Chapter 97: Bee Decisive
The day went on. Belissar occupied himself by watching the karnuq expedition. They made their way down the tunnel until it opened into a much larger tunnel, complete with stalactites, stalagmites, and pillars. A full-on river flowed down the center with mushrooms and even mosses growing along its banks.
The karnuq stuck in a group and advanced slowly down the hall. Metsaitti explained that they hadn’t gone past the tunnel leading to his Tower, so Metsaitti wanted to scout that way first and ensure the area was safe. He led the way with Noiggakuq right behind him, sniffing the air while the digging bee sent out her mana pulses. Metsaitti was very pleased to have the two of them on the trip.
They didn’t find anything of note before it was time for the daily purification and Belissar turned his attention away. The purification was just a pair of wolf-shades this time around. They stumbled their way through the first floor Dirt Tunnels. Belissar waited to see if they would fall into the Pit Traps…before remembering that he completely forgot to add any traps to the new room. He very quickly scrambled to move the Pit Traps and Sticky Honey Traps he left behind in the third floor’s Dirt Tunnels down to the room they would actually see use in.
And then he ran into a problem. The transparent Pit Trap turned red as he moved it close to the shades.
Corruption detected. Please purify corruption before installing features in affected areas.
Belissar frowned. The wolf-shades left a trail of Hunger wherever they went that wouldn’t vanish until they were purified, so it appeared Belissar would not be able to place any traps anywhere the shades had been. He groaned and then placed what traps he could at the exit of the room. Well, it was good to learn this now during the usual minor+ purifications he knew the bees could handle regardless, but he still felt worried and embarrassed to have forgotten something so obvious.
What followed was a surprisingly, frustratingly long time of waiting for the shades to stumble their way through the Dirt Tunnel maze before finally finding the exit. The soldier bee army stayed a bit out of the way of the entrance to the Flower Meadow, since the wolf-shades had their breath attack, and so the two wolf-shades rushed forward.
They were quickly caught in the traps and then the bees struck. The purification was handled with the hardest part being waiting for the shades to arrive. Belissar sighed and then moved the rest of the traps to the front of the Dirt Tunnels before moving to prepare for the victory celebration.
And then, it would finally be time to decide what to buy with his DP.