I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Meanwhile, on the island that Magellan's crew called the Guiding Island, in the stone city of [Holy City] located on the island where Yhwach is located, the young priestess walks down the street, leaning on her scepter. After finishing painting the mural, the young priestess walks down the street, looking at the buildings and recalling the past.

When the Alita tribe first arrived here 10,000 years ago, they were at a loss when faced with these ferocious beasts. Fortunately, with the help of the spirit of all beasts, they were able to safely establish camps in places where large beasts could hardly enter.

Thanks to the guidance of the Forest of Elu, they quickly adapted to life there. Unfortunately, they contracted some disease and were on the verge of death. But then a voice came from their minds, asking if they wanted to be cured of their disease.

Hearing this voice, he was initially tempted by some crooked and evil means. However, the other party claimed to be the mother of the spirit of all beasts. At first, he was a little skeptical, but the little priestess believed that the other party was indeed the mother of Yhwaka when the other party called Yhwaka over.

The other party called herself Zelus. She said that the disease she had contracted could not be cured by any herbs here. The only way to cure her was through Yuhaka. The little priestess looked puzzled, but she still believed what the other party said. Just as the little priestess thought, Yuhaka could indeed cure her, but it required a specific place. Although the method sounded a bit far-fetched, the little priestess didn't care much about that. Rather, she would be very happy if she could give birth to a child of the gods.

Unfortunately, even after ten thousand years, the little priestess's belly remained flat, without any bulge. This made her wonder if she was impotent. However, when other girls who became Yuhaka priestesses soon followed suit, the little priestess began to wonder if there was something wrong with Yuhaka. Then, Yuhaka brought out three cubs to play, making the little priestess's lips twitch. Clearly, it was their own problem.

Soon, following the little priest, the little priest also arrived at the temple - [Holy Nest]. Although the temple was originally a pyramid temple with the style of the Aztec civilization a hundred years ago, it has become much larger after a hundred years of expansion.

The temple now occupies a quarter of the city's area. The pyramid-shaped temple has become like a sturdy fortress. After all, following the last rebellion, the temple underwent many defensive modifications. Not only has its internal structure become more complex, but its defensive capabilities have also become stronger.

Thanks to the help of the cat engineer, this fortress-like temple now has many more mechanisms. These mechanisms can not only be used for defense, but also to attack enemies who have infiltrated the castle.

If what happened last time were to happen again, the rebels would basically be barred from entering the temple. At the same time, the temple also prohibits non-priests from entering. Of course, the Holy Court on one level is still open to ordinary residents of the Holy City.

Using the temple's transport ladder, the young priest quickly arrived at the lowest level of the temple, which was several levels deep and contained a spacious hollow. Although it was called a hollow, there was still some architecture and decoration inside. The huge temple supported the entire hollow to prevent it from collapsing. This facility was the Hatchery of the Alita tribe.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1684 [The Little Priest's Worries]

At the Arita hatchery, there are various hatching pools filled with bubbling emerald green liquid. Each pool is decorated like an ancient swimming pool, and of course, swimming is not a problem. After all, these are hatching pools, and besides hatching Arita fish, they serve other purposes as well. As for what those purposes are... you can refer to the Atlantic salmon breeding grounds during the breeding season.

The young priestess looked at the path leading to the hatching pool and saw a group of priests from outside the Alita tribe. She called out to them:

How are the "children" in the incubation pool doing?

Upon hearing the young priest's words, the priests responsible for checking the eggs in the incubation pool also came to their senses, looked at the young priest, bowed to her, and then said:

"High Priest, these 'children' are in good condition and will be born soon."

Hearing the priests' words, the little priest also turned his gaze to the "children" in the incubation pool. In the emerald green incubation pool, there were several translucent green eggs at the bottom. Among those translucent eggs, there were small humanoid figures curled up inside the insect eggs, and you could vaguely see the appearance of cute girls.

Just as the priests had said, the young priest also saw the insect eggs in the hatching pool. Based on his centuries of experience, the young priest nodded with great satisfaction and said:

"Yes, very good. After the children hatch, send them to the nursery so they can be trained and selected."

Hearing the little priest's words, the priests nodded in understanding. Then the little priest left the incubation field located at the lowest underground level and took the transport elevator to the second to last level. Here, unlike the place below which was full of incubation pools, this place was a training area.

This place is the nursery the little priest mentioned. Well, although it's a training ground, there are still buildings here that resemble a school. On the edge, there are several stone buildings that look like temples. When the little priest arrived, he saw dozens of girls about his age training in the open field in front of the nursery building. They were fighting each other with weapons that looked like Insect Glaives.

Of course, because it was training, the girls weren't serious. Even so, the power of their battles was beyond what ordinary humans could withstand. Attacks that could shatter human bones would at most cause a few bruises on the girls.

However, there's no need to worry about the girls' injuries. After all, there's a medicinal bath here made with restorative nectar and herbs used to treat the children during training. Just soaking in it for a while will naturally heal the injuries, leaving virtually no scars.

The only side effect is that the healing nectar stuck to your body needs to be cleaned off, otherwise the scent will attract a large swarm of healing honey bugs, which will be a bit troublesome. After all, being surrounded by a swarm of flying healing honey bugs will make it very difficult to hunt prey quietly. The only advantage is that there is a certain probability of attracting healing honey bugs carrying healing nectar, which can restore health during battle. The disadvantage is that it will attract nectar-feeding creatures, and it's hard to say whether it will become a two-on-one or one-on-two battle.

Of course, cleaning it is also very simple; just use a special cleaning product to remove various stains from your body.

Or... just ask a close friend to lick some for you, OwO~

The children greeted the young priestess upon her arrival, and she waved back, signaling them to continue their training. She then proceeded to the temple located on the nursery floor, a school known as the "Nursery Temple." Here, the children received combat training and weapon handling skills, in addition to learning various subjects, including mathematics, physics, and others. The source of these subjects was, of course, Bronya.

Fortunately, it's not too difficult for the children who come out of the incubator to learn things. After all, these children have psychic abilities from birth, and they can use their psychic abilities to communicate with others while learning, thereby speeding up their learning process.

If high school students who are struggling to study knew about this ability, they would probably look on with envy and jealousy, right?

Upon arriving at the room, which was essentially the principal's office, the young priest rang the doorbell. The person inside responded with a "Come in," and the young priest turned the switch on the stone door. As the door rose, the young priest entered the room. Inside, a priest dressed similarly to the young priest was sitting at a table writing something. However, although their attire was similar, this priest was taller and had a more prominent figure.

Upon seeing that it was the junior priest, the other priest stood up and greeted him, saying:

"High Priest, welcome! What brings you here today?"

Hearing the priest's words, the young priest nodded and asked, "..."

"Yes, I'm here today to check on the children and also to inquire about their training."

Regarding the question about the young priest, the child-rearing priest nodded and said:

"You can rest assured on this point, High Priest. The children's combat training and academic studies have not been neglected at all. I believe that it won't be long before those children are able to hold their coming-of-age ceremonies to prove themselves."

Hearing the words of the child-rearing priest, the young priest nodded and said:

"Really? That's good."

Hearing the young priest's words, the child-rearing priest couldn't help but ask with some confusion:

"High Priest, I sense you seem a little worried. Has something happened?"

When the young priest heard about the child-rearing ritual, he nodded without hiding anything and said:

"Yes, recently, as time has changed and the years have passed, the technology of outsiders has been constantly improving, and their territories have been constantly expanding. Most importantly, the greed of outsiders will never diminish. It was because of those outsiders that our former country was disturbed back then."

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1685 [The Development of Biological Weapons and Class System]

Upon hearing the young priest's account of human development, the child-rearing priest, somewhat surprised, covered her mouth and said:

"Really? The speed at which humans develop technology is really fast... even though their lifespan is so short."

Regarding the child-rearing ritual, the young priest also spoke to the child-rearing priest:

"That's because their short lifespan spurred their continuous development. Of course, there's another reason as well."

Hearing the young priest's words, the child-rearing priest nodded in understanding. The young priest then spoke to the child-rearing priest:

"Alright, I should go check on the factory now. You, the child-rearing priest, should focus on training those children."

The child-rearing priest nodded in understanding, indicating that he would train the adorable children well. After seeing the child-rearing priest nod, the little priest left and headed to the third-to-last floor, where the Alita tribe's factory was located. On this floor, the little priest felt the heat, but it didn't seem to have much of an effect on him.

Here, numerous organisms resembling biological chambers are arranged, and the heat emanates from these chambers. Large numbers of worker bees and lightly dressed priests are working here. Upon reaching a large biological chamber, the young priest saw a priest dressed in simple animal skin clothing peering into something at the edge of what appeared to be an incubation pool. The young priest approached and spoke:

"Forging Priest, how are things going with the weapons and armor issues on your end?"

Upon hearing the young priest's words, the priests whom the young priest referred to as the forging priests also turned around and looked at the young priest, saying:

"High Priest, the issue of the new weapons and armor has been resolved. Lady Zelus provided us with biological templates to create biological weapons, and we will be able to check on the progress soon."

Upon hearing the forging priest's words, the little priest nodded and followed them to observe the hatching of the new biological weapons. Like the children below, these weapons were hatched in the same way, since they were biological beings.

Soon, as the bio-weapon hatched from the insect eggs, the blacksmith priest reached into the hatching pool and pulled out a bio-weapon that resembled an insect wand. Judging from its ferocious appearance, this bio-weapon was quite intimidating. It was sharp and razor-sharp, with a chitinous blade shaped like a halberd, and constantly twisting, barbed tentacles. The other end could be used as a blunt weapon, but it could also fire a spinal needle containing special pheromones and paralyzing toxins to capture prey.

"The Flying Blade Insect Glaive, based on the learning materials provided by Lady Zelus, we have also improved some genes of this biological weapon, and now there are basically no major problems."

Upon hearing the blacksmith's words, the little priest nodded and reached out to have the flying blade insect staff handed over to him. Seeing the little priest's small hand, the blacksmith handed the flying blade insect staff to him. After receiving the flying blade insect staff from the blacksmith, the little priest sensed that the weapon had established a connection with him, as if the weapon were a part of his own body.

The young priest brandished his flying blade insect club, performing a beautiful flourish before putting it down and saying:

"Hmm, it seems pretty good. When I held it in my hand, I could clearly feel the connection between myself and this bio-weapon. Forging priest, have you hatched any bio-weapons here to replace heavy and light crossbows?"

Regarding the question posed by the junior priest, the blacksmith priests nodded and said:

"Regarding the long-range weapon, we are currently developing it, and we believe it will be ready to be hatched soon."

After hearing the blacksmith priest's words, the young priest nodded to indicate that there was no problem. He then inquired about the issue of biological armor. Biological armor is relatively more difficult to make than ordinary biological weapons. After all, it is biological equipment used for defense, so there are naturally more things to consider.

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After figuring out the situation at the biological forging plant, the junior priest returned to his office and residence. There, he received reports from the other priests. These reports about the Holy Capital were written by priests from various departments. Priests with different specializations were responsible for handling these matters in many places, which meant that the junior priest didn't have to be too busy managing other tasks.

The division of labor in the Holy City and Hallownest is also based on this hierarchical structure. The first level is the High Priest, who is in charge of the main personnel of the various departments in the Holy City and Hallownest. The second level is the priests who are responsible for managing various departments. These priests have different positions, but among them, there are priests in charge of their own departments, usually called XX Priest Chief. Priest Chiefs are usually older members of the Alita tribe, since older people have more experience.

However, there's no need to worry about encountering stubborn old men, since the Little Priest's teachings are based on survival rules similar to those of primitive insects. If you can't keep up with the times, you'll only have to wait to be eliminated.

The third tier consists of the priests of various departments. They are responsible for handling the affairs of their respective departments and generally do not interfere with the work of other departments unless they want to change jobs.

The fourth tier consists of warriors responsible for various tasks. Although they are called warriors, in terms of combat strength, the priests are much stronger than those in this tier. The Alita people in this tier are basically newly born Alita warriors who have entered the learning and training stage. They are assigned to various tasks for training and practice. If they perform well, they can be promoted to become priests under Yuhaka.

Of course, if you fail, you'll have to retake the test until you reach the assembly point.

The final class consists of worker bees and other combat beasts. These classes are basically the laborers of Sanctuary and Hallownest. However, these classes generally have nothing to complain about and don't have to worry about much.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1686 [A Shocking Small World]

Time: May 2010 — On a crescent-shaped island in the Pacific Ocean, a fixed offshore platform stands in the distance. The organization behind the construction of this platform is the Monarch Project.

This place is disguised as a marine environmental research platform, but it is actually used to observe an unofficial Titan beast tentatively codenamed "Calamity." However, after 11 years, Calamity has shown no signs of activity, which makes the Monarch Project organization suspect that it has entered a dormant state. However, given the scarcity of research data on Calamity, the Monarch Project organization has no way of figuring out Calamity's situation.

However, this offshore platform is not only used to monitor the Titans. It also serves as a mechanical drilling platform to drill through the large cavity below. Because several countries joined the Monarch organization a few years ago, the Monarch organization has branches in various worlds and has received support from many other countries, not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of funding and personnel.

This prompted Project Monarch to accelerate its plans. Project Monarch also chose to drill wells and boreholes at a location relatively far from the Great Hollow. The purpose of doing so was to avoid disturbing the calamity star existing within the Great Hollow. Although they did not know whether the star was dormant, they did not want to be beaten up by a Titan behemoth that had been awakened and was in a very irritable mood.

Therefore, this channel project is also located far from the crescent-shaped uninhabited island, on the sea. Although it is difficult to carry out the plan to open a channel in the sea, the Monarch Project can still do it with the support of the world's most advanced technology.

The plan to open up the passage involves digging a sufficiently large tunnel on the seabed, up to the level of a large cavity. Subsequently, the Monarch Project will excavate below to build an underground base for constructing submarines for exploration.

As for why they didn't enter through the crescent-shaped bay on the uninhabited island, it's because that passage is a bit complicated, and large submarines can't get in, so they can only send small submarines. However, the oxygen reserves of small submarines also forced them to abandon this extremely risky plan.

Therefore, the only option is to build an underground base beneath the offshore platform to construct submarines to investigate the Great Hollow. In addition, the Monarch Project also plans to build a sloping passage here that leads directly to the passage located in the Great Hollow. Besides preventing seawater from rushing in, the sloping passage can also serve as a precaution against any creatures that might suddenly crawl into the underground base.

However, to the surprise of the Monarch Project organization, instead of finding the expected seawater, they discovered a small world in this large cavity.

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"My God... this is not scientific..."

On the rock wall of the underground cavern, a group of Monarch Project researchers were stunned by what they saw. Before them was a vast blue sea, with the sky also a deep blue, dotted with white clouds and even a dazzling "sun." This scene, resembling the outside world, was truly breathtaking.

"I really didn't expect that such a scene would exist in such a large underground cavity. It's truly surprising..."

Hearing the other comments, Dr. Serizawa looked at the distant island and nodded, saying:

"Yes, I never imagined that such an environment existed underground. How did it form?"

No one knows how this place was formed, but the thing floating in the sky is obviously the "sun," right?

The scientists at Project Monarch were at a loss for words, but the scene did ignite their desire to explore further.

After acquiring a small drone capable of vertical takeoff and landing, they piloted it towards the "sky," eager to understand where they were and why there was a sky. Most importantly, they wanted to know what this "sun" was. The distant island also intrigued them; could it be the legendary lost island of demon gathering?

All of these questions have piqued the curiosity of scientists.

As the small drone took off, the scientists gathered around their computers to view the images on the screens. When the drone flew to the "sky," they discovered that it wasn't the sky at all, but a floating sea. The Monarch Project members were amazed by this sight; they hadn't expected it to be a sea floating in the sky.

"What's going on? How come those sea creatures are floating on top without any sign of falling, and they look so stable?"

Regarding the scientist's question, another scientist speculated:

"Hmm...maybe there's some kind of special gravitational field over there? That's why the seawater is floating on top. But why didn't we detect any strange gravitational field reactions?"

Upon hearing the scientist pose a new question, the Monarch Project members present were at a loss for words, as they themselves were also completely baffled by it.

Of course, if they had arrived earlier, they might have detected that the gravity was quite unusual, but now, with Yuhaka using his authority as the Water Spirit King to fix the sea in that position, there is basically no need to consume a relatively large amount of gravity.