Chapter 127: Contact Bee-stablished
Metsaitti approached the end of the rot cap field with a cloth wrapped around his face. Besides him was a digging worker bee, currently dancing on the ground, and Noiggakuq, also wearing a cloth around her face. She was tense and puffing her cheeks slightly, likely upset that he had prevented her from fighting this time. But Metsaitti wanted to scout past the rot cap field today, and for that he needed Noiggakuq’s nose. They could not afford for her to be drenched with stink bug scents even if she could handle herself now.
But they had made it through the field, so Noiggakuq could now take a more active role. Metsaitti nodded at her and she pulled down her cloth, sniffing at the air. Her face immediately scrunched up.
“Anything?”
She shook her head and spat out her words.
“Nothing. Just stink, stink, and more…”
She suddenly paused and then her eyes narrowed.
“There’s stink…coming from the tunnel.”
Metsaitti narrowed his eyes slightly. That could have indicated another field of rot cap…but then the mushrooms should have extended down into the tunnel. Meanwhile the digging worker flew back to his shoulder and began to tap out a dance.
“Something there. Seven, King-sized.”