Formicea Chapter 136

- Honiu -

This event is certainly lacking.

While it was interesting for a while to observe how those fickle creatures interact in their natural environnt, I got fed up with the nurous advances from them.

The problematic factor I'm sure about by now is that they're by far the most cunning beings I ever heard about.

And what makes them utterly chaotic is that all of them think foremost about themselves.

Because they're like this it's basically impossible to foresee their reactions in the long run.

As a montary insight, I can assu that they're trying to please this one entity referred to by them as "king".

They compete with each other to the extres in their attempts to beco the most favored subjects of him.

But if they don't do so it's easy to see that they build countless little factions with the intention of impeding their rivalries.

I noticed by now six different cases when they uttered insults against themselves with the sole purpose of gaining approval from their peers in the sa group.

Utterly unproductive and speaking of general destructive tendencies.

The pinnacle was reached when so tried to go against my brood in their attempts to find so common ground with others to join and form another group of interest.

This shows that so of them can't even see the imdiate consequences of their actions.

And as I see it, they wouldn't hesitate a single mont to support a different entity than this "king" as long as it promises a greater advantage for them.

Truly, none of them can be completely estimated in their behavior.

I can't be sure if all this is entirely true at this point of my observations, but one thing is certain.

Whatever Erys agreed on with them, such chaotic creatures will stray from the negotiated terms as soon as they see a promising opportunity.

"Clonk"

What was that?

Erys' royal guard suddenly beca extrely agitated.

"Erys!" (F)

My personal nurse in a display of unprofessionality leaves my side and runs over to the gathering.

Yet I doubt that she'll make any difference to the physically superior drones.

I turn to my brood.

(F)

(H)

She has a point, I'll give her that.

If those are all the important people gathered here, it's either a very bad plan that didn't take into consideration for us to turn on them.

Or it does.

In both cases, personal involvent seems unlikely as I have learned to know these self-centered creatures.

Maybe the next character can answer this oddity.

Because finally the "king" managed to reach .

"Princess Honiu! What is going on here?!" (K)

He's shadowed by a small assembly of guards.

But I'm not concerned.

I'm sure that I could at least draw a conflict out, and while most of Erys guards already rushed in the direction they assu their broodmother to be, indicated by a bloody path of body parts, there are still so present.

And they are in a very foul mood, pointing their weapons at the present humans.

As am I.

"From my perspective, it seems like the princess who was supportive of you up to the point of being naively lenient paid the price for her foolishness. Your problem hereby is that I am supposed to take asures should a situation like this arise." (H)

"asures?" (K)

I grab this creature at its neck.

"Aaahhh!" (noble lady)

"I see betrayal and foes and am planning to deal with this in accordance." (H)

While choking, this human still manages to signal his guards to step back, he's more considerate than I gave him credit for.

So I let him drop.

(H)

"SCREEEEAAAAAAAAAK!"

(H)

She appropriately quickly begins to go about her task.

"Eeeveryeone! Ief you stAy calm aend won't move nothieng will hAppEn to you!! Thies isn't a joke! Don't fieght, don't run! ThEy'll kiell you otherwiese!" (F)

Also, this king reacts.

"G-guards! Cough! Drop your weapons! Don't retaliate!" (K)

Hm, truly wiser than I thought.

It seems my little ssenger did a good job because the mont the man finished the sentence they swarm through the main entrance.

Guardians, workers, and even so hunters.

Now it becos clear how wise this man was because now I have total power in this place.

Despite the warning they were given, so try to push out of the room.

I don't need more than a pheromone signal and they fall in pieces to the ground.

This at least stops the others.

(H)

(F)

(H)