The day's battle ended with the parasitic army finally unable to support it and retreating in the afternoon.

The Divine Legion paid more than a hundred casualties, killing dozens of parasitic war beasts and thousands of parasitic ants.

Although the battle was fierce, the final losses on both sides were not large, mainly because the protective nets isolated the battlefield, many parasitic war beasts could not actually participate in the battle, and the limited length of the city wall made it possible to engage directly with the troops.

In this battle, the busiest is the protagonist, who controls the ballista from beginning to end to participate in the battle, air defense, long-range shooting, fire support, precision sniping, doing everything, and also has a great impact on the battle situation.

By the time the battle reached the second half, the first ballista operated by the protagonist was already unusable, the bowstrings made of tough hemp rope were severely worn, and the torsion spring set made of the hamstring tendons after the locusts had also accumulated a lot of fatigue, and the tendons were pulled up, losing a lot of elasticity, and the shooting force began to become soft.

The protagonist is then transferred to the second ballista, closer to the front line, and fights the entire battle.

After the war, the protagonist checks the first ballista that has problems, replacing the bowstring. However, due to the decline in the performance of the spring, even if the torsion spring is retightened, it cannot recover the previous force, and the ballista is no longer useful, and can only be used as an emergency backup in the future.

One of the ballistae is broken in a battle, and the protagonist currently only has two ballistas on hand, which leaves him speechless. It seems that in the subsequent battles, the use and maintenance of the ballista must be taken care of, and the speed of fire cannot be pursued indiscriminately, but also the shooting hit rate must be improved, and the wear and tear of the ballista must be reduced as much as possible.

The Divine Envoy King's warriors could not comprehend the great Divine Envoy King's frustration at the loss of a strange machine, and today's victory made all the commanders elated, sweeping away the gloom caused by the previous disadvantage.

For a while, even the increasingly cold autumn breeze in the morning and evening seemed to warm up.

- I'm the dividing line -

On the rocky floor where [Waterfront City] is located, the ants are diligently cleaning the battlefield.

Today's battle is fierce, there are many corpses left on both sides, and there are also a lot of damage to the protective net, which need to be cleaned up by the Divine Envoy King Army.

The corpses of those dead parasitic war beasts are good trophies, the meat is edible, and some organs have other uses.

For example, the corpse of the parasitic centipede, the poisonous needle at its tail was laboriously cut off - this is a hollow natural pipe.

Although the protagonist hasn't figured out what this pair of tail pins is for, it's always right to stay first, anyway, for the legion of the Divine Envoy King, who is short of supplies, the warehouse is big enough.

The carcass of the parasitic centipede, like some other parasitic war beasts, was entangled in the net rope, and the ants had to cut and untie it bit by bit with time and effort so as not to affect the function of the protective net.

The hard carapace of the parasitic centipede, as well as some other insect carapaces, have also been stripped off, which can be used as a good building material.

A large number of ant carcasses on both sides should have been buried on the spot according to the custom of the Divine Envoy King's legion, but the swampy area has shallow soil and high groundwater levels, and even digging a little bit deeper will cause a large amount of damp sandy soil, which is time-consuming and laborious to excavate.

The protagonist simply asks his subordinates to throw all the enemy corpses directly into the swampy waters, which contain a large number of aquatic insects, and will soon "digest" all these corpses.

Naturally, our corpse can't be disposed of so hastily, but because burial is not easy, the protagonist simply cremated it in the fire.

To this end, the protagonist also organizes a small funeral ceremony, taking a group of male ant commanders to watch the corpses of the two male ants killed in the battle quickly twist and incinerate in the flames.

Afterwards, the protagonist tells everyone that this is a condolence and respect for the deceased.

In the past, there was no respect for the dead in the country, and there was no concept of the afterlife, no matter whether the status was noble or not, after death, it was thrown into the ant garbage dump, and eventually became the dinner of other scavenging insects, and even was eaten by their own companions in times of famine.

Now, the protagonist feels the need to make his subordinates more civilized, and the funeral ritual is just one of the protagonist's attempts to slowly change his small group.

Funerals are not only about respect for the deceased, but also about the soul, the afterlife, and religion.

Since the Paleolithic period of human primitive society, primitive man has developed the concept of the soul. Primitive man believed that the dead soul did not die, and could still intervene in the people, blessings and misfortunes of the living. Constrained by this concept of the immortality of the soul and the differences in cultural traditions and religious beliefs of various countries and nationalities, various funeral customs have emerged. Later, on this basis, humanities such as literature (mythology) and religion emerged.

These disciplines have undoubtedly played a tremendous role in promoting the evolution of human intelligence and social structure.

The ants now lack this kind of concept, although they also have the concept of gods, but they are very isolated, which is also believed by the protagonist to be related to their imaginative racial characteristics.

The protagonist now needs his subordinates to have a certain amount of imagination and creativity, just like the little secretary, so that they can better and more actively complete their duties, without the protagonist having to do everything himself.

As for whether these male ants feel after attending the funeral, the protagonist is not sure, this kind of thinking transformation has to be done slowly, and the physiological difference between ants and humans is too great, such a transformation is bound to be half the effort.

- I'm the dividing line -

The next day, Rambowray's Fifth Legion moved into [Bridgehead] and returned to [Swamp City] to rest in place of Rambowind's Third Legion, which had been fighting for a day.

Today, the parasitic army reappeared, but the Divine Envoy King's legion, which already had experience in fighting under the cover of protective nets and ballistas, once again crushed the enemy's attack.

Even if the enemy is as smart as the light gold worker ant, there is no way to change the disadvantage of the battle situation, and can only watch a large number of parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts drink hatred in front of the [bridgehead] defense line.

In the next few days, the Divine Envoy King's legion continued to rotate, and it continued to consume the strength of the parasitic army with weak battle losses, and slowly bleed it.

About a week later, after counting, the protagonist counted that the Divine Envoy King's army had paid hundreds of war beasts and tens of thousands of parasitic ants at the cost of more than 500 warriors.

In the past few days, the number of parasitic armies that have appeared outside the [bridgehead] has become smaller and smaller, and the flying knights have reported that there is no trace of parasitic ants outside the swamp.

The protagonist judges that the enemy's strength has been severely damaged, and it is time for the Divine Envoy King's legion to take the initiative.

In order to avoid too many combat casualties after losing the cover of the fortifications, the protagonist decides to move forward step by step.