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BD - Chapter 327 - Bee-sy Moving Day

Belissar zipped about while Niobee ran around under him for quite a while, fully enjoying flying with buzzing bee wings. He could see the entire karnuq settlement with his main two eyes and the light of the sun from a smaller one on top of his head!

And…he could feel the hive of hives, deeper than ever before! Niobee’s body was connected to them all through the Tower, so Belissar could now perceive every bee at once! So that was how Niobee always knew whenever anything happened in t...

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BD - Chapter 326 - A Mischievous Bee-ward

Belissar returned to his home, spending the remainder of the day in rest. He knew he had plenty to do, checking out the new rooms, offering mead to the God of Mischief, or making preparations for the sigmaka’s meeting with the Compact…but it didn’t feel right to just go back to business as usual. He had spent his entire life doing just that, avoiding his grief, so he forced himself to take a moment and reflect.

He still missed his parents and Mrs. Imkomos terribly…but he could f...

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BD - POG 325.2 - Bee-yond the Veil

A young couple found themselves in a cavernous stone hall, its walls and pillars stretching to the height of a mountain. The room was filled from floor to ceiling with stone shelves holding countless leather scrolls and golden measuring scales. Wraiths in black robes drifted between the shelves and arranged the scrolls with bony hands, never showing their faces to the guests in the room.

The couple moved closer together as they made their way through the room. The Hall of Judgement was ...

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BD - POBee 325.1 - Delegated Bee-cision-Making

The First of the Fifth’s First Daughter trembled midair. The hive of hives maintained the formation King had requested, but their mana and thoughts were pure chaos.

“King! King hurt?! Who hurt?! King feeling bad! Who made feel bad?! Who sting?!”

The First Daughter couldn’t do anything to calm the hive of hives because she felt exactly the same way!

Fortunately for them all, the Conduit’s mana dance cut through the chaos.

“King lost his queen mo...

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BD - Chapter 325 - Bee At Peace

Finnakynne clung to the back of Bumbly as the bumblebee soldier carried them home. Home. Finnakynne had always been able to read people from their mana, but now her new blessing had driven that power to new heights where bees were concerned. She could read them now as well as their own queen.

Bumbly arrived back in the bumblebee meadow and crawled back down into the bumblebee nest. She shook herself, Finnakynne took the cue and jumped down from her back. She found herself crowd...

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BD - Chapter 324 - Leave Bee-ciding to Bees

Belissar wasted no further time opening up the rewards.

Please select a monster:

- Monster Bee Bruiser (Rarity: Rare, Type: Bee)

- Monster Bee Knight (Rarity: Rare, Type: Bee)

- Monster Bee Glaiver (Rarity: Rare, Type: Bee)

Belissar grinned at the selection of rares before him, all of which sounded like new soldiers for the monster bee hives. The bees perked up and began to buzz louder as they waited for him to begin reading th...

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BD Schedule Update: Tomorrow's Chapter Delayed

Hi all,

Sorry to announce I'm having a bit of trouble with this one, so I likely won't be able to get it out by the usual time. I'll still make sure to get you one more chapter before the week off, just might be delayed by a day or so. Sorry!

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HNSW - Chapter 12 - A, like, Desperate Alliance

Lilussees now discovered…that hell had layers, for she had entered a new one. Her mother had gone completely insane after the important demon announced her as his fiancé or something. Her lessons with the demon increased dramatically, but that wasn’t the worst of it by far. Lilussees then discovered…that there were far worse demons, whose cruelty and malice could not be matched even by those she had already encountered. Whose sadistic pleasure in her torment were only matched by their ...

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BD - Chapter 323 - Bee-ing Helpful!

Belissar tilted his head at Finnakynne’s question. What should she do in response to receiving a blessing from the God of Bees? The answer seemed obvious to him.

“Celebrate? It’s a good thing, isn’t it?”

Finnakynne opened her mouth but froze before she said anything. She furrowed her brow.

“Huh…that’s right…huh…”

Belissar frowned.

“Are you ok? You…don’t seem happy about it.”

Finnakynne sighed and started to drift down. She land...

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BD - POG 322.1 - Bee-ing Mischievous?

While Belissar, his bees, his people, and his friends were all hard at work building a new room, the God of Bees was equally hard at work, dancing out a new description for said new room to add to the dungeon options. Here she had thought that her Hive of All Bees had already encompassed all things bee that existed, had existed, or would ever exist…but apparently, she had been mistaken. Her dungeon master was creating new possibilities that very moment.

No, he was doing far more than ...

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BD - Chapter 322 - Urban Bee-velopment

Belissar’s mouth slowly formed a grin as his mind started working again. First of all, they had succeeded! They had formed a Bee-type room, in under a day at that! Belissar had been worried he would run out of mana before they finished, he scarcely had more than a hundred available when they started and had been close to running out after converting over ten trays to Bee Apartments. He had been considering whether to purchase more mana from the DP store or else wait to finish up another day...

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BD - Chapter 321 - Build-A-Bee-Room

Urubran rushed over to Belissar with smoke wafting from his nostrils and a huge grin on his face.

“Ok, Belissar, let’s make the volcano!”

Belissar, however, frowned.

“I…don’t have enough mana.”

Urubran’s face fell and he groaned. He let out a deep sigh and then looked back at Belissar, leaning forward to give Belissar an intense stare.

“Fine. Belissar…you HAVE to invite me when you get enough to make the room. I’m not kidding, don’t forget...

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BD - Side Story 320.3 - Bee-vering the Gods?

After the meeting, General Rippotis immediately departed back to his Tower to make ready for his trip. He had already been prepared to join the Grand Subjugation beforehand, so his mount, his escorts, and his supplies were already in order and his Tower organized to continue on in his absence. There was just one matter to attend to he had not prepared before the Grand Subjugation began, a matter deeply intwined with the current state of affairs.

And so, not long after leaving, General R...

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BD - Side Story 320.2 - Silence Broken

High Councilor Konilias frowned and crossed his arms.

“So, the lost Tower being run by one of Lord Starami’s people and the first Tower of a new god, was it? It is a compelling theory, General, but do you have any additional evidence to support it? Beyond these coincidences and circumstances you have brought to our attention?”

General Rippotis shook his head.

“I do not, but we should prepare for the contingency nonetheless.”

High Councilor Stadvolous waved hi...

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BD - POG 320.1 - A God's Resolve

“AHAHAHA, this stuff is great! Let me tell you, Air, I honestly didn’t think much of bees before, not ones for fire, I thought. But Bee’s new master, now that boy’s got a spark in him. Mead made from burning honey, gathered from flowers growing in a lava river by bees evolved to withstand the heat! Multiple layers of devotion and gratitude and dedication to fire, all condensed and distilled down along with the natural sugars of the honey! You’ve got to try it…if you can get some y...

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BD - Chapter 320 - A Bee-vine Reward

Belissar suddenly remembered that features didn’t just include the beehouses and the traps, but also most of the flowers! Making the flower more resistant to fire made the perk far more appealing than he had first realized. Though…the flowers used as traps were mostly in the Bog at the moment, which was already harder to set on fire. More importantly…the hive of hives had expressed their preference and the Third of the Sixth was zipping around in a happy dance. It wasn’t worth it to B...

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BD - Chapter 319 - Bee-ware of Fire?

“Ah! I should ask Urubran for help tonight!”

Belissar had been daydreaming about what the two options the two Fire rewards might hold when he recalled there was, indeed, a Fire dungeon master among the Circle. He sent word to Tarwantrad through the monster she left in his Tower for that very reason.

And so, later that day, as the later afternoon purification wrapped up and the Tower began preparing for the celebration banquet, Tarwantrad and Urubran arrived. Urubran…had his ...

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BD - Chapter 318 - Bee-vine Bees-iness

The next day, Belissar sent off Chief Rohsuak to inform the sigmaka that the fair folk wished to send them a delegation and to discuss extending defenses across their land. She would also ask them how they wanted to receive the delegation if they chose to negotiate, as Belissar would likely need to prepare a location if the sigmaka didn’t want the negotiators in their home. If they chose to meet at the borders of their territory in the Underway like when they first negotiated with Belissar,...

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BD - Side Story 317.4 - Who Could It Bee?

General Rippotis pulled a wooden tray out of a small wooden house on stilts. He cracked a smile as the bees covering the tray all began to dance salutes to him. They had far too much enthusiasm for soldiers undergoing an inspection, but they also kept their home in order without any prompting, so perhaps they had reason to be happy.

“At ease, keep up the good work.”

The bees danced another salute. The general gently put the tray back into the house and let them get back to the...

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BD - Side Story 317.3 - Bee-vising the Alliance?

Belissar nearly skipped his way home when the meeting finally concluded. Two! Two new bees had evolved while he was away! He couldn’t wait to see them! Even now, he focused in on the new one and brought up her description…

Tunneling Nomadic Monster Bee Worker

Vitality: Small

Strength: Minor

Speed: Average

Magic: Minimal+

Defense: Minimal+

Resistance: Minimal+

Special...

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BD - POBee 317.2 - Bee a Better Scout!

The Fourth of the Fifth stood in the Fourth of the Seventh and First of the Fifth’s First Daughter’s joint-hive, one built up into the canopy of a grove of trees. The digging queen admitted she…didn’t feel comfortable there, not anymore. Back before she evolved, she might have liked the safety from predators the tree-hive provided…but now she felt lost and exposed without walls of dirt all around her. She put up with it, however, for today was an important day. Today was the day tha...

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BD - POBee 317.1 - Bee-lazing New Trails on the Path of Honey

Shortly after her First Daughter had returned fully evolved…and taught her many new things…the First of the Eighth found herself staring at the honey cell before her. A drone and a communer from the First of the Fifth’s hive stared with her and then began dancing.

“Honey got twisted at step fourteen. First of the Eighth stepped to left?”

The First of the Eighth’s antennae flicked.

“…yes. How knew?”

The communer danced about rapidly.

“Queen mot...

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BD - Chapter 317 - Bee-vising the Code

Mind-Maddening Monster Bee Queen

Vitality: Small

Strength: Minimal

Speed: Average

Magic: Above Average

Defense: Minimal

Resistance: Minor

Special: Above Average

Notable Skills: Brood Mother, Command Offspring, Mind-Maddening Sting, Hypnotic Shimmering, Mind Mana Manipulation

Spawner Upkeep: 40 (20 with Blessing of Bees)

Evolves From: Monster...

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BD - POBee 316.1 - The Bee-volt of a Mad Queen

The First of the Eighth stared at the storage cell in front of her, barely moving her abdomen enough to breath as she focused entirely on the task ahead of her. She gingerly began crawling in a circle, pulling on the mana of honey within the cell. The mana began to twist upon itself. At first, it appeared as a tangled mess…but as the queen continued her dance the mass began to coalesce into a more orderly pattern, starting to form a coherent shape…

And then the honey exploded out of...

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BD - Chapter 316 - Efforts Bee-serving of Praise

Captain Karpakynne hovered before the Royal Pixie Guard, one of the old lances of the Order of Hive and Stinger in hand.

“Alright! Listen up, girls and boys! Today is the day when we separate the girls from the women and the boys from the men! Today is the day when we stop playing around and fight a real battle, with nothing but cold steel and guts!”

One of the guard tilted his head.

“Nothing? But, isn’t this room filled with traps? Couldn’t we just lure the shades...

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BD - POBee 315.1 - New Employ-Bee Orientation

Belissar blinked as he watched the bees utterly destroy the minor purification shade with every ranged attack they could throw at it. He guessed…they were trying what would happen when they fought with their full strength? Or so he believed…until he felt the great celebration passing through the hive of hives. That had him confused. Sure, the bees always celebrated every victory…but why did a minor purification cause this much elation when the previous ones didn’t?

Fortunately, ...

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BD - Chapter 315 - Bee Trusted

The next day, Belissar watched over another purification in the early morning, this one led by Hirkolos. Though, since Hirkolos was the only human combatant, he fought alongside the bumblebees…who brought Finnakynne along with them. The pixie princess and the bumblebees only ended up observing, however, as only a single, small wolf shade appeared. Hirkolos’s Bee-fender shield allowed his wyvern to charge straight through the wolf’s breath attack unscathed, whereupon the large lizard eas...

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BD - Chapter 314 - Thorny Bee-haviour

As the bees had already handled several minor purifications earlier in the day, it was decided to let the karnuq handle the next one. Chief Rohsuak selected a squad of hunters and deployed them to the Tower’s entrance, with Metsaitti and some bees on standby shortly behind them, then Belissar began the purification. A wolf-shade appeared again and the hunters tightened their formation, presenting a wall of shields and spears as they awaited the monster’s charge.

However, they had fo...

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BD - Chapter 313 - Fighting Bee-ficiently

“Battle finished, tried new method thought of by First of Second. Let captain lead battle, captain much better at leading squads than queens. Bee army will raise more captains now…”

The First of the Fifth paused her analysis of pollen and nectar from the new moving flowers as a wave of mana from the Firstborn passed through the hive-link. In addition to the mana dance itself, the message contained a set of memories from the Firstborn and the captain and soldier bees in qu...

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BD - POBee 312.1 - Bee the Captain!

The Firstborn watched as a monster bee captain spread her mana out to the assembled digging and blinding bees. The Firstborn couldn’t help some trepidation. A base monster bee captain, with no attributes of her own, would now have to lead the bees into the dark of the Dirt Tunnels.

But it couldn’t be helped. The Fourth of the Fifth and her digging hive was stretched thin as it is. She was simultaneously responsible for producing the hive of hives’ only source of Ground-mana honey,...

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