Eating Royal Jelly Until My Belly Bursts! (Part 1)
Actual wasps also prefer this sticky honey much more than real honey.
Whether human or natural creature, everyone goes crazy for processed flavors.
And that was a truth confirmed by countless scholars.
It also held true in the monster world.
It suggested that monsters weren’t beings created for the tower.
Instead, they were kidnapped from some unknown world no human had ever discovered.
Their existence was entirely unrelated to their own will.
Anyway.
My prediction that the Devil-Bees in the Acacia Hall would react was spot-on.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz~
Tatatatatata~
Looking down from my dawn-colored Gogglescope, thousands and tens of thousands of dense dots appeared.
Twenty to thirty percent of them all swarmed around the long cloth.
Soon the long cloth was completely saturated with tightly packed Devil-Bees.
I worried the specially made cloth would snap from their combined weight.
Got it.
These stupid bug guys finally took the bait… no, the MSG honey bait.
No more devils were charging toward the mine shaft.
They were all too distracted by the Acacia Hall to pay attention.
I pressed the end of my radiation device against the cloth.
A small tube had secretly connected to the honey bag.
Soon the tube’s valve opened.
Then a fine amount of mana-yu began pouring down toward the floor of the third basement level.
Driven mad by the sweet scent, the Devil-Bees couldn’t sense the danger.
Or even if they sensed it, they couldn’t stop their insatiable hunger.
They simply clung to the cloth, mouths agape, staring blankly sideways.
I gradually increased the mana-yu discharge.
Dil dil dil dil dil~
And I shifted the nozzle in all directions to evenly soak the entire cloth.
Now I was feeling bolder.
Qw qw qw qw qw~
Buzz buzz buzz~
Tata~
Some quick-witted Devil-Bees started to flee.
But their number was still less than 0.1 percent of those glued to the cloth.
When I figured the mana-yu had soaked everything enough, I sparked the tube on my radiation device.
Tic~
Puuhahahahahahaaa~
Whooooooor~
A grand roar echoed as a massive straight line of flame shot straight down from my hand without hesitation.
Fire waterfall!
Beautiful sight!
Tatatatatatatatatatatata-
Tatatatatatatata-
And the sound of countless insects being deeply fried filled my ears.
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[You have killed the Devil-Bees.]
[Experience points gained.]
[You have killed the Devil-Bees.]
[Experience points gained.]
[You have killed the Devil-Bees.]
[Experience points gained.]
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Thousands of Devil-Bees stuck to the cloth were being deep-fried one by one like dominos, falling from above.
The ones that escaped as soon as the fire started met the same fate.
With flames clinging to their wings, they flapped desperately a few times before plummeting down.
Even if they didn’t die, it was now impossible for them to live as proper Devil-Bees.
Whooooor~
Soon the flames of the waterfall struck the floor of the third basement level.
A circular storm of fire spread across the floor.
Even the mana-yu that had pooled there was now on fire.
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[★Achievement completed!★]
World Record for Killing Devil-Bees in One Hit
[You were the first to kill 8,267 Devil-Bees in one shot.]
[New Rune Stone slot unlocked.]
[Skill Point 1 acquired.]
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And now… there was no restraint left.
“Oil! Oil!”
I shouted.
The Ougres from the second basement level began pouring the mana-yu into the large container.
Qw qw qw qw qw-
Where the cloth had burned away and disappeared, brilliant green mana-yu started falling like a small waterfall.
I didn’t hesitate and shot flames into the waterfall.
Tic~
Puuhahahahahahaaa~
Kuhahahahaha-
The massive pupils of the third basement level lit up bright as day from top to bottom.
A massive flame pillar connecting ceiling to floor had appeared.
It was no wonder.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz~
Tata~
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz~
Tata~
And…
The strange behavior of the drone bugs I’d predicted began.
Normally insects fly using moonlight as their guide.
Maintaining a certain angle with the moonlight allows straight-line flight.
This instinct had been passed down for billions of years.
But when stronger light than moonlight appears nearby, these stupid guys mistake it for moonlight.
However, unlike distant moonlight, which provides a stable straight-line guide, nearby fire cannot serve as a stable reference.
Because the relative position shifts slightly after even a short flight.
Therefore, they inevitably spiral around the fire before finally being sucked toward it as the radius narrows.
That’s why moths fly into fire and burn to death.
It’s not because they like fire.
And…
Even though these Devil-Bees were monsters, as insects with insect DNA, they were no exception.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz~
Tatatata~
Thousands, tens of thousands… countless dots filling the pupils flew toward the flame pillar and began orbiting it.
And…
Zzt zzt- zzt zzt-
After that, the cheerful sound of their wings burning away kept ringing out endlessly.
Looking through the Gogglescope, thousands of wingless Devil-Bees plummeted like falling leaves.
Still, their condition was far better than those whose entire bodies were engulfed in flames and deep-fried.
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The status window was moving so fast my eyes hurt, so I minimized it.
But I couldn’t be satisfied with that.
I grabbed the injection port of the giant tube hanging down and began rotating it in a circle.
Then the waterfall of flames began dancing, spiraling out and widening the killing radius to 3 to 4 meters.
Naturally, the number of Devil-Bees engulfed in flames and falling to ashes started rising sharply.
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[★Title obtained!★]
Devil-Bee Slaughterer
[Skill Point 1 acquired.]
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The enormous heat from the fire waterfall turned the mine entrance into a forge.
The Ougre was still a baby and couldn’t handle that much heat.
He kept fanning himself with his hands and had already fled to the middle of the mine shaft.
But I had to endure it.
Even if I was on the brink of death.
I had to endure it.
One more had to die!
And after enduring for 5 to 6 minutes…
The mana-yu I’d prepared for the first attack finally ran out.
More than 600 massive drums of oil had been completely consumed.
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[Level up.]
[You have reached level 18.]
[Invest 4 Ability Points.]
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The floor of the third basement level was bright as day.
Because the mana-yu that wouldn’t extinguish even with water was still blazing, completely turning the center of the floor into a hell of fire.
But that wasn’t enough.
Even though we’d poured out 600 drums and almost wiped out the enemy’s main force, the guys were still alive and well.
I began lowering the chain and descending.
The task required enormous strength without the help of gravity devices.
But with my current strength, it was no big problem.
Buzz buzz buzz~
Tata~
Soon the “berserk rush” of the surviving Devil-Bees began.
Hundreds of giant insects that had survived the inferno flew over to surround me while descending and started threatening me.
From here, the help of the newly born Ougre was absolute.
“Hey! Ougre! Come down quick!”
Uwutata-
When I shouted that, the Ougre came running into the mine entrance in a hurry.
“Rotate!”
Uwutata-
And when my command fell, he began rotating the chain with both hands.
At first glance, a huge Ougre could never have done that in the narrow mine shaft.
That was why the newly born small-bodied Ougre became the key to unlocking the puzzle of this operation.
Buuuuung~
Buuuuung~
Now I was rotating with a huge radius while hanging from the chain on the ceiling of the third basement level.
Naturally, the Devil-Bees began orbiting around me.
But this made their attack timing extremely difficult.
Attacking a moving target was always dozens of times harder than a fixed one.
Also, the Ougre randomly changed the direction of rotation as trained.
So the insect guys were completely disoriented.
As soon as they got confused, my counterattack began.
Tic~
Puuhahahahahahaaa~
When I turned on the flame radiation device and swung it wildly, the orbiting Devil-Bees caught fire and flickered like a dazzling fireworks show.
Since I was spinning at high speed and watching it, the sight was more dramatic than any I’d ever seen in my life.
Perhaps it was the poignant beauty of it.
Puuhahahahahahaaa~
Puuhahahahaha~
Tatatatatata-
Tatatatatata-
Even as they died, the Devil-Bees kept attacking with endless desperation.
Kill them, kill them, but there was no end to it.
However…
In my Gogglescope, which had been scanning for the Queen while we were nearly wiping out the Devil-Bees, something caught my eye.
That guy who had charged in with the force of a steel plate.
More than 2 meters.
Huge.
The Queen Devil-Bee!
I hung the flame radiation device on my hip and prepared for my next move.
When I stopped the flame radiation, the full-plate armor began to be covered with insects.
And soon I had become a monster completely surrounded by bees.
Fortunately, the full-plate armor of Go Jutae wasn’t cheap junk that could be easily pierced.
But as time passed, one, two, three…
Their hard stingers would eventually pierce the armor and stab my protective suit.
But I didn’t care and continued with what I’d originally planned.
Because I had invested nearly a hundred billion won in the newly opened ability.
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Poison Resistance: 14
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I could endure it.
I might not endure hundreds of shots, but I could definitely endure dozens.
And I pulled out a heavy object from my spatial belt.
A round iron ball the size of a soccer ball.
At the top of the head, a fuse had been pulled out.
A mana grenade specially made for this extermination.
I lit the fuse.
Chiiik~
Through my dawn-colored Gogglescope, I continued tracking the Queen’s movements and used the maximum power of Monster Throw plus rotation to hurl the grenade.
Shuuuung~
Kwahahaaaaang!
The first shot missed slightly.
But the second shot I threw with a better feel…
Shuuuung~
Kwahahaaaaang!
Hit the mark perfectly!
Originally, grenades exploded more powerfully in the air than on the ground.
The grenade I’d just thrown had been aimed to explode in the air.
I’d roughly estimated the remaining fuse, throw distance, speed, and the Queen’s expected movement path.
It was a perfect hit.
However, the Queen was different.
Even though the grenade had exploded right above her head…
Buuuuung~
She resolutely shook off the flames and fled at high speed.
She must have had high fire resistance.
I pulled out the second, third, and fourth grenades and began hurling them wildly.
Poke-
Poke-
I felt their stings pricking my body here and there.
But in the extreme adrenaline of battle, I felt nothing.
Kwaaahaaang~
Kwaaang~
The places where the debris from the mana-yu-filled soy grenades fell quickly turned into a sea of fire.
The Queen hadn’t been hit directly, but the accumulated damage was slowing her flight noticeably.
And the decisive blow!
Kwaaahaaang~
The debris that exploded above the noticeably slowed Queen’s head finally set her wings on fire.
The Queen refused to give up and kept flapping her wings to try to take off.
But once her wings caught fire, her fate as royalty was no different from that of ordinary commoners.
She staggered and fell, tumbling dozens of times across the already burning floor of the third basement level before collapsing.
“Stop! Stop rotating!”
When I shouted that, the Ougre stopped turning the chain.
“Landing space! Landing space!”
I shouted again.
This time a huge container poured out an enormous amount of mayonnaise.
The flames on the mana-yu could never be put out with water.
They would only cause explosions and make the fire even worse.
Even if covered with soil, the mana-yu wouldn’t go out easily.
Even if it seemed out, it was still burning inside.
But mayonnaise was different.
The lecithin component that made up about 30 percent of mayonnaise was a famous surfactant.
This substance helped mix water and oil.
Milk, cosmetics, paint—all were made with this surfactant.
Another function of surfactants is fire extinguishing.
When it has the right viscosity, it covers the surface of oil and cuts off oxygen.
Therefore, if prepared in sufficient quantity, mayonnaise could be the most effective way to put out fires on oil.
Udududuk-
An enormous amount of mayonnaise poured onto the center of the third basement level.
The mana-yu that was still burning as if it would never stop going out as soon as the enormous viscous substance fell on it, just like a lie.
Of course, outside the space where the mayonnaise fell, it was still a sea of fire.
We had barely managed to clear a 10-meter radius space to land.
I immediately opened the status window and dispatched all 140 Rotters, 3 named Ougres, and the Ougre guy to the third basement level.
And using the power of the second basement master, I sent even the Ougres who weren’t registered as my soldiers and the Ougre babies they were raising to the third basement level.
They’ve been hungry for a while, right?
Feeding time, everyone!