As Belissar, the karnuq, and the bees all tucked in for the night, the flowers all across the Tower swayed in the calm nighttime breeze. The alfalfa Belissar had planted glowed with a faint green light as they condensed and processed all the sunlight and mana they had absorbed that day, passing it down into their roots. Mana and nutrients seeped out into the ground, enriching all of the nearby soil before being consumed by hungry seeds planted nearby.
Some of the nutrients and mana also seeped into the greenwood mushroom mycelium entwined with the alfalfa’s roots. Pulses of green light surged underneath the surface of the soil as the mycelium claimed its meal…and then passed the remainder to other roots it had reached.
Seeds sprouted, shoots grew, flowers budded and prepared to bloom as the levels of Nature mana rose within the soil. Purple and golden mana drifted through the air and condensed into the flowers that had bloomed, which began to drip nectar that shimmered in the moonlight.
And in the bumblebee meadow, in the midst of all this mana passing through the soil, a single shoot with two leaves broke through the dirt. The mana that passed through its roots, stem, and leaves took on a slightly golden hint to its green color before passing back into the soil below…
The First of the Fifth stood completely still as she attempted to comprehend the sight in front of her.
Her ever diligent workers answered her rhetorical question.
“More flowers! Flowers gave more nectar! Nectar has more mana!”
The First of the Fifth knew that thanks to her communers but thanked the worker for the report nonetheless. It seemed that the King’s plans had come to fruition and were now revealed to her. The gardeners had been diligently planting more and more of each kind of flower. Then the King had added new kinds of flowers: the alfalfa that made all others grow better as well as the bee balm which naturally produced more and better nectar. Then he added the mushrooms the flower one gave him, which were spreading the alfalfa’s effects throughout the rooms, nourishing existing flowers while causing all the newly planted seeds to sprout and bloom far faster than predicted. And now, he had applied the combined powers of the Queen of All Bees and Queen of All Flowers so that each and every flower produced more, more nutritious, and more mana-dense nectar than ever before.
Nomadic Monster Bee Queen
Special: Above Average
Notable Skills: Poison Sting, Brood Mother, Store Eggs, Generate Wind, Command Remote Offspring
Spawner Upkeep: 40 (20 with Blessing of Bees)
Evolves From: Monster Bee Queen
Description: An evolved Air attributed monster bee queen that ranges wide and far to manage multiple hives simultaneously. A large wingspan and command of the wind enable fast, far, and efficient flight, while highly sensitive antennae can sense and respond to her offspring’s mana from astounding distances. The queen’s body is optimized for a nomadic lifestyle, including superior vision to scan her surroundings, a larger size for better endurance, and the ability to store eggs to lay all at once whenever she visits one of her hives.
As an evolved monster bee queen, the nomadic monster bee queen also has a superior ability to raise evolved bee types and can lay monster bee types in her evolution lineage in addition to nomadic monster bees.
Belissar’s confusion lasted only a moment, as he remembered the Fourth of the Seventh was busy evolving. A quick check with his tower sight confirmed she was the one who had evolved…and unlocked the first new queen type that came with its own spawner.
He smiled and sent her his congratulations, earning a “King best king!” dance from the happy queen. Then…he went about his day as previously planned.
The new queen was great, and the Tower seemed to imply it was a step up from the other queen types that had evolved thus far, but Belissar didn’t feel the need for a new spawner just yet. These queens were specialized in traveling, scouting, and managing multiple hives, and so far, only the Fourth of the Seventh was doing such things. The spawner was just a bit too expensive, and there was always a chance the Fourth of the Seventh could either raise new nomadic queens herself or help existing queens evolve if more were needed.
But now that he knew there were more advanced versions of the queens, he’d certainly be on the lookout for anymore.