Chapter 132: Resuming Diploma-Bee
Belissar now planned to let the gardeners handle planting for the Fairy Grove, but he at least checked the flower and resource plants lists to see if there was anything new. There wasn’t…but, curiously, the Fairy Grove could grow every plant and mushroom he had available. Mushrooms otherwise limited to subterranean environments would work as long he place them in the shade, Ground and Fire mana flowers could grow without any increase in mana cost, and even the underworld phlox previously limited to the area around the Memorial was available. In fact, all of the plants and mushrooms could be grown here for their base cost, save one.
Manage flower types? Available types:
- Mana Flower (Mana upkeep: 3, 1 due to suitable environment)
Available Resource Plants for Fairy Grove:
- Mana Flower (Mana Upkeep: 5 per node, 3 due to suitable environment)
Mana flowers were notably cheaper here, the first time he had seen their upkeep change. Between that and the Fairy Grove’s ability to grow every other plant, Belissar was tempted to replace the foraging rooms of his Tower, if not for the unpredictable nature of the room and its own high mana cost.
In any case, Belissar went ahead and enabled mana flowers since the room seemed so favorable to them, though he held off on resource patches for the time being. Some mana flowers began sprouting immediately by the fairy circle he was watching, attracting the worker bees’ attention. Belissar smiled at that and then made his way out of the room…keeping close watch through his Tower sight to ensure he was headed the right way…
The night’s purification featured two small bird shades, which were ironically tougher than their larger counterpart. They both managed to fly through the Dirt Tunnels without being caught in any of the traps…only to find the soldier bee army waiting for them. The soldier bees’ training paid off and they were able to form two encirclements around each of the small birds and bring them down. He ended selecting mana again today, wanting to ensure he had enough to add features to the Fairy Grove if needed. And with that, the day came to a close.
Which meant that it was now time for Chief Rohsuak to meet the skunk people once again. Belissar moved the Lava Field to the side of the battle meadow as he had before so that the karnuq could leave without crossing burning rivers, and then they were off.