Creak—
The door behind him opened.
A dizzying aroma of honey wafted through the air.
Queen Bee Abe slowly walked out of the blue door and closed it behind her.
Alan turned and looked at the queen.
As his eyes met her icy, pretty face, he immediately feigned panic and knelt to apologize.
"Your Majesty..."
"Get up!" Queen Bee Abe suppressed her anger. "Don't think I can't bear to kill you just because I dote on you!"
Alan stood up, his face filled with remorse and guilt.
"I know I was wrong. I will let Your Majesty decide. I have no complaints."
Queen Bee Abe, pleased with his obedient admission of wrongdoing, softened slightly.
"My dear, do you want to leave me?"
"I've had that thought before," Alan admitted frankly.
"Why?"
"I miss my daughter." Alan lowered his head.
"Ah... this..." The queen bee's expression changed slightly. She stepped forward and took his hand. "Did you know?"
Alan nodded, gritting his teeth, his eyes reddening.
"My dear, don't cry! Seeing you like this, it hurts!"
A man doesn't cry, but only when he's heartbroken.
Alan's tears stirred the queen bee's maternal tenderness. She threw herself into his arms, raised her head, and kissed the tears from his face.
"My dear, I understand how you feel..."
"Alas, I'm a mother too!"
"I'm angry with you and afraid you'd leave me, but I don't blame you. It's human nature."
"Come on, stop crying, my sweetheart. As long as you don't leave me, I'll give you whatever you want."
"Your Majesty, there's no need to do this. It will only make me feel more guilty," Allen said earnestly. "I should never have considered leaving the palace, not even for my daughter... Thanks to Your Majesty, I finally repented."
"My dear, this is exactly what I can't understand."
The Queen Bee took his hand, her beautiful golden eyes a mixture of tenderness and confusion.
"If I were you, upon learning of my daughter's birth, even if I were threatened with death, I would have been compelled to leave the palace, to visit my wife and children, to hold my precious daughter in my arms."
"My dear, why could you hold back?"
"My dear, I have actually been observing you from behind the door for a long time, and I can see the intense struggle within you."
The Queen Bee continued to address Allen.
"I saw that you ultimately gave up on leaving and chose to return."
"Honestly, don't you think you're being cruel?"
"After all, you've just become a father, and yet you've given up your only chance to see your daughter. Can you really bear it?"
"Your Majesty, my heart aches, as if it's been torn apart..." Allen replied sadly, "but I have no choice but to make a difficult choice."
"You chose to return because you were afraid I'd be angry and order the execution of your entire family?" the Queen Bee pressed in a deep voice.
Allen sighed and asked, "If I were determined to leave, would I still be afraid of death?"
"Yes, you're not a man who fears death... So why on earth did you turn back?"
The Queen Bee's eyes were filled with even greater confusion.
"Because I can't bear to leave."
Alan held her hand.
"Your Majesty, just now outside the door, I was thinking a lot."
"I love my daughter and miss Eva. That's true."
"But I can't lie to myself."
"Above my daughter and Eva, there's someone who almost completely occupies my heart."
"My love for her exceeds that of my daughter and Eva combined."
"If I have to make a choice, I can only stay with the one I love more, even if it means regret."
"My dear... you..."
The Queen Bee couldn't help but tremble, her cheeks burning, tears welling in her eyes.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I can't bear to leave you."
"I love you more than my daughter and Eva."
Alan lowered his head, a look of self-blame on his face.
"This makes me feel like a heartless and heartless beast!"
"But I can't lie, I can't deceive you..."
"Stop it!"
The queen bee suddenly hugged his neck, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him madly.
It took a long time for her to calm down a little.
"My dear, I fully appreciate your kindness."
"From now on, we will be one, regardless of our status!"
"I promise you will be allowed to leave the palace to visit our daughter."
"You can even bring her back to the palace to care for her. I wouldn't mind adopting a goddaughter."
"But before that, come with me. I want to share a secret... the secret behind this door."
The queen bee took Alan's hand, turned, and opened the blue door.
Alan followed the queen bee inside, wary and curious.
Behind the door was a spiral staircase leading downward.
The rich, pungent smell of honey wafted up the dim staircase, nearly suffocating him.
The queen bee took his hand and walked down the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs, there was a secret room.
In the dim room, a large, transparent glass vat stood against the wall.
A large, square vat, its sides a full ten meters long. It was filled with thick honey.
An amber-colored monster, resembling a giant jellyfish, lay immersed in the honey, its tentacles slowly wriggling.
Alan paused, holding his breath, as he gazed at the creature within.
Yes, it was this mysterious monster, possessing the cultivation of an early-stage fifth stage and capable of secreting some potent sixth-level toxin.
Upon closer inspection, Alan discovered that within the jellyfish monster's body were sealed the remains of a humanoid.
It was the corpse of a beeman, clad in ornate robes.
On its skull rested the crown symbolizing the queen bee.
The jellyfish monster's fluids had largely corroded away her flesh and internal organs, leaving only a pale skeleton.
Only within the uncovered skull was a mass of brain matter still preserved.
Two of the jellyfish monster's tentacles retracted into its body, burrowing deep into the remains' skull and implanting their brain.
Through the glass tank, the brain could be vaguely seen trembling slightly.
It seemed to be exchanging fluids with the two soft tentacles.
This eerie scene made Alan's scalp tingle.
"Don't be afraid. That's our mother, the former Queen Abe."
The Queen Bee's words of comfort reached his ears.
Alan frowned, speechless.
He couldn't understand what had befallen the Queen Bee.
She had mistaken that monster for her own mother.
Couldn't she see that the former Queen Bee had long been dead?
Even after death, she couldn't rest in peace.
The corpse had been infested by the jellyfish monster, and its brain had become its plaything.
How could she have turned a blind eye to this evil and terrifying scene, allowing the monster that had desecrated her mother's remains to linger in her palace?
Alan's question was quickly answered.
The monster in the vat emitted a mental wave.
It felt like a gentle woman calling him.
"Children, come to me."
Alan was instantly alert!
The monster in the vat was using its mental waves to cast a fourth-level "Monster Charm" on him.
If caught, one would involuntarily feel the monster was gentle and kind, wanting to embrace and be close to her, as if returning to a mother's arms.
It seemed that Queen Abe had unknowingly fallen for the monster's spell, possessing her mind and mistaking her for her mother.
Alan silently practiced "Soul-Calming Meditation" to block the spell.
Pretending to be bewitched, he followed the queen bee to the glass vat. "Mother, let me introduce you."
The queen bee said cheerfully.
"This boy, named Allen, is my husband."
"This is the first time in ages that I've brought anyone to see you."
"You can easily imagine how much Allen means to me."
The queen bee excitedly chatted to herself across the glass tank.
It was as if she were introducing her first love to her mother.
Alan saluted the monster in the tank, feigning admiration to dispel its vigilance.
By eavesdropping on Queen Abe's conversation with the monster, Allen gradually discerned the root cause of her recent change in temperament.
The culprit who tempted her to launch the Flower Field War was none other than this mysterious monster in the tank!
The previous Queen Abe was murdered and parasitized by the jellyfish monster at the end of her reign.
Initially, the monster could still impersonate the queen bee and appear in public.
However, as time passed, the queen bee's body decayed, and the monster's body grew larger and larger, unable to contain itself.
She had no choice but to place her daughter, the current Queen Abe, on the throne, while she hid behind the scenes and manipulated the situation.
This monster had extracted some of the memories from the previous queen bee's brain.
But her own intelligence was not high, and her mind was only focused on eating!
The monster's favorite food was honey.
During her interactions with the queen bee, she repeatedly asked her daughter to provide her with more honey.
Only by consuming more honey could she evolve to a larger size and gain greater power.
To satisfy her ravenous thirst for honey, Queen Abe was forced to wage war and seize more flower fields from the Trie bees.
Queen Bee Yabei, through waging war and plundering flower fields, produced honey that did not benefit her own people.
Ultimately, most of the honey was devoured by this greedy monster.
"Alan, do you know? If we beemen can't break through the limits of our bloodline, our cultivation will at best remain at the late fourth stage throughout our lives."
Queen Bee Yabei gazed at the monster in the vat, her eyes filled with longing.
"Only by evolving into a higher being can I break through the limits of my bloodline and ascend to the fifth level like my mother!"
"My mother promised me that if I provided more honey, she would teach me the secret method of bloodline sublimation!"
"To do this, I had no choice but to prepare for the Second Flower Field War. I would kill all the Triae bees and seize all their flower fields to produce more honey to honor my mother..."
"Unfortunately, Eva betrayed me."
"If she weren't so jealous, and had turned against me for you, and had loyally led my troops, I wouldn't have been able to wipe out the Triae bees and dominate all the flower fields on the island..."
"At this point, I have no choice but to find another general to replace Eva."
After hearing the Queen Bee's confession, Alan felt a mixture of emotions.
Queen Bee Abe, hateful yet pitiful.
Her nature wasn't bad, but she'd been bewitched by the monster's magic, lost herself, and become a tool for the monster to satisfy its appetite.
Beemen are a subtype of insectoids.
Like beastmen, pure insectoids' bloodline potential only reaches the late fourth stage.
To break through this bottleneck, one must either fuse with other bloodlines, as Allen did, or evolve their bloodlines, as the Silver Moon Monastery and the Beast Cult did, advancing to a Gadin Ella or a Rakshasa Demon.
The path Queen Bee Abei longed for was bloodline evolution.
The problem was... she'd been deceived.
The monster in the glass jar wasn't an evolved form of the beemen.
It was a mud-shaped monster completely unrelated to the beemen, and there was no secret method for bloodline evolution.
The monster in the jar was merely deceiving Queen Bee Abei.
Believing her lies, the Queen Bee was doomed to a tragic end. Like her mother, she was likely possessed by a monster, reduced to a pathetic puppet.
To awaken Queen Bee Abe, the monster must be killed.
However, the other party possessed a fifth-level cultivation, and with Queen Bee Abe under her spell...
With Alan alone, showing hostility would be tantamount to suicide.
Alan himself was immune to enchantment, but he was not proficient in dispelling spells.
Being in the meditation world, it was impossible for him to instill the Soul-Calming Meditation technique in Queen Bee Abe.
To eliminate the monster, he urgently needed to seek out capable and trustworthy helpers.
Who else could he turn to in this hive city?
A bold plan gradually took shape in Alan's mind!
…
The next afternoon.
As promised, the Queen Bee handed Alan a handwritten letter, granting him special permission to leave the palace to visit his daughter.
Alan received the letter, but he was in no hurry to leave. "Your Majesty, I have an unwelcome request."
"Please speak, my dear."
The Queen Bee looked at Allen, her eyes filled with fondness.
"Your Majesty, please send a palace maid of a certain status, such as the two high officials of the East and West Palaces, to accompany me out of the palace and supervise me, lest I never return or commit something shameful that would bring shame upon Your Majesty."
"That...isn't necessary?" The Queen Bee chuckled. "My dear, I trust you absolutely. There's no need to send someone to monitor me."
Alan shook his head, his face serious.
"Your Majesty, this is not a question of trust or distrust, but of rules that must be followed."
"I am fortunate to have Your Majesty's grace to appoint me to oversee the palace's laws. I am overwhelmed with fear, fearing I will fail Your Majesty's trust."
"If I cannot lead by example myself, and even openly violate palace rules, how can I expect others to abide by the rules?"
Hearing this, Queen Bee Abe was deeply moved. "My dear, having you preside over the harem is a blessing I've earned over three lifetimes!"
A moment later, the East and West Palaces arrived before the Queen Bee.
"You two, follow the Prince out of the palace on business," the Queen Bee ordered them coldly.
"Remember! You are servants, the Prince is the master. You must obey the Prince's decisions, act in accordance with the rules, and keep your mouth shut!"
"If you don't understand your place and dare to offend the Prince and displease him, I'll tear out your hearts and feed them to the dogs!"
The two drones were so frightened that they quickly knelt down, trembling.
Alan took the two cowards and rode out of the palace.
There were no outsiders in the carriage, so Alan stopped pretending.
He flung out a bone spur and gave each of them an injection of the anesthetic toxin.
The two drones' eyes were glazed over.
Wherever Allen went, they followed him, like a pair of puppets on a string.
Arriving at the arena, Allen, accompanied by the two drones, swaggered into the dormitories.
With the order in hand, no one dared to stop them.
The arena's supervisor, hearing the news, rushed over and carefully attended to the Queen Bee's three most popular male favorites.
Alan gave him some instructions, and the supervisor hurried down to take care of the situation.
Soon, Eva arrived in the living room, carrying her infant daughter.
Seeing Allen, she was surprised and delighted, tears welling in her eyes.
Because of the presence of the two drones, she barely suppressed her longing, fearing that any overt affection would be seen by the two watchers as evidence of Allen's longing for her and lead them back to complain to the Queen Bee.
Alan, perceiving her concern, smiled and stepped forward, embracing Eva and kissing the baby girl's cheek in her arms.
"I've subdued those two. They won't talk nonsense."
Eva breathed a sigh of relief and looked up for a kiss.
The couple affectionately embraced for a moment, then Alan, holding their daughter, sat down to discuss business.
Eva listened to him describe the mysterious monster in the palace and her grandmother's remains...her expression gradually darkened.
"I've heard the legend of the Nest Mother for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be true..."
"Eva, is that monster in the vat called the Nest Mother?" Allen asked.
Eva nodded and said in a deep voice, "I don't know much about the Nest Mother. Whatever you decide to do next, I'll do it."
"I'm going to bring you into the palace to help me deal with the Nest Mother," Allen pondered. "We can't guarantee victory just by you and me, so we need help."
Eva's face flickered with realization, a tacit understanding.
Just then, light footsteps sounded outside the door.
Eva stood up and took her daughter from her husband's arms.
The couple stood side by side, looking toward the door.
Creaky—
The door slowly opened, and Ella walked in.
Seeing Allen, her face was filled with surprise.
"Big Brother!"
"Ella, we finally meet again." Allen nodded with a smile.
Ella excitedly took two steps forward, wanting to throw herself into his arms.
Suddenly, she realized Eva and her daughter were also there, and two strange men were standing by the wall.
She quickly stopped, her face darkening.
"Sorry, I came at the wrong time..."
"No, you came just in time."
Alan stepped forward, taking the younger sister's hand and Eva's at the same time, pulling them both into his arms.
"Ella, Eva, you are my wings!"
"To prevent you from killing each other in the arena, I need you to work together to help me deal with a monster hiding in the palace!"
As Ella was held in Allen's arms, feeling his presence, her hands and feet went weak, her face flushed, her heart beat fast, and her mind became hazy.
"Brother, whatever's fine, I'll listen to you..."
Alan locked the door and radiated his "Qi Sensing" energy.
After ensuring no one was eavesdropping, he revealed his plan.
The Queen Bee only allowed him to bring his daughter back to the palace, but not Eva and Ella.
At this critical moment, the two drones Alan had brought with him came in handy.
Alan used his "Disguise Technique" to disguise the East and West Palaces as Ella and Eva.
He injected parasitic spores into bone spurs, transforming the two wretches into fungus beasts.
At the same time, Ella and Eva also performed their own disguises, transforming into the two drones.
With a subtle, unnoticed switch of identities, the two parties' identities were swapped.
Alan controlled the drones and fungus beasts remotely, and they each returned to their rooms.
Before the day of the duel, no one would disturb them, leaving them virtually unscathed.
Alan, holding his sleeping daughter, returned to the palace with Ella and Eva, disguised as drones.
The nurses were already waiting inside.
Alan gave them instructions, urging them to take good care of their daughter.
Eva remained a little worried.
However, considering her current status, she dared not show excessive concern for her daughter, and she and Ella returned to their respective quarters.
That night, Alan served Queen Abe.
In the name of gratitude for His Majesty's adoption of his daughter, he performed with exceptional diligence.
He drained her energy, then took advantage of her weakness and secretly poisoned her to induce sleep.
After the queen fell asleep, Alan took the opportunity to escape, sneaking into the night with Eva and Ella, who had been waiting outside.
Palace guards patrolled the route, and guards stood sentry outside the underground chamber throughout the night.
Ella's third-level magic, "Invisibility Orb," came in handy at just the right moment.
Sheltered Alan and Eva, they hid from the guards' sight and infiltrated the underground chamber where the Hive Mother resided.
Alan carried the blue key in his pocket.
Before opening the door, he warned Ella and Eva to be wary of the Hive Mother's charm spells.
Remembering that the Hive Mother was susceptible to toxins, he used a bone spur to draw his own blood and gave it to Ella and Eva, temporarily granting them resistance.
After completing his preparations, Alan donned his mask and opened the door.
After the three of them entered, they locked the door behind them.
They descended the spiral staircase to the bottom, arriving at the Hive Mother's underground chamber.
"Who...are you..."
A warning mental wave emanated from the large glass vat.
"The one who wants you dead!"
Alan's lips curled into a sinister grin as he strode forward.
Ignoring the bewitching aura emanating from the hive mother, he charged forward and punched the glass wall.
Bone shattered!
Amidst a roar, the wall shattered!
A large amount of thick honey poured out.
The monster within the vat fell out with it.
Like a large ball of jelly, it rolled and squirmed along the floor...
Smooth, gelatinous, amber-colored flesh, stained with dust.
The remains of the previous queen bee, sealed within her, were twisted and distorted.
A scarlet glow shone from her hollow eye sockets, reflecting the hive mother's shock and fury.
Ella drew her sword, the "Queen's Needle" gleaming coldly.
Eva raised her silvery greatsword, her pretty face brimming with murderous intent.
Determined to end the battle quickly, the three immediately activated their atavistic forms!
The speed of a leopard!
The pace of a hound!
Alan, transformed into a leopard-headed giant, rushed to the Nest Mother with lightning speed, his fists and feet hammering at her like hail.
Bang, bang, bang!
A series of dull, blunt blows echoed through the underground palace.
The Nest Mother's round, jelly-like body was remarkably resilient.
After suffering Allen's fierce assault, her entire body trembled, absorbing most of the impact, leaving virtually no visible damage.
At the same time, Eva and Ella joined the attack.
Eva's greatsword struck the Nest Mother with all her might.
She barely managed to incise a wound, oozing amber-colored slime.
In a flash, the sword wound healed automatically.
Only the magic sword "Queen's Needle" in Ella's hand could easily pierce the Hive Mother's smooth, flexible skin, inflicting severe damage.
The wound was also inflicted with a "bleeding" status, preventing it from healing on its own.
A large amount of amber mucus spurted out through the hole pierced by the "Queen's Needle," dripping onto the ground.
It corroded the floor, hissing smoke, and emitted a strong, sweet-sour odor.
It smelled like fermented honey.
The Hive Mother's body fluids were a level 6 acidic toxicity, instantly dissolving flesh and blood upon contact!
Fortunately, Allen was well prepared.
He was immune to level 6 toxins and had even given Ella and Eva his own blood in advance.
Even if they were splashed by the Hive Mother's venom, they wouldn't be seriously injured for a short time.
Ella was already petite and nimble, but after atavism, she gained a significant agility bonus and sprouted a pair of bee wings, allowing her to dart through the air with unrestrained agility.
The hive mother's bulky, spherical body, lacked agility, and couldn't fly, making her a perfect match for Ella.
Angered, she flung her tentacles skyward, attempting to capture the cat-eared bee lady, who posed the greatest threat.
Swish, swish, swish!!
Ten tentacles, like whips, whizzed through the air.
Countless whip shadows wove into a web.
Ella weaved between the cracks in the web, facing danger on every side.
Exhausted from dodging, she had no time to engage the hive mother up close.
Puff!
The hive mother suddenly spewed poisonous smoke into the sky.
An amber haze filled the air, quickly enveloping the entire underground palace.
This attack method was similar to the "Poison Cloud Technique," but with a wider coverage area and greater humidity.
The poisonous fog itself wasn't a big deal, but it severely obstructed vision.
The thick, turbid fog clung to Ella, soaking her whole body with a sticky, sticky mess.
The bee woman's ability to sense wind and position primarily relies on the cilia on her body.
Now, Ella's cilia were soaked in the poisonous fog, clinging to wisps, significantly reducing her sensitivity.
Without time to react to the slightest abnormal airflow, she was violently whipped away by a tentacle.
She tumbled against the wall and fell to the ground.
She bruised her forehead, bleeding profusely, and felt a moment of dizziness...
Also obscured by the poisonous fog, the hive mother's perception wasn't weakened, but rather significantly enhanced.
Every wisp of poisonous mist in the air felt like an extension of her skin.
She instantly sensed the slightest movement within the mist. She rolled her bloated body towards where Ella had fallen.
Suppressing the headache and dizziness, Angel clung to the wall and stood up. Just as she was about to flap her wings and take flight... Puff! Suddenly, a cloud of highly toxic mucus erupted from the thick fog.
Ella had no time to dodge and was instantly sprayed.
She could barely withstand the venom. The worst part was the sticky liquid that coated her wings.
A bee's membranous wings lacked a hard endoskeleton to support them.
They were thin, soft, and extremely fragile. Soaked in a thick layer of mucus, their mobility was greatly reduced.
Ella flapped her wings desperately, but her ascent was slow.
Before she could even fly high, she was entangled by the Hive Mother's tentacles and forcibly dragged along.
A crack opened automatically at the top of the Hive Mother's bloated body.
She intended to devour Ella, drown her alive, then consume her flesh and parasite her brain.
Just as she had done to the previous queen bee.
Swish!
A giant sword, gleaming silver, suddenly slashed down from the sky!
Eva struck with all her might, severing the Hive Mother's tentacles.
Ella seized the opportunity to break free and soar high.
At the same moment, Allen appeared before the Hive Mother.
Both palms simultaneously unleashed icy energy!
Two bangs, and a burst of cold air erupted!
The Nest Mother's moist, jelly-like body was assaulted by the cold, rapidly freezing from the outside in.
Her bodily fluids froze, expanding in volume.
Sharp ice crystals pierced her skin.
A dense, needle-like layer of frost formed on her surface.
Her frosted body was frozen in place, unable to move.
Eva seized the opportunity, raising her mighty sword with both hands and swung it overhead in a whistling storm.
She suddenly leaped into the air, swinging her sword in mid-air and slashing!
Her body, frozen to a hard, brittle state, lost its original elasticity and resilience.
With a snap, she was split in two by Eva.
Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were surprised to discover...
The two halves of the Nest Mother's body began to wriggle.
As the three watched, it split into separate entities.
The two smaller nest mothers inherited most of the original's abilities, making them even more formidable.
Alan quickly calculated and said to his companions in a deep voice:
"Eva! You hold off the nest mother on the left. Don't try to attack her, or it will only cause it to split further!"
"I'll hold the nest mother on the right, but I'm only defending!"
"Ella! Your Queen Needle is the only weapon that can kill a nest mother without causing it to split!"
"I'll leave the task of destroying these two monsters to you!"
"Big Brother, I understand!"
Ella, blood splattered across her face, fought back the pain and responded sternly.
Alan used his "Soft Bone and Flesh Armor," a combination of offense and defense, his hands and feet like rubber bands, wrapping around the nest mother's tentacles.
This prevented her from bypassing him and attacking the younger sister behind him.
After the split, the only noticeable degradation of the Hive Mother was her weakened physique.
Originally, her strength was on par with that of the reverted Alan.
Now, halved in size, she was no longer strong enough to contend with the mighty Panther-headed Titan, and was completely suppressed.
Ella stood behind Alan and cast "Battle Qi Transformed into Silk," wrapping an invisible thread of Dou Qi around the Queen Needle.
This allowed her to remotely control the magic sword and attack the Hive Mother through Alan without having to risk getting close to her.
Swish, swish, swish!
Under Ella's deft control, the Queen Needle darted back and forth, piercing the Hive Mother's body repeatedly, puncturing hole after hole.
In a blink of an eye, the Hive Mother was pierced like a sieve, her bodily fluids draining uncontrollably and rapidly.
Her once bloated, spherical body gradually shrank as the fluids drained away.
It finally collapsed into a slump, crushed by Alan's foot.
Completely drained of life.
After dispatching one of the Nest Mother's fragments, Alan and Ella rushed to help Eva deal with the other.
Together, the three of them quickly brought her to the brink of death.
Bang!
The dying Nest Mother suddenly exploded.
Thick bodily fluids splattered wildly!
The three had to shield their eyes to avoid the spray.
Two shadows, taking advantage of the chaos, quietly crawled along the ground.
Suddenly, they sprang from Eva's feet and attached themselves to her.
Alan and Ella heard Eva's cry of surprise.
Hastily turning their heads, they only managed to see two amber tentacles, like slippery leeches, burrow into Eva's ear canal.
Hound gait! Without a second thought, Allen rushed to Eva. A bone spur erupted from the palm of his left hand, piercing her right ear canal and sucking furiously!
Puff!
A bloody, yellow tentacle was forcibly sucked out by Allen with the bone spur, flung to the ground, and stomped to pieces!
Immediately afterwards, Allen thrust the bone spur into Eva's left ear again.
He attempted to repeat the same trick, sucking out another Nest Mother parasite.
However... it was too late.
The parasite had already passed through her ear canal and burrowed into Eva's skull.
This mad monster was eroding Eva's brain, attempting to control her thoughts and force her to kill Allen and Ella.
Eva desperately suppressed the evil thoughts in her mind, her face draining of color and covered in cold sweat.
The hand gripping her sword trembled uncontrollably.
"Dear..."
At the moment her mind was about to lose control, she offered Alan a tearful smile.
"Promise me you'll take good care of our daughter..."
"Eva! Hold on, we'll find a way to save you!"
Alan squeezed her hand tightly.
"I'm sorry, it's too late..."
Eva smiled bitterly, suddenly turned, and snatched the Queen Needle from Ella's hand.
Without hesitation, she swung her sword back, piercing her own skull.
Puff!
Eva suddenly drew her rapier.
Blood gushed out like a fountain from her pierced temple.
The last parasite of the Nest Mother was slain by her brutal, suicidal attack, a single, precise strike!
A mass of amber tentacles burst forth in the blood.
It fell to the ground, twitching a few times before falling motionless. The incident happened suddenly, leaving Ella stunned.
She still couldn't believe what had just happened.
Alan hugged Eva, who had collapsed in his arms, his heart aching and breathless.
"Eva... you're so stupid! This shouldn't have happened."
"Now you realize how stupid I am... darling..."
The dying Eva was barely clinging to her last breath, relying solely on her exceptional strength.
"Yes... maybe I don't have to die... but I dare not not die..."
"Alan... think about it... if I don't die, how can the Queen Mother rest in peace... you will be suspected in the palace..."
"For you... for Mother... for our daughter, I must die."
"Alan... Mother, daughter, and this country... I leave everything to you..."
"Don't be sad, my love... Having met you in this life, I die without regrets..."
After saying these last words, Eva was forever with him.
Her eyes closed.
Alan hugged her body tightly, as if all the fires in the world had gone out, leaving a desolate heart...
Ella's sobs echoed in the dim underground palace.
After an unknown amount of time, the door suddenly flew open.
A flurry of hurried footsteps echoed through the underground palace.
Queen Bee Abe hurried down the spiral staircase.
She was stunned by the tragic scene before her!
With the death of the Nest Mother, the enchantment spell cast on Queen Bee Abe automatically expired.
Upon regaining consciousness, the Queen Bee deeply regretted her actions while under the monster's spell.
As for Eva's death, she expressed appropriate guilt and grief, offering to restore her reputation.
The next day, Her Majesty the Queen Bee and her husband, Alan, held a grand state funeral for General Eva.
He also personally wrote a eulogy, commemorating the immense contributions his beloved daughter made to the Abe Bee Tribe during her brief life. He dedicated this monument to her memory, to immortalize her legacy and inspire future generations.
The news of General Eva's death from illness quickly reached the Trie Bee Tribe.
The Trie Bee Queen and her generals were overjoyed!
They immediately assembled their forces and prepared to launch a counterattack against the Abe Bee Tribe, reclaiming the flower fields they had been forced to cede and avenging their previous humiliation!
Everyone in the Trie Bee Tribe was filled with fighting spirit!
The humiliated Trie Bee Tribe had waited too long for this day.
Ancestors, behold!
Victory has finally tipped the scales in the Trie Bee Tribe's favor!
In contrast, the Abe Bee Tribe was in a state of panic.
General Eva, passed away from illness?
Who could be fooled by such a flawed lie?
Everyone knew the truth, even if they didn't say it.
The atmosphere in the army was particularly depressing.
General Eva's death had spread a sense of pessimism and depression throughout the army.
Even the senior officers seemed passive.
The enemy was approaching, but no one in the Abei army was willing to lead the troops into battle.
No one wanted to become another General Eva.
The Abei Queen Bee was fully aware of the danger and could only swallow the bitter pill she had brewed.
The only consolation was that Alan had not left her.
To comfort Eva's spirit and fulfill her final wish, Alan was trying to save the precarious Abei Bee Clan.
The most urgent task was to avoid war.
In their current state, the Abei Bee Clan was doomed to failure! Under his persuasion, Queen Abe was forced to face reality and proactively proposed peace talks with Queen Trie.
‐‐After some negotiations, the Abe signed the contract.
‐‐The flower fields seized in the previous war were returned to the Trie.
‐‐Queen Trie displayed remarkable foresight and vision during the negotiations.
‐‐Bees, aside from reclaiming the flower fields that originally belonged to her tribe, did not demand territorial losses or compensation, thus avoiding exacerbating conflicts between the two tribes and creating hidden dangers for peace.
‐‐After the agreement was signed, Queen Abe released Ella and sent her back home with courtesy.
‐‐Thanks to Allen's deliberate propaganda, Ella was portrayed as the chief contributor to peacemaking.
‐‐The Trie believed that it was thanks to this brave young woman, who risked her life to assassinate General Eva and eliminate the threat to her tribe, that they were able to reclaim their lost territory without a single soldier! Queen Triere also agreed with this statement and led her ministers in a grand ceremony to welcome Ella home.
At the celebration banquet, Queen Triere personally awarded Ella a medal and appointed her Crown Prince!
Ella forced a smile.
Hero medals, heir to the throne—she cared nothing for them.
The man she truly desired, however, could not return with her.
The night before leaving the Abe Palace, she had carried Aegi and accompanied Allen to visit Eva's grave, laying a bouquet of flowers at her tombstone.
That was their farewell in the Meditation World.
Behind peace, someone always makes sacrifices unknown to the world.
To fulfill Eva's last wish, Allen chose to stay with Queen Abee, taking their daughter with him.
To help her stabilize the domestic situation, preserve the already precarious throne, and extinguish the flames of civil strife.
After that, he also had to ensure that his and Eva's daughter could successfully inherit the throne and be crowned as the new generation of Queen Bee of Abe.