Chapter 2435 – Death Mage Side Chapter 38 (1/2)

Death Mage Side Chapter 38 – Religious devotion is work

The Gehenna Bees, ere born after the Cemetery Bees' queen bee underwent pseudo-reincarnation and becaht They worked every day, and each day was divided into three shi+fts This was because their hobby was to work, and their goal in life was to become able to work more

The Gehenna Beesnoises as they talked to one another

At first glance, they had the appearance of fe ar from their foreheads were not hair, but antennae What appeared to be their armor was an exoskeleton Each of the fros on their backs and a tail-like bee stinger

Their eyes were not those of h they were difficult to tell apart fro-like features, like Empusa and Arachne, these Gehenna Bees were a race of monster

Naturally, they were a race of monster that existed nowhere in this world other than in Talosheim, and their main place of residence was the nest that they had built attached to Talosheim's castle It was a bizarre structure that was over a hundred meters tall with the appearance of a number of stacked mudballs The other races knew it as the Gehenna Bee castle

However, its interior was surprisingly si that humans would dwell in

When the Gehenna Bees were still Cemetery Bees whose appearances were simply that of enormous bees, the nest had been an ordinary nest However, even with extra ars, Gehenna Bees were very close to hu to live in the same structure that they had lived in as enormous bees was inconvenient

Thus, the Gehenna bees had rebuilt the nest through trial and error, gathered the various goods they needed in their everyday lives and endured the difficulties that were needed for them to become accustomed to their new bodies

However, the Gehenna Bees were not sorrowful about this They were truly happy that they had become closer in form to humans The reason for this was that they loved their work

Work progresses! one Gehenna Bee said excitedly

Working with fingers is faster than e only had jaws! said another

It feels good to use tools! It is very easy!

The Gehenna Bees' work productivity had iinal bee-like forms

Creating buildingites ordered by Quinn were 'work' for the Gehenna Bees born fros she laid

Thus, resting was also work Therefore, when they rested, they rested with all of their effort They would not show any reserve in resting, no matter how profusely their senior brethren sweated as they worked They were perfor'

Still, sweating as they worked was the ideal lifestyle for Gehenna Bees

But still, I want to sweat hard and work! one of them said

However, the only Gehenna Bees who could work for longer than eight hours a day were those whose Ranks had increased and Quinn's attendants that nested within Vandalieu's shadow

These Gehenna Bees had not increased their Ranks, nor were they attendants of Quinn In order to attain the long work hours that they dreamed of, they had no choice but to work hard, earn Experience Points, improve their Skills and increase their Ranks

That hy the Gehenna Bees got fired up with conversations about what race they would become after their Ranks increased and what kind of work they would do

The stars are the Gehenna Bee Workers, said one of the Gehenna Bees

It's hard to pass up being a Gehenna Bee Knight, though, said another

Mages are good in their oay, piped up a third

The 'work' of resting included co with their felloorkers, so they conversed with fervor

The Gehenna Bees perceived every Gehenna Bee, except for the queen bee Quinn, to be equal workers They just had different tasks – Soldiers had the task of fighting, Mages perfor and honey-harvesting

Of course, the loss of Gehenna Bees that co i Gehenna Bees to be sacrificed to reduce the losses of the co ones However, there was a problem with this task

After all, each individual would always return as long as Quinn and that person were there

Today's day of enjoyable physical labor was about to begin

It's tiht as she set out

Gehenna Bees had different preferences for tasks depending on their individual qualities In order for them to discover which tasks they preferred, those who had not yet increased in Ranks after hatching from their cocoons performed a different task every day

The task given to this one particular Gehenna Bee today was construction However, the construction was not an expansion of the nest in which she and the others lived

Theas stone, not wood and sand mixed with her saliva And even after this object was built, nobody would live in it, nor would it provide any protection from enemies like a fortress's walls would

That was the strange nature of the object that was being built

If she were to be honest, neither she nor any of the other Gehenna Bees knehy it was necessary to build this object However, it was a task that had been ordered of them by the queen bee Quinn, and she knew that it was a task that many residents of Talosheim wanted the this object, even if she did not understand it

With these thoughts running through her mind, the Gehenna Bee headed for the construction site with her felloorkers and began putting the stone parts together

“Ah, the Gehenna Bees for the afternoon shi+ft!” said an Undead titan stoneether! As for where to take them –”

The Gehenna Bee obeyed the stoneroup of four to lift a cube-shaped ht, and fly it off They would be joining this block of stone to the enormous, halfway-built statue of Vandalieu

The adhesive would be a mixture of Gehenna Bee saliva and sand rather than mortar

In the sky above the Gehenna Bee were other groups of Gehenna Bees, flying around with blocks of stone Gehenna Bees that could fly with their wings and also possessed the 'Superhuth' Skill were valued as workers who could operate at high altitudes

The Gehenna Bee carried some stone and attached it to the statue as she had been instructed

She let out a quiet noise of wonderment

She could clearly see just how huge this object was And yet, this was only half the final height it would eventually reach – Wouldn't this beco Talosheim's castle and the Gehenna Bee nest?

The nificant, although the Gehenna Bee could only ireat they were, as she was but a loorker

But would this enormous statue be of such value that it warranted this cost?

It would serve no function Perhaps it would if it were to be turned into a Goles were currently planned, it would simply be an enormous statue even once it was completed

But it seemed that nobody froreater power of iht of this to be a problem

Races with physical strength would move the stone, and the stonemasons and sculptors would decorate it

“Stone coh!” said a titan

“Back, please,” a Leshi+ groaned

“Bugobugoh!” an Orcus grunted

Meanwhile, Black Goblins, Empusa and Arachne climbed the statue's surface to carve the detailed features

“It's starting to look like King! The way its eyes are all hollow is just like him!” one of the Black Goblins said

“I don't think the face has been built yet…” said an Empusa

“What exactly is he seeing?” an Arachne wondered

There were also those ereorder around the construction site and othersthe workers' health

“Safety is priority number one in construction! Helmets are strictly required to be worn! If you are injured, call the oes even if you're Undead!” an Undead supervisor shouted

“Don't go neglecting your water intake just because it's winter! Make sure you keep yourself hydrated unless you want to turn into an Undead!” a safety officer told the nearby workers

“Praise be, praise be,” a worker murmured as he carried out his tasks

For some reason, there were people like hi home It see called 'religious devotion,' which the Gehenna Bee didn't understand

Watching this scene, there was no doubt that many individuals of the races that made up this nation desired the completion of this statue

But there were so wordlessly at the end of the road that led to the construction site… the De Familiars, which were a part of Vandalieu, as essentially the father of the Gehenna Bees

'Oppose the construction of the enormous statue! A small one will do, won't it!'

'Let's put ht into hoe use our taxes!'

'Stop, please'

The De there wordlessly and silently, holding signs bearing et they were there at all if they didn't have appearances that were bizarre even from a Gehenna Bee's perspective

They… or rather, their main body Vandalieu, was the only person in Talosheim who opposed the enormous statue's construction

However, despite the protests, the De with the construction at all They were not standing in the way of the people carrying the stone and othernoise to try and distract the workers

And –

“Excuse me, could you please help me a little over here?!” one of the workers asked

“I'll be right there,” said one of the De Familiars

The De Familiars didn't hesitate to help with the construction when asked for help Naturally, their as done properly with no sabotage They worked enthusiastically, so advice, and they would return to their protesting positions once they were finished

From the perspective of the Gehenna Bees, it was ato do

Butit ht that it was some complicated decision that they were unable to comprehend