Chapter 131: Chapter 131
Soon, Chief Rohsuak and Metsaitti returned to their camp and arranged the move. The karnuq were used to packing up quickly, and so the entire clan was heading into the Tower before long. The karnuq who hadn’t visited before glanced every which way…or else nervously watched the bee army hovering over their heads. Soon, though, they arrived at their new home and had set up their tents once more. Belissar then moved the resource nodes intended for the karnuq to the places Chief Rohsuak had specified previously.
He had intended to let them set up in peace, but later in the day recalled there was one more thing he should discuss with them. He quickly found Chief Rohsuak once more.
“A smaller one then the one you saw though. We do them every day around this time. So, um, you should be careful around now.”
Chief Rohsuak immediately turned to Metsaitti, who nodded and began shouting for the hunters to gather. She turned to face Belissar and saluted.
“We’re ready to do our part, Sacred Den Master Belissar.”
He immediately began waving his hands.
“Ah, it’s ok. These ones are pretty small and the bees can handle it no problem.”
The monster bumblebee queen responded by flying in a wide circle around Belissar. It didn’t come across as exact words like the monster bees’ dances, but Belissar could still decipher her intent. She was happy, and ready to work.
Belissar smiled and stepped to the side, pointing to all the various flowers he had made and the beehouses.
“Go ahead, use anything you want in this room to make your hive.”
The monster bumblebee queen turned to look at all the flowers. A moment later, she began zipping around Belissar in wide circles, completing several repetitions as fast as she could. Belissar grinned.
“I’m glad you like it, enjoy.”
After one final circle she zipped towards the mana flowers and began to drink nectar and gather pollen. After she was satisfied, she left the flowers and flew…away from the beehouses. She began to land on the ground and look around. Belissar frowned and rubbed his chin.
“Does she not like them? Does she need something else?”
Niobee flew over to the bumblebee queen and the two began to brush antennae. After a bit, Niobee flew back over.
“King! New queen says looking for hole, place to hide underground!”
Belissar’s eyes widened a bit.
He began to nod as he recalled bumblebees he had seen before. He remember finding a nest in the ground at one point. If that was the case…then his normal elevated beehouses wouldn’t be particularly helpful to the monster bumblebee queens.
New mission received: Create a home for bumblebees
And now the God of Bees confirmed as well, so Belissar got to work thinking of what to do. His first thought was to try and dig something for her, but then he realized he should check if the Tower’s powers could help. The Flower Meadow…didn’t have anything that would. He could move the dirt up and down but couldn’t make holes in it or anything. However…he had the Dirt Tunnels now, and he already had an entrance leading underground, just one that was far too large. So, instead, he added a new cavern to the tunnels, one that was about the size of a beehouse’s interior, as close to the top of the Dirt Tunnels room as he could place it. He then tried to make a small, monster bumblebee-sized entrance between it and the Flower Meadow.
He managed to succeed. The bumblebee queen paused as the ground began to stir and glow next to her, opening up into a hole in the ground. She crawled over to it and peered inside, then climbed down. Belissar watched with his Tower sight as she crawled down into the cavern, checking out the space.
A moment later, she crawled out, and began to fly around in a circle again.
Mission: Create a home for bumblebees completed!
Reward: One common room feature choice.
Belissar smiled at the queen zipping around him.
“I’m glad you like it.”
As the queen completed her flight and crawled back into the hole, Belissar opened up the room feature choice, because he had an inkling of where this was going…
- Basic Resource Plants (Rarity: Common, Type: Nature, Resource)
- Bee Nest (Rarity: Common, Type: Bee, Monster Nest)
- Thorned Roses (Rarity: Common, Type: Nature, Trap)
And, as he expected, the God of Bees had intervened. Belissar obediently selected the option both he and the God of Bees wanted.