Everything had worked out how Lex had planned, but Lex had underestimated the decisiveness and intelligence of the giant ant queen, who as soon as she gauged the strength of Lex and his fox beast army, ordered all her troops to return.
With that, the final battle had begun, and the only way to be able to get beast meat and beast cores was through a direct confrontation with the giant ant beasts, that had all gathered together around the giant ant queen in the centre of their territory.
There were still tens of thousands of giant ant beasts left and it would be very difficult to deal with them all at once, giving the giant ant beasts the advantage in terms of numbers.