Trapped as an NPC in a Dating Sim-Chapter 89: Monster: BumbleBee Queen!
Golden Nectar was truly as its name suggested, Golden.
Its first effect, granting 100% satiety for 24 hours, was already very useful.
After all, not every dungeon was resourceful enough to provide food for hunters during days of exploration.
Although hunters could indeed go without eating for days, it wasn’t ideal. So, Golden Nectar was very appealing even for Soren.
Not to mention its Minor Agility Boost.
’5% agility boost for 2 hours... it seems I need to secure those honeys no matter what.’
Soren’s eyes shone brightly as his gaze landed on the massive hive, vibrating louder and louder.
For a moment, they even had to distance themselves a bit so as not to get attacked by the sonic waves.
*Swish!*
Right then, a huge figure shot out from within the hive in a flash, releasing a dense aura on the whole surrounding area.
Its golden-striped body glistened under the faint light, while its wings beat at a terrifying frequency, releasing a sharp, piercing hum that swept across the area like a shockwave. releasing a loud, piercing sound that swept directly across the area.
Fortunately, Soren and Aurelia had already used their mana to guard their ears. But still, they couldn’t help but feel a bit dizzy.
*BZZZT!*
The moment Queen appeared, all the bees around it reacted in sync.
*BZZZT!*
A deafening buzz filled the air as countless bees surged toward it, gathering into a dense, swirling swarm.
Their movements synchronized as if controlled by a single will, every compound eye locking onto the figures below with cold, hostile intent.
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[Monster: BumbleBee Queen]
[Rank: D]
[Level: 35]
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"Crescent Slash!"
"Soren..."
The moment it appeared, Aurelia and the twin sisters immediately noticed its level through their identification method, their figures instantly relaxing.
In fact, the twin sisters were even more straightforward; before anyone could react, they attacked the swarm of bees head-on without fear.
Now it was clear what they had decided.
If the Queen were at level 40, they might have hesitated. But since it was only level 35, even though it was a bit higher level, it wasn’t a threat.
In fact, Aurelia thought so too.
After giving Soren an excited look, she immediately swirled out a large amount of mana, condensing a massive crimson spear, larger than ever before.
"Pyro Lance!"
Then, just like the twin sisters, she hurled it at extreme speed at the Queen Bee, as if competing for the kill.
Really, she didn’t want to lose to them.
If there was anyone who would kill the Queen Bee, it had to be her team.
’This is weird!’
While Aurelia and the twin sisters were getting ready for the final battle, Soren, on the other hand, felt a bit odd.
’This doesn’t make sense. Didn’t Owen know our level?’
If even Aurelia and the twin sisters possessed a simple identification artifact, then it didn’t make sense for Owen not to have one.
So, Soren was sure that he already knew he was at level 36.
’Then why...?’
He didn’t believe for even a second that that guy was really generous enough to give them such a huge gift in the name of a test. He knew how greedy he was from the game.
*BZZZT!*
This unease and uncertainty already made Soren alert. Especially after the incident with that Phantom wolf, he was very cautious.
Even today, if not for Professor Lyra’s guarantee that their perimeter was safe, he wouldn’t have left the camp.
Feeling a bit unnerved by the situation, Soren didn’t immediately attack the monster.
Rather, he used his ’Eye of Insight’, scanning the monster above.
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[Monster: BumbleBee Queen]
[Rank: D]
[Level: 35]
[HP: 4020/4020] 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
[Special Trait:
> [Queen’s Dominion] – Commands nearby bees as a single unit, synchronizing their movements and attacks with perfect coordination.
> [Queen’s Convergence] – Fuses the entire hive into one unstoppable force, increasing health, strength, agility, venom, debuff, and attack power by a large margin for a short time.
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"Explode!"
The moment Soren scanned the monster, Aurelia spoke loudly, directly detonating the huge spear right on the Queen’s face.
"Kill!"
Right on time, the beautiful blade lights of the twin sisters also came right in front, criss-crossing at its head, intending to behead it.
*BZZZT!*
For a moment, a deafening mix of explosions and echoes tore through the forest, followed by the Queen’s loud, enraged cries.
This attack, which gathered so much mana from both teams, was so potent that, looking at its power, even if the Queen didn’t die, she would still be injured.
After all, she was only level 35, right?
"H-How is this possible?"
However, they were wrong.
Extremely so.
So much so that the cold sister, Elara, who never talked much, spoke aloud, her eyes widened in surprise.
The same was true for Aurelia and Elise, as they looked at the massive golden barriers, laced with hexagonal patterns, that condensed right in front.
*Golden Hex Shield*
With that barrier in front, surprisingly, not a single bee died.
Despite pouring so much mana into their attack, their attack simply vanished into puffs of smoke, unable to even leave a scratch.
*Flap... flap...!*
Not to mention the scene behind the barrier.
By now, they saw that the entire colony of bees had already gathered beside their Queen, moving in perfect sync.
In fact, they were so compact and unified, they looked like a single, living entity.
Especially those large numbers of crimson hexagonal eyes focused on the intruders in sync as if the Queen’s will bound them all.
*Swish!*
Followed by those creepy gazes, a golden aura swept through the surroundings in an instant.
And the moment it reached Aurelia, she felt an extreme weakness as if affected by a debuff.
In an instant, she felt that a lot of her strength was sapped off, her mana draining rapidly.
The same was the case for Soren and the twin sisters.
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[Monster: BumbleBee Queen]
[Rank: D]
[Level: 50]
[HP: 6300/6300]
[Special State: Queen’s Convergence]
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"Soren?"
The situation was so absurd that Aurelia stood rooted in her spot, totally confused.
But that instant of confusion was enough as she saw the Queen Bee let out a creepy cry, fluttering her synchronised wings rapidly.
*Swish!*
In an instant, a large number of stingers shot out from above, like arrows raining down.
*Venomous Barrage!*
From their attack to its defense to its counterattack, only a few seconds had passed when Aurelia, Soren, and the twin sisters found themselves struggling against the huge barrage of toxic dark stingers raining down on them.
They had no idea when the bees had learned to shoot their stingers with such precision.
But they had no doubt that even one stinger piercing their skin and injecting venom could be fatal.
Unfortunately, nobody, not even the twin sisters, expected the Queen’s level to abruptly jump to 50 like this.
They were caught completely off guard.
Looking at the black stingers, curved like the scythe of a grim reaper, forming a dome with no exit, they had no choice but to defend with everything they had.
But unless they used out-of-the-line artifacts, severe injury was inevitable.
"Run!"
However, just as the barrage was about to engulf her, Aurelia felt an urgent shout from behind, followed by a violent gale, as if a storm had arrived.
Then, a warm hand wrapped around her waist, hurling her forcefully out of danger.
*Swish!*
Not just her, the violent gale swept through the entire area with such intensity that the surroundings seemed to riot as if a hidden dragon had awakened.
It was so strong that Aurelia briefly thought the Venomous Barrage had stopped in midair from sheer force.
But she quickly realized that wasn’t the case.
Rather, Soren was moving so fast that it created the illusion of the attack freezing.
"Soren?"
By now, she had already realized whose arm she was in. And once again, she saw Soren using a skill he had never shown anyone before.
To be honest, looking at his new look, as if the wind itself swirled around him, she was utterly surprised.
But her astonishment didn’t end there.
After all, she already noticed he wasn’t moving outside the forest.
Rather, he was speeding directly toward the massive beehive now brimming with Golden Nectar.
The same hive guarded by the colossal monster formed from the swarm above.
The same hive belonging to a level 50 Queen, they couldn’t hope to handle in their current state.
"What are you doing?"
Yet Soren’s figure hovered calmly below the hive, holding Aurelia effortlessly, without a drop of sweat.
Then, to her astonishment, he actually shot a strange whip from his long sleeve, without bothering to answer her.
*Swish!*
After that, the moment the fiery Venomous Barrage struck their previous position, he hooked the whip to the top of the nest and sliced the largest store of Golden Nectar with flawless precision.
*Boom!*
With practiced ease, he sliced the globes into several large chunks, like a master chef with a flawless knife, and stored them instantly in his inventory.
Against the backdrop of the dark rain, his wind-like figure floated beneath the massive hive, cutting and collecting the honey in an instant.
It was so surreal and out of line that Aurelia gaped in absolute surprise, completely out of her usual demeanor, in total shock.
’What the heck?’
Not only did Soren save Aurelia and himself from an impossible attack, but he even managed to steal most, if not all, of the Golden Nectar right under the Queen’s nose.
*BZZZT!*
Undoubtedly, the Bumble Queen was furious, as her coalesced countless hexagonal eyes directly focused on the puny human below who dared to loot her hive.
For a moment, an extreme storm of golden rage swirled through the entire area, as if its fury had reached its limit.
To be honest, Aurelia found it even more suffocating than before.
Only, she couldn’t understand why Soren was instead smiling brightly.
"Serves you right for being too greedy. Now, let’s give you a present before I leave."
She only heard Soren mumbling lightly, looking somewhere far, before her vision blurred as Soren carried her like the wind, literally.
His arms gripped her waist firmly, pressing her soft body against his broad chest.
Honestly, this might be the first time Aurelia felt so safe.
