Chapter 131

〈 Episode 131 〉 Skirmish

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Fwoooosh-!

The clear sky was stained with crimson flames. Flames that threatened to incinerate the entire forest spread, burning the bees alive. Elves patrolling the perimeter rushed to the location where the bees had disappeared. The assault force, having recognized the attack and confirmed the frantic flight of surviving bees, stormed in.

“Move! Enter swiftly before pursuit begins!”

Hundreds of Elves entered towards the bees’ Nest. Surviving bees attacked along the way, but they were all killed by the archers’ attacks.

Thwack!

The bees’ vitality was so strong that they could live for over an hour even after being pierced through their thick abdomens, chests, or even heads. However, when the Elf archers pierced the nerve center inside their bodies in one shot, the bees lost their strength, fell to the ground, and could no longer move. Wizards also burned the bees’ antennae, causing them to lose their direction and wander aimlessly.

Acnes, the commander of the assault force, continued to survey the surroundings as she entered the massive Nest.

“Hurry! We can’t handle them if they all come at once!”

In response to her words, the assault force quickly moved into the Nest without answering.

In silence, the Elves entered the Nest and surveyed the surroundings. The vast Nest had a complex structure that could cause an unfamiliar person to wander for a lifetime if they entered carelessly. However, the faint moans were mixed with the buzzing of the bees’ wings, which were heard by the sensitive ears of the Elves.

“There!”

The Elves quickly moved to where long, hexagonal structures were lined up. As they approached, the moaning sounds gradually grew louder.

“Ugh, kkeueueue♥”

“Hoo, hwaaaang♥”

Some Elves frowned at the sounds that they would never normally hear from the usually calm and composed Elves. However, most of the assault force members were already sick of hearing the moans.

Squish!

The Elves, mercilessly trampling on the Larva in their path, arrived at the place where the prisoners were held.

“N-No, hiieeee♥”

“Hwaaaa♥”

The moaning sounds echoing in the enclosed space were close to noise pollution for the Elves with their sensitive hearing. It would be a terribly loud sound for the women who were moaning, but the individuals themselves were shouting climactic moans at the top of their lungs.

Acnes, who was also frowning at the moaning sounds coming from all directions, shouted.

“Rescue them quickly!”

At Acnes’ command, the Elves entered the hexagonal frames, which numbered at least over 300.

Chichichit!

In some cases, Drone were still violating the Elves, but the Elves of the assault force were all veterans who had trained for at least 100 years. They quickly pierced the Drones’ wings or shattered their bodies into pieces.

“Heueu, heeee…”

Two members of the unit grabbed an Elf prisoner, who was holding her swollen belly and staring blankly into the air, and pulled her out of the frame. The Elf, who had lost her reason due to the repeated Mental attack of the commanding entities, could not even control her own body properly.

The rescued Elf seemed to have been captured for a long time. Her breasts were swollen as if they would burst, and Larva were invariably attached, sucking on her Breast milk. The archer roughly threw the Larva sucking on her milk against the wall and gestured to the warrior next to her to hold her.

Woo-oong!

A bee quickly flew towards the three, but the archer, who was already prepared, shot an arrow that burst its neck, and its head and body were separated and rolled on the floor.

“Let’s go!”

Besides the two, the Elves each rescued prisoners and moved out of the holding room. The appearances of the rescued prisoners varied. Some Elves looked at their greatly swollen bellies with despair, while others were lost in pleasure, not knowing where they were, and fondling their own breasts and Yoni.

The assault force, having rescued all of them, immediately left the Nest.

“Fireball!”

“Lightning Strike!”

The Elves, who repeatedly cast Magic to collapse the Nest as much as possible, quickly began to move away from the Nest. However, the rescue was just the beginning. The vast forest was quickly filled with the sound of countless wings.

Whaaaaaaang!!

The Elves’ faces turned pale as they sensed the bees chasing them, whose numbers were difficult to count even at a glance. It was a situation where they themselves could end up in the same situation as the rescued prisoners.

“Quickly, to the rendezvous point!”

Behind the Elves running desperately, the bees swarmed, darkening the sky. Sweat streamed down the necks of the fleeing Elves. The speed of the Elves running through the forest was ridiculously fast compared to humans, but it was insufficient compared to the bees flying in the air.

The distance between the Elves and the bees was rapidly closing. The distance between the two had narrowed to the point where the swarming bees could be seen with the naked eye.

“Aether-nim!”

At Acnes’ shout, a massive Mana wave spread around. The Elves, who also felt the Mana fluctuation, also brightened their expressions.

“–Force Cannon Artillery”

The massive white pillars made of Mana annihilated the bees chasing the Elves. Thousands of bees were completely broken down into molecular units by the electrifying strike. Aether was the one who greeted the assault force and the rescued prisoners. She had various Mana shields equipped and dozens of light spheres floating around her, and she opened a huge door.

“Warp Gate”

The assault force quickly escaped through the door connected to the Elves’ city. Aether, having confirmed that all the Elves had successfully escaped, also passed through the door last.

The ones who greeted the assault force were the Elves in charge of relief.

“Take the rescued women here.”

At their guidance, the assault force entrusted the Elves they were each carrying to the relief team. Even while accepting the prisoners, who were soaked with Slime or Breast milk, they did not bat an eye and headed to the infirmary. The rescued prisoners would have the Larva in their pregnant bellies removed and then receive treatment.

Aether, having confirmed that the exhausted assault force was resting as if they were collapsing, disappeared with light to help another assault force.

“Ah…”

Acnes, who was about to express her gratitude to Aether, let out a regretful sigh. She was scheduled to be dispatched again after a half-day break, but she went back over the operation situation.

‘We need to completely annihilate the Nest, not just destroy a part of it. We need to divide the rescue team and the destruction team during the initial entry. If necessary, a decoy team to lure the bees’ main force…’

Acnes frowned as she thought about the overall situation.

‘In the first place, there are too few people to face the bees. Only intermediate archers who have trained for over 100 years can kill the bees in one shot…’

Only 30% of all the archers in the Elf kingdom were intermediate archers. They were capable of killing even human knights equipped with armor in a single shot, but they could only barely withstand the bees who attacked in enormous numbers.

Wizards could burn a large number of bees, but they could not protect themselves, so they needed an escort. In the assault force with a limited number of people, only a very small number of units could operate Wizards.

It was estimated that the number of Elves who had already been captured exceeded 5,000, and now the Elves were suffering from a terrible labor shortage. Countless Elves were dying or being captured and becoming seed-bearers at the front lines, and the villages on the outskirts were all destroyed by the bees and became deserted ghost towns.

“Heueueu…”

It was too difficult for Acnes, the commander of a single assault force, to solve this difficult situation. She massaged her tired arms and legs and fell into a short rest.

Like Acnes’ unit, some assault forces successfully rescued prisoners, but some assault forces failed to escape in time and were all captured by the bees. They, who were strong warriors, resisted desperately, but they could not withstand the Mental attack of the commanding entities and became seed-bearers in the Nest. The Elves and the bees were fighting a war, repeatedly gaining and losing ground.

“Eueung…”

Asha, who woke up from her sleep and rubbed her eyes with her hands, tilted her head.

“What is it? Something’s strange… Uh, uh?!”

Asha was dumbfounded to see that she had two arms when she woke up. She pinched her cheek, wondering if she was dreaming again, and groaned at the tingling pain.

“Kkeueueu! I-It’s real! Arms, no, legs too?”

When Asha looked down, her legs were also properly attached to her torso. Asha was overjoyed to see her body was back to normal.

“Wow! What’s going on! It’s not like I’m Piccolo, why did my arms and legs suddenly grow back? Did you do it?”

[You did it.]

Asha was puzzled by the Mind entity’s answer.

“If I could have done it, I would have done it a long time ago?”

Unable to resolve her question, she began to browse the message log.

“Self-Repair? Super Regeneration?”

Looking at the messages that had just occurred, Asha roughly understood how her limbs had grown back. Her newly acquired Skill seemed to be able to regenerate even lost limbs. Asha felt a little creeped out when she thought that she might not die even if her neck was cut off and immediately reattached.

‘Can that even be called a human?’

There were dozens of other messages left, and Asha groaned and read them.

“Wh-What?!”

[Character Name: Asha]

Strength: 208

Agility: 176

Durability: 233

Stamina: 251

Mana: 265

Skills: Weapon Mastery LV.13, Mana Utilization LV.15, Intercourse LV.19, Hospitality LV.9, Sprint LV.8, Pain Reduction LV.22, Stat Enhancement LV.32, Stealth LV.9, Ambush LV.3, First Aid LV.4, Trade LV.9, Search LV.6, Cradle of the Species LV.19, Spell LV.19, Masochistic Tendency LV.18, Cooking LV.3

At the end of the countless messages was Asha’s Stats, which were going wild.