What happens when a beast gets stuck? They don't sit still! Driven by the instinct to survive, even the most docile rabbit struggles. But human beings are not beasts, highly social life and wisdom wear out many of human animal instincts, so some people will choose to wait for death in a desperate situation, unless someone leads them to choose to resist, because socialized life gives human beings another strong instinct, collective consciousness.

Now this was the case, when the dense crowd of ant-men came up again, these newly transformed farmer-turned-warriors did not collapse as Victor had expected, and the two dozen war bear mercenaries shouted and cursed, laughed, joked with each other, and shot deadly crossbow arrows at the monsters below with their bows and crossbows. Other militiamen, led by these veterans, also shot desperately.

Victor wondered why he wasn't scared either? Before, when watching war movies on Earth, Victor thought that those charging soldiers were really stupid, and if it was him, he would definitely find a place to play dead. But now he understands that as long as there are comrades around him who are desperate, the fighters will not be afraid, or they will not have the heart to be afraid at all. So, he stood on the brick wall and sent crossbow arrows into Ant-Man's head. In fact, when Victor is inspired by others, his presence is the greatest encouragement to the soldiers, and if he dies in battle, these soldiers will immediately collapse.

The sharp arrow cut through the rain curtain and shot through the carapace of Ant-Man, and the green juice flew sideways, throwing green everywhere. Especially the two Spirit Monkey militiamen, who are armed with hard bows and shoot arrows through the heads of Ant-Men, in fact they have shot more Ant-People than Victor.

Victor knew that the soldiers' efforts were in vain, that these Ant-Men were monsters who didn't care about life or death, and they would rush forward on all fours in the rain of arrows, and they would rush to the edge of the trench, and then jump in without hesitation, and let their companions step on their bodies until they formed a slope that was level with the fence.

"Drop the torch!" Barrett yelled

When dozens of Ant-Man jumped into the trench filled with oil, a dozen oilwood torches were thrown from the top of the fence, the oil pool was ignited, and the merciless flames instantly devoured Ant-Man, and the heat wave was rolling, and Victor could feel the overwhelming heat while standing on the high fence.

These oils are made by mixing palm oil with lard, and the oil extracted from the oil palm is ignited at a very high temperature, and the lard is durable to burn, even if it is still raining in the sky, the oil pool is burning. But in desperation, Ant-Man jumped into the fire pool one after another, and it wasn't long before the Ant-Man would use their bodies to extinguish the flames.

However, this did not happen, and every time Ant-Man jumped into the fire pool and was immediately ignited, it made the flames burn more violently, and the air was filled with a pungent stench, which was the smell of Ant-Man being burned.

Everyone was stunned to watch Ant-Man jump into the oil pool one by one, and then be lit like a torch.

"Hahaha! These beasts who are not afraid of death are afraid of fire!"

"Jump, jump! You monsters all jump in and burn them to death!"

"It must be the Great Lord of Light who is protecting us!"

The flames formed an impenetrable barrier that devoured every Ant-Man that jumped in. The soldiers laughed loudly, and their suppressed emotions were ignited by the burning Ant-Man.

"Haha, my lord, these monsters are afraid of fire!" Gru walked over and laughed happily.

Barrett said quietly, "It's not that they're afraid of fire, it's that their blood is as flammable as oil. ”

Victor nodded, and Barrett was very observant, and the green blood on the ground was indeed burning.

"My lord, these monsters are really strange, if they are beasts without intelligence, they have hands like people, and they will retreat. If they are intelligent, how can they be stupid enough to keep jumping into the fire?" Barrett stroked his beard and continued, "I guess these monsters are like soldiers who obey the orders of their commanders, so it is likely that there are monsters among them who are specifically responsible for commanding. If we can kill it, maybe it will change. ”

Victor looked at the several alchemy militiamen standing on the sidelines, and like these Ant-Men, they would not hesitate to carry out Victor's orders. Victor vaguely felt that these ant-man and alchemy creatures had a lot to do with it. First of all, Ant-Man's form is completely designed for fighting, they can run and charge on all fours, and they can also stand up and free the middle pair of arms when fighting, which means they can use more weapons. Secondly, their elemental properties and behavioral traits are very similar to those of alchemical creatures. The only thing that puzzled Victor was that if Ant-Man was an alchemy life, then they must be combat units, but their individual strength was too weak, and no matter how many they were, they could not become the main force of the Alchemy Empire.

"I'm going to the upper camp. ”

Seeing that Ant-Man began to retreat, Victor decided to use the gap to make a trip to the Alchemy Tower. Before the second battle, a corpse of Ant-Man had been sent to the Elemental Extraction Bench by the Alchemy Militia, and now Victor wanted to ask King Taling what was going on.

Barrett was shocked and hurriedly whispered to Victor, "Your Excellency, you can't leave here now! Otherwise, our soldiers will be suspicious, and soon they will collapse." ”

Victor frowned, turned his head to look, and found that the soldiers did look at him from time to time, and then casually talked and laughed with his comrades around him.

Victor's face changed, and Ant-Man was no longer jumping into the fire pool, but the oil would be burned out sooner or later, and if a solution could not be found, it would be a matter of time before the camp was breached. But Barrett's advice also makes sense, if he leaves the brick wall, these soldiers will really collapse, after all, they are not full-time guards.

As Victor was in a hurry, Ant-Man made a new move, closing in on the burning trench again, this time rising to their feet and throwing the mud from the ground into the pool of fire.

"Shoot them!" Barrett commanded loudly with a change in countenance.

The soldiers understood Ant-Man's intentions, and all of them shot arrows at the Ant-Men who tried to put out the fire, this time Ant-Man was obviously much smarter, they half-crouched on the ground, and continued to throw mud at the fire pool with their middle arms, while holding the corpses of their companions in front of their heads, so that even crossbows could not shoot them directly.

Everyone's faces turned ugly at this point, and it wouldn't be long before the trench could be filled with the number of Ant-Men.

"Shoot one first!" Barrett shouted.

The soldiers immediately began to shoot at an Ant-Man, who was instantly turned into a hedgehog by a dense array of arrows, but as soon as it fell, an Ant-Man who was responsible for transporting soil took its place. In this way, Ant-Man withstood the rain of arrows, and in an unimaginable order, threw the earth and stones into the burning oil pool little by little.

When the desperate soldiers frantically shot these Ant-Men, Victor looked down and saw that countless Ant-Men were still converging towards the hill camp, and he roughly estimated that there were more than 10,000 Ant-Men gathered in front.

Victor gritted his teeth and said to Barrett: "While the flames have not been extinguished by Ant-Man, now we can only organize everyone to retreat using the noose behind the camp!"

Barrett whispered, "My lord, we can still support ourselves under the protection of the fence, and if we are in the wild, I am afraid that we will not be able to escape the pursuit of these monsters." ”

These monsters can run like horses on all fours, and charge at speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour, and Barrett doesn't think it's a good idea to retreat.

"I know, but we don't have a choice, even if Ant-Man doesn't fill in the earth, the oil will burn out, and there may be a way to retreat, if we get trapped here, sooner or later we will be wiped out. Victor continued, "We continue to hold the fence, attract Ant-Man's attention, buy time for everyone's retreat, and how many people will survive? ”

Ant-Man came in from the southwest, mainly on the front of the camp, with a steep slope behind the camp. The lookout reported that no Ant-Man had been found in that direction.

Barrett thought for a moment and sighed, "It seems that this is the only way to go." My lord, go and organize the retreat!

"I'll go last, or the soldiers will collapse, and without the soldiers' containment, no one will be able to retreat safely. Victor shook his head.

Barrett nodded heavily, he understood that this was indeed the key to organizing a retreat, whether it was to attract Ant-Man's attention or suppress the speed at which Ant-Man extinguished the fire, this side of the fence must not collapse first.

"Yes, my lord, I will definitely fight with you to the end!" Barrett nodded firmly.

When the soldiers heard that the lord would hold out to the end and cover their retreat, they shot arrows at Ant-Man's body one by one with more ferocity, and for a moment the speed at which Ant-Man filled the earth was slowed down.

"Shak, go to the cave and get that brick, and then tell Lilia to come and see me. Victor whispered to the alchemy militia Shak.

Soon, Shak walked up with Lilia and a tall, musque-looking man.

"Victor, I'm not leaving! I'm going to be with you. ”

As soon as Lilia came up, she threw herself into Victor's arms and cried so much that it rained.

Victor let out a long sigh, Lilia's feelings for him were real, but she was just an ordinary person, and if she stayed by her side, she was afraid that there was little hope of escaping.

"Lilia, listen to me!" Victor picked up Lilia's tear-stained face, "You didn't abandon me and escape alone. You have a more important mission. You have to try to survive and get this brick into the hands of Countess Sylvia, and she will come to my rescue. ”

Victor handed Lilia the brick, a special brick. According to the investigation of the alchemy crow, there are more than 30,000 ant-men who have entered the Victor Territory. In the face of so many monsters who are not afraid of death, the York family will definitely not mobilize all their strength to rescue Victor, and even if Sylvia wants to do so, she will not be able to convince the family. Unless, there is a huge interest that the York family is willing to suffer a heavy loss to rescue Victor. Special bricks have such value.

"I just want to be with you!"

Lilia was in tears, clasping Victor's waist tightly, saying nothing and not letting go. In her opinion, there is no way to survive in the final retreat, and if she wants to die, she would rather die with her man.

Victor stroked Lilia's wet hair and whispered to her, "Listen, Lilia. I'm not going to die!The forbidden area of the upper camp has a secret door that leads directly down to the bottom of the hill. I would retreat from there. However, the slope is steep and there are no ropes. You're just an ordinary person, and you can't go down at all. And with Renault and them protecting me, I won't be killed by these monsters easily. ”

"Really?!" Lilia asked, looking up at Victor.

Victor nodded heavily, and then asked the strong man beside him, "What's your name?"

The strong man bowed, "My name, my name is Karn. ”

"Have you been holding out for 12 hours?" muttered Victor.

Karn was a freshly created barberry militia for exactly 12 hours. Victor originally thought that he could hold out for 20 days, but he didn't expect to retreat in only 12 hours.

"Karn, your mission is to protect Lady Lilia and obey her orders!"

"Yes, sir. ”

Victor whispered to Lilia again, "Lilia, Karn will protect you, you go straight to Nelson." I also have two of my men with Benson, and they will do your bidding. Remember, don't worry about those who are running for their lives on the road, this situation is the same for everyone now, you can only take care of yourself! The sooner you get to Blackcastle, the better our hope of turning things around!"

Victor's decision to break off for others is not purely out of noble character. In the face of a vast number of Ant-Man, the camp must be unable to hold, and escape is the only option. Letting the people flee in all directions can cover Lilia. For ordinary people, Victor persevered to the end and provided them with a chance to escape, and he did his best. As for Victor himself, he has the protection of the alchemy militia, but his chances of survival are the best.

In fact, Victor doesn't want to leave his territory easily, as long as he can wait for the York family to clear these monsters, he is still the legitimate lord here, and Victor is reluctant to give up the No. 7 Alchemy Tower. Victor plans to lure the monsters to the upper camp, then leave the camp through the secret door, and then take Renault and them to join the five alchemy mastiffs, and then they can deal with these monsters in the territory for a while.

Victor believes that although these monsters are numerous, his territory is also very vast, and with the cooperation of the alchemy crows, he can completely avoid them. After all, the individual strength of these Ant-Men is not strong. If he can't do it, it's not too late to escape, but at that point, he will lose legal ownership of the territory by giving up his territory.

Lilia stopped her tears and kissed Victor on the lips. After a moment, she took a deep look at Victor and turned to walk towards the camp. Barberry militiaman Karn silently followed behind Lilia, three alchemical ravens hovering above him.

Watching Lilia disappear from view, Victor sighed. In this territory, Lilia is the person he cares about the most. But under the nest, there are no eggs, Victor has created the best escape conditions for Lilia, there are people covering, there are militia to follow, and alchemy crow vigilance, now it can only depend on Lilia's own ability!

Victor gathered his mood and turned to look under the fence, where the oil was still burning, the endless Ant-Man was still sprinkling dirt into the trench under the rain of arrows, and the soldiers behind the fence were still shooting ferociously at the monsters below. So far, no one has been killed in the camp, but many will soon be killed.

"This is a cruel world!" Victor raised his hand and shot through the head of an Ant-Man, his dark eyes cold in his eyes.