Chapter 46: First Expansion Purification
Yellow and black covered the sky, with the occasional purple. Flowers swayed in the wind generated by rapidly beating wings. The soldier bee army assembled into its formations and squadrons, deploying around the Tower entrance. A handful of mad honey soldiers joined their ranks, ready to fight alongside their sisters.
The worker bees retreated to their hives. There they assembled into formations of their own, ready to fly out should the worst come to pass. The queens stood at the entrances, trying to see the soldiers in the distance as best they could.
A roaring flame crackled at the front of the Apiary. Several squads of soldiers stood nearby, their legs already holding the loops of their ropes. They would be ready to light their torches and fly at a moment’s notice.
Belissar stood next to them with his woodcutting axe beside him. Niobee hovered nearby.
Attempt expansion purification? Estimated purification strength: small.
Belissar took a deep breath and then spoke, sending his intentions to all of his bees.
“Here we go.”
Expansion purification attempt commencing.
At this point, the flow of the Tower’s mana had faded into the background for Belissar, but it was still there. It permeated every inch of the Tower and beyond. Trace amounts of the mana flowed through the surrounding area, condensing again as it came into contact with the Hunger at the edges.