Fortunately, the destroyers who ran to the top of the [bridgehead] did not realize the importance of the ropes attached to the trunks of the trees to the defenders' fortifications.

There were only a few of them, just over a hundred, and after they descended from the trunk to the protective net, they tried to get through the mesh like their frontal attacking companions, and then they got stuck.

Occasionally, some of the protective nets had slightly larger holes, and the two Destroyers fell from them with a slight "snap", but they were not injured when they landed on the platform.

One Destroyer landed near the formation and immediately rushed fiercely, while the other fell right into the 15th Legion, overpowering several warriors and startling the other defenders.

Fortunately, after the gods brought the king warriors back to their senses, they still destroyed the two lone destroyers.

But now, the defenders are no longer safe overhead, and a new destroyer may attack "from the sky" at any time.

The Destroyer overhead can't rally and will fall if they do, which is a good thing, and a single enemy is better than a swarm. However, the location of their fall is random and unpredictable, and the defenders, who are supposed to only focus on defending the front, are always ready to deal with threats overhead.

In particular, the ballista, which was originally safe on the high platform in the rear, is no longer safe, and the Destroyer may fall near the ballista at any time.

The ballista is now the most relied upon weapon of mass destruction by the defenders, and there is no room for error. The destroyers who died under the ballistas in this battle accounted for sixty or seventy percent of all the war dead. Even the Destroyer with a sturdy carapace could not resist the tremendous power of the crystallization of the class and the craft.

Next to the ballista position, there were only four garrison teams with a mixture of soldier ants and worker ants who were not strong in combat to protect them, and they were originally hiding behind the main army, which was enough to deal with emergencies.

But now, once the Destroyer descends from the sky, that force may not be enough to stop the enemy. Even if the Destroyer takes advantage of the chaos to kill a few ballistamen, or destroy a ballista, it is enough to make the protagonist feel distressed for weeks.

After all, it is not easy to manufacture and transport ballistas, and now it is winter again, and there is almost no replenishment. Ballistae also have to undergo training and actual combat training, and the training period is much longer than that of ordinary fighters.

The protagonist himself is on the elevated platform of the ballista position, and he holds the brass hammer in his knuckle again, ready to assist the defenders in counterattacking the uninvited guests.

Fortunately, there were not many Destroyers who made their way overhead, and they should have moved from the neighboring tree to the linden tree through the branches and leaves that crossed between the trees, and then came up with a surprise attack from behind.

However, the defensive line of the Divine Envoy King's Legion was very different from the fortifications of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was originally the faction of the Old King's Council, and the protective net alone made it impossible for the Destroyer to attack calmly, and had to attack head-on.

Most of The Destroyer's roundabout troops were trapped in protective nets, and few were able to get past it, and it didn't put much pressure on the defenders.

Seeing that the trick of flanking the front and rear was discovered, a new change suddenly occurred in front of the two armies.

I saw that the "Ant Head Wall" that was originally full of destroyers trying to get in was full of destroyers trying to get in, and almost instantly, they seemed to get orders at the same time, and they actually began to retreat.

Most of the stuck Destroyers had an easy time to retreat from the net, as long as they had their heads out, most of them hadn't been inside.

Only a few of them drilled deeper, and the Destroyer who was stuck in the arthrop or abdomen couldn't break free for a while.

Even more unfortunate is that some of the Destroyers have become entangled with the rope after a long struggle, like prey caught in a spider's web, unable to break free.

After most of the Destroyers leave the net, they remove the antmounds without looking back, and then the protagonist's view is blocked, and they don't know what they did.

Even the small group of Destroyers, who had already reached the front of the 15th Legion, gave up the charge, and despite the tail-end attack from the ballista on the buttocks, ran all the way to the protective net, and tried to get out again.

But it's not easy to get in, and it's even harder to get out for a while, and most of this small group of destroyers are trapped and difficult to escape.

The protagonist is surprised by the enemy's performance, and it is difficult for the average ant army to see the scene of active retreat, let alone this happening to the Destroyer, who is known for his fierceness and ferocity.

The protagonist can't see clearly what is underneath the anthill, but looks up at the Flying Knights, who draw the trail of the enemy's retreat in the air.

The protagonist rushes to the top monitoring room, and there is no sound coming from the antennae of the radar destroyer inside.

The protagonist looks down from a high place, only to see the Destroyer's army passing back to the starting position from the trench that he had managed to cross without looking back, and it turned out to be a real retreat.

The protagonist does not intend to let the troops pursue, perhaps then he falls for the enemy's ploy. The Destroyer has been known for its tactical agility for many years, and the protagonist has already learned this from the short battle that has just begun. The field god made the king's army have no advantage, so naturally they can't give up the fortifications easily.

But even if they don't pursue, the protagonist won't let go of the Destroyers trapped in the protective net, and the defenders immediately attack, along with the ballistas, to kill the scattered trapped Destroyers.

There is no suspense in such a battle, the Destroyer who is alone and has lost the cover of his companions and cannot move, no matter how huge his stature, how powerful his strength is, and how sharp his jaws are, he is a mass of meat to be divided.

The Divine Messenger King could easily turn away from the rope and attack the enemy's unprotected back body, stabbing his brass jaw knife through the gaps in the carapace, cutting through deep wounds, amputating his limbs, slicing through his veins and nerves, until he killed them completely.

There were hundreds of Destroyers killed in this way, almost as much as the results of half a day's battle of the defenders except for the ballistas.

The enemy retreated temporarily, the battlefield calmed down, and the flying knights in the air showed no signs of the enemy's return.

The Divine Envoy King's legion hurriedly took advantage of the gap in the battle to clean up the battlefield. The ballista unit was finally able to take a break.

The continuous, high-intensity firing, even with rotations, was still extremely draining, and the fighters of these ballista units almost immediately took a nap on the spot. The protagonist also has the rear to transport some honeydew to recharge the fighters.

The enemy evacuated in such a hurry that the usual practice of taking away corpses was not carried out. The Divine Envoy warriors had to drag the bodies of both sides aside and dispose of them later in the evening.

After some counting, after most of the day's fighting, the Divine Envoy King's army eliminated about 500 destroyers, and he himself paid more than 700 casualties, all of which were killed in close combat.

In battle, the ballista played the role of the mainstay, not only killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers, but also delaying the enemy's attack in time to cover friendly forces. The ballista unit fired thousands of rounds of ammunition, but fortunately, the ammunition reserves were quite sufficient.

The battlefield has just been cleared, and at this time, the flying knight in the air once again warns: the enemy is attacking for the second time!