The friction and skirmishes between the Scythe Hunter and the Third Legion of the Divine Angel King stationed in the "Stump Fortress" had already been reported to the protagonist at the time. However, because the protagonist was bothering about the matter of the big worker ants at that time, after learning that the situation was not serious, he handed it over to Rambovan, the commander of the Third Legion, to solve it.

After the parasitic ants escaped and migrated, several hills in the northern part of the originally hilly region lost their rulers. These mountains were taken by parasitic ants from the inhabitants of the original area by force after migrating to this area.

Although the Hunter Sickle Ants are fierce warriors, the number of ants in each nest is too small, and even if the nearby nests are combined, it is difficult to resist the army of parasitic ants that are numerous and supported by war beasts.

However, when the parasitic ant power disappears, the small group lifestyle of the hunting sickle ant reflects its extremely rapid expansion rate.

In spring, summer and autumn, when food is abundant, although the growth of the hunting sickle ant is slower, their survival rate has been greatly improved.

Moreover, the juvenile male ants and females of the hunting sickle ant can marry and fly at any time, unlike the big-headed ants and other ants that only marry and fly after the rain in late spring and early summer, so that new hunting sickle ant tribes are constantly being established.

The main food source of the hunting sickle ant is hunting, so in order to meet the needs of survival, the scale of a hunter tribe is not large, when the number of ants in the tribe is large, the supply of prey in the tribal territory is easy to be insufficient. At this point, the larger tribes will mate internally to obtain new queens, which will then split.

New tribes that were constantly being created or splintered consciously migrated towards the northern hills, where there were no rulers, quickly seized the territory vacated by the parasitic ants after they left, and finally came to the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress".

However, the garrison of the "Stump Fortress" does not initially take hostile actions against the nearby Scythe Hunters, as the protagonist only asks them to watch over and prevent the resurgence of the parasitic ant forces.

The "Stump Fortress" does not have many ant mouths, and with the logistical support of "Dongyang City", it does not need a large territory to supply food. So at the beginning, the two sides kept the well water in a state that did not interfere with the river water.

But perhaps these newly migrated scythe hunters did not have the experience of fighting the legions of the Divine Envoy King, and did not understand the horrors of the other party. Soon, a nearby tribe of scythe-hunting ants entered the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress" to forage for food, and attacked a small group of workers who were out looking for grass seeds, killing and injuring several workers.

After receiving the warning of the fleeing worker ants, Rambovan immediately set off with half of the army and rushed to the scene of the incident - he is not the kind of character who needs to carefully study countermeasures, and he adheres to the code of conduct of "retribution".

When they arrived at the scene of the incident, the corpses of the enemy and the fallen worker ants were gone, but after following the trail along the way, Rambovan and his legions quickly found the lair of the perpetrator's tribe.

Subsequently, the Third Legion launched an attack on this small nest of only about 20 scythe-hunting ants, and completely annihilated the opponent at a small cost. Subsequently, in the granary of this scythe ant nest, the corpse of the sacrificial worker ant was found.

According to the rules of today's "Dongyang City", the remains of the sacrificial worker ants were transported back to the "Stump Fortress" and buried in a nearby cemetery. The carcasses of the slain hunters were discarded at the borders around the territory of the Stump Fortress as a warning to other members of their kind who dared to trespass.

Some of the Scythe Hunter Nests active in the vicinity were angered by this warning and clashed with the Third Legion several times, but after seeing that they could not take advantage of it, the Scythe Hunters quickly accepted the territorial boundaries of the "Stump Fortress" and rarely crossed the border again.

After that, the five Flying Knights from "Dongyang City" stepped up their reconnaissance efforts in the vicinity of the "Stump Fortress" to avoid a surprise attack by the army of scythe-hunting ants in tandem.

However, this fear did not come true, and instead the flying knights discovered some interesting details.

Every time it rains, you can always see the scythe ants doing something around the carcasses of some large decomposing insects.

When the Flying Knights lowered their altitude, they discovered that the corpses already had silk parasites on them. These parasites are not supposed to come from destroyed parasitic ant nests and corpse piles, but from the wild, which also confirms the speculation that silkworm parasites are native to hilly areas.

These scythes are clearly disgusted by parasites, and they take the initiative to attack and kill any parasites they find. Parasites, on the other hand, are slow to move and are unable to pose much of a threat to the agile Scythe Hunter Warrior without the help of the host. After cleaning up all the parasites, the scythe ants left.

It seems that the two sides have some natural enemies.

These things don't get the protagonist's attention for the time being, because there are other important things that he needs to deal with.

On this day, the Lord's Nest sent a messenger who had traveled for a long time to reach Dongyang City, and he conveyed the instructions of the King's Council: asking the Divine Messenger King to rush back to the Lord's Nest immediately, and there was an urgent matter to discuss.

The protagonist is confused, after he came to "Dongyang City" to become the emperor of the soil, this originally unknown sub-nest has become his private territory, and his strength has grown rapidly, and now he has surpassed all the sub-nests, and even faintly has the strength to fight against the main nest.

During this time, the ruler of the main nest has not actively contacted the protagonist, and the protagonist has only occasionally flown back to the main nest. Now that the Council of Kings has suddenly recalled itself, what is the important thing?

The protagonist is a little uneasy, could it be that his actions in "Dongyang City" are known by the main nest? However, although he is already considered a separatist party, he has no plans and actions to break with the big-headed ant kingdom, so the main nest will not attack him.

Or did you leak the secret of your own reform in "Dongyang City"? The King's Conference can't tolerate its many subversive behaviors?

Although he was confused, judging from the Messenger's urgency, he did have important things to go back to.

So, the protagonist decided to go back and take a look, he felt that this should not be a Hongmen feast, otherwise there would be no need to send messengers, and with the character of the ants, it should be an army. And even if there is any ambush, the protagonist is confident that with the ability of "the gods descend to earth", he can rush outside and escape.

So, after a little preparation, the protagonist rides Xiaoqing II, sets off with the Fly Eagle and ten flying knights, and flies towards the main nest.

Soon, the landmark-like towering hill castle of the main nest came into view.