Belissar was just wrapping up the last of the upgrades when Tarwantrad popped into his dungeon.
“Hi Belissar, would you mind if Nenavann came to visit? He’d like to discuss the things you told me last night.”
Since Belissar was elsewhere in the Tower, he had one of the bees watching the nexus door reply for him, letting her know he agreed. Tarwantrad left, then a short while later returned along with Nenavann. Belissar made his way over and greeted them.
“Thank you for meeting with me, Tower Keeper Belissar.”
Belissar nodded in reply…and then noticed there was no where to sit. The only seats in the Tower were in his farmhouse, the karnuq settlement, and a few by the battle meadow Shrine that the karnuq had set up for celebrations. Belissar asked the karnuq if they could help and in just a few minutes they arrived with a simple wooden table and some basic stools. Nenavann smiled and took a seat after Belissar.
“Thank you. First of all, I’d like to report on the negotiations with the Compact.”
Nenavann let out a sigh.
“Well, if there was much to report. I apologize again, Tower Keeper Belissar, but my colleagues in the Compact have insisted on a wait and see approach for the time being.”
Tarwantrad let out an exasperated sigh. Belissar just tilted his head.
“Well done, this should be an excellent addition to your defense against the Tower Lords. Most human armies hate marching through wetlands in my experience, and that’s before considering the poisonous mist. Have any of your bees moved in?”
“The swimming bees, the toxic bees, and the slime bees.”
Nenavann’s eyebrows lifted.
“Oh, swimming bees? I would love to see those. Slime bees are curious as well.”
Belissar pointed over the the beehouses he set up. The swimming and toxic bees were flying in and out as normal. The slime bee golem was just returning to the beehouse. It reached a hand for the entrance and a hole opened up in its palm, allowing honey slime to flow right into the beehouse.
Nenavann tilted his head.
“Yes, the slime queen just made it.”
“Tower Keeper Belissar. Did you just say that a slime…made a golem?”
“…yes? Well, a slime bee queen.”
Nenavann took a deep breath.
“Did you command the slime bee to do so? As in, give detailed step by step instructions on the golem’s creation?”
Belissar shook his head.
“No, she built it on her own. I didn’t realize how good she would be at it.”
Nenavann slowly turned around to face him and began to grin.
“We can use this. Belissar, do we have your permission to inform other members of the Circle and later the Compact on the slime bees and the golems? I believe if we do, we can bring the Compact to your side far more quickly.”
Belissar tilted his head.
“I…guess I’m ok with that but…”
“To elaborate, you have achieved one of the great dreams of the black elves, one that has become a byword among them for impossible fantasies. You have raised an intelligent slime capable of crafting all by itself. And crafting golems, no less, a creation of no small complexity. Long have the black elves dreamed of using slimes to mass produce their crafts, but could never get them to work without such a degree of micromanagement as to render the effort pointless. If you have a slime-like monster that can produce golems unsupervised...many a black elf would trade you anything to learn how you did it.”
Belissar blinked a few times.
“Well, I can see that you don’t really have the context to understand the magnitude of your feat. Just know that one of the major founding peoples of the Compact will consider this an accomplishment of accomplishments, and that we can use it to gain their Continue reading more chapters on NovelHub for the best experience. The ability to mass produce golems alone would make them desperate to do business with you, which means they will push the Compact to open direct relations. Additionally…”
He glanced at Tarwantrad.
“There is a black elf master among the Circle as well who will be most interested in this development.”
Tarwantrad grinned and nodded.
“I guess I know whose boon we’re getting next.”
Belissar glanced between the two excited elves. He was still trying to keep up with the conversation but couldn’t help a small smile.
“I guess this is a good thing?”
Both elves vigorously nodded in reply.