Reincarnated To Evolve My Bee Empire

Chapter 314 - 314: This welcome is too warm!

Five days later, I was flying on Woe over the stretching scenery of yet another living mountain forest. Nine more black dragons, all carrying 200 bees in total, were flying behind Woe in triangular formation.

For these five days, forests, fields and occasional rivers, all incredibly clear from the height of a dragon's flight, were most of what I've seen. I never thought that there would be so many of them…

Human settlements and roads were just motes of dust in comparison.

Now our target should be near, and I hoped we weren't too late.

The flight that should've taken from three to four days took five because a weaker dragon from the flock grew tired and ill from all the flying. Woe, the leader of this flock (as it was the boldest, the oldest, and the most loved by bees), refused to fly until its friend got the rest it needed.

Admittedly, all dragons needed some rest, and I ordered us to take it. But as a result, the road took even longer, and the supplies we took for the flight were stretched thin.

We still had enough for a couple of days, but we will need to make camp, hunt and forage before we start

"FOR THE EMPIRE!" my girls shouted, giving our dragons a jolt.

"Dragon riders, tell the dragons that they can eat anything they can catch! These things aren't poisonous," I declared, looking over the insects once more. "Yes! They all can be food!"

This caused even more cheers and some pleased growls when the dragon riders translated these thoughts to the dragons.

In the next second, the massive free-for-all continued.

The flying insects dispersed over the free space over our heads, and the ground insects began to investigate our presence.

After the bees dismounted, including myself, a group of Warriors with breathing-stuff (fire, acid or poison—take your pick) genes spread around the formation.

They were the first bastion of defense, releasing clouds of fire and gases that were extremely effective in keeping anything flying at bay!

At the same time, the dragons took off from the ground again, but didn't go far—they flew around, freely eating whatever they could catch. Although many insects have evolved to be more agile and dodge better, there were still enough of them.

And black dragons were fast and precise beasts! Their jaws snatched flies so neatly that almost no blood spilled outside their mouths.

But despite these two groups, there were still enough insects that in no time at all, a Beemarine had to smash an ant's head to prevent it from attacking one of the breathers from the side.

Then, a grasshopper–a creature with a disturbingly lean body and incredibly long legs–swooped from above, trying to bite off a Commando's head. Another Commando has skewered the insect with her spear.

I saw a Warrior Ant crawling from a cloud of smoke created by a fire-breather and pointed at her with my stinger… and shot it!