Chapter 107: Chapter 107
All hostiles defeated. Purification successful.
Minor+ Purification completed! Please select a reward:
- Monster Bee Sprayer Resistance Boost (Minimal+)
The bees finished up the day’s purification with ease. Belissar then considered the rewards. Normally he’d just default to more mana unless there was an especially enticing perk or feature, since at this point he already had enough mana for the next expansion purification. More mana was always helpful and he’d get a head start on the expansion after the next one, but it also felt a bit…unnecessary.
So, he took a moment to consider the other options. Seventy-five DP would help him reach his DP shop goal sooner…but it was less than what the karnuq were giving him at this point, so was it really worth a full purification reward? On the other hand, a boost for his bees was always welcome. He wasn’t entirely sure what resistance did…
Resistance: Governs the entity’s ability to resist magic, negative statuses, and non-physical effects.
That was helpful. So, resistance was like defense, but for magic? Well, that decided it then.
Tribute received. Your patron grants you this portion:
- Ground Mana Flower x1
Belissar’s eyes widened. He was no longer suspicious of the karnuq’s intentions. Well, that wasn’t necessarily true, as it was still suspicious that they were creeping around at night and alone, but he was at least no longer suspicious of what they were doing in his Tower. The God of Bees seemed to approve and to be honest, if they were bringing him new mana flowers, then he didn’t particularly care what they were up to.
The karnuq’s eyes widened and they looked down at their hands. They started to giggle, their laughter growing until they were full on cackling. They spoke and this time, Belissar’s tower senses worked. They spoke with a high-pitched, feminine voice. So, a girl, most likely?
“We have a deal then. Wait for me, Sacred Den and your god. Promise me your power and there’s more where that came from.”
Belissar watched as the karnuq left, still giggling as she crept away. He then shrugged and got up. If she was secretly bringing him ground mana flowers…then he could only wish her luck!
The day was about to begin and with the Tower magic he was fully rested, so he decided to start on his day. He had spent a while thinking of different challenges he could make and, after sleeping on it, he thought he had an idea.
He took a tray of mana honeycomb and walked off towards the Flower Meadow. He soon arrived at his destination, off to the center of one of the side walls away from either entrance or the Bee Barracks. There, he placed the honeycomb down out in the open.
He then surrounded the honeycomb with Pit Traps.
Well, it was a simple idea, but bees flew to get their honey, right? So, if he surrounded some honey with Pit Traps, it would be hard for normal people to get it unless they could fly like bees, right?
…the idea sounded better last night, before Belissar had actually implemented it. But he shrugged and left it there. He guessed he’d at least see if it worked as a ‘challenge’ and if not he’d adjust it later.
He then paused and rubbed his chin. The challenge did give him an idea, though. His bee magic so far let him make honey like a bee and make wax like a bee. Presumably, it would do bee-ish things in general.
So…wouldn’t it be possible to fly like a bee using his magic?
Belissar stirred up his mana and sent it out of his body, thinking about bee wings and buzzing about in the air. A honeycomb pattern of light began to form around his back…but it quickly began to slow down before finishing even a single hexagon. Belissar began to grunt and groan as the mana grew harder and harder to move.
Then, suddenly, he gasped and lurched forward. The mana suddenly stopped flowing out of his body. The light shuddered and then dispersed in a bright flash of light. He fell to the ground, his face covered in sweat and his head pounding.
“Ugh, ok, guess wings are too hard for now.”
It seemed he wouldn’t be joining the bees in the skies anytime soon. A moment later, Niobee came rushing over to him with medicinal bees in tow. And since the sun was only beginning to rise, Belissar decided to take a moment before resuming the rest of his day…