Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1253 The Golden Insect Queen (Lanxi Alliance)

"I'm awake! I'm awake!"

The Balrog was extremely docile. The relatively long, tedious, and boring life in the Ironblood Cage Trial Grounds had made the Balrog forget the dangers posed by some higher-level creatures outside.

At this moment, with the appearance of this unknown and powerful life form, the Flame Demon's long-dormant memories were awakened once again.

Glug, glug, glug.

The bubbling, boiling crimson magma gradually stabilized, and the Balrog took out some high-grade fire crystals and respectfully placed them in front of Grin.

"Great being, this is my offering to you in submission; please accept it."

Green collected these offerings as a matter of course. Having lived in the Dimensional Digestor for so many years, Green was used to offerings from subservient lower beings.

"Tell me, where is a large mother hive nearby? I mean a really large mother hive, one that you wouldn't dare mess with."

Seeing the Flame Demon's pained expression, Grimm put the fire crystals into the dimensional rift and then asked in a low voice.

"You're joking. How could there be anything here that I wouldn't dare to provoke? Unless its flesh isn't delicious enough, the great Utmuzi can go wherever he wants in this Iron Blood Cage Trial Grounds..."

The Flame Demon, who was halfway through his smugness, suddenly paused, sensing Grimm's increasingly hostile expression. He quickly pointed in two directions and said, "I remember on that giant cloud-piercing tree over there, a Flamingo King was driven away by a Golden Insect Queen. A hundred years ago, that Flamingo King tried to take my volcano, but I drove it away too. And over there, I heard that a group of Twisted Transformers sealed away a very powerful Golden Insect Queen. I don't know if it's true or not."

After Grimm grunted in response, he vanished before the Flame Demon could react.

……

The entire Predator Cage was a scene of carnage, with Predators constantly collecting the heads or life cores of their prey as a symbol of their glory. The slaughter within this Predator Cage was the Predator's rite of passage into adulthood.

Green, like a ghost, moved through the many battles, flying towards the direction of the Cloud Piercing Tree pointed out by the Flame Demon.

"Oh, so this is the Cloud Piercing Tree?"

Below the roots is a black swamp that stretches as far as the eye can see, with numerous signs of biological activity.

This giant tree, nearly 100 meters in diameter, has a straight and towering trunk that reaches into the clouds, casting a large shadow.

Beneath the surface of truth, Grimm's tricolored eyes narrowed their gaze and saw an upside-down insect sphere hanging on a tree branch above the clouds. It resembled a large bat in hibernation, the sphere a dense mass of countless insects.

Green's insight penetrated the surface of the insect sphere and focused on its center, where an energy spectrum showed a pale red area brimming with vitality.

"Oh? So that's the Golden Insect Queen. It's indeed much more powerful than the will-gathering life form composed of the Black Ink Insect Queen last night."

Ignoring the Predators, Metamorphosis Masters, and various native creatures engaged in a chase and hunt within the vast swamp, in Grimm's eyes they were nothing more than a bunch of crickets vying for dominance, not worth mentioning.

Like a shadow, Green silently drifted toward the sphere of insects that was over a hundred meters long.

While the invisibility of the Grimmaine Robe has limited effect on Predators, it still plays an extremely powerful role in concealment for the vast majority of Metamorphosis Masters and Nest Mothers.

"Are you interested in collaborating?"

With a "buzz," the sudden communication from Green caused the entire insect sphere to tremble violently. Clearly, the insect queen at the very center was startled. Immediately afterwards, the dense swarm of insects flapped their wings in the air like bats, looking towards Green.

"Who are you?"

Green approached silently, and at this moment, there was no trace of his presence in his gaze, as if he were an insignificant insect.

Logically speaking, this is almost impossible; it's too bizarre.

"You may call me the Annihilation Wizard. I carry the most sincere will of a great wizard from another world, hoping to cooperate with the will of the Mother Nest. I will be responsible for leading you out of this iron-blooded cage, and you will need to help me find the way back to the wizarding world. We will sign a fate contract."

"Do you have a way to escape this iron-fisted cage?"

The will of the queen insect emanates from the bat swarm—unbelievable, yet filled with joy and anticipation.

"Yes, but first you must prove that you have a way to contact your Queen of Blades and guarantee that you can find my way home."

Green stared intently at the swarm of insects and spoke in a low voice.

"Alright! Follow me, I will take you to see another great being. As long as we can return to the Mother Nest swarm, it will surely find a way to take you to meet the Shaja Blade Queen. The Shaja Blade Queen is a great queen who is famous throughout the entire Mother Nest swarm."

As he spoke, the bat spread its wings and flew away from the Cloud Piercing Tree. After thinking for a moment, Green followed.

……

The pitch-black underground space was filled with the rustling sound of insects crawling everywhere.

"Senefraka, you're saying this weak creature has mastered a way to escape the Ironblood Cage?"

One moment it's galloping horses, the next it's a cobra flicking its tongue. This is a swarm of wills that Green senses is approaching level five. It has a milky white halo on its body. Through sensing, it is an ability inherited by some higher organism through bloodline, a rather advanced application of spiritual energy.

"Yes, but it comes with a condition: a fate contract must be signed. We hope you can take him to meet the Queen of Blades and entrust her to help him find his way back to the wizarding world."

"Oh? The Wizarding World?"

Seemingly quite interested, the insect queen, who kept changing forms, said, "Wizard, tell me how you escaped this iron-blooded cage."

A moment later, the insect queen stabilized in the form of a cobra, clearly convinced by Green's method.

"A method of mentally enslaving other beings? The wizarding world? How interesting! I'm very interested in you and your wizarding world."

As the Insect Queen spoke, Green humbly added, "I think the wizarding world is also very interested in everything here."

"However, I have a few more conditions."

The Queen of Insects flicked her tongue and said matter-of-factly, "Since you represent the will of the wizards and wish to submit to the great will of the Mother Nest, you must first set an example by abandoning any constraints imposed by the Fate Contract on the great Mother Nest civilization. You will need to return to the wizarding world and lead your people to submit to us as much as possible. As for those who are unwilling to submit, the great Queens of Blades will assimilate them into the Mother Nest civilization."

Green's expression changed, and he said in a low voice, "I am cooperating on behalf of the wizards, not making a request!"

"Wizard, I haven't finished speaking. It's an honor for you wizards to lead your race to submit to the great Mother Nest Civilization. Rest assured, I will allocate a world specifically for your survival and reproduction as a reward for your voluntary submission. Furthermore…"

"I think you've misunderstood something. The Wizard's Will is an equal entity to the Mother's Will, and I'm only here to seek cooperation!"

Green emphasized again, his voice turning completely cold.

"An existence equal to the will of the Mother Nest? Hmph, wizard, you lowly being, who hasn't even ventured beyond your own small world cluster, do you know how many worlds the Mother Nest civilization controls? Do you know..."

Bang!

Suddenly, Green flashed and slapped the head of the cobra that was constantly flicking its tongue.

In an instant, under absolute control of his power, Green tried his best to restrain it, fearing that an excessively strong fluctuation would attract the attention of the monitors outside the Ironblood Cage.

The hundreds of meters long body of the entire cobra, consisting of hundreds of millions of insects, was completely destroyed in an instant under the control of Grimm's absolute power, along with the insect queen that had pushed Grimm to his limit.

"Stop nagging!"

Green gritted his teeth and spoke in a chilling tone.

"Ah! You actually..."

Bang!

With another flash, Green slapped the entire swarm of black bats to death, his ferocity overflowing.

A mere fourth-level world lord doesn't even qualify to enter the dimensional food passage. Even though Grimm has suppressed his power to the extreme, such an existence is nothing more than something Grimm could crush at will. How dare he be so presumptuous.

(End of this chapter)