Epic of Bee

I was getting close to the end, or that was what I assumed it was, but these rooms were not getting any easier. The seventh room had a big green plant in the center that shot fireballs at me, and I had to keep moving to avoid them. I tried to hit it with my hammer, but it just made the plant angry, and it started shooting three fireballs at a time.

I was forced to keep running and dodging as best as I could, but eventually, I made a mistake and got hit by one of the balls of fire.

11/23 HP

I gritted my teeth; these hits were starting to add up, even if they weren't killing me outright. I needed some kind of edge if I wanted to make it through this gauntlet alive, or I was going to be starting over again. I tried to run and hit the plant again, but it just made it more angry, and I was forced to keep moving. It shot fireballs at me for what felt like forever, but eventually, I saw an opportunity and ran in to hit it with my hammer. At the moment of contact, everything around us froze as an icy wind whipped through the room. The plant's fireballs were frozen in mid-air as it slowly turned to ice from the bottom up.

When the process was done, I walked over and smashed the statue into tiny bits before continuing on my way; eight down, two more to go!

I sighed, but a new menu did pull up.

[Fast Attack 2]

[Increased Attack Radius 2]

[Poison Orbs 1]

I bounced between the first two choices but picked an increased attack radius in the end. I was still trying to get a feel for how everything worked, and I would need as much time as possible. The poison orbs could work, but they might not Bee worth it yet.

I walked into the next room, and it was full of those big green slimes again, but I had a plan. I went to the corner of the room and started swinging my hammer, targeting the same spot in the corner over and over again. A green cloud started to form as the slimes approached me, but they all died before they could reach me. This cleared the way for me to pick up another level!

[Poison Wave 5]

[Mega jump 2]

[Increased Attack Radius 3]

The poison orbs might not have been worth it, but the extra level on my Poison Wave was. I took that and then stared at the portal ahead of me. I had no clue if this was the final room, but something about how easy this was now made me think otherwise.

The next room was going to be a boss, but there were likely another ten rooms after this. I wanted this just to be over, but that was not likely if I knew anything about these games. This whole thing seemed to be built just to waste my time.

I marched up to the portal and then ran through it. Instantly, there was a flower in the center of the room, and it was shooting small fireballs in a stream at me. This flower was much bigger than the last one that I had faced, and it had a health bar above its head.

I started to dodge the fireballs as I ran in, but I was forced to keep moving. The moment I stopped, two more streams of fireballs came out from the side of the room. This was going to be tough, but I had a plan.

I waited for one stream to end before jumping in and hitting it with my hammer as hard as possible before turning and jumping away again. The cloud of poison worked on the flower just like it had with those slimes earlier, and so the flower's health slowly ticked down.

After about a minute or so of this hit-and-run tactic, the flower ticked down to 75% Health, and it started to flash red. Suddenly, the attack pattern of the flower changed.

It started to shoot fireballs in a stream at me, but every few seconds, it would stop and fire three big fireballs in a triangle pattern. I was forced to keep moving, but I noticed that the big fireballs were not homing in on me.

This gave me an idea, and so when the next set of three came out, I ran under them and turned to hit the flower with my hammer as hard as possible before jumping away again.

The cloud of poison worked on the flower, and the flower's health slowly ticked down again. After five more hits, the flower ticked down to 50% Health, and it started to flash red again.

Suddenly, the attack pattern of the flower changed once more. Now it was shooting five streams of fireballs at me in different directions, and every few seconds, it would stop and fire five big fireballs in a pentagon pattern. The interval between attacks started to get shorter, making everything about this fight that much harder.

I was forced to start jumping to keep up with the attacks that were becoming increasingly random. I tried to time my attacks, but it was getting harder and harder. I landed a few lucky hits, but they were not doing much damage.

The flower ticked down to 25% Health, and it turned solid red. Suddenly, the attack pattern of the flower changed once more. Now it was shooting seven streams of fireballs at me in different directions, and every few seconds, it would stop and fire seven big fireballs in a heptagon pattern.

I was forced to start constantly jumping to keep up with the attacks that were becoming nearly impossible to predict. I tried to time my attacks but failed over and over again until, eventually, I landed a lucky hit on it by dodging one of the big fireballs as it passed by me before turning around and hitting the flower as hard as possible with my hammer while screaming "Get Gassed!".

Suddenly, the flower stopped attacking, and its petals started to fall off as it slowly wilted away until it was nothing more than a skeleton. Then, with a big blast, it burst into black bits, and I flopped down on the floor. My body wasn't physically tired, but my mental exhaustion was starting to get the best of me after that fight.

There was a chest in the center of the room, but the thing that I noticed right away was that my Heath bar was back at full. That was a heaven-send, but that also meant there were more rooms ahead of me. I just flopped back on the floor and let out a few frustrated noises as I tried not to throw a fit on the floor, but oh, did I want to. This game thing was starting to get annoying, but I wasn't sure if there was a workaround.

I had thought that after cleaning the W1 Virus from Helaina, I would be able to clean each Wasp Queen much faster, but they were only getting more complicated.

"Hilda!" I called up, and then suddenly, she appeared, looking far too good. This woman was something else, and even in this game world, I felt uneasy looking directly at her.

"You buzzed?" Hilda smiled, and I got off the ground quickly.

Something about Hilda made me want to act properly, whatever that even meant. It was like I wanted her to be impressed with me, and the thought of her not being impressed was a crushing feeling. Each time I was around her since she had her likeness back, I had been like a Bumbling Bee, and it was getting to the point where it was embarrassing. Thankfully no one was here to see me act all Squirrely.

"Yes! How the Buzz do I get around having to complete this whole course? I can't access my Queen System right now, but I was wondering if you might be able to help me?" I asked and Hilda giggled, and she came over far too close to me, pressing her Chest Chariots in my own Chest Fat, making me wonder if someone had turned the heat up in this dungeon suddenly.

"Oh, I can help you quite a bit." Hilda smiled, and I started to back away as her hands went to my Chitin Armor and started to tug it off. "But you might not like how I do it." She added playfully, but before I could say anything, her lips were on mine in a deep passionate kiss that took my breath away.

"Wait! Gah! Not fair! What does this have to do with getting me out of this place?!" I demanded, but Hilda pressed into me.

"You'll see, my dear Queen." Hilda smiled, and I felt my consciousness start to fade as I was pulled into a deep sleep.