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The Firstborn…is discovering entrenchment, huh? With her army of extremely diligent bees. That, um, is definitely going to end well…for anyone trying to attack them that is. Who’s ready for World War Bee?
Not the non-bees, that’s for sure.
Anyways!
Who has just discovered a new Sacred Den? Can the Firstborn further integrate the bee army with the King’s realm? Will her vision of new defenses come to pass? Tune in next ...
2024-05-27 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Rare perk get! And it…let’s the bees plant flowers. …as it should! Clearly, the perk choices know what the priori-bees are!
Because the only thing that can stop bees is lack of flowers. So, if the bees can plant their own flowers…well, non-bees better bee-ware!
Anyways!
Has Belissar made the right choices? Can anything stop bees that plant their own flowers? Will the non-bees beware? Tune in next time, to find out!
2024-05-24 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Ah yes, the RNG. Only ever gives you what you want when you are prepared for it not to. Well, I guess in this case there might be a not so random god behind it this time.
…actually, that’s a good question. Is there a God of Random Numbers? If so, that might be a good one for a Tower Lord to get a blessing from…
After the God of Bees, of course. We must respect the priori-bees.
Anyways!
What else will Belissar decide ...
2024-05-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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…sometimes it’s not great to be king. But it is great to be bees! See, Belissar? We don’t need no non-bees to defend the hive of hives!
And either they’ll live and work for the hive of hives or go to the Queen of All Bees’ side where they can still work for the hive of hives! See! It’s win-win!
Anyways!
Can the bees keep defending the hive of hives? Will Belissar accept what it means to be king? Will the lancers emer...
2024-05-22 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Unrelated Announcement: The audiobook of Arrival, Book 1 of Terminate the Other World, is part of a two for one sale on Audible until this Thursday (May 23)! Would be a good time to pick it up if you w...
2024-05-21 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Happy World Bee Day, everyone! If you happen to be a...non-bee, consider planting some flowers for the bees in your life!
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT: I plan to take the first week of June off (June 3 - June 7) on account of a combination of some IRL plans and some writing deadlines, so please bee aware!
And now back to the story!
Drones…do something? Something actually important?! Thatâ€...
2024-05-20 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Fourth of the Eight needn’t have worried. She might be the last of the bees…but that’s still a bee, and so better than all the non-bees! But, you know, I guess it’s also fair for her to only consider the bees.
Well, we’ll just have to see if soldier honey works like worker honey does. Royal Road reader Foster Corp reminded me that oh yeah, the soldiers can make honey. But it's, like, soldier honey. Soldiers don't make honey, so ca...
2024-05-17 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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…it’s a drone, who are useless, but is also a bee. W-What do we do? Do we accept it as a bee or are we even more upset that any bee could be as useless as a drone? What do drones even do, anyways? Why do queens even lay drone eggs in the first place?
…well, the Fourth of the Seventh has decided to accept him, so I guess we’ll go with that. I guess we’ll, um, just have to see if a drone has any use whatsoever…
Anyways!
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2024-05-16 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Slime flower get! Which…could actually have ended badly if the monster bees were like normal bees, because apparently sometimes honeybees will bite flowers to take the nectar directly without going through the normal pollen business. Which, um, wouldn’t end well with these flowers. But it’s ok, the First of the Fifth is wise enough not to intentionally damage the flowers just for a bit of convenience! Why, that would make her as wasteful as...
2024-05-15 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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And so the soldier bee army has begun…doing non-bee stuff? Eh? Is that a good thing? Like, how will digging ditches and moving wood and stone around help defend the hive of hives? Isn’t that a distraction? What sort of army has its soldiers doing construction work instead of training to fight? That can’t possibly be right…can it?
…well I guess regular bee hives the workers both fight and build the hive so maybe there’s a bee pre...
2024-05-14 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Oops, turns out getting smaller is kind of a problem if your answer to Pit Traps is being too big to fall in. Oh well. A win’s a win, and Beero definitely won! That’s one shade terminated and a bunch of soldiers back in action!
Anyways!
Will Belissar be able to expand the Tower soon? Will Beero’s new attack restore the soldier bee army’s might? Will all this be enough for whatever the next purification has in store? Tune in ne...
2024-05-13 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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You know, Fernando Oliveira’s right. We’ve had too many humies in this novel! So, here’s some…more non-bees? Huh? That can’t be right. The answer should have been more bees. Well, I guess these are non-bees that are trying to overcome their appalling lack of bees, so maybe that’s ok? If we can get over the appalling lack of bees in the first place.
Except for maybe Tarwantrad. At least she has her priori-bees straight…somewhat...
2024-05-10 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Belissar…made a risky choice?
…well, guess he’s king! King’s choice best choice, obviously! The bees said so! The gods even proclaimed Belissar is best dungeon master, so obviously he’s making the completely optimal choice with no consequences! Obviously!
Anyways!
Has Belissar made the completely optimal choice? What will the be results of his plan? Will he live up to the bees’ expectations of him? Tune in next time,...
2024-05-09 20:05:02 +0000 UTC
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And so, another non-bee finally realizes the greatness of bees! Took him long enough. He must not be very competent or important if he didn’t realize something so blatantly obvious. This is why Belissar best dungeon master.
But at least he’s realized his priori-bees now! Better late than never, I suppose…
Anyways!
Can General Rippotis fulfill the mission granted to him by the gods themselves? Will he be able ...
2024-05-08 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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…next time, that is, muahahahahaha! The author, um, definitely doesn’t need more time to think about it. And definitely isn’t hoping lots of readers will express their opinions and make the decision. Definitely not. There’d be a poll if the author was hoping for that!
Because, you know, a lot of this sounds like non-bee stuff so eh. Except for the obviously amazing and incredible parts that the God of Bees collaborated on! Those are...
2024-05-07 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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As requested by Beeees! (nice name), a POG! I’ve been slightly hesitant to pull back the curtain on the gods, but it does feel like a good time if we’re ever going to do it. So, you know, hope I got the God of Bees right. Tried to have her encapsulate all aspects of all bees…but turns out she’s dealing with god politics so that results in a certain someone’s aspect getting more emphasized, huh.
But in any case, it’s all good, because t...
2024-05-06 20:05:10 +0000 UTC
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Double god mission complete! Well, that was easy! For Belissar at least. For the Third of the Sixth…well, anything is easy if its for the King and the hive of hives! What’s a mere risk of fiery death to one of the King’s queens?
Which means she should get along nicely with someone once called the Blazing Berserker! This will definitely end well!
Hm? Rewards? What rewards? What other rewards do we need besides a happy fire bee qu...
2024-05-03 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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At first, I didn’t think stingless bees would work well as a monster specifically. Like, on the one hand, they straight up engage in kamikaze attrition warfare with each other (some species will wage war with other hives by crashing workers together in tackles that often lead to the death of both tackler and tackle, the war ends when one hive runs out of bees), so they got the spirit, but like, will bee tackles work on shades? And the normal mo...
2024-05-02 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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o7 Beero and co, you have nothing to prove, brave soldiers.
Besides, you’ve gone ahead and come up with ritual casting, an efficient way to perform magic for those who are used to precise and efficient coordination! And now you can rain deadly magical attacks from above! What an efficient way to deal with hostiles!
Anyways!
Can Beero and her comrades safely rejoin the battle? Will their new attack suffice to deal with shades? ...
2024-05-01 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Explorers assemble! Except Ruckanos, who we hope will accidentally have a saddle malfunction while flying over a non-purified zone. But hey, at least one of the non-bees knows what’s important!
One of them, that is…
Anyways!
What other wonders and horrors will the Fourth of the Seventh find in the Beyond? Will Ruckanos fulfill the will of the gods? Will anyone traveling with him actually arrive somewhere they want to go? Tun...
2024-04-30 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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A non-bee is…building stronger hives? …Muuraqi, you are the best non-bee now. We will allow you in the hive of hives, congratulations. Your reward is more work for the hive of hives! Congrats!
Also, Belissar, what are you doing? Your bees are sad, and some of them are even hurting themselves with spicy honey! That’s not cool, Belissar!
Anyways!
Will Muuraqi build a new Bee Barracks for the hive of hives? Will the bees rega...
2024-04-29 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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The Fourth of the Seventh’s actual dreams: impossible. The First of the Fifth’s First Daughter and the Fourth of the Seventh’s communer: we’ll reject common sense and make the impossible possible!
And by making a bunch of baby queens who have required me to add another number into the title! Who spent their very first day of life…hearing stories about amazing things outside of the hive from the Fourth of the Seventh…
…th...
2024-04-26 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Stone beehouse, get! …Belissar might be in for some lifting in the future, if the magically produced trays are stone too. Maybe he’s due for some bulking, he’s like, the scrawniest non-bee around! And that’s before we apply bee standards! Gotta get that bumblebulk, Belissar!
…also, Muuraqi now gets a pass as tolerable non-bee, for his construction of a nice beehouse. Let’s hope the rest of the non-bees will work that hard for th...
2024-04-25 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Gasp, were there consequences to running the Bee Barracks on the bare minimum workers, who are rushing so much to make enough honey they had no time to organize? That sounds dangerously close to bees acting…inefficiently! But that…that would mean they’re like…non-bees! That’s impossible!
Well, thank goodness the First of the Fifth is here now. Surely no one will regret expanding the cooperation of the hive of hives, right...
2024-04-24 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Wait, what do you mean Belissar has never heard the word gravity before? What is he, some sort of uneducated peasant? I’d accuse him of being a non-bee too, but bees don’t worry about silly things like gravity, so guess that doesn’t apply this time.
Anyways!
Has Belissar made the right choice? What will this new and confusing flower do? Will it help the bees defend the Tower? Tune in next time, to find out!
2024-04-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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God of Fire making a comeback! …that’s a god of nonbee stuff, though. Though, being a god, surely he knows the greatness of bees, so that must be why he’s here! He must be tired of non-bees and wants some bees of his own! He knows what’s important here!
Totally has nothing to do with any non-bees who follow him who may or may not have accomplished great deeds in the Tower lately.
Anyways!
Can Belissar complete this double missi...
2024-04-22 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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…the non-bees did something. The non-bees did something that…the bees couldn’t? It can’t be…that’s impossible!
Oh, the non-bee only succeeded thanks to bee honey? Ah, there we go. I knew the non-bees couldn’t do anything without the help of bees! So, really, in the end, it was the bees all along.
In fact…you could say this was all thanks to the First of the Fifth, and entirely her victory! As expected! Her favor only grows!
2024-04-19 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to TheLostGolem for letting me know about propolis, aka bee glue. Like, bee crafting is so much easier now that we know bees can already make their own glue. Although apparently they do need like, tree sap or resin or pine cones or something to do it…but these are monster bees! They just substitute mana for anything they don’t have access to! Yay magic! Although, I guess the Fourth of the Seventh does live in trees so her hive probably does h...
2024-04-18 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Oh look! Belissar got a new monster! He can make…wait, non-bees?! …I knew trusting the non-bees was a mistake! Now they want to spread the non-beeness!
Thank goodness the bees had it covered. Could you imagine if Belissar had made a spawner for…non-bees? What sort of a Tower is filled with non-bees?
What’s that? Some sort of urgent message? Haha that’s impossible we all know this is a slow-life with bees novel, so the...
2024-04-17 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Apology…accepted? Kinda? Well, by the God of Bees at least. Niobee is still suspicious, though, so you better stay on the level, Tyghak!
Whether or not we forgive depends on if the bees like the flowers you brought or not. But, well, planting some flowers next to the Memorial is pretty nice, so guess that’s a point in your favor. Just one point, so work hard, ok?
Anyways!
Can Tyghak gain Belissar and the...
2024-04-16 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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