Chapter 27: Flying Fortress (2)

We entered the beehive.

With every step inside the gigantic beehive, I could feel the stickiness characteristic of honey, and the bees immediately swarmed towards us when they saw us.

Rona massacred the monsters with her sword again, and I filmed Rona fighting.

-Isn’t Chu Wang fighting?

“Fighting? Me?”

I had only read one chat message, but a massive witch hunt began targeting that one person.

-Saying a C-class should fight, do they have no brain?

-They seem to have a dead mother.

-Why are they trying to ruin a perfectly good broadcast that doesn’t belong to them?

Numerous insults were directed at one person.

I had a feeling something serious would happen if I left them alone.

“Alright, everyone calm down, calm down. It’s okay since they didn’t die.”

-Don’t stop me.

-Just ban that bich.

-Where do you live?

But the viewers’ anger didn’t subside.

There was no choice but to use the final method.

“…If everyone doesn’t calm down, I’m taking a week off tomorrow.”

-No!!!!!

-We’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry, we’re sorry.

-Your broadcast time is already short, and you’re even taking a break?

-I was wrong…

As expected, a break was the most effective medicine for disobedient viewers.

‘Anyway, what should I do now?’

I was bored doing nothing.

While Rona was fighting, I took a fingerful of honey from the wall and tasted it.

“Oh, the honey is delicious!”

I felt a deep flavor and sweetness in the honey that I had never experienced before.

I thought Mrs. Kim would really like it if I brought it to her.

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Does Chu Wang plan to reveal her face?

A sudden donation came.

“Revealing my face? You already know my face.”

-How do we know your face?

-When did you reveal it?

-We want to know too.

“My game customization is my face, you know.”

The mage customization was made using the camera function and looks exactly like my face.

So I wondered if I really needed to do it.

-Are you not confident about your face?!

-Yeah, we didn’t want to know the bitter truth either…

-Everyone give up…

-I can roughly guess her face.

“It’s true…”

It was really frustrating.

Why doesn’t everyone believe me?

Meanwhile, while Seonga was just chatting with the viewers, Rona had killed almost half of the monsters.

“F*ck, there are so many…!”

Only 10 minutes had passed, but the number of monsters killed already exceeded five digits.

I wondered how so many monsters could live in a beehive smaller than an island.

‘Should I just shoot a breath attack?’

I closed my eyes for a moment to think, then immediately shook my head.

Even if I shot a breath attack, the monsters here probably wouldn’t die, and my older sister nearby could also get caught in it.

‘It’ll work out somehow…!’

This time too, I unleashed a slash towards the direction with many monsters, and Rona grimaced.

She didn’t grimace because she couldn’t kill the monsters.

It was because the beehive hit by the slash didn’t have a single scratch.

‘It can even cut diamond…!’

How can a beehive be stronger than a diamond?!

My pride as an S-class was hurt.

Rona sliced through the monsters and went deeper inside.

One step.

One step.

She slowly stepped forward and went deeper.

And inside, there were monsters stronger than the ones outside, teeming.

‘According to the data, there should only be Grade 4 or lower…!’

Looking at the strength of these bug brats now, they felt like Grade 3 strength.

‘F*ck, aren’t those Americans investigating properly?!’

It was clear they only investigated inside the island and not inside the beehive.

Rona, annoyed, sent a slash towards the monsters, and 2,000 monsters died.

I should charge more for the request later.

This time too, I took one step at a time.

The number of monsters cut by the sword had already exceeded 30,000.

‘Should I ask for help…!’

When I turned my head for a moment to ask for help, Seonga was chatting with the viewers, not paying any attention to me.

‘Never mind. Let’s give up…’

Anyway, looking at her personality, she wouldn’t help unless I was really in danger.

Besides, I don’t know about others, but Grade 3 and 4 were all the same to Rona.

She sliced and sliced and sliced with her own fangs.

After about 30 minutes, she arrived at the center of the beehive and reached the final boss, the Queen Bee.

Hiss

The Queen Bee boasted a size the size of an apartment building, and the large stinger on its tail aimed at her.

“Grade 2…”

A Grade 2 monster could be handled by 3 A-class Awakened Ones, but Rona, being S-class, could handle it alone.

The Queen Bee attacked by shooting its stinger, but Rona casually caught the stinger, which was faster than a jet plane.

“Die quickly.”

Rona threw the caught stinger back at the Queen Bee, and as its gaze was directed elsewhere to avoid the stinger, she ran towards the Queen Bee and plunged the stinger into its face.

Kieeek!!!

With an unknown scream, she descended to the ground and sliced the Queen Bee in half.

Thud!

As it fell to the ground, the Queen Bee was split in half and fell, and there were no other remaining monsters around.

“Surprisingly, it was nothing special.”

Just as I was about to turn around and go back to Seonga,

Hiss hiss!

“……!”

I was startled by the sound of bees flapping their wings.

Turning back, I saw dozens of Queen Bees.

‘There wasn’t just one Queen Bee?!’

There was no time to panic.

My sword was aimed at the Queen Bees again.

‘…Calm down. Nothing has changed.’

No matter how many Grade 2 monsters there are, they are nothing more than trash mobs.

So I can do it.

As I took a fighting stance, I felt my body become heavy for some reason.

I quickly found the reason.

Squelch!

“Damn pheromones…!”

I couldn’t see or feel it, but I knew.

The beehive was now filled with all kinds of pheromones.

‘…It’s okay.

I can do it.’

There was no escape route in the first place.

Rona fought against the Queen Bees in a disadvantageous environment.

***

While Rona went deep into the beehive, I wandered around various parts of the beehive.

“Hmm, I think I’ve seen everything?”

-Yeah.

-It’s F*cking amazing.

-So this is what a beehive looks like.

Indeed, inside the beehive, there were only things I had never seen before, from honey storage to larva storage and egg storage.

Checking the time, it had already been 30 minutes.

“I can’t be late….”

-Why not?

“You see, I have a curfew.”

-???

-You have a curfew?

-???

Everyone seemed surprised at the mention of a curfew.

Is this the first time they’ve seen a house with a curfew?

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-Wasn’t Chu Wang a middle school dropout?

“Yes, I’m a middle school dropout.”

-No, how can you have a curfew if you’re a middle school dropout?

Hmm, I didn’t have a clue how to explain this.

I couldn’t honestly say I was a Returnee either.

“Please just know that I finished middle school due to certain circumstances. Oh, I’m not a slut, by the way.”

-LOL

-So you were looking at the cafe.

-I told you guys to stop saying the channel owner is a slut.

Sometimes I visit the cafe for fun after the broadcast ends, but strange posts keep appearing.

[The definitive reason why the channel owner is a slut.]

When I first saw it, I was dumbfounded, but I just thought they were having fun like this and didn’t take any action.

But when posts even claiming that I had some kind of school violence controversy just because I was a middle school dropout started appearing, I couldn’t stand it.

Later, when I decide on a fandom name, I should make it a name that feels wronged.

“I was a total outcast loner in middle school. I was the student whose glasses were locked with a padlock by bullies, and then posts about school violence even appear…”

-Fr 

-That was really too much.

-Just live with it

-Seems okay as a broadcast meme LOL

No, what kind of female streamer would make ‘slut’ and ‘school violence’ into a meme?

Seeing the viewers’ reactions, my desire to take the high school equivalency exam became even stronger.

‘Hmm, I wonder what everyone thinks about university…’

Of course, I don’t plan to go, but I was curious about the viewers’ reactions.

“Everyone, what do you think about me going to university?”

-???

-University all of a sudden?

-??

“Mom asked me how about going once, so shouldn’t I hear your opinions too?”

If I went to university, I might be able to escape that annoying treatment as a slut.

-Will the broadcast time decrease if you go to university?

“Probably so, right?”

It was physically demanding to balance university assignments, club activities, and broadcasting.

-Absolutely not.

-Don’t go.

-Go all in on broadcasting life.

They started having a seizure at the mention of reduced broadcast time.

They all seemed to really dislike the idea of me going to university.

One chat message caught my eye.

-I’ll admit it if it’s S University LOL

“S University?”

-S University

-S University is certainly acceptable LOL

-Isn’t that condition too unreasonable?

Everyone seemed to agree on S University alone.

If I go to S University, will the misunderstanding about me being a slut also disappear?

‘Let’s think about this later…’

It’s currently 8:40 PM.

The curfew is approaching soon.

‘Did something difficult happen?’

Didn’t they say there were only Grade 4 monsters?

I was getting worried because she hadn’t come after so much time had passed.

“…Everyone, I’ll end the broadcast for a moment.”

-???

-Suddenly?

-???

Their permission didn’t matter.

I turned off the broadcast and went deep into the beehive.

The deeper I went, the more monster corpses there were, and they were also larger.

‘How far does this go?’

“Huff… hufff…!”

As I went deeper, I saw a familiar back figure and heard rough breathing.

‘Is it Rona?’

On the floor, there were countless corpses of Queen Bees, of which there should have been only one.

Rona’s condition was also unusual.

She looked very tired, unlike her usual self.

The reason was easy to tell.

‘Is it because of pheromones…’

I couldn’t see or feel it, but I knew.

Bees are famous insects that use pheromones.

Furthermore, Rona, who can turn into a dragon, wouldn’t possibly be this tired just from fighting a few Queen Bees.

‘Hmm, should I help?’

It seems like she can do it without me if she tries just a little more.

I’m debating whether I should tell a fortune.

“…….”

Alright, there’s no progress if I just help.

Let’s watch for now, and if it seems like something serious is going to happen, I’ll help.

***

“Huff…!”

Her breathing became rougher and rougher.

Before I knew it, the number of Queen Bees she had killed exceeded three digits.

“Damn it…!”

Rona coughed out black breath and plunged her sword into the ground.

Her stamina was draining due to the damn pheromones, and her body felt heavy.

She wanted to unleash a breath attack, but it wouldn’t come out because of the pheromones.

As her dragon form gradually wore off, she no longer had the strength to fight.

‘Body, please move…!’

But contrary to her thoughts, her body wouldn’t move at all.

This time, the Queen Bees stung her simultaneously.

Since her body wasn’t moving at all, she couldn’t dodge.

‘I didn’t want to die in a place like this…!’

She closed her eyes and waited for death.

“……?”

Strange.

Seconds passed, but she felt no pain at all.

Feeling something was wrong, Rona slowly opened one eye.

“……!”

As she opened one eye, countless talismans formed a sphere, blocking the outside and protecting Rona, and a woman with a familiar back figure appeared.

“Un…nie?”

Rona, not knowing anything, was flustered.

How is she here?

“Hmph…”

Seonga sighed as she looked at Rona.

“Let’s finish quickly and rest. I have a curfew, you know.”