Chapter 149: Chapter 149
A couple of days passed. Belissar continued to watch the karnuq as they swept through the way they came. His eyes widened as he saw the mushrooms and the moss…and later the battle against the wolf-moles. The Underway was far more alive than Belissar had expected.
The hunting group was now making their way back with their spoils. Belissar went to welcome them back along with Chief Rohsuak and the other karnuq…before remembering that the first floor dirt tunnels hadn’t been there when they left. He hastily swapped the Tower’s entrance back to the first floor Flower Meadow so they wouldn’t have to travel through the Dirt Tunnels maze.
Belissar wondered if there was an easier way to do that. Maybe there was some sort of room feature that would work? But well, despite now having enough DP again for another room feature choice, Belissar was still staying away from those for the time being.
The hunting group arrived on the second floor to cheers. Meanwhile, the digging bee flew off of Metsaitti’s shoulder, performing a salute dance in the air in front of Belissar. He smiled back at her.
“Welcome back, and great work.”
Her salute dance only sped up. Belissar held out his hand. She paused for a second before landing on it. He then formed a bit of honey on his hand for her.
“Here, you must be hungry.”
The worker bee stared up at him for a moment before gingerly starting to drink. In the meantime, Metsaitti walked up to Belissar, along with Tyghak and one of the other young hunters. They were carrying a wolf-mole corpse.
“Sacred Den Master, thank you for sending your bee with us. She was incredibly helpful.”
Digging Monster Bee Queen
Speed: Below Average+
Special: Above Average
Notable Skills: Dig, Poison Sting, Brood Mother, Command Offspring
Description: A monster bee queen raised or evolved on Ground mana honey. Lays digging variant offspring by default. Builds a subterranean hive.
Belissar grinned. Well, now he definitely wouldn’t need wolf-moles for digging. He was going to have a whole colony of digging bees to handle that task.
Then he paused and rubbed his chin as he read the last line of the description.
“Would you like to move to the Dirt Tunnels? I can try to build you a new beehouse.”
The queen froze, and then began a rapid salute dance. Belissar nodded.
“Got it, let’s talk about what you need.”
Niobee came to assist and they discussed what a digging monster bee hive should look like before moving to the third floor’s Dirt Tunnels. They came to the large cavern that opened up into the Apiary, where Belissar had placed most of the resource plant nodes for easy access. On the wall of this cavern, Belissar hollowed out a smaller cavern around the size of one of his beehouses. It turned out that the digging bee queen was now most comfortable when surrounded by dirt rather than wood, so Belissar had very little to do regarding the structure of the hive. All he ended up building was a single wooden wall to cover the entrance. However, the queen did still find his honeycomb frames useful, so he filled the cavern with those instead.
Belissar crossed his arms and hummed. It wasn’t exactly a fancy beehouse. But, it was what made this queen happy, and that was the important thing. He turned to the queen.
“How do you like it?”
“Amazing! Incredible! King is best king!”
He chuckled at the expected response.
“Well, let me know if there’s anything we can do to improve it.”