The light faded and condensed into the form of a bee made of purple light that danced before the gardener’s eyes.
The Queen of All Flowers invites you to the Hive of All Flowers. If you wish to accept, please select one of the following blessings:
- Blessing of the Gardener
- Blessing of the Druid
- Blessing of the Herbalist
- Blessing of the Floral Druid
Once again, the gardener’s mind went blank.
Belissar smiled even as he shielded his eyes from the flash of light. In his experience, that was generally a good sign. However, the light faded…and nothing happened. The gardener stood completely still on the flower.
Belissar’s smile dropped as a minute went by without any movement from the gardener.
“King! Gardener wants! Surprised King is offering!”
Belissar smiled and shook his head.
“She shouldn’t be. She’s done some amazing things.”
The gardener tried to start dancing but tripped. Meanwhile, Belissar began to think.
Flowbee? He shook his head. Just jamming flower and bee together was a bit much, even for him. He figured he should at least try to think of a better name.
The gardener froze until Niobee began brushing her antennae, then began to dance slowly and carefully.
“I’m…Frelis? Have name? Like Beero?”
Belissar smiled gently at her and nodded.
A moment later, Frelis broke out into an extremely rapid and entirely incoherent dance. Belissar couldn’t make out any steps, but he could tell she was happy at least, so he just chuckled and smiled. The flower Frelis had raised began wiggling about as well, while the First of the Fourth saluted Belissar.
Eventually, Frelis grew tired from her rapid dance. So tired, in fact, that she returned to the Bee Barracks in the middle of the day to rest. Belissar was a bit concerned at that but Niobee assured him she should be fine.
Belissar passed the good news along to Tarwantrad and thanked her for her advice regarding the God of Flowers. Afterwards, he headed back to the new flower meadow with Muuraqi. The karnuq offered him some of their water stones, but Belissar refused since he could gather some from the other node he had placed. The karnuq had then insisted to assist him with the gathering when he asked for mining tools, and he had accepted the help.
Soon, Belissar made his way back to his farmhouse with a new water stone and several jars. He channeled his mana through the water stone to fill the jars before mixing them with honey. He hoped that would result in enough mead to begin sharing with the karnuq and Tarwantrad, once he had finished offering the earlier batch to the gods.
After that came the daily purification, just a couple of bird shades that couldn’t make it past a wall of karnuq and sprayers in the Dirt Tunnels. Belissar ignored the other choices and chose the mana straight away. He invited Tarwantrad to join them for the celebration and the perk choice, which she happily agreed to.
And so, once again, Belissar, the queens, the karnuq, and Tarwantrad gathered together. Belissar wasted no time getting right into it.
Select a cross-perk (Bee/Flower):
- Empowering Pollination
- Bee-caller Pheromones
- Bee-type monsters receive a slight boost to all stats after drinking nectar
- Nectar possesses greater nutrient and mana density and can be processed into honey with greater efficiency
- Honey is more likely to retain special properties from nectar
Belissar didn’t even have to look to know the First of the Fifth and the Apiary bees were dancing as he read out the description of that perk.
Empowering Pollination and Bee-caller Pheromones were both repeats, though he read them out for those who weren’t here last time. He still wasn’t sold on Bee-caller Pheromones due to the increased aggression, but Empowering Pollination was worth reconsidering. After all, Tarwantrad’s eyes sparkled as he read about it, and he could guess why. Between the new flower monsters and the defensive flowers Urubran and Nenavann both gave his Tower, the perk would be far more useful to him now than when he had last seen it. He also wondered what the newly blessed Frelis might think of it, but she was still resting back home unfortunately.
Belissar rubbed his chin. He had been certain he was going to pick Nourishing Nectar over the repeats after reading its description, but Empowering Pollination was worth considering in light of his deal with Tarwantrad. If his bees were visiting her dungeon and foraging from her flowers, then wouldn’t this perk empower them? The boost to cross-pollination and flower growth would help both of them raise new flowers from each other’s. The boost to flower stats would also grow ever more useful for his tower too as he acquired more flowers, and potentially flower monsters, from Tarwantrad.
He glanced over at her. Since this was a perk that could affect her as well, he felt he needed to at least check with her before deciding.
“Empowering Pollination would help you too, right?
Tarwantrad, however, shook her head with a smile.
“It would be amazing for me, but it is something I would wish for my own dungeon. Its effects would be somewhat muted if limited to our nurseries. I appreciate you thinking of me, but this is choice that should be made for your dungeon first and foremost. A benefit for me is less important than your safety.”
Tarwantrad then rubbed her chin.
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