Chapter 58: Retreat
Ken was on his way back to the Black Bee's Hive, and he took the opportunity to make a detailed battle plan.
The first thing they have to do is find all the exits to the black beehive, usually there are two or three exits from the black beehive, and they have to block the extra exits and leave only one single exit. Then they need to sprinkle alcohol on the inside of the nest and then light a fire to burn all the black bees in the nest.
For the black bees who try to escape through the only exit of the nest, Ken is responsible for burning them to death with a torch prepared in advance. The main task of annihilating the black bees is basically completed by Ken, and Ariqi and Jia Er only need to each hold a handful of branches to defend themselves from a sudden sneak attack by the black bees returning from duty outside. Of course, in this operation, all three of them must make basic defenses in advance, and use leaves to properly cover their bare parts such as heads and necks before starting the operation.
It was just past noon, and it was already the hottest time of the day. Ken and Aliqi, and Gar Er found some grass vines to cover their necks and heads to make sure that they didn't affect their vision, and finally the three of them looked at each other for a while, then picked up the branches and slowly approached the black beehive in front.
When there was still a few meters away from the nest, Ken raised his hand to signal a stop, and then everyone quietly hid behind a large water tree on the side, and began to carefully observe the general structure of the black bee nest and whether there were black bees coming and going.
The three of them watched nervously for about a quarter of an hour, but did not notice any movement. Ken used this time to basically identify the three exits of the black beehive's nest, two of which were above the tree, each oval in shape and about two fists in size. The bottommost long, narrow exit, which is about 20 centimeters long, is the main exit of the black bee's nest. After clarifying the goal, the three of them took out the alcohol and gauze they had prepared in advance, and cautiously approached the lair.
"You must remember that after pouring alcohol into it, you must immediately seal the exit with mud, and both of them must be sealed." Ken told Aliqi and Garer again at the last moment, and although he had emphasized many times that there should be no mistakes in this task, Ken still felt the need to remind them again, for fear that the two young men would be too panicked and forget to seal the exit.
Garr and Aliqi nodded separately, and they had already arrived at the black bee's nest. There was a low sound from inside the lair, which sounded mysterious and creepy.
The hearts of the two young men, Aliqi and Garr, were pounding very hard, and the two of them trembled lightly and gently lowered the branch in their hands to the ground, and then prepared the bottle of alcohol in their hands, waiting for Ken's instructions. Ken saw that they were frightened but their movements were quite sharp, so he took a deep breath, then took out a pot of alcohol and a pile of gauze and put them at his feet, and took the tinder from his pocket and blew it carefully, and soon a handful of flames appeared from the roll of tinder.
At this time, everyone set up their horses, and only waited for Ken's last command to start moving. After carefully observing the surroundings for one last time to make sure there were no black bees returning to their nests, Ken nodded to Ariqi and Garr.
Jia Er and Ali Qi quickly stepped forward and poured the alcohol in their hands, and almost at the same time, Ken also lifted a large pot of alcohol on the ground, picked up the bundle of gauze and stuffed it into the main outlet at the bottom, and poured alcohol into it.
"It's now, block all the exits!" Ken nervously raised his voice to warn them, and quickly took the tinder on the ground in his hand, pulled the alcohol jug away, and finally stuffed the entire tinder into the nest.
"Whew!" The entire interior of the black beehive's nest was instantly filled with red flames, followed by a deafening roar, and hundreds of black bees struggled in the sea of fire to escape for their lives.
"Quick!" Ken excitedly bowed his head and shouted at Garr and Araki, but he didn't dare to take his eyes off the three exits.
Jia Er and Ali Qi panicked and finally blocked the two exits above, and in this short gap, a few tenacious black bees with burned wings still crawled out of the two holes above, but they were directly slapped to death by Ken.
At the bottom of the main exit of the black bee nest, more than 10 black bees escaped from the fire at this time, but their wings had been completely burned off, and they struggled to climb out of the hole and fell directly to the ground, which was not a threat to Ken and them at all. So Ken didn't bother with them, he continued to unlid the lid of the last bottle of alcohol on the standby, and hurriedly poured it into the cave.
There were two roars from the "Boom ......" nest as new alcohol poured in, and the flames followed the alcohol that Ken had spilled on the ground to the bottom of the tree, and the leaves on the ground also burned.
Seeing this, Jia Er and Ali Qi next to them hurriedly stepped on the fire on the ground with their feet, and the two of them simply did not do anything, and excitedly crushed the black bees struggling on the ground together.
Everyone witnessed the fire in the nest slowly dimming, the sound of struggle in the cave gradually weakening, and the black bee scorched black smoke coming out of the hole, and they finally showed each other a long-lost smile, which meant that the black bees inside were basically wiped out.
Finally Ken saw that the fire in the nest was gradually weakening, and the black bee was completely silent, so he raised his mace, ready to crack the whole hole in the tree, and they had to get the black honey syrup and leave as soon as possible.
"You pay attention to your surroundings, don't let the black bees coming back from outside sneak attack, I'm going to collect black honey syrup now." Ken held the mace in his hands in both hands, a little uneasy, so he told them again.
Gar and Aliqi held the twig in their hands and nodded excitedly. Ken looked up again and made sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, and in three or two clicks, he knocked a big hole in the shell outside the nest.
This black powder nest has a lot of space and can barely accommodate a person, thanks to the fact that they poured alcohol from the two upper outlets and spilled it on most of the main roads inside the nest, the fire almost burned the entire nest, and the nest was full of black bee corpses.
Ken poked his head into the lair, and in the deepest part of the lair he saw a little starlight, which was black honey syrup. These black, dense liquids are the treasures that the Ant-people dream of. Ken couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, took a large bamboo tube and a spoon from his back, and slowly packed all the nearly 3 liters of black honey syrup into the bamboo tube.
Watching Ken carefully fill a bamboo tube of black honey syrup, and finally sealing the lid with great excitement, Garr's face was full of happiness, and he couldn't stop smiling.
Jiaer had always wanted to help Rigyangda's mother cure her foot disease, a wish he had since childhood, and today he is finally coming true. At this moment, in Jia'er's eyes, Uncle Ken is so cute and respectable, in fact, Jia'er is full of gratitude to the partners who are willing to come with him today.
The god of luck favored them this time, and not a single black bee returned to their nest until they left. Ken led the two young men to successfully collect the black honey syrup, and retreated, and the three of them couldn't suppress the excitement and excitement in their hearts and quickly rushed to their companions waiting by the lake.