“Are you done yet, Penn?”
“NO! There is still so much I need to do. I need to see your digestion in action And see how you repro-“”
“WOW, THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING, but I think it can wait for tomorrow; I'm exhausted, Penn, really well and truly exhausted. Rex, Okay?, I'm not going anywhere. You can continue tomorrow.”
“But….”
I Let out a deep sigh as she gave me a bunch of meaningless protests about her research. The tests weren't hard, and nothing was draining. Move here, crush this. Pierce that. Over and over again. I'm mentally done for today, and I want to go home. But I don’t think she will let me leave easily. Unless.
“Earlier, you said you wanted to know what these holes were for. Well, come here and take a look.”
Instantly, she was by my side, ogling me like a dog staring at a raw steak.
“Show me, show me, SHOW ME!”, She pleaded, causing me to roll my eyes.
I rolled my eyes and held my arm. I think 2 flies will suffice. Penn looked eagerly as 2 royal flies crawled out of the holes.
“Woaahhhh, are those….. flies?”
“Those flies are my children, yes.”
“That’s amaz- wait, children, are you a mother?”
“Not just a mother. A queen.”
“A QUEEN!” Her eyes bulged, I figured that would happen I wanted to keep it quiet, but seeing how glued she was to me, she was gonna find out eventually. I guess it's best to let her know on my terms. I pced the flies in a nearby gss jar and pced it in Penn's palms
“Now, I will leave these two here with you for the night. They are very intelligent, so they shouldn’t cause you any bother.”
“thank you.”
“And Penn. If you even consider hurting them. Contract be dammed I will end you. Understand?”
“Y..yes. Of course, I wouldn’t even dream of doing that.”
“Good”
< Okay, you two. Do what the crazy woman asks you to do. I don’t think she will hurt you, but you never know, so be alert.>
“You have your own nguage!” I winced at her yell. Why is she like this
“Diva, you have to teach me.”
“I don’t think that’s possible. You don’t have the vocal cords for it.” I lied. I have no clue whether or not a human can learn the nguage. But I'm doubtful.
“I've learnt multiple nguages. I'm sure I ca-“
“Maybe another day! Bye, penn!”
Before she could argue any more, I bolted away. Sorry, my children, but Mother needs a break. I'll collect you tomorrow. In no time, I was at the entrance to the dungeon, up the stairs and out into the dark alleyway.
Annoyingly, however, Andre took the carriage, leaving me with no mode of transport.
I looked around, not a single body in sight. Thankfully, Penn lives in a pretty secluded pce. I slipped off my clothes and threw them in a nearby garbage Bin.
My wings unfurled and spread out wide, almost hitting the walls of the alleyway. So what do I now? When my children do it, they just fp their wings and take off. Is it really that simple? My wings swayed back and forth, picking up more speed as they moved. Soon, flecks of dust and litter start to move and tumble away. The speed and power increased some more. My feet started to get light, and soon, I was hovering off the ground.
< Let's go for it!>
My wings hummed even louder as I surged up towards the cloud. I felt the air get colder and colder as the water on my armour started turning into ice, but I kept going until I plunged deep into the cloud. The visibility dropped to zero, and all around me, I could see nothing but darkness. But as quick as it came, it went, and soon I shot through to the other side. My wings thrummed forward, and soon, all my forward speed stopped. My wings instinctively settled at a steady speed, keeping me in one pce.
I was hovering above the clouds, nothing but a clear moonlit sky, twinkling stars that looked like jewellery and a rge bright white moon. It was so rge that it made the moon on Earth look like a joke
I looked down towards the ground, and a rge bnket of cloud blocked my vision.
I bent over, and my body followed through, putting me into a dive. My wings stopped fpping as gravity took over soon. I was through the clouds and heading down like a bullet. Soon, the town came into view. My speed increased more and more, and I moved faster than ever. 2000ft, 1500ft, 1000ft. The wind howled against my ears as I dove like a falcon down toward the ground. 900ft, 800ft,700ft, 600ft. The lights of the houses got brighter and brighter. 500ft, 400ft, 300ft, 200ft, 100ft,
My wings shot out, and I instantly levelled out, and I started flying horizontally towards the mansion.
< That reminds me…. Let's take a detour to see our would-be-friendly assassin.>
My wings twisted sharply to the left, causing me to sharply bank to the right. This is going to be fun.
A few minutes ter…..
My wings fpped again, bringing me nicely to the ground in front of the warehouse.
I walked over to the door and quietly pulled it open. As soon as I stepped in, I was hit with the familiar smell of dust and mildew.
I quickly ran over to the far office, and in no time, I was in the basement. Well, it was the basement. It turned out my children have been doing a lot of work here. It was completely different in front of me; there was a rge hole where my children had started digging, and whoo boy, have they been busy. The tunnel stretched for what looked like miles into the ground. The amount of dirt piled up in this room was astounding. How long ago did I ask them to start this? If I had to give a rough estimate, I think it's been 2 weeks, give or take. And to think they've done so much in so little time. I took a step into the tunnel when suddenly, a high-pitched voice hit my ears.
“HELP! HELP! I’VE BEEN STUCK DOWN HERE FOR 3 DAYS. I NEED SOMETHING TO DRINK IM GONNA DIE OF THIRST HERE!” I winced as the tunnel caused his voice to echo and distort as it travelled up the tunnel towards me.
I let out a sigh and walked down into the tunnel. However, before I started walking, I noticed a small gap in the wall in the tunnel. Curiously, I approached the gap and went in. I was taken down another tunnel that led to a small room filled with hundreds and hundreds of apollinaris mushrooms. I remember her saying she pnted some here to grow, but I didn’t think there would be this many. The walls were completely covered in the stuff. I picked one mushroom for the road and headed back down the tunnel.
As I walked down the tunnel, I noticed just how perfectly round it was, surprisingly dirt- and dust-free. I also noticed how the tunnel didn’t have any support to prevent a cave-in. Just how did they do it? I looked closer to the wall and noticed it had a weird-looking texture. I gently Pce my hand against it. It had a weird texture. It felt smooth and waxy feel, but it also had tiny little abrasive stones. Could it be…
I let out a small chuckle.
“HEEEELP! SOMEONE. I CAN'T SEE, AND I'M VERY THIRSTY.”
Looks like I found my man. A long sigh escaped me as I quickly headed towards the split-off. To think they built an entire section just for him. What can I say? They are diligent in their work. I would have just sealed him into the tunnel wall.
“Help! HEEELP he!”
“SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE!” I yelled as I entered the room; prison would be a more correct word to describe it. The workers had carved out a rectangur room and, using the wax from their bodies, created 3 separate jail cells. On top of that, they also stuck him to the wall and sealed every part of his body except his head to the wall.
“How very thorough of them.”
“I recognise that voice. Let me out now! It's dark as hell down here! And I can’t see!”
It’s dark? It looks fine to me. Could it be my [Insect vision] ability? But I don’t remember activating it. Something is off here; I will have to check my ability list soon. I feel Like a lot has changed.
“Why are you so quiet? ARE YOU STILL THERE! YOU BETTER NOT HAVE LEFT ME IN HERE!”
I turned around, and there it was. One of my workers. His chitin was mostly bright yellow with dark green dashes dotted randomly across it.
I smiled and petted him on the head.
“What was that.” The man yelled. Clearly, he was on edge here
“Oh, just me. How are you feeling? Comfortable, I hope?” I said, walking closer to him.
“Comfortable, my ass. Let me out. I said I would come willingly. There is no point in all of this.”
“Don’t get angry; my children are a little cautious, is all. Now I want the names of the people who were sent after us. Who and Why. I haven’t been in this town long, so I want to know what I have done enough to warrant sending assassins to my house.”
“Can I have some food fir-“
*SMACK!* A loud sp echoed through the chamber. “You tried to kill my girlfriend. I won't stand for jokes. I may sound calm, but I assure you I am very much burning with rage. You should thank whatever god you believe in that she is still alive because if you had succeeded that night, there would be no doctor in this pne of existence that would be able to fix what I do to you. Now. Names, tell me. NOW!”
“S….sorry. I didn’t mean. I was just following order-“
“I don’t want your apology! I want names!
“I don’t know, okay! The boss did most of the dealings okay!! All I know is that the person who hired us was an intermediary. Someone speaking on the behalf of someone else. All I can tell you is that these people had a lot of money.”
“How rich are we talking about, the same level as Andre and Titus?”
“More. So much more that it makes Andre and Titus look like poor homeless chumps in comparison. Honestly, we were scared for a little bit; we thought they were working for the government, But no, they were legit.”
Dammit! I can't do anything with that. The people behind this were smart enough to not do anything in person. Think diva. They came for Apollinaris, so realistically, there are 1 or 2 people who could have it out for her. The family of the girl Apollinaris had a problem with and the city of Spirits. But why? Why go so far just for one person? Is there more to Apollinaris than she lets on? Maybe, but I doubt it.If she had some big secret to keep, she would have been much more protective of herself. AAAGHHHHA. This is useless! I shook my head. Either way, if it is them, I feel it would be best to let Apollinaris sort this out.
“That’s enough. Thank you for your cooperation. Another question. The ashdown ball bst. What do you know.”
“absolutely nothing. All I know is that it wasn’t anyone in our circle of work.”
“How do you know?”
“The job was too amateurish. If you pn to assassinate someone, you do it quickly and quietly. A bst like that attracts way too much attention and heat and isn’t guaranteed to kill the target. I mean, the bst only killed 1 of the 4 ashdowns. Their little runt.”
Dammit, no leads here either. His theory makes sense when we look at it. The attack was very amateurish. If the goal was to kill the ashdowns, then there are way better ways of doing it. An explosion like the one they used. Unless killing them wasn’t the goal. But if it wasn’t the goal, then what was it? Dammit, this is getting ridiculous now. At some point, I'm gonna need answers to some of these questions.
“one st question. The word marigold. Does it mean anything to you?”
“Besides the flower…Nothing. Wait- marigold. It’s an old reference, but I remember a mining company that used that name once. Yeah. They had a mine somewhere in the consecrated forest.”
Well, that confirms what the girl told me. I have to find that mine. I feel like I may get some answers to some of these questions.
A deep sigh escaped me as I moved closer to the man. “Thank you for your cooperation.” I leaned up to him and pced my lips around his. Before he could react, I forced my tongue into his mouth. Confusion flowed through his body as he tried to fight me. But it was pointless. We made out for a while. Before I finally pulled away.
“W…..WHAT WAS THAT!”
“Just getting a taste; it's been a while since I've been with a man. My st one…..Let's just say he had an accident.”
The urge to ravish him here and now was strong but annoying; I had other things to do. I turned away and walked out of the room.
< I'm done. You can repair the cage now.>
I let out a long sigh. As I left the room and went back into the tunnel. There was still quite a bit of tunnel left, so I decided to explore the cave further. Safe to say, it wasn’t an exhirating expedition, just the same monotonous tunnel walls as before. Despite the boredom of this, I am deeply impressed with my children. I don't think they got so much done by themselves. I continued walking until eventually I reached the end, where 3 of the other workers continued to chip away at the tunnel wall. Before I could say anything, they all turned to face me
Ideally, I would like this to be done before I leave. Having quick access to the warehouse would be very beneficial for me and the hive. Maybe we could expand outwards, turning this into a smaller hive.
I sat down and crossed my legs. I guess it's finally that time, huh.
Suddenly, a flurry of blue screens erupted in front of me. Oh boy, that’s a lot of new abilities.
ABILITY UPDATED
Insect vision is now a passive skill. You will no longer have to activate it to get its benefits; it will now activate when the right conditions are met. For example, when walking in the dark and stalking targets
New ability added: Tail Whip strike
Some people say that a whip is a crude and barbaric weapon, but I disagree. In the right hands, it can be very useful, So unleash your inner dominatrix with this nifty ability.
(you can now swing your tail like a whip, dealing extremely painful damage to your target whilst also doing a very small amount of damage)
New ability added: Flight.
Remember those dreams you had of flying in the air without a care in the world. Well, GOOD NEWS, thanks to this neat lil’ ability you can take to the sky with no limits.
(using your wings, you can now fly high into the sky.)
New ability added: Flight Analytics.
Flying is all good. But without the proper data and knowledge. How will you ever become a flying ace? Well, worry not. With this ability, all the data you need will be beamed straight into your head.
(When flying, information about your current altitude, speed, and angle of attack will be sent straight to your head.)
New ability added: Phermone production.
What hive queen would you be if you couldn’t make your own pheromones?
(Pheromones are created in your mouth and can be used to mark people as yours to the hive)
New ability added: Launch.
Ever wondered what it would be like to move like a bullet? Well, wonder no more. This ability was made for that exact reason! ( Your hind legs can deliver more power to the ground, allowing for a massive burst of speed at the start of a sprint.)
New ability added: Fluid hybrid armour.
What was that old saying? A great offence is a great defence? No? Well, what does it matter? Taking less damage and gaining more agility is something only an idiot will pass up.
(your chest armour has been redesigned to incorporate fluid underneath it. The fluid disperses the impact of an attack over a rger area, reducing the damage of blunt attacks by 5 per cent! Additionally, allowing for the chest area to expand to a greater size)
Woooh boy. Okay, where do we start? A lot of those abilities are very self-expnatory, as I had already experimented with a few of them. Now, what really caught my eye is the Fluid hybrid armour. This expins the redesign of the armour in my chest area. It's nice to know it wasn’t just for looks, but what worries me the most is that little bit about my stomach being able to expand…. I can't…imagine…what…that’s …for. My easy quickly darted towards the other boxes. Launch seems cool and exciting, but I’ll need to test it out to see how good it is. Tail whip strike baffles me a little bit. The attack is painful, but it does very little damage. How does that work? And is this skill actually useful? The low damage makes it useless in a fight. I don’t know if some experimentation is needed for this one. I dismissed all the other boxes and opened up my status.
NAME:
Diva: *LVL 10
HEALTH: 1500/1500
STAMINA: 1000/1000
MP: 800/800
POINTS: 78
BIOMASS: 50,000
RACE :
Alvearix
TITLE:
(outworlder) (herald of the end) (Fanatic Xenophobe) (sadist) (Silent assassin)(mother)(midwife) (Schor)
ATTRIBUTES:
MIND: 30
BODY:20
SOUL:20
RECOVERY: 24
MAGIC:
Null release
Null shroud
Null driver
Healing spells
Lesser heal
ABILITIES:
Living nest (LVL 2)
Bestial call (LVL 1)
Venomous constitution (LVL 1)
Enhanced reaction (LVL 1)
Insect Vision (Passive) (LVL 2)
Insect speech (LVL 1)
Hive link (LVL 2)
Efficient Processing (LVL 1)
Feasting (LVL 1)
Hive weave (LVL 1)
Painful Recovery (LVL 5)
Mana perception (LVL 1)
Meditative restoration (LVL 1)
Mana Cycling (LVL 1)
Royal Mouthpiece (LVL 1)
Climbing (Lvl 1)
Tears of the Hive queen (LVL MAX)
More eggs (Lvl 3)
Extreme Conditioning (Lvl 1)
Conversion Process (Lvl MAX)
Level-based XP earning (lvl MAX)
Rock Throwing (Lvl 4)
Tail Whip strike (Lvl 1)
Flight (Lvl 1)
Flight Analytics (Lvl MAX)
Pheromone production (LVL 1)
Launch (Lvl 1)
Fluid hybrid armour (Lvl 1)
Resistances
Pain resistance (Moderate)
Cold Resistance (Minor)
Subordinates
Cindi (Servant)
Sally ( Daughter)
ABILITY
GRINDER
HIVE MANAGEMENT
ABILITY
SHOP
Damn, that’s a big bump-up in stats. Also, what with that star next to my level? Is that how the system marks my evolution 1 star = 1 evolution? It must be seeing how it wasn’t there before the evolution. Either way, it doesn’t matter. All I really care about is the boatload of health and mana I just got. It is not something to pass up on. Prior to this, My attributes were sorely cking. This was mainly my fault. Really now that I think about it, not putting any points into the body was a massive fuck up. It would have been nice to have a little bit more strength and health, especially in that fight against the assassins. Well, no matter, let's fix that right now.
Do you want to put 1 point into body and mind?
2 point used.
HP: 1500 -> 1600
STAMINA: 1000 -> 1100
MP: 800 -> 900
All right then, so it goes up by 100 per 1 point. Let's increase both stats by 10 points if that's the case.
Do you want to spend 9 points on both body and mind?
9 points used.
HP: 1600 -> 2500
STAMINA: 1100 -> 2000
MP: 900 -> 1800
My entire body radiated with an old, familiar warmth radiated across my body.
Attribute price increased. Do you want to put 2 points into the body?
Woah… what was that, a price increase? So does that mean the more I spend, the more expensive it will be? I guess it would make sense if it stayed that cheap forever. It would be ridiculous. With this in mind, I'll need to be careful of how I spend points and take advantage of them while they're still cheap. I swiped away the menu and took a look at my skill list. I had a lot of skills. Let’s trim the hedge, shall we? I focused on the skill grinder, and suddenly, a blue box popped up.
Skill Grinder
SELECT SKILLS
Points earned
Well, this looks simple enough. I focused on the select skills section and an entire list of all the Skills I had. On a quick gnce, 4 stood out to me as immediately grindable. Bestial call, climbing, painful recovery and rock throwing. I was also tempted to grind feasting, but I think that skill hasn’t had the time to shine. As for why I want to grind those skills, it's mainly because they're not useful anymore. Climbing is irrelevant now since I can fly, and nothing stops me from climbing without it. Bestial call is so situational I don’t even know where to start. If I could select what I'm calling, it would be more useful, and I'm sure if I put points into it, it could possibly do that, but I'm not gonna waste points to find out if it can, and frankly, I'm still angry at this skill for nearly getting me killed that time.
The other two skills, painful recovery and rock throwing whilst on paper, are good abilities but, in reality, are kind of useless at worst and situational at best. Painful recovery was very good when I first got it, allowing me to recover faster; however, now that I've got a healing spell and my pain resistances have gone up, this skill isn't being activated as often as it once was and is taking a lot more pain to be activated thinking about it this skill didn’t even activate once during my fight with the assassins. Do I have to be nearly dying just to get the benefit of this 1 ability? No, thank you. Into the grinder, you go.
Now, rock throwing is a victim of being a skill that is very useful in a very specific situation. It allowed me to easily dispatch those guys at the barn. Still, besides that, it’s in the same boat as bestial call, and it’s a situational ability unless I pn to make rock-throwing my thing which I wont.
I quickly selected the 4 skills, and a green button appeared at the bottom of the menu. I focussed on the button and was taken back to the previous menu.
Skill Grinder
SELECT SKILLS
Points earned
Bestial call: = 5
Climbing: = 5
Painful recovery: = 15
Rock throwing = 13
Total= 38
Please say “confirm” if you want to grind these abilities:
(Note: Abilities that have been ground down can be rebought for an Exorbitant fee.)
38 points, huh. That’s harsh. That barely covers the points I spent on rock-throwing alone. I should be careful going forward when spending my points.
Suddenly, the menu popped out of existence, and my body briefly glowed with a cold blue aura. The complete opposite of what I get when I upgrade or buy an ability.
Ability Grinding complete. 38 points earned.
Current points total 96
Good. There were still a few skill I could grind but I decided ill give them a chance before removing them. This town just hasn’t been a good use for them. Now then lets take a look from the top.
NAME:
Diva: *LVL 10
HEALTH: 2500/2500
STAMINA: 2000/2000
MP: 1800/1800
POINTS: 96
BIOMASS: 50,000
RACE :
Alvearix
TITLE:
(outworlder) (herald of the end) (Fanatic Xenophobe) (sadist) (Silent assassin)(mother)(midwife) (Schor)
ATTRIBUTES:
MIND: 40
BODY:30
SOUL:20
RECOVERY: 24
MAGIC:
Null release
Null shroud
Null driver
Healing spells
Lesser heal
ABILITIES:
Living nest (LVL 2)
Venomous constitution (LVL 1)
Enhanced reaction (LVL 1)
Insect Vision (Passive) (LVL 2)
Insect speech (LVL 1)
Hive link (LVL 2)
Efficient Processing (LVL 1)
Feasting (LVL 1)
Hive weave (LVL 1)
Mana perception (LVL 1)
Meditative restoration (LVL 1)
Mana Cycling (LVL 1)
Royal Mouthpiece (LVL 1)
Tears of the Hive queen (LVL MAX)
More eggs (Lvl 3)
Extreme Conditioning (Lvl 1)
Conversion Process (Lvl MAX)
Level-based XP earning (lvl MAX)
Tail Whip strike (Lvl 1)
Flight (Lvl 1)
Flight Analytics (Lvl MAX)
Pheromone production (LVL 1)
Launch (Lvl 1)
Fluid hybrid armour (Lvl 1)
Resistances
Pain resistance (Moderate)
Cold Resistance (Minor)
Subordinates
Cindi (Servant)
Sally ( Daughter)
ABILITY
GRINDER
HIVE MANAGEMENT
ABILITY
SHOP
I nodded and closed the menu to see my children had returned to digging the wall. Maybe I could give them a hand with this. I raised my hand, and bck mana started swirling around it.
Looking back at my previous fight, I have realised that my use of null mana is very limited. At best, I have 3 spells, and all of them can be boiled down to release null mana in a wild way. This is not good and very limiting. Null mana is one of the key things I use in a fight, and having it be so crude is just not good for me. I need to improve, and this is the perfect opportunity. I want to help my children dig, and I think my null mana could be helpful.
I held my hand out, and inky bck mana started to flow randomly around my hand. What can I do with this to make it more useful in a fight? Maybe if I focused and pulled it, maybe?
The mana shook for a moment, but soon it started to pull itself together Into a thin line.
I forced more mana into the line, but all that did was make it bigger and longer. I tried to make the line move like I once did before, but nothing happened. It was too stiff and stubborn to move.
I looked around to see the same worker who helped me get into the assassin's cell.
What he is saying makes sense. And I think he has given me an idea. I stood up and tried again. In no time, the bck beam came out in front of me, and I was back where I was. Now, to achieve the same effect as bending the beam. I need to slow the mana flow at certain intervals along the beam. These will be the points we have softened. I closed my eyes and adjusted the flow. Changing the flow like this was tricky, but it wasn’t impossible. Eventually, I got the desired effect. Now, all I had to do was start maniputing it. However, instead of trying to bend the entire thing, I only focused on the bits I slowed down. I watched as the beam started to wobble at specific points as I tried to follow my will.
And then, as if on cue, the. The beam started to flex and curve to the right.
New ability added: Mana manipution
I continued to manipute the beam, bending and twisting it until it Eventually nded on my desired shape, a pitch-bck, inky spiral around the diameter of the tunnel.
New spell created: Null spiral
I ordered the other workers away as I slowly started to rotate the spiral, and with each rotation, it picked up more speed. Soon, it turned into a bck blur. I pushed my arm forward against the rock wall, and with ease, the spiral cut through the stone and dirt
The spell instantly dissipated as I turned towards him.
dammit, he’s right.
His 2 antennae started twitching as he was joined by his brothers. Once they were close enough, all 4 of them butted heads and suddenly, their antennas started twitching rapidly. I was tempted to listen in on what they were saying using the hive weave, but I restrained myself. My children are entitled to a little privacy as well.
After a few seconds of antenna twitching, he came back
Before he could go back to his brothers, I quickly swept him up into a tight hug.
He started squirming as I held him tight, but I didn’t let him go.
He squirmed a little bit harder and managed to escape towards his other brothers, who gred at him with jealousy.
I held my arms out, and the 3 of them tackled me to the ground
I nodded and stuck my arm out towards the wall, and created the spiral. Now that I had created the spell, it was a lot easier to call forth. I quickly opened up my status, and I had 1200MP out of 1800. I'll have to watch it and see how much I use it. The spirals started spinning, and soon enough, I started digging.
Some time ter…..
I took a deep breath in and then out.
Meditative restoration activated
HP+STAMINA+MP Regeneration boosted by 10 percent
Time until full recovery 2:30 hours
This skill I picked up ages ago has been beneficial. By simply meditating, I can boost my recovery speed by 10 per cent, which is not a lot but has helped a lot over a long period of time. Due to this one skill, we have built this tunnel 10 per cent faster. I took another deep breath in and then out. I could hear the workers' soft rustling as they were also taking a break. These breaks have helped with the fatigue, but I can tell they are getting quite tired now. We have to finish this st stretch of the tunnel, and then I can give them a few days of rest. I inhaled and exhaled one more time. Again and again. I could feel my body sinking with my breathing as it started to rex. My muscles loosened as they released all the tension they had. This is nice. I need to meditate more in the futu-
I opened my eyes and was met with the eyes of a worker.
I gently nodded. And there was the other part of that ability. It alters how I perceive time. I didn’t even notice that 2 hours had passed. It really is a great ability
I created the spiral again and started digging upwards. Dirt flew past me, and the spiral easily cut through and erased any dirt it came in contact with.
The spiral shifted slightly upwards, and we continued to dig upwards. It turns out my children were great navigators. Every now and again, he would chime in, telling me to adjust my angle of attack, Whilst also guiding and supporting his brothers in the building process.. I guess that makes sense, as he is the oldest of the 4 here. I'll have to reward him properly when we are finished.
We kept going up and up and up. Every now and again, there would be small corrections of the angle of attack of the spiral.
Mana manipution upgraded
Lvl 2 ---> Lvl 3
Your ability to manipute mana has slightly improved
I nodded and pushed through. This was hard, monotonous work that felt never-ending; it was nothing but brown dirt and stone. There has to be a better way to do this. There has to be.
<20 MORE METERES, 15,10,5..>
Suddenly, the dark tunnel exploded in an array of light, and I found myself in the 1st level basement.
We all stopped as we looked towards the door where Sally was standing watching us.
Her eyes gnced around the mess made in the room before letting out a sigh.
Before he could react, I swept him up into another hug, causing him to squirm.
They all looked at each other briefly before nodding in unison.
I pced him back on the ground And patted his head
He looked between me and his brothers. His brothers didn’t have much expression, but from the positive feelings I was getting from them, I have no doubt they wanted him to do it.
He nodded, and suddenly, another blue box appeared in front of me.
You have named this worker “Azuura” Do you want to apply a blessing onto him?
A blessing bestows more power to your children. It provides them with more abilities that will allow them to perform better.
5000 biomass
Note (The price of a blessing scales on what unit it is being passed on to)
To bestow a blessing, say, “Yes of course I want to bless this child>
Well, that’s…… new. I quickly fshed my status up to look for the ability, but it was not there at all. Weird. I looked at Azuura, and he looked at me in confusion but in those confused eyes was something else, a sort of admiration I couldn’t ignore. Of course, I'm gonna bless him. He is my child. A quick check of my status showed me that I had just enough mana left to bless him. I wrapped my hands around his face and gave him a kiss on the head.
In an instant, the blue box disappeared as a sharp pain went through my stomach, causing me to buckle over.
I raised my hand up to stop them.
I was not fine. My stomach felt like it was turning itself over; just what the hell was happening in there? My arms wrapped around my stomach in a vain attempt to ease the pain. I felt a pressure build up inside my stomach as something felt like it wanted to come up. Instinctively, I brought my own hand to my mouth to try and stop it, but it was no use whatever it was determined to leave.
I shook my head again.
Without warning. A thick golden-yellow gloop came out of my mouth and into my hands. Just what is going on here. What is this stuff? I wanted to drop this goop onto the floor, but every one of my instincts screamed at me when I even entertained the idea.
Royal Jelly Created.
By infusing your mana and biomass together, you have created Royal jelly, which can be fed to your children to complete their blessing.
The st of all, the gloop slowly came out of my mouth and into my hands where it was slowly solidifying into a more jelly-like structure. I looked up towards Azuura, who was transfixed onto the jelly. I raised the jelly towards him.
He quickly devoured the golden yellow jelly, leaving not even a single bit of it in my hands. Azuura staggered backwards slightly. The effect of the jelly taking over.
I sent a command to the nurses, and soon 2 nurses were watching over him.
The nurses wordlessly and quickly carried him out of the room.
I looked over to his brothers, who looked concerned.
I looked at them all and patted their heads.
“Oh my, so this is the trouble you’ve brought me here to see..” Two of the three girls turned to face me. They were the nuns I “acquired” at the orphanage that day.
“Oh, don’t look at me like that…” I said toward one of the silver-haired nuns. She was the one with the ice magic, wasn’t she? Sister Friede, I think, was her name; the other nun was called Theresa, if I remember correctly. Ah, yes, it's all coming back to me. That delicious, fearful expression was. It's nice to know she is still scared. And the 3rd and final one was the girlfriend of that guy I killed in the barn. Her eyes were completely vacant. Don’t tell me her will’s already broken before I've even managed to have some fun with her.
“Mother, these strays were dropped over here earlier by Andre. Should we kill them?” I don’t think she realised it, but her bde slipped out of her arm. Was she always this bloodthirsty?
“No, Sally, leave them with me. I can think of a perfect use for their bodies….”
A smile crept on her face as she backed away to the far side of the room.
“Now then, who should I have fun with first….”