If you list the natural enemies of spiders on a danger index, the first place is definitely all kinds of bees.

Aggressive killer bees and wasps will make meatballs from spiders and carry them back to the nest to feed their larvae. Parasitic wasps such as spider wasps and mud wasps lay their eggs directly on the spider's back, making the spider the first meal after the larvae are born. Even the seemingly tame bees sometimes attack spiders. By all accounts, in the vast majority of cases, spiders are beaten to death by bees.

As the dominant apex of the colony, the queen bee, which is often referred to as the queen bee and queen bee, is generally not responsible for fighting, and its main job is to produce offspring.

In fact, these two creatures are close relatives, and in modern times, it is not surprising that there are species such as flying ants that directly prove that the two are related, and their social structures are similar.

So like the marching ants, the killer named "Queen Bee" is also adept at creating "soldiers" and crushing opponents by commanding group battles. However, unlike the marching ants, which indiscriminately infect bacteria and viruses and crush everything with large armies, only the queen can make soldiers in the "swarm", and the target is limited to women, so in terms of group size, bees are far smaller than ants. On the other hand, the queen bee is able to create "soldiers" with different characteristics and specialties, and compared with the highly homogeneous ant soldiers, not only does the individual combat effectiveness be higher, but the intelligence, experience, and personality are also relatively intact, and can easily blend into the crowd without being discovered.

To put it bluntly, the marching ants take the route of explosives and are good at causing large-scale riots and riots, while the queen bee takes the route of elite soldiers and specializes in stealth operations and delicate operations. The two sides are just focusing in different directions, and there is no question of which is stronger or weaker.

Both the marching ant and the queen bee are troublesome for spiders, but the queen bee is several levels more threatening than the marching ant.

Compared with the zombie army, the opponent who doesn't know where to hide and peep at you, and who doesn't know when to start, is obviously more terrifying.

Such a queen bee suddenly revealed her identity, what kind of calculation was she making.

"I don't mean anything else, I just want to help you. ”

The voice in the loudspeaker was still pleasant and light, as if it was not answering a spider's question, but as if it was humming a minor key.

"The guy who is a voyeur and a sniper is really daring. ”

"That's part of the job, just like we deliberately leaked some information to get your Miss Intelligence Aggregator to figure out the 'right' escape route. ”

"It's really hard work for you to help you in such a roundabout way. ”

"Giving it to you directly will add unnecessary trouble, isn't it? Isn't it the old saying that 'things that don't need money are the most dangerous'. Rather than worrying about whether there's anything bad stuffed in the incoming information, it's significantly more efficient to take the time to spill the pieces and let the pieces of the puzzle piece work together on your own. ”

"What do you want to do, so kind-hearted Miss Bee?"

The spider, who had no patience to continue to play with each other, smacked her lips and raised her doubts in one breath, and Minerva, who was sitting behind her, also pricked up her ears to listen.

"It's not a crystal ball that I'll answer if you dare to ask. What is the punishment for leakers in the secrecy regulations, I don't need to remind you, right?"

"So how about I talk to myself, and it's your business to not answer?"

“......”

"Then I'm going to start talking to myself. ”

Putting away the childish sneer, the spider's face lost its expression, and its voice lost its warmth.

"Yalforheim's goal is to make the war end according to the predetermined ending, all characters should appear or die at the set time and place, and if there are characters, or very important characters who leave early due to some accidents...... The dictator who wrote the script would be very troubled. Once the dictator is troubled, the officials and departments below will also have a headache, and if they don't make trouble, they will die. So in any case, make sure that all the characters stay on stage and continue to play the role assigned to them. ”

Yalforheim's strategic plan is sound, feasible and operable, the only problem is that there is not enough space for elastic redundancy.

Due to the unique national and geopolitical circumstances, there was no second option for Yalforheim to achieve the total victory they expected, and even the kind of "incomplete victory" that Roland used as a precondition for peace talks was still intolerable for Alforheim.

Because time is not only in the elves' favor, but under certain conditions, such as when the nations unite and form a siege network against Alforheim and start a long zero-sum game, time can become an ally of the nations.

In that environment, the mere maintenance of resource channels would involve a great deal of energy, resources and mobile forces, coupled with the maintenance of stability in the occupied territories, post-war reconstruction, and the search for new economic growth in the context of a sharp decline in export markets...... There will be a lot to worry about in Alforheim. What's more, stimulated by the performance of the Yalforheim defense force in the war, the countries will definitely increase their investment in military technology, although they will not be able to catch up with the taillights of Yalforheim for a short time, or even a long time. But if countries introduce policies to stimulate population growth, the sheer number of troops will one day overwhelm Yalforheim's technological superiority......

Apart from a total victory, Yalforheim had no retreat or choice at all.

Therefore, they will inevitably eliminate all uneasy elements that may affect the development of the situation, such as peace talks, such as the death of Charlemagne's royal family in this coup.

Dauphin Louis was the key to victory, Minerva was the key to stabilizing the post-war period, and the absence of any one would have left a major deficit in the strategic puzzle of Alforheim. That's why the purpose of sending an elite team to ensure the safety of the crown prince while deliberately leaking information to Minerva is to ensure the safety of the two and maintain this delicate balance as much as possible.

"Then, there are similar intentions on the part of the church, and they also want to hold two important trump cards in their hands at the same time. It is necessary to ensure that the war between Charlemagne and Alfheim will continue, and to contain the Holy Maiden, bringing together Charlemagne's two greatest forces, and then allowing his two hated opponents to fight each other until they are both destroyed. ”

The spider said in a slightly mocking tone.

The Church Assassins who burst into the conference room did not kill anyone from Minerva's family, and said that Minerva was an important hostage. In other words, Minerva has a value of use to the church, and this value is enough to influence the direction of the future war, so that the church is willing to take the potential risk of offending the crown prince and his family to keep Minerva.

That value is to bring about the death of the Holy Maiden and Alfheim.

"'Heresy and heresy will perish with heresy!' If all goes well, and after the war, the self-righteous and uncontrollable crown prince can be replaced by the popular princess, and the prestige of the princess will become the prestige of the church, and there is no better scenario for the church that is eager to restore its prestige after the destruction of the holy capital. As for whether things will go this way, or if the church has another trump card that we don't know about, it will be necessary to gather further information......"

All in all, both sides need a living crown prince and Minerva, while ensuring that the crucial Minerva does not fall into the other's grasp.

"So, what will happen next will be a battle between the elite forces of the Church and the Stacy forces and the battle for Her Royal Highness—"

"I don't have to go on. ”

No more frivolous, a cool voice came out of the loudspeaker.

"Except for the last part, you're right. ”

"Huh, other troops besides Stacy?"

"That's right, and based on the permissions granted, I can also tell you the name of that unit. ”

A calm and somewhat cold voice said:

"I'm sure you've heard the name of that unit as well: the (9th) Special Operations Group of the Guards, commonly known as -"

"Ereolf......?!"

The moment the word was pronounced as if it were groaning, the spider's face turned pale.

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The chaotic sound of footsteps echoed in the sewers, sometimes near and sometimes far away, as if sticky, never getting rid of it.

This is a guy with a keen sense of smell, almost like a dog, no, more sensitive than a dog.

Trained military dogs and hunting dogs have the ability to search and track targets, and with the physical strength and endurance of dogs, once they find their whereabouts, they will never give up if they do not chase their prey. With human physical prowess and the ability to move on foot, it would be impossible to escape those highly trained precision machines. Even seasoned scouts must be cautious when confronted with enemy dogs, knowing full well that these four-legged soldiers can be more troublesome than the most sophisticated security systems, and that the slightest mistake is likely to be torn to shreds.

But compared with the group of guys scurrying down the sewers, the pursuit method of the military dog that chases relentlessly and does not tell its mouth when it is eyed at the prey will even seem very gentle.

They are not in a hurry to end the life of their prey, and may seem a little careless and leisurely, but this is precisely what makes them terrifying.

Keep a proper distance, drive away the prey with unhurried speed and rhythm, wear out the prey's nerves and physical strength, wait until the prey is driven to the preset slaughter site, and then unfold the encirclement, and bite off the prey's neck in one breath at the right time-

This is a tactic that dogs will not use. Even a trained military dog will basically give priority to the target's limbs and bite the target, rather than biting the throat, waist and abdomen and other deadly locations as soon as they come up.

That's a tactic that only wild animals use, and in a nature where you can't survive without risking your life, there's no room for mercy and compassion. If you can't kill with a single blow, then it's likely that a heavy counterattack will follow, or food will slip away.

That's right, it's not dogs or people who move in groups in the sewers, but a pack of hungry wolves with bared teeth, constantly chasing their prey, tearing everything in sight to shreds, and in this way spreading terror and awe to every corner of the world.