Lord Highlander

   Chapter 786 775. Booby

   From a distance, I saw a fierce battle broke out on the other side of the city wall. The front of the city wall was full of flames, and there were a series of explosions from time to time.

On the battlefield next to the dry forest, there were nearly 80 corpses of ghost-striped male ants lying here and there. Each ghost-striped male ant needs at least a four-wheeled truck to transport it away. The team led by Suldak could not To take away so many ghost-striped drones, the only way to take out the most precious magic core is from the skull of the ghost-striped drone.

   Even the heads of the ghost-striped male ants couldn't be taken away. Although the rear of the ghost-striped red ants was empty, a large number of ghost-striped red ants came here from the north of the canyon at the call of the unfortunate queen.

  Suldak stood on the back of the ghost-striped drone. After possessing 'insight', he could see far away at night.

  A group of ghost-striped worker ants came from the north of the canyon, but there were not many ghost-striped soldier ants in these ant colonies. With these veterans, it is not too difficult to block these ghost-striped worker ants.

Fifteen cavalry battalion veterans, led by Andrew, formed a battle formation around the ghost-striped male ants controlled by Aphrodite. The veterans waved the knight's sword in their hands and strangled vigorously. Although these ghost-striped worker ants can spray acid , a pair of pliers are quite powerful, but they are not the opponents of the veterans. There is almost no way to face the light knight shields in the hands of the veterans, and they just pounce on them instinctively.

  In the past three weeks, these first-rank veterans don't know how many ghost-striped red ants have been killed in the city.

At this time, the veterans with many blessings from the gods have almost reached an unprecedented state of physique and strength. These one-meter-long ghost-striped soldier ants are like a group of hungry wolves. They don't even have any fear. It just rushed up uninterruptedly, opening its pincers to bite.

  The hard armor on their bodies is not considered hard, and the knight's long sword can be easily cut off when it hits the joints of the ghost-striped worker ants.

  Suldak even set up a marching tent on the back of the ghost-striped drone, and Selina lay unconscious in the tent.

Aphrodite stood on top of the ghost-striped male ant, and controlled the ghost-striped male ant to walk towards the depths of the dry forest. Fifteen veterans, led by Andrew, followed behind the ghost-striped male ant Retreat while fighting.

The dead forest here has been eaten by ghost-striped red ants so that not a single blade of grass can grow. This dead forest is located at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the canyon. It belongs to a narrow and long forest belt. Walking through the dead forest to the mountainside, the terrain suddenly rises to an extremely steep slope. .

In fact, this is not the main problem. If you climb up less than a hundred meters along the steep mountain wall of the canyon, you will see thorny stone pillars growing on the mountainside. These stone pillars are completely grown from the mountain, and the longer stone pillars can reach dozens Meters long, shorter stone pillars are only a few meters long.

  These thorn-shaped stone pillars are densely packed together, and neither humans nor beasts can pass through this area.

  Aphrodite controlled the ghost-striped male ant, and climbed up the mountainside.

  A large group of ghost pattern worker ants were chasing after them, and the veterans of the cavalry battalion fought and retreated.

  Further away, a ghost-striped ant queen and more than fifty ghost-striped drones also chased here.

  They originally came to reinforce the troops, but they moved a little slower. When they rushed to this battlefield, they only saw the corpses of ghost-striped drones everywhere...

   I saw a group of humans in the distance, retreating towards the edge of the canyon wall.

  The queen continued to gather the ghost-striped red ants in the canyon, and then the army of red ants chased after her.

  …

  Aphrodite stood on top of the ghost-striped drone, and under the guidance of a veteran of the cavalry battalion, drove the ghost-striped drone towards the halfway up the Thorn Mountain Range.

  The hillside is extremely steep, and it is very difficult for the ghost ants to walk on it. There are often rolling stones sliding down the hillside.

  The terrain here is extremely steep. If this ghost-striped male ant caused a large landslide, not many people in Suldak's cavalry team would survive.

  And the rugged mountain road is very unsuitable for the ghost-striped male ants to climb.

   Behind the mountains are full of ghost pattern worker ants. The worker ants are not too big, and the **** of the mountain wall does not hinder them in any way.

  …

  In such a dark night, the gravel on the hillside often makes a rolling sound.

  Gulitum held the skull of the queen ant in his arms, and he couldn't wait to sit on the back of the ghost-striped male ant, ready to eat the frozen brain inside the skull.

  Although Suldak thinks that the ogre's habit of eating raw should be completely changed, there is no such condition now.

The ogre held the queen's head, licked his lips, wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with his hands, and made a difficult decision. He said to Suldak who was standing aside: "Head, this one should be put in a sealed bag." Let’s put it in the magic box, I think it’s more delicious to bake and eat again…”

  Suldak lowered the curtain of the marching tent, looked at the hesitant Gulitham, and asked him with a smile, "Isn't your brother about to wake up?"

Gulitum scratched his head vigorously, and said to Suldak a little embarrassedly: "I guess I won't be able to wake up after eating the brain of this ant queen, at least I have to eat another one... If the ant queen in the back Then follow us into the mountain depression, I guess I will have hope this time.”

   "Head, am I very edible?" Gulitum asked Suldak again.

Guli Temu sat where he was, and Suldak took out a large magic sealing box, threw it in front of Guli Temu, put his arm on his shoulder, and said: "It's okay, eat How much food...it doesn't matter, what matters is how much sanity you can retain under the double temptation of hunger and delicious food...For an ogre, I value this more."

  The ogre opened the lid of the box, stored the head of the queen ant in the magic sealing box, and said, "Um, boss, do you think we can kill the queen ant behind?"

Suldak nodded and said: "Hope is great. Although she is a bit timid and suspicious, she is now the king of this alliance. Even if it is to stabilize its position, it will try to attack us." ..."

  Samila stood on the **** of the ghost-striped drone, staring at the canyon behind.

  A large number of ghost-striped red ants gathered from all directions, especially a large number of ghost-striped soldier ants came from the direction of the north city wall, almost completely blocking the escape route of everyone in Suldak.

  If you want to return to Dodan Town behind the northern city wall, you will definitely encounter those ghost-striped soldier ants head-on.

  The veterans of the cavalry battalion did not ride horses this time, and they could not use the heavy cavalry's piercing tactics to break through the encirclement.

   Therefore, Suldak could only lure the ghost-striped red ants up the hillside.

  …

  The Cavalry Battalion has not been in Dodan Town for a long time, and they are not very familiar with the Dodan Canyon.

  When the Cavalry Battalion first arrived in Dodan Town, they walked out of the Dodan Canyon almost every day to patrol the border between hills and mountains. They only had a certain understanding of some special terrain in the canyon.

   This is a very special place.

  It is located on the east side of the mountainside in the middle of the Dodan Canyon, and there is a mountain depression surrounded by many thorny stone pillars.

  The entrance there is very narrow. Although there is no escape route inside, the entrance can be guarded with very little force.

  This is also part of the assassination plan. Suldak never thought that he would return to Dodan Town after killing a ghost ant. His appetite was much bigger than this.

  …

  Suldak is standing at the entrance of the col on the mountainside...

If you don't get close, it is hard to imagine that there is such a small path less than three meters wide hidden in the mountainside densely covered with thorny stone pillars. It can only accommodate a ghost-striped male ant to crawl through carefully and meet the turning point. Also be extra careful.

The ghost pattern worker ants followed behind endlessly, and Andrew led ten veterans to block the entrance of this road. They were wearing bulky full-cover armor and possessed the blessing of the gods like the "Blessed Body" on their bodies. , physical strength recovered quickly, due to the suppression of weapons and equipment, it became very easy to fight ghost pattern worker ants.

  In just a quarter of an hour, the corpses of ghost pattern worker ants at the intersection were stacked more than one meter high.

  The ghost-striped worker ants behind stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed up, spewing sour liquid at the veterans, who could only hold up their shields to block them.

  Although the ghost pattern worker ants attacked slowly, they still broke into the narrow passage step by step.

  Seeing that this attack method is very effective, the ghost-striped worker ants almost use acid to open the way, forcing the cavalry team to retreat little by little, leaving a corpse of ghost-striped worker ants on the narrow mountain road.

  …

  The size of the ghost-striped red ants cannot climb over the thorny stone pillars, so they can only chase Andrew and the cavalry team along this narrow mountain road.

  Aphrodite manipulated the ghost-striped male ant to continue walking inside. The rough thorns and stones on the left and right of the path are like the most messy bushes...

   This road covered with thorny stone pillars extends horizontally along the mountain, and the length is only about 150 meters. When you enter it, you can see an open space the size of half a football field.

  Suldak didn't expect there to be such a large space inside the col.

  The terrain in the depression is also all slopes, like a gully washed out by rain.

  Andrew led a team of veterans out of the mountain road and into the col.

A large number of ghost-striped worker ants crawled out of the mountain path continuously, and gathered more and more in the valley. The ogre Gullitum also jumped off the ghost-striped worker ants with a bone-crushing club and stood on Andrew's side. Beside him, he swiped the big stick in his hand sideways, which could hit several ghost pattern worker ants at the same time.

  Andrew followed Suldak's footsteps to the deepest part of the mountain depression, and there was no way to go further.

  There is a thick stone beam in the middle here, and it is probably because of this stone beam that an empty mountain depression below is formed.

  Below the stone beam is a not-so-big gap. This is not a cave, but at most it can be regarded as a horizontal stone gap.

  Suldak asked Aphrodite to control the ghost-striped male ants to lie outside the stone crevice, just enough to block the stone crevice for about six meters.

   For the Suldak team, it is a refuge with an excellent location.

   As long as Andrew and Gullitemu take turns guarding the entrance of the cave with veterans, they can block the attack of the ghost-striped red ants.

Suldak pulled out two large wooden boxes and placed them on the edge of the hole. He opened the lid, and inside was a neat row of explosive packs wrapped in linen, each explosive pack had Very long fuze.

He asked Gulitum to guard the entrance of the stone crevice, and under the protection of Samira and Andrew, he placed these explosives one by one at the roots of the thorny stone pillars on the left and right sides of the stone beam. He was worried that the power of these explosives would not be enough. All the two boxes of explosives were thrown in, and the spare box was distributed in.

   Back then, Suldak used black powder to blow up some limestone in the barren land and dredged a drainage channel. He was naturally very skilled in using explosives.

   At this time, a large number of ghost pattern soldier ants have already rushed into the mountain depression.

  Andreu rushed back to the entrance of the stone crevice and joined Gulitham. With their excellent physique, the two regained the precarious entrance.

  The ghost-striped male ant lying between the stone cracks is actually a natural barrier from the ghost-striped red ants. If this big guy is stuck here, the ghost-striped soldier ants will not attack it at all.

  Occasionally, the veterans guarding the entrance of the cave would throw one or two fire-scale bombs towards the col. The fire-scale bombs exploded among the ghost pattern red ants, often causing casualties.

This kind of battle has been stalemate until before dawn. The corpses of ghost-striped red ants at the entrance of the stone crevice have been piled up like a mountain. Andrew and Gulitum, who have been fighting for a long time, have some scars on their bodies, and the sour liquid is flowing everywhere. Suldak almost felt that this booby trap plan was going to fail.

  Samila, who was standing on the top of the stone beam, shouted to Suldak: "The group of ghost-striped drones and the queen came in..."

Suldak quickly got out from the crevice of the rock, climbed up the pile of ghost-striped red ant corpses, and chopped down a ghost-striped soldier ant that climbed up, and saw a large number of ghost-striped male ants appearing at the entrance of the mountain. , these ghost pattern male ants rushed towards this side quickly.

  However, more than a dozen ghost-striped male ants surrounded the queen, but they only stayed near the exit of the mountain depression, not daring to take half a step closer.

   "Let them get closer..." Suldak spat and smeared, enduring the sour smell and saying.

  Samira continued: "They are still approaching, and the queen ant has also come in."

   "Then let's start our welcome ceremony now!" Suldak bent down to pick up a burning torch and said loudly.

   "Everyone go into the cave!" Andrew took a torch, jumped onto a raised rock, and shouted to the veterans around him.

  Suldak and Andrew ignited the extended fuze almost at the same time. This kind of fuze made of gunpowder wrapped in cotton cloth burned very fast, and amidst the sound of 'chi chi', the fire light was like dancing silver snakes.

  Suldak and Andrew jumped into the crevice at the same time.

  Thirty or so ghost-striped male ants also climbed up from the bottom of the hillside. The ghost-striped queen was more than 200 meters away from here. Samira stood on the top of the stone beam and shot a throwing arrow at it.

  The wind element wrapped the steel arrow in a graceful arc in the air, and shot towards the ghost queen ant precisely.

  The queen ant sensed the danger, and was so frightened that it shrank its wings and landed downward. Several ghost-striped male ants raised their forelimbs at the same time, and one of the male ants firmly blocked the falling arrow.

   Taking advantage of this opportunity, Samira jumped into the crevice of the stone briskly.

  Gulitum hastily blocked the corpses of the prepared ghost-striped soldier ants outside, and a large number of ghost-striped soldier ants rushed into the pile of corpses outside the cave.

   Just as Suldak's countdown sounded:

"five four three two one!"

  The explosion of landslides and ground cracks sounded from the top of everyone's heads, and the entire stone beam was crumbling. During the violent shaking, the stone cracks almost collapsed by nearly half.

  The ghost-striped male ants crowded outside moved nearly two meters into the stone crevice, and its body was completely twisted and deformed by the narrow gap.

  In the rumbling sound...

  Countless smashed thorny stone pillars collapsed from the mountainside like a turbulent current, instantly submerging the entire mountain depression...

  (end of this chapter)