Roars and screams rang out without end. The ones screaming were, of course, not the demon beasts, but the Tiger Hornets.
Even so, Queen Bee Caro wasn't worried about her side collapsing. As long as the death toll didn't exceed 90%, she could forcibly suppress the Tiger Hornets' survival instincts.
The surrounding battlefield was a chaotic mess. The number of demon beasts had already reached 170,000, while the Tiger Hornets numbered around 1.07 million.
When fighting on the fungal carpet, the loss of bioenergy caused by the demon beasts' deaths was minimal. However, every Tiger Hornet they killed increased the bioenergy stored in the Bug Nest by a little.
Anyone who had come into contact with the Zerg knew that they must never fight a war of attrition against them. Doing so would lead to disastrous consequences.
Queen Bee Caro naturally knew nothing about the Zerg, but her lackey Ice Duke knew a little about them. However, Ice Duke didn't dare tell Caro to retreat. Was he insane? If he said that, and Caro didn't immediately kill him, it would already count as the queen's mercy.
Ice Duke's idea was that he wouldn't consider whether the war could be won. That wasn't something he could control. Earning faction prestige was the most important thing. His War Mission wasn't to win, but to kill a certain number of enemies—specifically, 100 enemy main-force units. The more he killed, the higher his Hidden Mission completion rate would be.
Moreover, in Ice Duke's view, the Tiger Hornets couldn't possibly lose. They had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, and the Zerg had a huge weakness: once their ruler died, the entire Zerg race would immediately collapse.
Ice Duke planned to keep this secret for a while and use it to obtain a large benefit from