the big-headed ants (even the best eyesight males have an effective field of view of within half a meter), the Flying Riders must fly at a low altitude to detect effectively. However, the coverage, speed and security of this type of investigation are far higher than that of other detection methods.

In terms of coverage, when the Flying Knight scouts at its usual height, its field of view will cover nearly half a square meter. If it is a human being, it is equivalent to one person monitoring an area of 5,000 square meters.

In terms of speed, the Flying Knight is 60 times faster than a ground scout, and 100 times faster when the ground is rough. Faster speed can not only enhance the effectiveness of intelligence, but also increase the coverage area of reconnaissance in disguise. When the Flying Knight is 60 times faster than a Ground Scout, it has 240 times the detection range for the same amount of time.

In terms of safety, ground scouts often encounter dangers such as enemy ambushes and fierce insect attacks, while flying knights in the air are generally not afraid of threats on the ground. To date, only a handful of Flying Knights have suffered losses due to an ambush that the enemy had quietly placed on high ground such as trees. For the Flying Knight, the fierce insects in the air, such as dragonflies, are also not very threatening, as the nimble fly mounts can always use their superior flying skills to escape.

Therefore, in the face of the opponent with outstanding eyesight encountered for the first time, the protagonist can only let the flying knights once again put on the battle.

The Flying Knights lived up to expectations, and twenty Flying Knights set off at the same time to conduct several dragnet searches in the area infested by the hunting sickle and fierce ants, and found many effective clues.

The protagonist carefully organizes each Flying Knight's information packet, then collects useful clues and analyzes them in detail.

According to the information provided by most of the Flying Knights, there are a large number of scythe-hunting ant nests behind the area where the Divine Envoy King's legion was intercepted.

These nests are only a few hundred or even tens of meters apart on average, so to speak, they live next to each other. It is estimated that there will be hundreds or thousands of scythe ant nests in such an area.

This makes the protagonist very satisfied with his decision to withdraw his troops, and if he really alarms the opponents of so many lairs, then the life of the Divine Envoy King's army will definitely not be easy.

Although the nests of the scythe ants are close to each other, they rarely fight each other. Because there are only dozens or hundreds of members in a nest of hunting sickle ants, the food needs are limited, and the requirements for territorial space are not high. A nest of thousands of square meters of territory is enough for them to coexist peacefully.

Of course, the Flying Knights have also discovered some encounters between teams of hunters from different lairs.

Sometimes the hunters of these different dens are more restrained, and even communicate with each other before separating each other, which may be related to each other.

Others will dance their teeth and claws from a safe distance of about half a metre, like Maori performing a war dance, both to threaten each other and to cheer them on.

Most of the time, the hunters on both sides will retreat separately due to the fact that the two sides are evenly matched. There are also times when the difference between the numbers of the two sides is too large, and then the dominant side will unceremoniously attack.

The battle between the two groups of hunting sickles was particularly exciting, and these black and agile assassins were jumping everywhere as if they were dancing. Although the scale of the battle is not large, it has the charm of the martial arts section in the old Hong Kong film.

It seems that these scythe ants are not at peace with each other, as can be seen from the fact that the three different nests of the three scythe ants are still wary of each other when they confront the Divine Envoy King's legion.

However, if the Divine Envoy King Legion appeared, the main focus of these scythe hunters would be on them. This originally surprised the protagonist, after all, it was the first time that his side had contact with the hunting sickle ants, so it stands to reason that there would not be such a great hostility and hatred.

You must know that the boundaries of the ants' territory are not very clear, and ants who accidentally enter the enemy's range of activity will not be life-threatening as long as they are agile and escape in time after touching the enemy.

However, as more and more information spreads out, the protagonist consciously finds the source of this hostility.

In the information brought back by some of the Flying Knights, the protagonist sees a battlefield ruin.

It was a battlefield in a gravel pile halfway up a hill, and the battle should have taken place not long ago, as the recent rain and strong winds had caused some damage to the remnants of the battle, but the two sides of the battle could still be easily recognized.

One of them is the scythe ant, and from the number of dead corpses, it can be seen that at least dozens or even hundreds of nests have been involved in this battle, and there are thousands of corpses left on the ground.

On the other hand, the protagonist is also familiar - the parasitic ants that the protagonist has been chasing, but there are still a few remnants of the defeated army that will flee.

It can be seen that these individuals are more combative, and the parasitic ants with cunning commanders have not taken advantage of this battle. They left far more carcasses behind than the hunting sickle ants, and the casualties on both sides were roughly 1:5.

However, considering that the reproductive ability of parasitic ants is much stronger than that of hunting sickle ants that reproduce slowly, if it continues to be consumed like this for a long time, it should be the parasitic ant nest that has the last laugh.

There are also several details about this battlefield that the protagonist cares about.

One is that among the corpses of both sides, the corpse of a dung beetle stands out, and from the residue of the parasite in the crevices of its back armor, it can be determined that this is a war beast controlled by parasitic ants, and not a passer-by who strayed into the battlefield.

The dung beetle was a size smaller than the stump fortress that had attacked the Divine Envoy King's legion, and it was on its back, its relatively soft belly covered in puncture wounds. Around it, there were hundreds of corpses of hunting sickle ants.

The protagonist can't help but restore the tragic battle situation at that time: a whole nest of hundreds of hunting sickle fierce ants, fearlessly launched an attack on the extremely large parasitic dung beetle war beast.

They made great sacrifices, and together they turned the beast over, and then pierced the beast's abdomen with their long, pointed jaws, killing each other completely.

However, at this time, these brave warriors are also surrounded by a large number of parasitic ants, and there may even be a larger dung beetle war beast among them. With no hope of breaking through, these scythe-hunting warriors all died heroically.