Inside the president's reception room of Shiba Heavy Industries, the fragrance of tea drifted through the air.
"This is top-grade tea left over from before the Gastrea War. I wonder if it suits your taste."
Miori Shiba picked up her teacup, gently blew away the rising steam, and raised her eyes to look at Drake sitting opposite her.
Such an action suited the elegant young lady with her antique style perfectly.
"Compared to tasting tea, I'd rather go ho right now and enjoy a long-awaited hot bath and steaming-hot food."
Drake did not play along with her. Instead, he lazily sat on the sofa with both hands in his pockets.
This exploration had brought him a huge harvest, and he was in a hurry to go back and sort through his gains. He had no ti to play pretend with her here.
However, considering the results he got from Appraisal…
He would at least hear what this young lady wanted to do.
"If you want to take a bath, there is a bathroom in my private office."
Miori Shiba did not mind Drake's attitude at all. With an appreciative smile on her face, she pointed for him.
"Or perhaps… do you need soone to wash your back?"
At the side, Enju secretly glanced at Miori Shiba. Her gaze stopped for a mont on the latter's chest.
'Sigh. Another opponent on the sa level as Kisara.'
It seed Big Brother really did prefer girls with large breasts.'
"Let's get straight to the point."
Drake yawned, not intending to waste any more ti.
"You went through all the trouble of bringing back from the First Outpost. What exactly do you want to know from ?"
"Hehe… originally, I was only interested in the information you might know."
Miori Shiba put down her teacup, stood up, and walked in front of Drake, pacing back and forth.
"But now, I am more interested in you yourself."
"You went one hundred and twenty kiloters deep into the forbidden zone and ca back unhard. You even brought back structural fragnts of the hive after facing suicide attacks from overwhelming numbers of wasp-type Gastrea."
"The person who accomplished such a feat is actually soone around the sa age as . I am very curious how you did it."
"It's simple."
Hearing that question, Drake shrugged.
"Just as Miss Miori was born standing at the very top of the social hierarchy, I simply started at the sa point as you in certain fields."
This answer seed to say nothing, yet also seed to say everything.
"You really know how to speak. As expected, we are the sa kind of people who can get along well."
Miori Shiba paced behind Drake, bent down, and whispered beside his ear, "I am almost reluctant to let you leave."
Drake sighed, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said, "Can we get to the main topic now, Miss Miori?"
"My, you really have no sense of romance."
Seeing that Drake was getting impatient, Miori Shiba knew when to stop.
She raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
Then the lights in the room dimd, and a scene that Drake was very familiar with was projected onto the wall.
"Whether it is the governnt or Shiba Heavy Industries, our final goal is to resolve the influence brought by the hive."
"Based on your judgnt, with the hive's current expansion speed, how long will it take before those wasp-type Gastrea spread to the outer side of the Monoliths?"
The hive had been expanding the entire ti. This was a fact observed from the very beginning.
The only thing they could not determine was its speed of expansion.
That was because no one had ever been able to get close to the hive, which was filled with massive numbers of wasp-type Gastrea.
Especially as ti passed, more and more of this type of Gastrea appeared, making deep exploration even more difficult.
"At the latest… three weeks." Drake answered without hesitation.
During this period, he had also thought about this question.
"Three weeks…"
Hearing this ti fra, the calm expression on Miori Shiba's face gradually turned grave.
This number was more aggressive than the estimates given by the company's experts…
But it was also the closest to the truth.
"You should have considered the consequences, right?"
"Mm… the Monoliths are only 1.6 kiloters tall. They cannot stop those wasps." Drake spoke calmly.
"When that ti cos, an airborne army made up of countless wasp-type Gastrea will cross over the Monoliths and invade the city."
"Judging by the history of the Tokyo Area's establishnt… it will be an unprecedentedly tragic apocalypse."
"…How frightening. That kind of result."
Miori Shiba furrowed her delicate brows
After seeing that Drake remained unmoved, she relaxed again.
"Seeing how confident you look, you should have a thod of dealing with it besides running away, right?"
"Hehe… what do you think, Miss Miori?"
Drake grinned and gave an example.
"Suppose millions of people in this city are about to suffer total destruction, and you have a button that can save them if you press it. What would you do?"
As a shrewd rchant, Miori Shiba quickly reacted.
"I would… raise the price on the spot."
"Drake, you an that button is in your hands, correct?"
"No."
Drake shook his head noncommittally.
"I am the button."
"Now, let us discuss cooperation, Miss Miori."
...
After returning to Terraria, Drake let out a long breath and looked around.
He had done many things over the past week, including extensively renovating his base in Terraria.
The original tiny wooden matchbox house had now been expanded into a tallic building complex full of a technological feel.
If one observed carefully, it was not difficult to notice that the material of these buildings was exactly the sa as the Draedon Labs Drake had explored before.
The building material, Laboratory Plating, could be easily crafted with iron bars and any kind of stone block.
After purchasing a large amount of iron ore in Orario and no longer having to worry about lacking iron, Drake very extravagantly renovated the entire house with Laboratory Plating.
These Laboratory Platings could also be used like wood to create certain laboratory facilities.
For example, holographic projectors, consoles, display cases, automatic doors, and so on.
Drake walked into his workshop. The originally ssy workstations had now been neatly arranged according to function.
Inside the corresponding glass display cases were all the types of ore Drake had collected so far.
From the lowest-level Copper Ore, to Iron Ore, Silver Ore, Gold Ore…
Then there was the Demonite Ore obtained after defeating the Eater of Worlds.
And the Aerialite Ore gathered from floating islands after defeating the Hive Mind.
The last few display stands contained Hellstone Ore and Obsidian.
These two could be combined to craft Hellstone Bars.
As for crafting materials dropped by bosses, they were placed in display cases on the other side.
"Honey Block, Stinger, Hive, and finally…"
Drake took out a bottle of golden-yellow honey and placed it on the workbench.
"Bottled Honey."
"With this, all the materials needed to craft the Abeemination are complete."
Soon, a bee model that looked as though it had been frozen inside honey appeared before Drake.
Abeemination — Blue RarityUse to summon Queen Bee.
Queen Bee will beco enraged outside the Jungle bio.
After defeating the Hive Mind and collecting enough Aerialite Ore and Hellstone, Queen Bee was no longer a difficult enemy for Drake to handle.
Next…
He would complete the world quest in the Black Bullet world: summon and kill a Queen Bee inside the forbidden zone!
If he succeeded, Drake would obtain the extrely powerful Shadow Monarch class!
After that, dealing with the boss in the forbidden zone that had been infected by the Gastrea Virus would beco much easier.
After being infected by the Gastrea Virus, monsters from the world of Terraria beca extrely troubleso.
Not only did all of their attributes increase across the board, they also gained a considerable life regeneration effect.
Even Drake did not dare expose himself to the detection range of a swarm of "wasp-type" Gastrea.
If not for the Giant Pearl providing the Pearl Aura, which could slow down enemies and projectiles, Drake would probably have been stung all over by the poisonous stingers of those ard-helicopter-like wasps.
Besides that, after defeating the Eater of Worlds, the SHPC had also been strengthened.
Not only had its base damage increased, but the number of projectiles had expanded to three!
For the sa mana cost, Drake could now fire three phased plasma orbs at once.
The Poseidon, which he had only used for a few days, imdiately lost its appeal again.
Drake's main weapon was switched back to the SHPC.
By relying on the large-area killing power of the phased plasma orbs, Drake was able to enter and exit the depths of the forbidden zone repeatedly.
"The nearby area has been cleared."
In a helicopter above the forbidden zone, Miori Shiba spoke to Drake beside her.
"However, our people cannot carry out large-scale operations inside the forbidden zone. At most, we can secure half an hour of absolute safety."
"Half an hour… that's enough."
Drake nodded, then turned as if he was about to jump out of the cabin.
"Wait!"
Miori Shiba grabbed Drake's shoulder. Her eyes were filled with curiosity.
"Although this is one of the terms of our cooperation, what exactly do you intend to do with this half hour?"
"I'm going to press the button that can save the world."
Drake looked back at her.
The violent wind blew their hair into disorder, making it sway wildly.
"And while I'm at it, I'll let you see for yourself… what exactly exists inside that constantly expanding hive."
Amid Miori Shiba's cry of surprise, Drake, who was not wearing any tactical equipnt, directly jumped out of the helicopter.
Within a few seconds, just as everyone thought he had chosen to die…
A pair of golden-blue wings suddenly spread out from Drake's back!
Skyline Wings — Orange RarityAllows you to fly and glide.
Wings, or wing-type items, were rather unique accessory equipnt in Terraria.
No matter what type of wings they were, their basic function was only one thing.
They granted the wearer the ability to fly.
Compared to abilities such as double jumping, flying offered far greater freedom.
Aside from differences in appearance, different types of wings varied in flight height, duration, and maximum speed depending on their tier.
Generally speaking, items that could grant the wearer such powerful mobility could only be obtained after defeating the Wall of Flesh and causing Terraria to enter Hardmode.
However, in the Calamity Mod, as long as Aerialite Ore was unlocked, one could craft the Skyline Wings Drake was currently equipping.
Although every parater of these wings was far inferior to late-ga wings, they were already good enough for now.
At the very least, they had the flight function shared by all wings and could make Drake immune to fall damage.
"Potions, equipnt, weapons, accessories… no problems."
After landing, Drake stood inside the safe zone opened up by Shiba Heavy Industries' private ard forces and crushed the Abeemination in his hand.
"My god, what is that?!"
Inside the helicopter hovering above the forbidden zone, the pilot was the first to notice sothing abnormal.
A gigantic Queen Bee, large enough to match three or four helicopters, entered their field of vision from the edge.
Its rear was not a stinger, but a honeycomb-like structure that made one's scalp tingle.
The only fortunate thing was…
This Queen Bee's attention was not on the helicopter.
After circling in the air for a mont, it charged toward a certain position in the forbidden zone.
"That is the monster you summoned?!"
Miori Shiba supported herself against the helicopter's cabin door with one hand while looking down.
Through the communicator, she could contact Drake, who was currently fighting.
"Do you need fire support?"
"No. Don't draw trouble to yourself. Be careful not to flip the table."
While using the Shield of Cthulhu to cancel out Queen Bee's charge, Drake spoke.
"Your helicopter can't withstand this thing's collision."
"I thought so."
After ending this brief conversation, Drake turned off the communicator.
He had to focus completely on the coming battle. Otherwise, he would be the one getting overturned.
Queen Bee had three attack patterns.
The first was like now: adjusting her horizontal height to match the enemy, then charging repeatedly.
The second was hovering in the air and releasing bees from the hive on her rear, which could attack with stingers.
The third mode involved constantly changing position while staying above the enemy and rapidly firing stingers.
Stinger attacks would always inflict Poisoned, causing continuous life loss and suppressing life regeneration.
That was why Drake had brought the corresponding accessory to deal with it.
Bezoar — Light Red RarityGrants immunity to Poisoned.
This was an accessory dropped by Hornets.
Over these past few days, Drake had killed an unknown number of Hornets and had more than one of this item.
Aside from the Skyline Wings and Bezoar, Drake's remaining accessories were the Shark Tooth Necklace, Worm Scarf, and Rotten Brain.
The Shark Tooth Necklace ca from a unique monster drop during a Blood Moon, while the Worm Scarf was a trophy obtained from defeating the Eater of Worlds.
As for the Rotten Brain, it was an item opened from the Hive Mind's Treasure Bag.
Rotten Brain — Orange RarityIncreases damage by 10% while life is below 75%.Reduces movent speed by 5% while life is below 50%.Causes shadow rain to fall from the sky when hit.
Compared with the 10% damage boost, the movent speed reduction when his health dropped below half was still acceptable.
However, Drake's speed had already been reduced greatly because of his Softshell Armor, and now he felt even more like he had sunk into a swamp.
Fortunately, he had already figured out Queen Bee's attack patterns very clearly.
After several rounds of attacks, Drake was already able to skillfully dodge the stingers falling from the sky.
As for her repeated back-and-forth charges, he could cancel them out with the Shield of Cthulhu's dash.
This was a technique that heavily tested reaction speed.
Luckily…
Drake had an excellent combat ntor.
"This is the final blow!"
Seeing Queen Bee, whose health was nearly depleted, hover in the air again and continuously release bees, Drake imdiately drank several Mana Potions and restored his mana to full.
The SHPC in his hands instantly released a large number of phased plasma orbs!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
The exploding high-temperature plasma field instantly burned the newly "born" bees into ash.
Their queen was also reduced to charred remains, falling from the sky.
A large number of drops fell together with Queen Bee's corpse.
However, Drake no longer had ti to care about her Treasure Bag.
At this mont, the power of the Shadow Monarch had already descended upon him!
[You have completed this world's World Quest!]
[You have obtained the inheritance of the Shadow Monarch!]
[You have obtained the skills "Shadow Extraction" and "Shadow Storage."]
Standing amid shadows erupting like flas, Drake suddenly raised his head and looked at Queen Bee's corpse in midair.
Skill activated—Shadow Extraction!
"Arise...!"
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