Belissar smiled as the First of the Fifth and her two daughters came over to help with the golem construction, though it turned out they couldn’t do much with the actual construction. The bees’ instincts indicated that they should complete the Fourth of the Seventh’s golem solely using wax from breeze or nomadic bees. The slime queen, the First of the Fifth’s Seventh Daughter apparently, could build wax golems incredibly quickly but only with her own wax, which was actually a kind of ...
2025-01-08 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The next morning, First of the Fifth’s Fourth Daughter’s wings and antennae drooped. When the scouts reported it, she hadn’t believed it. It had to have been a mistake. When news came in over the Orchard’s communer network, she hadn’t listened. But then came the King’s council, when all the queens had the honor of gathering in his presence. There, with her own eyes, she confirmed the truth.
The Seventh Daughter had finished a mobile hive and now used it to trav...
2025-01-07 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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After deciding on the rewards, Belissar was about to dismiss everyone when he heard Chief Rohsuak’s voice in his head.
“I apologize for the late report, Tower Keeper, but would you like to hear about my talks with the sigmaka today?”
Belissar’s eyes widened a bit. He had forgotten about those.
“Ah, yes. Is…there a reason we’re using the Tower speak?”
He glanced over at Chief Rohsuak and she moved her eyes in Tarwantrad’s direction.
2025-01-06 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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All hostiles defeated. Emergency purification successful.
Reward: Two random reward choices.
Belissar exhaled his breath.
“Great work everyone, the purification is over. Can someone let Tarwantrad’s monster know?”
Once he had ensured everyone had been informed of the victory, Belissar took stock of the damage. His eyes widened…and his face curled into a grin. Despite the rush to respond to a purification they weren’t expecting, no b...
2025-01-03 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Sorry everyone, holidays got me again haha. We'll see how it goes for Friday. Thanks for your patience and happ-bee new year!
2025-01-01 21:52:20 +0000 UTC
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In the end, the slime queen, swimming queen, and a newly evolved toxic queen wanted to move to the bog. The slime queen and swimming queen both loved the terrain itself, while the toxic queen grew interested once they began testing the vaporous hemlock. Belissar moved the swimming and slime beehouses to the bog and built a new one for the toxic queen near the hemlock, making the legs extra long to keep the structure dry.
Belissar smiled as he watched swimming bees dive in and out of the...
2025-01-01 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Belissar stood just past the doorway to what used to be a flower meadow. Mud and pools of water dotted the room. Dead grass and flowers floated on top of the water along with lotus flowers, blending in with what plants remained in the soil and obscuring the depth of the puddles. A particularly large pool stood in the center of the room, also covered in the floating remains of flowers. The water stones had apparently done their job, he could still see bubbling He took another look at the messa...
2024-12-31 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The next day, Belissar began to set up the Death room Hesfalle had described. He made a new Flower Meadow on the karnuq floor connecting to door near the stairs to the other floors. He place a mana flower node and a basic poisonous herb node, then enabled rabbits in the room.
And after that…he was done.
For now, at least. He didn’t want to spawn the butcher bees until there were enough rabbits to feed them. Likewise, underworld phlox required death mana to even start growing, ...
2024-12-30 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Sorry everyone, almost made it but the holidays got me in the end haha. Should resume posting next week (12/30) but we'll play it by ear.
2024-12-26 20:20:02 +0000 UTC
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Now that the choice of bee monsters was settled, Belissar quickly moved on to the next one before he could regret his decisions.
Please select a perk:
- Concentrated Nectar (Rarity: Uncommon)
- Rapid Bloom (Rarity: Uncommon)
- Enhanced Seed Dispersal (Rarity: Uncommon)
Belissar smiled. Just from the names, he had high hopes for some of these perks.
Concentrated Nectar
- Small increase to nectar nutrient...
2024-12-26 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Belissar, Tarwantrad, and Chief Rohsuak were all sitting around as the celebration wore on. Belissar nervously picked at his food, eating just enough that the bees wouldn’t stop to check on him. He was trying to enjoy the taste of the honey, but he could not help his worry. The God of Bees said it was handled and he trusted her but he still really wished he knew what was going on. He’d probably remain anxious until Tarwantrad could speak with the Oracle of Flowers and hear from one of the...
2024-12-25 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The God of Fire let out yet another sigh. His flame body had gone dim and cool, like a smoldering ember, while a cloud of heavy smoke hung around him. He tried to stoke himself with other thoughts. The Blazing Berserker herself had taken on an apprentice in the art of fire…though there was the slight complication of said apprentice being a dungeon monster created by Bee. He supposed there’d have to be some negotiations that Bee would no doubt exploit again. Though, Urubran would likely be...
2024-12-24 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Belissar paced around the room, humming and groaning to himself. He had checked, double checked, and then triple checked the burning honey mead jar, but he couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary compared to the others. By all accounts it should have worked.
What really drove him mad was that it hadn’t failed in any of the normal ways. The mead hadn’t gone bad or gotten contaminated or over-fermented or anything like that. It had failed to ferment at all. That was extr...
2024-12-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Once the celebrations concluded, Belissar gathered his council. He told them of Hesfalle’s recommendations and the incoming rabbits. Chief Rohsuak and Metsaitti appeared quite excited about the rabbits.
“We also have enough DP for another shop purchase. Is there anything the Tower urgently needs?”
The karnuq shook their heads while the bees danced the negative, so Belissar continued.
“In that case, let’s buy another monster choice. Hesfalle recommended carnivorous ...
2024-12-20 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Hesfalle took her leave shortly after, letting Belissar know she was willing to answer any questions and help out once he got started with the Death room. Tarwantrad stuck around for some further discussions. First, she asked about the choice he had made, so he told her about dancers, berserkers, and assassins, much to her glee. Belissar then explained which choice he had made and why. When he finished, he frowned and crossed his arms, staring down at the ground.
“I wanted to ask you,...
2024-12-19 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Once Belissar had a chance to gather himself, he returned to Tarwantrad and Hesfalle. He crossed his arms and frowned.
“So…you said the bees can’t evolve with Death mana?”
Hesfalle shook her head.
“Not with this Death mana and the method described. Trying to raise a newborn in a pool of concentrated Death mana when they aren’t already adapted to it would be challenging. Same goes for trying to evolve an adult all in one go. Generally speaking, livin...
2024-12-18 20:05:07 +0000 UTC
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Belissar rubbed his chin and furrowed his brow, humming to himself. Niobee had told him that any bee, including the queens, would absolutely love a name from him, considering it a great honor. A sign of his favor, that the bee in question was special to him.
And that gave him pause. When he had named Beero, Velebee, and Frelis, it had mostly been because he had nothing else to call them. It was true that they were special and he wanted to keep track of them, he guessed, but he hadn’t ...
2024-12-17 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The Fourth of the Seventh danced about happily. She was big now! Big enough to carry both her first communer and the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter on her back, like the Conduit carried her queen mother Velebee! It was amazing, incredible!
She wanted to carry them outside and show them the mini-hive, but she knew they both needed to stay with the main hive. Maybe once their daughters grew up a bit more! For now, though the Fourth of the Seventh decided to take care of the hive be...
2024-12-16 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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“Hi, can hear?”
The Firstborn swayed midair and loss control of her mana. Instead, she focused on the wave of mana that had just hit her, very much like that of a communer’s. So, she attempted to respond as she would to her own hive.
“Fourth of the Seventh?”
A moment later, another surge of mana hit her.
“Wow, can hear Firstborn! Amazing, incredible!”
The Firstborn could not help but join the Fourth of the Seventh in a cel...
2024-12-13 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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As Belissar, the karnuq, and the bees all tucked in for the night, the flowers all across the Tower swayed in the calm nighttime breeze. The alfalfa Belissar had planted glowed with a faint green light as they condensed and processed all the sunlight and mana they had absorbed that day, passing it down into their roots. Mana and nutrients seeped out into the ground, enriching all of the nearby soil before being consumed by hungry seeds planted nearby.
Some of the nutrients and mana also...
2024-12-12 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Belissar put his internal conflict aside. First and foremost, he had to see what everyone else thought of the options first. As usual, he turned the question to the bees.
The First of the Fifth conferred with the Apiary bees, but they had few dances this time.
“Dancers might help with hive? Bees sound good for army, should ask Firstborn!”
The Fourth of the Seventh was apparently in the middle of evolving, so the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter spoke for the Apiary....
2024-12-11 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
I'm pleased to announce Terminate the Other World Book 4: Heart of the Machine has released! Here's a preview of the audiobook!
The biggest changes this time focused mainly on Colleone, who I decided to play more straight in this version. Less comedically hypocritical, more self-aware. Guess we want the gods to be more competent...except...
2024-12-10 20:58:17 +0000 UTC
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Belissar froze and stood still as a flood of challenger blessed messages filled his vision. A quick glance with his tower sight showed him the Tyhgak’s squad all cheering and playing around with mana wrapping around spears and arrows, while that one karnuq smith was kneeling before the Shrine of Bees with tears in his eyes.
“Huh.”
Belissar tilted his head. With Hirkolos also receiving his own blessing, five people had received blessings today. Just enough to reach a goal Bel...
2024-12-10 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Hirkolos walked over to the karnuq apiary. One of the karnuq, Paisijik, smiled and waved him over once she saw him. He returned her smile and joined her as she checked on her hive.
The bees had buzzed at him at first but a flash of mana from Paisijik had apparently calmed them down. He could thus now stand and watch as she checked the brood, smiling as he watched the worker bees crawl about and continue their tasks even as Paisijik lifted their comb. Paisijik finished up and then gather...
2024-12-09 20:05:02 +0000 UTC
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The First of the Fourth zipped about in happy dances, giving in to her ecstasy. Her soldiers and even her workers paused their training and labor to join her as they all danced around a capped cell.
Named. Frelis, one of her workers, was named by the King! The King considered one of her workers’ achievements on par with the likes of Beero, queen of the fallen, or Velebee, who danced with the Queen of All Bees. Maybe even in the same dance as Niobee, the Conduit herself!
2024-12-06 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The light faded and condensed into the form of a bee made of purple light that danced before the gardener’s eyes.
The Queen of All Flowers invites you to the Hive of All Flowers. If you wish to accept, please select one of the following blessings:
- Blessing of the Gardener
- Blessing of the Druid
- Blessing of the Herbalist
- Blessing of the Floral Druid
Once again, the gardener’s mind went ...
2024-12-05 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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The First of the Fourth’s gardener landed by her moving flower as she usually did. The flower had grown well in the water and mana rich environment, which the gardener had supplemented with mana of her own. It was now bigger than her, or even a soldier bee, and too large for her to carry on her own. Fortunately, it was perfectly happy in its present environment. It reacted to her presence, reaching out its vine branches to wrap around her before she even landed and guiding her to its newly ...
2024-12-04 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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The next day, Belissar started his newest routine of checking on the Heart of the Forest, watering it from the nearby pond and creating some mana honey to feed it. It hadn’t sprouted just yet, but the gardeners hovered overhead assured him it was growing well.
After that, he set to the task of reviewing his rooms and floors. He now had a brand new floor to deal with, as well as an additional room slot for each of his floors. He figured he’d check the whole set up in case he wanted t...
2024-12-03 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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With the victory celebrated and the choices made, the time came for everyone to depart for the night. Belissar turned to Tarwantrad after dismissing the queens back to their hives.
“So…I should inform you about purifications, huh? Both when we start and when we finish?”
Tarwantrad nodded with a serious expression.
“Indeed. If you are willing to have me there, I would even join you for the purifications. I will not let your tower fall.”
Belissar blinked at tha...
2024-12-02 20:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Tarwantrad bounced in place, staring at him with sparkling eyes as Belissar announced he had taken the monster choice. Belissar smiled and wasted no time checking the options.
Please select a monster:
- Beeswax Golem (Rarity: Uncommon, Type: Bee, Construct)
- Monster Leafcutter Bee (Rarity: Common, Type: Bee, Nature)
- Butcher Bee Queen (Rarity: Rare, Type: Bee)
Belissar couldn’t help but grin. An uncommon and a rare, one of ...
2024-11-22 20:05:01 +0000 UTC
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