Chapter 103: Chapter 103
Juosiutik returned to the camp to find Chief Rohsuak waiting for her, as her mad dash had not gone unnoticed. The chief had her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised, flanked with hunters she was about to send out to ensure the girl’s safety. Juosiutik looked away sheepishly.
“Well, I trust you have a good reason for running off like that?”
Juosiutik flushed but couldn’t help but break out into a smile.
Chief Rohsuak shook her head and dismissed the hunters. Juosiutik then led the chief over to her tent. Chief Rohsuak noticed the pot and walked over to it. Her eyes widened as she detected a familiar scent.
Chief Rohsuak turned to her and gave the girl a warm smile. She walked up to Juosiutik and pulled her into a hug.
“The God of Bees has approved of you so I figured I’d lend a hand too. Feel free to take from this patch, just leave any others in the Tower for the bees, ok?”
Juosiutik nodded as rapidly as she could.
“Yes! Of course! Thank you so much, Sacred Den Master!”
Belissar chuckled and then spoke with Leijaliuk to exchange his portion of yesterday’s harvest for some goods. Today the karnuq brought some more dried wood, which they agreed upon as the default payment unless Belissar had any special requests. Dried wood meant more supplies for current and future beehive construction, and it would keep much better than extraneous food would, so Belissar figured that was the best thing to stockpile at present.
Belissar then returned to the beehouse and nodded at the soldier bee army following him.
“Shall we get to work then?”
He chuckled as he was greeted with hundreds of salutes, and then they all got to work. The beehouse was taking shape very quickly, even faster than before. Planks for the walls, roofs, and floors were much thinner and lighter than the beams for the frameworks, so the bees could lift them with ease, and there were hundreds of bees to do the job. They were limited only by the speed at which Belissar could saw appropriate planks…and thanks to last night’s little potion situation, they started the day with a stockpile already done.
In fact, they worked so quickly that the work was done by the end of the day. Belissar just stood, staring in silence for a while at the completed building before him. A long wooden cabin now stretched across the edge of the Flower Meadow. It’s right end was open, forming an entranceway for the door to the Orchard, with the Shrine of Bees and the Memorial just to the right of that. It’s left side then stretched out towards the Flower Meadow hives. The front was a solid wooden wall with a number of small windows just under the roof for the bees to come and go. The only ground level entrance was in the center of the back side, which Belissar closed off with a flap made of cloth. Inside, the structure was mostly open, though with lighter beams forming built-in frames that the bees could use to Read the latest chapters on NovelHub - completely free! These frames were topped by a lighter roof with regular gaps, forming an area where soldiers could gather before flying out the windows on the front, as well as providing some cover for the frames from anything coming through those windows. Belissar had initially planned to further separate the interior with walls and additional cloth flaps…but to his surprise the queens indicated that wasn’t necessary.
And as Belissar put up the last cloth flap, the Shrine of Bees began to glow…followed by the entire beehouse. Soon the whole thing lit up with golden light and Belissar was forced to shield his eyes. Words appeared before his eyes.
New feature detected. New feature unlocked.
Bee Barracks now available!
Belissar’s eyes widened. He now felt the thrum of mana flowing through the wooden walls of the structure. He gently walked up and placed a hand on it.
Mana Upkeep: 10 (5 due to Blessing of Bees)
Current Occupants: None
Slight boost to monster bee growth rate, medium boost to combat monster bee growth rate, slight boost to coordination for bees housed within. Houses multiple colonies.
Belissar stepped back in a daze, and then began to grin. It seemed the Tower and the God of Bees liked his work. But, of course, even they were not the ultimate judges.
He turned to find the soldier bee army waiting behind him. Their queens had come out of their hives and now flew ahead of their army as well. Belissar smiled at them.
“Well, what do you think?”
A slight gust blew into Belissar’s face as the bees danced hundreds of “amazing, incredible!” aerial motions all at once. He chuckled and then stepped to the side.
“In that case, enjoy!”