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BD - Chapter 322 - Urban Bee-velopment
🕑 Added 2025-09-23 20:05:02 +0000 UTCBelissar’s mouth slowly formed a grin as his mind started working again. First of all, they had succeeded! They had formed a Bee-type room, in under a day at that! Belissar had been worried he would run out of mana before they finished, he scarcely had more than a hundred available when they started and had been close to running out after converting over ten trays to Bee Apartments. He had been considering whether to purchase more mana from the DP store or else wait to finish up another day when the mana had shifted, so it seemed they had just made it!
Belissar proceeded to call out to all of his workers and helpers.
“We did it, everyone! The room can change, I’m going to confirm it now!”
The bee burst out into “King is best king!” dances, the karnuq, spiderkin, humans, and fair folk soon joined them in celebration. Belissar went ahead and confirmed the change and a surge of yellow mana filled his vision.
When it had finished, all seven of the chambers were now completed, filled with giant trays full of honeycomb from roof to ceiling. Honey began to drip from the cells while Belissar felt the hive of hives’ mana flood the room. The bees immediately began zipping around the cells.
“Amazing, incredible!”
Belissar grinned and then checked what the Tower had to say about the new room.
Belissar’s Beecity
Type: Bee, Resource, Settlement
Innate Features: Bee Apartment Walls, Bee Housing, Bee Coordination
Mana upkeep: 50 (25 due to Blessing of Bees)
Description: A variation of the giant beehive room that was built by a beekeeper to represent his care for his bees. Belissar’s Beecity is built out of walls of gigantic honeycomb trays that can each house several hives on their own. These tray walls flow with Bee-type mana, boosting honey production, creating honey spontaneously, and boosting the growth of all brood laid within them. The beecity is also easily expanded, halving the cost of any Bee-type monster spawners or room features intended to house bees placed within it.
The concentration of Bee-type mana from the room, the room’s inhabitants, and the creator’s care for bees combine to support all bee endeavors within the room. Honeymakers are more productive, foragers find their way back more easily, brood grows faster, queens recover their mana more quickly, and all bees find it easier to evolve. The mana also improves coordination and communication between bees living in the room, provided they are willing either to cooperate or to acknowledge another bee’s authority.
Note that constructing the tray walls manually and with the desire to care for bees will improve their effectiveness, as well as the happiness and productivity of all bees living within.
Belissar made a bashful smile. He was a bit embarrassed to have the entire room named after him…but he had to admit it felt good to have his efforts acknowledged, his care for his bees in particular. That the room would be a perfect home for his bees made it all the better.
But the Tower’s description wasn’t the only thing acknowledging his efforts today.
Mission: Shift a room’s nature to Bee-type completed!
Reward: Rare Bee-type monster choice
Belissar felt a little bad he hadn’t caught the mission when it first appeared, he hadn’t meant to ignore the God of Bees in his focus on the task. But that very task was the mission in question, so it had worked out. Belissar decided to give the God of Bees another offering today, once his business here was concluded.
After all, there were apparently two more missions from his patron…but also not from his patron? The God of Bees had apparently assigned him two missions on behalf of the God of Mischief, or so it seemed. Belissar turned his attention to the demigod of Mischief herself…and found her frowning and fidgeting. She noticed his attention and jumped with a little shriek.
“Ah, Beely! Um…ok, I, uh, think I should probably tell you this. Daddy…that is, the God of Mischief, sent me a weird mission. He wants me to pray at the Shrine of Bees. But…that’s, like, really weird! Gods don’t normally send their followers to other gods’ shrines, they’re supposed to want the exact opposite! Especially for their demigods! So, I have no idea what Daddy is thinking…or planning!”
Her face fell.
“Beely…what do I do? It’s my dad, but he’s also, well, mischievous, so I don’t want to hurt you or the God of Bees if he’s planning something weird…”
Belissar shook his head with a smile.
“I don’t think you will, to be honest. The God of Bees gave me a mission too, I guess on behalf of the God of Mischief? It said to help you get a blessing of bees. So…I’m guessing they worked something out on their end? Unless other gods can send missions from the Tower, but I thought the Tower asks first if it’s not our patron?”
Finnakynne blinked several times before frowning.
“Me? Get a blessing from the God of Bees? But that’s…I’m a demigod and dungeon master of Mischief so that shouldn’t…but wait, is that why Daddy sent that mission? And got the God of Bees to send you one too? Wait, huh, what?”
Finnakynne had subconsciously taken off from her bumblebee friend and was now flying around in a circle while muttering. Belissar rubbed his chin, trying to sort out the situation himself before remembering he didn’t have to.
“How about we ask Velebee?”
Finnakynne paused, and then nodded silently and with a serious expression. The two looked around for Velebee…only to find her already approaching them while glowing with golden light.
“Hive-Builder! Queen of All Bees says is ok! Queen of All Tricks going to help!”
Belissar smiled.
“Great, thanks Velebee. And thank you, God of Bees, for the room, the mission, and, well, everything! I’ll make an offering to you soon!”
Velebee glowed once more.
“Hive-Builder best hive-builder! Queen of All Bees says Belissar best dungeon master!”
Belissar turned to Finnakynne.
“So…it seems like it’s alright?”
Finnakynne stood there in a daze, blinking several times before she responded.
“I guess it…is? Huh.”
Belissar frowned slightly.
“Are…you ok?”
Finnakynne shook her head.
“I’m fine it’s just…this…is weird. I’m…well, I was supposed to be the demigod and dungeon master of Mischief, but now I’m going to try and get a blessing from another god? That…feels…I guess I don’t really know how I feel about it.”
Belissar stayed silent as he wasn’t sure what to do about that. Finnakynne herself kept flying around and letting out sighs. Both of them stayed like that for about a minute…
And then the bumblebee soldier tackled Finnakynne. Finnakynne yelped…and then began to giggle as the bumblebee started grooming her.
“That tickles, Bumbly!”
Finnakynne laughed, flipped around to the bumblee’s back, and began to rub her fuzz. She exhaled her breath as she did, letting her body relax.
“Hm…well, maybe I’m overthinking it. I guess I already decided to try something different and Daddy already approved of that…so, if both Daddy and the God of Bees agreed…then no sense brooding about it! Forward, Bumbly! I don’t even know if the God of Bees will require to bless me or even if she’ll bless me anyways, so might as well see what she says first!”
Belissar smiled and nodded. Belissar let Finnakynne and the bumblebee fly off to the shrine of bees in the room. In the meantime, he went over to the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter.
“Hi, First of the Fifth’s First Daughter.”
The queen immediately danced a salute.
“King! What need?”
Belissar smiled at her.
“Nothing. I just wanted to tell you that this room is the hive of hives’. The hive of hives can decide how to use it, who should move into it or who should remain in their current homes. Just let me know what you all decide to do.”
The First of the Fifth’s First Daughter trembled.
“K-King is best king! Room is amazing, incredible! Will tell hive of hives! King is best king!”
Belissar gave her a nod and then stepped away so she could calm down. Just a few minutes later, he could feel intense mana dances rush through the hive of hives as the queens began discussing the room. He withdrew his focus, taking care not to alert the queens to his presence. He really wanted the hive of hives to decide how to use this room, so didn’t want them to think he had plans for it yet.
And then Belissar felt a surge of mana. He turned and saw a bright yellow light coming from the Shrine of Bees. A moment later, the bumblebee soldier flew back towards him, with a wide-eyed, trembling Finnakynne on her back.
“B-Beely…I just got blessed by the God of Bees! I-Immediately, right away, without even doing anything! W-What do I do, what do I do?!”
Mission: Help the Demigod of Mischief receive a blessing of Bees completed!
Reward: Bee-type perk choice
Author’s Note:
Beecity, beecity! Amazing, incredible! And what better reward for the best dungeon master who built such a wonder than more bees? Best, day, ever!
And bumble helper’s accepted by the Queen of All Bees! Amazing, incredible! I think…I think maybe we might just be able to consider bumble helper as an honorary bee now. Congratulations, bumble helper! You’re no longer silly!
Anyways!
What will the hive of hives decide to do with the beecity? What new bees will King be rewarded with? How will our new honorary bee contribute to the hive of hives? Tune in next time, to find out!
Comments
AEgamer1
Ah...that's...a good question. Well, yes, we'll have to check on that soon, huh?
Kat
I love the BeeCity! But I have a humble question from a non-bee on behalf of another non-bee… Is our Tower Keeper still planning to make the promised memorial for the karnuq?
CataFlan
The 3rd of 3rd (construction queen bee) will evolve soon? BeeCity construction helping her enlightenment towards construction? Maybe evolved she can help more in the construction of the meadery?
Ark
Since the room has bee aspected mana if a mana flower was put inside it would it become a bee mana flower? Or maybe it could become a honeysuckle mana flower that produces honey. Maybe since there are chambers in the bee city they could be specialised? Like the central one will remain the same but the other chambers could become change to suit different environments like cold, hot, light, dark, water, etc
