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IMPERIUM INSECTUM - Chapter 50

Published at 3rd of November 2023 12:45:04 PM


Chapter 50

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I chuckled as the life left the nun's eyes. God, it's been so long since I've killed anyone. I forget How FUN IT IS! I pulled my pincer out of her stomach, and she collapsed like a sack of bricks.

“CLARRISSA NOOOOOO!”

Heh heh, he- more victims for me to have fun with….. Oh I'm gonna enjoy this night filled with blood and pain....

 

5 days earlier- 3 days after diva converted Sally…

“PUUUUUSHHHHH!” I yelled as Apollinaris gave birth to her 7th and final larvae.

“Come on, you can do it!” We had been going on for around an hour or so; however, thanks to my midwife title, it had been going smoothly.

“Just a little bit more and…. There.” Her head rolled back as she gave birth to one last final Larvae.

New worker variant unlocked!

Nature Bound Worker.

This worker has the power to wield Nature mana as well as its existing abilities.

You can now create more of these types of workers from the hove management section.

 

“Wow….” I held the squirming larvae in my hands. He was a dark brown colour in comparison to his brothers, and his eyes had a greenish tinge to them.

I moved over to Apollinairs and gave her a kiss.

“Thank you for giving me this special child.”
She raised her head and gave me an exhausted smile. She was drenched head to toe in sweat, but she still looked pleased. I grabbed a nearby towel, wrapped the larvae up, and put them with the rest.

I nodded and looked up at the 4 nurses Sally had given birth to and nodded.

I took a deep sigh. It's been 3 days since I started the conversion process, and it's safe to say not much has happened. I went with Apollinaris back to the warehouse to set up an area for her mushrooms to grow and start to give us a stable food source. Until they are fully grom I regularly go to several butchers around town to get raw meat for them to eat.

I also I gave the workers down ther their first task. They are building a tunnel to my house's 1st underground floor; this should allow for easy access for me to get there. The downside is that they are digging very deep to avoid hitting any sewers and such, so it's gonna be a while. One of the workers said it would be a month, but with double the workers, it could be in half that time.

I entered the room in time to see Apollinaris being looked after by several nurses.

I left the room and headed down towards the training room. Besides the constant back and forth to the warehouse, I've also been spending some time down there training. I arrived in one of the store rooms. I looked for a wooden broom and pulled. There was a loud rumble as the stone wall opened. Honestly, there is no surprise I never found it the first time seriously Deckard had problems.

I headed down the stairs quickly and, in no time, was back in the training room. It was set to the running track mode. I quickly chose a lane, and after a quick warm-up I started running. One thing I've noticed is physical training can also increase stats. If I quickly pull up my status.

 

NAME:

Diva: LVL 23

HEALTH: 300/300

STAMINA: 610/610

MP: 400/400

POINTS: 0

BIOMASS: 12000

RACE :

N/A

TITLE:

(outworlder) (herald of the end) (Fanatic Xenophobe) (sadist) (Silent assassin)(mother)(midwife) (Scholar)

 

ATTRIBUTES:

MIND: 30

BODY:20

SOUL:20

RECOVERY: 24

MAGIC:

Null release

Null shroud

ABILITIES:

Living nest (LVL 2)

Bestial call (LVL 1)

Venomous constitution (LVL 1)

Enhanced reaction (LVL 1)

Insect Vision (LVL 2)

Insect speech (LVL 1)

Hive link (LVL 2)

Efficient Processing (LVL 1)

Feasting (LVL 1)

Hive weave (LVL 1)

Painful Recovery (LVL 5)

Mana perception (LVL 1)

Meditative restoration (LVL 1)

Mana Cycling  (LVL 1)

Royal Mouthpiece (LVL 1)

Climbing (Lvl 1)

Tears of the Hive queen (LVL MAX)

More eggs (Lvl 1)

 

Conversion Process (Lvl 1)

 

Level based XP earning (lvl MAX)

Resistances

Pain resistance (Moderate)

Cold Resistance (Minor)

Subordinates

Cindi (Servant)

 

MISC

HIVE MANAGEMENT

ABILITY

SHOP

 

I've gained a slight increase in stamina from 600 to 610. It’s a small increase, but that does mean that it is worth it to always train

A new skill was added: Extreme conditioning.

Running, walking and jumping use slightly 10 per cent less stamina.

 

Nice. Let's see how far I can go this time.

……..

“I……cant……any….more.” I collapsed onto the ground. In total, I had run 6 laps, so around 18 km or around half a mile. I couldn’t dream of running like that in my previous life.

“Wow… impressive”

I looked over and saw Apollinaris to the side, along with a few nurses helping her.

“Thanks……I ……did…2….more…..laps….then…usual,” I said as I slowly got up to walk towards her.

“You want something to eat?”

“If ….. you don’t mind.”

And with that, we headed back upstairs. Yep, this has been my life for the past couple of days. It has been peaceful, but I am itching to do something; anything; all this calm is killing me. I NEED action; I NEED blood on my hands. I took a deep sigh; it couldn't be helped. I guess I'll just have to keep training as much as I can so I can be as ready as I can.

Present day……The day of the meeting…

“Are you sure you don’t want me to come?”

I shook my head. “No. Sally hasn’t woken up yet. I need someone here to make sure she is okay. The nurses could handle it, but I think a familiar face would help.”

“Okay…Just..Dont almost die again?”

I Kissed her on the cheek and slid my mask to the side as I climbed into the carriage. The carriage lurched forward as we made our way to the oldest house.

I looked down at the flowing red dress that Ilza, the tailor, had made for me. After I told what happened at the ball, she was more than eager to make me a new one. I opened my red purse, and inside was the mushroom and a bag of gold coins. I did consider bringing a weapon but changed my mind. My pincers are good enough, anyway. I looked out the window and watched the town fly past me, from large mansions down to lavish shops. All in all, the journey took 20 minutes until finally a large hotel with the words “Oldest house” came into view. The carriage quickly pulled up to the entrance.

A bell rang, signalling our arrival. I opened the door and was met with a man with a man wearing a suit.

“Miss diva, I suppose.”

I nodded.

“ I am….. the one who wrote the letter. Er, please follow me. We must hurry. We can't keep the master of the house waiting.”

I nodded, and we headed inside. As soon as he opened the door, I was hit with the scent of cigarette smoke and music. The floors were made out of red carpet. And white stone. I looked to the sides and could see men in expensive suits surrounded by scantily clad women drinking from expensive bottles of alcohol. This place looked like a high-end speakeasy straight out of the 40’s.

“Quick, we must hurry.” He said.

I snapped out of my stupor and followed the man.

We took a sharp left and headed up a set of stairs. The music faded as we made our way up the stairs and along a large wooden corridor.

“This is where I leave you, I'm afraid. Andre and Titus are in there.”

I nodded to the man as he turned and left.

I looked at the large wooden door and smiled. For some reason, I was excited. I don’t know what will happen, but I do know it will be interesting.

 

 

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“And the handsome knight slew the dragon, ending its evil rampage forever the end.”

I shut the book and was met with the begging eyes of all the children

“No, you can't have another story. It's past your bedtime.”

“AWWWWWWW!” They all exclaimed as they begged for another.

“No, it's past your bedtime. Okay? You have-“

*DING DONG*

A guest? at this hour?

*DING DONG*

“Alright, children, BEDTIME NOW!”

They glared at me for a second; however, seeing my face, they all scurried into bed. I did a quick head count to confirm that all 30 of them were in bed before heading to the door.

“Good night, children. No shenanigans, okay, and no matter what you hear, don’t leave this room.”

I switched off the light and quickly headed downstairs.

*DING DONG*

“Sister Clarissa!”

One of the other nuns ran to me.

“Do you know who it is?”

“No. After that scuffle that happened in the basement, all the men have been panicked and trying to move everything out. I’m scared.”

“Relax Tiffany. We are here for the children. What happens down there has nothing to do with us-“

*DING DONG*

“Now, excuse me, our guest must be tired of waiting.”

I quickly turned and left before Tiffany said anything. Whilst the events earlier have me concerned, I have to be strong for the children and for Tiffany and the other nuns. As the head nun, if I start to falter, everyone else will follow. But still, the way those men were moving it was like they were trying to run away. Just what did they do. A sense of dread started to encroach on me, but I shook it away. I have faith in Eupharn that nothing will happen

*DING DONG*

“Yes! one seccond!” I said as I unlocked the door.

*creeeek*

I snapped my head around and saw a small group of children peeking at me at the top of the stairs.

*SIGH*” Go back to bed, you lot!” I yelled as the last lock on the door was undone. I wrapped my hand around the handle and pulled.

“I’m sorry, but if you're looking to adopt, you have to come back in the morn-“

*SCHLURCH*

A sharp pain rocked through my body from my stomach. I looked down and was met with something long, piercing through my body. W..what is that?

“Oh, I’ve missed this…..It's a shame it had to be you, though you are quite the good-looking nun.”

I looked up to the voice and was met with the inky black eyes of a crazy, grinning monster surrounded by dozens of flies.

*SCHLURCH*

I let out a soft scream as whatever it was sank deeper into my body. The sound of blood. My blood slapping onto the ground filled my ears.

“I guess it isn't all too bad. I do see another nun up there. I guess I do get to fuck a nun today.” What is this monster… how could it. Nothing makes sense….why is everything getting dark?

Announcement hi all i hope you've enjoyed the double release. Honestly, the reason why is purely due to the review Hollex left. (thank you for the glowing review. you have no idea how much encouragement this gives me)  In his review, hollex said that this human city arc started in chapter 26, and he is correct. We are at chapter 50 now, and we still haven't left the city. This is due to the scope of this arc outgrowing its purpose.

The original purpose of this arc was for the diva to learn about her new world, set the groundwork for the world and introduce certain characters who are important to the plot. That is what I wrote during my break; however, when I re-read it, I hated it. Why? Because it was fucking boring. It was so boring to the point where even I couldn't read to the end. Now, if I can't make it to the end, how tf do I expect you guys to as well? So I was in a dilemma: I could either trash what was written and start new, or I could take what was written and add a new chapter to make it all the more interesting. Can you guess which option I chose? Now, the problem is due to me "making it more interesting." This arc is getting way too long for its own good. To remedy this, I plan to release more chapters so we can speed through as fast as we can to the next arc, which will actually be the hive stuff that should have started ages ago.

I think once we are through, I may write an abridged version of this arc so the people who want to skip to the hive bits and not deal with the human city nonsense can skip through it. Anyway, that's all I had to say. Thanks, Hollex, for the review and all of you for reading this story.  If you cant read between the lines, i plan for the next chapter to be the darkest chapter written yet, so watch this space





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