Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 658 Harvest of the Beehive (2-in-1)

"This is really..."

"What wonderful bees!"

Roy now believes the saying, "Bees are man's best friend."

He'll get angry if anyone disagrees!
"Let me see, what's all here?"

The queen bee, unable to move easily, had her guards bring out her collection.

Roy looked through the Eye of Hermes and saw a patch of azure blue mixed in with a white and green light.

There are a total of about 10 level 1 treasures and 3 level 2 treasures.

Just then, a mechanical arm emitting a pale purple glow appeared before them.

"The Broken Hand of the Demon Spirit of Mercanoher (Level 3)..."

"The mechanical arm that houses the level-three monster 'Morcanoher's Demon Spirit' serves as a physical, animated limb component..."

He glanced at the other items and felt that they were either too damaged or not of high value to begin with.

However, because this mechanical arm was originally of a high enough level, it was extremely well preserved, with only some damage to the forearm and palm.

These are all damaged fragments of witchcraft artifacts.

Roy thought of his newly acquired alchemical talent, [Repair Expert], which he had acquired in recent years.

"Perhaps I can fix it!"

Besides, like the humanoid angels of the past, and the ghost beast ring that Andoff gave himself, they have lost their spirituality.

If a complete repair is desired, it will likely be necessary to find other materials and create an artificial soul.

This is not something an ordinary wizard could do, but Roy was equally confident.

However, he cannot be exempt from the requirement of finding suitable spiritual materials.

But those are things for the future.

During the identification and examination, Roy felt a slight stinging sensation between his eyebrows.

As expected, it also contained some source material of alchemical talent.

As spiritual energy is absorbed, a semi-transparent, illusory panel appears.

[Alchemy talent gain in progress (100%)]

[Basic Alchemy Array (Iron Grade)]

Mastering basic alchemical array drawing skills allows you to enhance alchemical effects through arrays; this is limited to apprentice-level alchemical arrays only.

……

"Excellent, another Iron-level talent!"

Roy was satisfied and secretly praised him.

"And it's very basic, fundamental knowledge!"

Although it may not seem to have much effect on me now, it can still make up for the foundation of the rune array.

Moreover, it seems to have further completed its talent puzzle.

Roy now has a premonition that with the accumulation of these things, the seed of the Alchemy Master talent is becoming more complete and closer to being condensed.

After that, Roy took another look at the Soul Stones.

This time, my luck wasn't so good; I only got some mixed spiritual energy, and there weren't any skill seeds to harvest.

It seems that the entire Flesh Swamp region has been thoroughly searched, including all the places where nests and resources were once gathered.

The further you go, the lower the quality and the less quantity you can obtain.

Even so, Roy needs the spiritual power contained within it.

They can, to some extent, replace the wandering souls of living beings, providing the materials for the soul formula.

Roy roughly estimated that the spiritual units that could be mined from these Soul Stones would probably be around one or two hundred thousand.

That's a pretty good haul.

"There don't seem to be many worker bees here."

Just as Roy was engrossed in the moment, Prandtse habitually surveyed her surroundings and roughly checked the number of worker bees flying around.

It turned out that there weren't as many as expected.

"There must be at least several thousand beehives of this size, right?"

"If they were ordinary magic bees, there could be anywhere from several thousand to tens of thousands."

But that depends on the season and climate; sometimes food shortages prevent the supply of such large quantities.

"It doesn't look like there's much left. Is there not enough food?"

Roy directly asked the queen bee.

"Swamp, monster..."

Hunting…

Intermittent spiritual energy was transmitted.

After listening for a while, Roy roughly understood that there were monsters hunting worker bees in the swamp.

The bee colonies have suffered heavy losses recently, with their numbers reduced significantly.

Moreover, after the monster became stronger, it ate all the prey that the worker bees could easily catch, leading to a food shortage in the area.

Its worker bees are mostly of average combat strength and cannot defeat those powerful monsters.

Advanced units, and even the Bee Guard, have suffered losses in previous battles.

They were even hunted by powerful monsters in their original lair.

Although they later defeated their opponents using a swarm tactic, it also caused a period of stagnation in their development.

This was also the reason for the previous relocation.

Even more critically, the queen bee's own bloodline factors only support growth to level one.

Reaching this stage is already the limit.

It was powerless against those powerful monsters and had no way to easily cross their territory to build a nest in a better place.

"I see, I understand now..."

Food in a given area is always limited and cannot be replenished in a short time, so it must find another place to build its nest.

The last time they chose this place, they only achieved temporary development before being surrounded by the powerful territories of monsters...

Relocating again will not be easy.

Roy now understood that the Blood Seal Demon Bees, despite their seemingly glorious status as a dominant force, were not in a good position.

It is a group of monsters, which are very powerful among monsters of the same level and often win by sheer numbers.

But if they encounter a strong enemy, they will suffer losses.

I used Dadarulana to deal with them before...

“You have collected so many treasures for me, I cannot treat you unfairly.”

Tell me, what enemy is the most troublesome? I'll take care of it for you!

Roy relayed.

"Southeast, swamp, mud monster..."

The queen bee, like a child complaining, sent a message with a wronged tone.

Without a word, Roy instructed it to send a small swarm of worker bees to lead the way.

Before long, they arrived near a huge pool of blood, dozens of kilometers away.

Sure enough, there was a giant, slug-like mud monster rolling around inside.

It contains a vast amount of life energy. Its body appears soft and fluffy, but it is actually completely unaffected by stings and bites.

Moreover, there is no fresh blood to be absorbed from its body; it is all filthy energy deposited in the mud.

This is not on the Bloodstained Demon Bee's diet at all, and it doesn't eat the demon bees themselves.

However, the Mud Monster will frequently hunt down small monsters in the vicinity, and for every bite it takes, the Blood Seal Demon Bee takes one less bite.

At first, the two sides kept to themselves and there was no conflict.

But as it has grown larger over the years, it has become a major threat.

The magic bee simply couldn't compete with its opponent.

******
After understanding the situation, Roy immediately summoned the three-headed dragon Trekepharos. Boom!
Frost breath and flame breath were unleashed respectively.

In an instant, ice and fire intertwined, and the mud monster, which was as big as a small hill, was frozen and then roasted into charcoal.

Moments later, the lake water boiled, and countless similar monsters, their offspring and descendants, lay dead along with it, completely annihilated.

"Let's go all the way and eliminate the other threatening monsters around here too!"

Roy had the worker bees lead the way to other places.

In fact, he did a brief examination of the remains left by the Mud Monster.

Although it was filthy, it was still the remnant of a wizard-level monster.

There are still some materials inside that might come in handy.

For example, a large lump of jelly-like mud cake seems to have the properties of Play-Doh and clay, and can be used on the previously obtained "Fairy Tale World" series of animated monsters.

Roy felt that this was somewhat like the core of a monster called a "slime".

Although it's a bit dirty, with his own methods of "darkening" and "whitening," he might actually be able to clean himself up and make full use of it.

……

"The Web Technique"!
"Psionic Blade"!
Not long after, on the other side.

Pranzhe transforms into her long-lost Spider Woman form, gathers adhesive, and sprays it forward.

Suddenly, a huge spider web appeared in the air, trapping the steel-haired giant bear, which was about the same size as the spider web, in place.

Nisha coordinated perfectly, immediately striking her opponent with "Psionic Blade".

Instantly, the giant bear, as if clad in iron armor, bled profusely.

Although this thing is only a level one monster, it has naturally thick steel bristles and is not very afraid of the Blood Seal Demon Bee's attacks.

Therefore, they had attacked the hives many times before to hunt for honey.

Although each time I was stung and left with a head full of bumps, I had to retreat injured.

But after they rested, they came back, leaving the Bloodstained Demon Bees completely bewildered.

It not only eats, but also rummages through and ruins the bees while eating, trampling and starving countless young bees to death.

This is also the main culprit for the decline in bee colony numbers.

Roy simply killed the bear to get its core, and then killed it as well.

The worker bees celebrated as if it were New Year's Day, and quickly summoned more of their companions to carry the corpse back.

The flesh and blood of this monster contain abundant energy.

After consuming it, it can raise more young bees.

Next, Roy continued to help, eliminating some rival bosses and lord-level monsters near the hive.

The remaining swarms pose almost no threat and can be handled entirely by the bees themselves.

Back home, Roy even took out some fruit from Torrad and fed it to the queen bee.

"Although this fruit is not a rare one, it does contain some spiritual energy. If it can help you break through the limits of your spiritual power, that would be great..."

After thinking for a moment, he took out the leftover scraps from making the resurrection candy, along with his own healing fruit candy, and gave them all to it.

"Eat up, this meal is on me!"

Helping the queen bee is also helping yourself.

Because this is a rare monster that is suitable to stay here and help you search for treasures.

Because of their intelligence, they sign contracts to become followers, and overall, they are considered loyal and reliable.

It would be best if we could be promoted to level two.

Of course, you don't need to invest too much in it.

He didn't have that much time, energy, or resources to waste; he just treated it as a side move.

"Sugar...yummy!"

The queen bee was unaware of Roy's thoughts; she simply ordered her personal guards to drag the gifts from their master back.

They ate with relish.

As for the fruit, its evaluation is average.

The soul remained completely undisturbed.

However, the spiritually rich sugar is refreshing and makes one feel much more energetic.

"By the way, I also have some thermobaric bombs and specially made poison fire bombs on hand!"
I'll leave you some 'weapons'.

Next time you encounter a tough enemy that you can't handle on your own, try using these.

The Bloodstained Demon Bees were already the overlords of the surrounding area; with these alchemical products, their development should be even easier.

After that, Roy took out some more things and patiently taught the queen bee how to use them.

This is largely thanks to the Queen Bee's exceptional talent; she is one of the few highly intelligent beings among level one monsters.

If it were any other monster, there really wouldn't be a way to teach it.

Of course, there's no way to teach someone how to use complex things.

Small nuclear bombs and the like are far too dangerous; we dare not leave even a trace inside.

If it were to explode from the inside, the entire group would be wiped out.

……

The next day, Roy bid farewell to the queen bee and headed north from where she had built her nest, towards the Felt Grassland.

I took the detour before because I was busy with some personal matters.

Now we're truly on the mission.

"According to the mission information provided by the Wizard Tower, those lice-like monsters are not ordinary insects, but demonic creatures bred by strange beings..."

They did not come from nowhere, but have a source.

If we can find that place, the problem should be solved.

"I just don't know if it's related to the power of the abyss."

"It's unlikely. It's more likely to be an entity from a strange dimension."

On the magic carpet, Prandtse and Nisa sat cross-legged, discussing something.

The concept of a bizarre dimension is quite broad and abstract.

In fact, the "Tairin World" from which Nisha was born is one of the planets in it.

The "Heartless" power she wields is also a strange and unusual power.

Through the influence of human spiritual wisdom, some have developed psychic abilities, becoming a supplement to the "Heart of Tailin".

On the felt grassland, those things that resemble "lice" seem to have nothing to do with the Heart of Tailin, but in terms of major categories, they may be the same.

According to previous exploration reports, those people killed the monster but failed to leave behind any actual corpses.

It didn't return to the abyss like a demon, but disappeared into thin air.

Someone intercepted a small portion of information about the strange dimension and made a judgment based on it.

This is not good news, because it means that they may not be subject to the physical conditions required for the normal reproduction of monsters.

The density of monsters, the relationship between food and races, etc., can all be completely ignored.

Everyone had just left the Bloodstained Demon Bees and still vividly remembered the restrictive relationship.

Thinking about what I might face, I couldn't help but become wary.

Just then, a large patch of thick "hair" appeared in front of them.

Felt grassland...

Arrived!

Roy raised the magic carpet as high as possible, wanting to see if he could cross the area in this way.

However, they found that everything below was peaceful, and from above, there was nothing unusual to be seen.

Ultimately, they had no choice but to land.

And so, when it reached a height of more than 10 meters from the ground, large patches of "hair" began to rustle.

The lice appeared suddenly without any warning.

(End of this chapter)