763. The Great Army Pressed the Frontier
One of the things that made the merchants of Dodan Town dumbfounded the most was that the town had just been quiet for less than a day, because of the resurgence of the ghost-patterned red ants, all the mercenary groups had to be forced to withdraw to the town.
Once again, the trade in the hard carapace of the Ghost Soldier Ant was interrupted, and this time the colony was larger than before.
According to the news from the city wall, there were four queens in the colony this time, they should be of the same status, but they all had their own male ant guards, and they formed four camps in the canyon, and they were not crowded together in a disorderly manner.
However, the soldier ants and worker ants seemed to be extremely excited, as if they had once again found the guidance of the light, and the first place where the ant tide army stopped was just outside the range of the bed crossbow.
Perhaps it is because the queen ants have joined forces to control the ant colony and have been able to convey instructions to every ant tribe, which is why they are so neatly standing on the battlefield in the canyon.
The worker ants and soldier ants at the front huddle together, almost forming a straight dividing line.
At the same time, more soldier ants appeared in the colony, and the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants was about 1:20 at first.
Until the giant soldier ants appeared, there were not as many worker ants as before, but it was almost 1:10.
But now the number of worker ants in the ant colony has been further reduced, and at the same time, the number of advanced ant colonies has increased significantly, and the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants has almost reached about 1:5.
In addition, ghost-patterned male ants also appeared in the rear of the battlefield, each like a siege beast.
This time, the ant colony gathered under the city wall, although it was not so bloody when it rushed up, and there were no demonic beasts all over the valley to slaughter them, but the sense of oppression brought by it was much stronger than the first time.
The city guards standing at the head of the city had already pushed the tethered rolling stones to the front of the trough, and a small half of all the rolling stones were exposed outside the city walls.
The bed crossbows also showed sharp giant crossbow arrows from the wall stacks, and those polished giant crossbow arrows in the sunlight reflected the blue cold light.
Adams was also very speechless, he finally took the turn to guard the city wall during the day, and after only one easy day, he ushered in the ant army again, at a glance, he felt a little dizzy, and the entire canyon was a sea of red.
The ant colony overwhelmed the territory, and the iron fence of the north gate fell again.
The siege was about to begin, and this time the four queens were more cautious, hiding in the center of the guard group behind the colony, far away from the northern city wall.
Gallatin stood beside Adams, his face was a little pale, but he was in good spirits, and his injuries were not completely healed, but it did not affect his participation in the battle.
Heard from Adams that Commander Surdak was ready to update the merit redemption list.
As the captain of the heavy infantry brigade, as long as Gallatin participates in the battle, he will obtain nearly 100 basic merits every day, and he can get a point for every ghost pattern ant hunted by his soldiers, and if he kills a ghost pattern red ant, he will gain more......
Now he was ready to pile up merit in exchange for a magic pattern.
Of course, there was a small promise from Adams, who had no desire for merit at the moment, so he promised his friend Gallatin that he could lend Gallatin for the time being the merits he had obtained, and that he could repay the gold coins, magic crystals, or anything else in the future.
According to the market price, one hundred merits will be repaid in one gold coin.
As far as this team of Gallatin is concerned, he simply didn't expect it in any way, so he got up from the hospital bed in the dormitory like a chicken and joined the siege battle.
"Come here, come here, I really don't know what they're hesitating about...... Oh my God, when did these ant tribes actually have brains......" Gallatin stood at the head of the city, his expression a little exaggerated.
"It's the queen ant, these new queens have completely controlled these ants, it can also be said that these ants are already subjects of these four queens, their kingdoms have been established, and they are still alliance kingdoms, these worker ants have no brains, but the queen behind them has at least rudimentary intelligence."
Adams glanced out of the city and urged the warriors on the walls to pile bundles of arrows at the head of the city.
He felt that he was about to face the toughest battle.
Barrels of fire oil were already piled up on the wooden shelves behind the oil tanks, and it seemed that as long as enough ant corpses had been accumulated in this siege, the wall of fire would have to be rekindled.
Gallatin leaned against the battlement, with his shield and sword on the wall, and said to his friend:
"Adams, you said this siege...... Will Surdak still use those precious magic scrolls? ”
Adams affirmed, "It will, and since it's been taken out, it's going to be used!" ”
I said...... Commander Surdak is really generous this time! Gallatin sighed, "Adams, how much does a magic scroll like this cost in the Magic Market in Pena City?" ”
Adams thought about it seriously before he said: "If it is really a magic scroll made of the third-order magic 'Hell Flame', throwing out one scroll is at least throwing out a magic crystal, and ten fire-type magic scrolls are a group, throwing out two groups at a time, which is really a big deal." ”
Gallatin looked at the ant colony outside the city again, and then whispered, "Ten catapults are now equivalent to ten one-turn magicians guarding the city walls, tsk...... No wonder it won Miss Hathaway's favor. ”
Adams glared at Gallatin and whispered a warning, "Be careful when you speak!" ”
As low-ranking officers of the Luther Legion, they could not talk about the members of the Luther family under any circumstances, which was a serious offense.
Gallatin touched his mouth, found that the stubble on his chin was already very prickly, took out a sharp dagger, scraped it twice, and said: "Do you think it will be possible for him to take charge of the Luther Legion in the future?" ”
Adams said bluntly, "It should be about the same." ”
The two waited until the sun set, and Andrew and Samira led the team to the head of the city to rotate, and the ghost-patterned red ants outside the city did not move.
This time, Samira still had the blessing of 'insight', and when it got dark, she was not disturbed by the light, and when she looked into the distance, she could see the four queens moving cautiously forward.
Little by little, the army of red ants below the city wall crossed the range of the bed crossbow, and then came into the range of the archers.
Samira did not hesitate, stood on the arrow tower in the center of the northern city wall, and ordered all the archers to shoot throwing arrows......
This kind of arrow is only equipped with longbow archers, and it belongs to shooting arrows with all their strength towards the sky, and when the steel arrows fly to the commanding heights in a parabolic shape, they are then pulled down by gravity, and the higher they are thrown, the more powerful they are when they fall.
Two hundred archers fired throwing arrows at the same time, which arced gracefully in the evening sky, and then fell again. Falling meteors smashed into the colony.
This ordinary arrow can't do much damage to the ghost-patterned soldier ants, but it has a lethal effect on the ghost-patterned worker ants.
A rain of arrows fell, and almost all of the workers who fell on the battlefield were ghost-patterned workers.
Hundreds of ghost-patterned soldier ants, with steel arrows stuck in their bodies, stepped over the oil tank and began to climb the city wall......