After the day’s purification, Belissar considered whether or not to make another DP store purchase. He was just shy of five thousand DP at this point and his DP inco had even started to increase further now that the sigmaka had started sending challengers. Ultimately, though, he decided to hold off.
He didn’t feel the need to purchase more monsters, features, or room types at this stage until the bees had finished adjusting to the latest additions. On the other hand, if he waited a bit longer he could start affording so of the more expensive options he had previously discounted. In just a day he could purchase either an extra room slot or additional mana, allowing him to implent even more options. If he waited for his DP to hit ten thousand, he could also purchase a perk choice, which could strengthen his Tower without requiring additional mana from him or effort from his bees.
So, he decided to wait until either a need arose, his bees finished up with all of their current efforts, or he hit enough DP to afford anything in the shop. With no other further business, the day ca to a close with the usual small celebration.
Tamosd arrived at the Tower first thing the next morning. Belissar greeted him and found out he was here for their first exchange. Since he’d be here for a while, Belissar then went to finish his normal morning routine before eting up again with Tamosd.
“So, what would you like to help with first, Belissar?”
Belissar humd to himself. There was actually quite a bit Tamosd could help with, now that he thought about it.
“Well, the karnuq have a blacksmith who’s still learning, so he could use your help. The thermal mining bees have been making wax with tal, maybe you could take a look and give them advice on mining? I was also having trouble finding a suitable room for mithril…”
Tamosd stepped forward and leaned into Belissar’s face.
“I’m sorry, did you say thermal mining bees? Bees that are…mining tals and building hives with it?!”
Belissar took a step back as Niobee buzzed a warning.
“Yes?”
Tamosd’s face contorted several tis before he caught himself and took a deep breath.
“Ok. I’m going to assu that you just forgot to ntion those last ti. I’ll admit I was a bit intense when it ca to the sli bees, so I’ll forgive you for not ntioning the others. Now, to avoid missing anything else, why don’t you continue giving the overview?”
Belissar stopped himself from gulping and did so.
“Right…like I said, mithril’s really expensive and I don’t have a good room for it so I was hoping you could help with that. Additionally, the bees and I have been building so beeswax golems, so maybe you could give us so advice on them? We’re just about done with the one I was helping with if you could take a look. Other than that…I think that’s it for tal and golem stuff? I guess you could take a look at the sli bees and see how they’re doing?”
Tamosd nodded quickly and soon began to grin.
“Huh, you had more than I expected. I have a feeling this will be a greatly profitable partnership, Belissar. Since you asked, how about we take a look at your golems first?”
Belissar nodded and led Tamosd over to the Orchard, where the Fourth of the Seventh’s golem was nearly completed. Tamosd observed the golem as Belissar created so spell bees to demonstrate the process.
“We’re just about done with construction, then apparently we’ll have to create the core and spread mana through it?”
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Tamosd nodded, then stood silently in thought for a bit before speaking.
“A non-humanoid form is complex for a beginner, but I’m guessing bees are a shape you know well?”
Tamosd continued after Belissar confird.
“It should be fine then, especially since it sounds like you got it from a bee-related dungeon option. You might have trouble commanding it yourself, but your bees shouldn’t. May I have a sample of the material?”
Tamosd held out his hand. Belissar had so spell bees land on it and create so of the breeze bee wax they were using. Tamosd held the wax up to his eyes. He squeezed it with his fingers, channeled his mana with it, and eventually took out a knife to slice off a piece. He then grunted and frowned.
“Lightweight material, trading durability for better mobility even more than usual for a golem made of wax. I’m guessing you were hoping this one would fly?”
Belissar nodded and Tamosd shook his head.
“Won’t be able to without enchantnts. Even with a material this light, a golem won’t be able to beat the wings fast enough. The material is certainly suitable for channeling Air mana but a basic golem like the one you showed before can’t channel external mana. You’d need an external source of Air magic.”
Belissar frowned at first, but as he thought about it he had an idea.
“Would the bees work for that? The Fourth of the Seventh…the queen I made this one for, is pretty big and can make gusts of wind with her wings. I’ve seen her help propel other bees along before.”
Tamosd stopped and rubbed his chin. He slowly began to nod.
“Hm…I’d have to see exactly what she can do but that might work…”
At this point, the Fourth of the Seventh’s workers that had been helping with construction began to fly between Belissar and Tamosd. Workers that had since evolved to either breeze or nomadic variants.
“King, can help! Like queen now!”
Belissar smiled.
“Why don’t you show him what you can do?”
“Ok!”
The Fourth of the Seventh’s workers began to buzz as they beat their wings faster, causing a gust to pick up. Tamosd’s hair began to sway about and the black elf humd.
“That could work, maybe if there are bigger types of this kind of bee? The golem should be capable of gliding with how light it’ll be, so if you have bees riding it to provide the wind, it should be doable. Hm…I’d recomnding enlarging the wings in that case. You’ll want them to catch the wind.”
Belissar and the bees followed along as Tamosd began to observe the wings more closely and made specific recomndations on size and shape. Fortunately, since they hadn’t made the core yet, they could still adjust the wings as recomnded.
“Thanks Tamosd. I’m glad you caught that before we finished.”
Tamosd shook his head.
“This is nothing. Once you and your bees have so more experience with normal golems, I’ll start teaching you the tricks for more advanced features. You’ll have to start learning enchanting too, once you can carve magic into your golems you’ll open a whole world of possibilities.”
He then glared at Belissar.
“Now, show those mining bees!”
Belissar led Tamosd to the thermal mining bee hive. Tamosd said nothing, just stared in silence as he went around observing. He watched the workers as they bit off little chunks of ore with heat and vibration. He watched them carry them back to the honeypots, who processed the chunks in their abdons. He watched the workers take the resulting products and mold them into additional wax comb to add to the growing trays. He, like Belissar, poked the comb. Finally, he slowly turned around to face Belissar.
“Is it possible to cross-breed the different types of bees?”
Belissar nodded.
“That’s where these ca from, actually. They’re digging monster bees crossed with burning monster bees.”
Tamosd slowly began to smile…and then he started cackling. He made a full blown laughter for a bit. When it finally died down, he marched over to Belissar and clasped both hands on Belissar’s shoulders.
“Belissar, you have to try and cross them with the sli bees!”
Belissar jumped at the sudden contact.
“I’ll…uh…try?”
Tamosd looked him in the eyes.
“See that you do.”
Only for Niobee to take off and hover in between their faces, waving her stinger towards Tamosd. Tamosd quickly released Belissar and held up his hands as he backed away.
“ant no harm, sorry bad habit of mine. It’s just…if this works, Belissar, if we could create sli bees that can mine and forge tal in an instant, we could create entire armies of battle-ready golems in an instant. And slis…not only do they grow and reproduce quickly but they can absorb and feed on all sorts of stuff and turn it into more of themselves, so if your sli bees work similarly we could raise as many of them as we need to make as many golems as we need. Even if your sli bees have to feed on flowers specifically, that alone would an us growing golem armies with easily grown flower fields. The armies we could build could save your dungeon and my people both, no matter what forces the other humans or even the Hunger could throw at us. I can’t help but get excited at that possibility.”
Belissar blinked as he imagined an army of golems standing between his bees and the Tower Guard. He slowly began to smile.
“Well…that is exciting. No, that could really help us, so I understand.”
Tamosd grinned.
“Good man, I’m glad you get it. That being the case, mind showing the sli bees again? We’ve got to figure out how they work, and what they need to grow…”
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