*Knock knock*
“Come in.” I call as the sound of the knocks on the door.
The door opens and I see my boss and Debbie enter.
Debbie has an extremely worried look on her face but when she sees me awake she smiles.
“You're awake, thank god!” Debbie said, sighing. “I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if something bad happened.” She said.
“Heh, lady wants the D, come on let’s spank this bitch! She must like it rough!” I sneer at the others' words and then hide the expression.
“Heh, don’t get too emotional, we don’t want two employees in the hospital. Well, unless you want to share a bed with Leon.” The boss says with a cheeky grin.
Debbie simply snorted and looked away with a slight blush on her face. I smile at the little exchange.
“So Leon, Dr. Booth said you would tell us what exactly happened?” Jonas said.
“The video is already set, you can play it but lock the door. Also please keep this a secret, it is very serious.” I tell him.
He nods and both of them sit down after the video begins to play.
The two turn deathly pale by the end of the video and slowly they look at me.
“Like I said, secret.” I tell them.
The two were completely stunned but the boss asked.
“Are you fine now?”
“When ‘he’ took over it left my body exhausted, I just need rest for several weeks since it made my body seriously fatigued.” I reply.
“Not that.” Boss said.
“Oh, besides him actively talking in my head he doesn’t seem to be able to take over like before.” I reply.
“You talk with him?” Debbie said, surprised.
“No, he is just that annoying whisper next to my ear that doesn’t go away.” I tell her.
“Ahahaha! So that is how you think of me huh? I wonder who it was that helped you fight all hardest fights huh?!” he said but I didn't reply.
“So an active second personality. Not only that, such a dark one, this may cause quite some headaches in the future, both mentally and the political kind. I’m sure there will be people that want to stick you into a mental hospital if this gets out of hand.” Boss said.
“Well besides XCom, the doctor and you two there is no one else. It’s better to just blame it on XCom’s capsule overexerting the feedback system. That seems a plausible idea that fits the damage done.” I explain.
“It’s good, I’ll use that but we will need to check with that girl from the company.” Boss said.
“I think she is staying in a hotel, she had left some hours ago to talk with her superiors and hasn’t come to tell me anything about what would be the decision that was reached.” I tell them.
“I’m pretty sure that they will probably see with the AI how to deal with this or at least keep your other from getting out during the game.” Debbie said.
I sigh.
“It’s really boring here only hearing this idiot in my head.” “Hey! Who’s an idiot!?” “I really hope I can use the XCom apps. I downloaded one that I can bring my companions and pets so I can talk and so on in the real world. It’s the newest app, before companions could come.” I explain.
“I have a similar one for botany and blacksmithing. I’ll check with the doctor, if he allows it I will bring your VR glasses next tomorrow.” Debbie said.
“Great, oh and when you return to the game, can you tell Levi to train the Bullet Ants, those would make really strong warriors.” I tell her and she nods but boss frowns.
“You tamed fucking Bullet Ants?!” Max shouted.
“Yep, I can’t wait to see how strong they will get, maybe I can use them as mounts when on mountainous areas or to climb cliffs. Not to mention fight.” I said imagining how it will come out.
Boss just frowns at the thought of huge Bullet Ants, I’m sure that by now all the tier 1 should have evolved already.
“So how is Levi?” I asked.
Debbie goes and tells me how she is training and how she is acting even more like a spoiled princess and can keep it up longer. I fear that this may never end even as she grows up but at least she is having fun.
Debbie got serious halfway through when she said Maggie killed some bounty hunters after them.
“You should head to the south as soon as you train to a sufficient level.” I tell her.
“I plan to grind in the hive while I collect herbs. If you don’t mind but I changed my class to druid which is a magic class, do you mind letting me in that Holy Land place? You said it’s full of mana.” She asked.
“Sure, but I need to tell Levi first and for that I need to make sure I can use the App.” I replied.
“Yep, hmm, besides that, we will remain until around level 50, Levi has been gathering live monsters from around the place and adding them to the wilderness and other habits and is filling the place up. The swamp got many frogs and other bugs and the dragonflies hatched as a new race. Hmm don’t know what else, you need to check with Levi on that.” Debbie said and I nodded.
“As for me, I’m still further in the central region, the guilds slowly expanding in fame but our numbers are still small as I am trying to slowly gather only trustworthy people.” Boss says.
“I’m sure you are doing fine, you look at the character ten times before completely accepting them.” I said with a smile and he nods.
“Well I need to go, there are things to do. I’ll be back tomorrow with news.” Debbie said.
“Same with me.” Boss said.
“Oh! Before you leave, turn the tv on, I can’t move much and it gets seriously boring.” I ask and they laugh before turning it on and switching to a more interesting channel before leaving.
Levi PoV
Due to the abundant food supplied to the Bullet Ants a new race appeared through the birth of a new queen. Bullet Ants have now evolved into Bomb Ants. All types of Bomb Ants are as followed:
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Queen
Warrior
Hunter
Caretaker
Feeder
Due to the abundant food during early stages, the Mantis has evolved into Sickle Arm Mantis.
Due to the abundant food Glitter Wing Dragonfly nymphs have derived two races due to different environments of growth.
Those that live in larger open ponds with access to abundant light sources have evolved into Rainbow Wing Dragonfly.
Those that live in small ponds covered by swamp trees have developed camouflage evolving into Black Rainbow Wing Dragonfly.
Due to the presence of Fire Magic Crystals and abundant food sources the Bombardier Beetle has evolved into Cannonier Beetle.
Due to the presence of Earth Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Earth Flash Beetle has evolved into Metal Cave Flash Beetle.
Due to the presence of Air Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Breeze Signal Fly have Evolved into Storm Light Beetle.
Due to the presence of Air Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Gale Striders have derived a secondary evolution within the Windy Grasslands as Storm Gale Striders.
Due to the presence of Water Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Water Skid Blinkers have evolved into Aqua Signal Beetle.
Due to the presence of Lightning Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Sparkfly have evolved into Electric Flashfly.
Due to the presence of Ice Magic Crystals and abundant food sources Ice Glow Fly have evolved into Glacier Glow Fly.
Due to abundant food sources and secure shelter, Pill Bugs have evolved into Scaled Plate Cave Pill Bugs.
Due to the presence of Bomb Ants, the Habit, Ant Hill, has become Ant Plains and can now be accessed.
Due to the combined presence of Thunder Flash Flies and Thunderbolt Darters, the Lightning Caverns have become Lightning Mountains.
Aqua Signal Beetles have caused the Swamp to develop large rivers and merge with Rainforest creating Tropical Rainforest.
Due to the presence of the Glacier Glow Fly, the Glacial Cavern has grown further.
Due to the presence of Storm Light Beetles and Storm Gale Striders, the Windy Grasslands will now develop storms with powerful windstorms and hurricanes occasionally. The Grasslands have also raised hills and small cliffs and crevices within the rocks where the nests of all the bugs of this region have been placed.
Due to the presence of Nitro Flashers and Cannonier Beetles, the Volcanic Cavern has turned into Volcanic Badlands. Geysers of both magma and boiling water have begun to erupt within the badlands forming ponds of boiling water and magma while releasing sulfuric gases on each eruption.
Due to the Presence of Metal Cave Flash Beetle, the Crystal Cavern has become Mineral Cavern. Iron, Copper, Coal and other minerals including abundant crystals can be found within.
As I was finishing to eat I was suddenly bombarded with messages. After swallowing everything I go over everything and smile.
“All of daddy’s elemental fire flies evolved as well as the ants and dragonfly. There was even a derivation in one of the old existing races. Daddy will be happy but to breed all of these will take a while. I may have to take a day or two to set up a system for their breeding to make sure they don’t form breeder units or just do it randomly.” I thought.
“Something wrong?” Mary called. We were in the middle of the forest and around us were seven warbears we had both hunted and were roasting all seven.
“I just got a ton of messages about my minions!” I said excitedly.
“Minions?” Mary said, confused.
I nod and call one of the bugs.
“Me and Daddy make up one unit that breeds bugs as minions.” I said happy.
“Breeds bugs… I heard the church of light was hunting someone like that.” Mary said wry.
“Hmph, just because someone bad is breeding bugs doesn’t mean all are bad. My race has always been breeders of bugs to use as minions.” I told her with a frown.
She lightened up as she heard that.
“I know, the bad ones are just a cult of demon worshipers, they are demonic men that everyone wants exterminated. So what kind of messages did you get?” Mary asked and took a sip of her tea.
“12 species regular bugs finally evolved into magic bugs and five are elemental magic bugs.” Levi said cheerfully but Mary spit out her tea.
“Elemental magic bugs?!” Mary said serious. “Let me see!” She said.
Levi was confused but summoned one of each elemental bug.
“Five… magic element bugs… where is the Light and Dark element?” She asked.
“Daddy thought that since they already emit light it wouldn't work and darkness would get rid of the ability to make light.” Levi explained.
“That’s actually wrong, Darkness magic will make the bugs release negative light which can actually reveal traces of magic and can cause illusions and curses in large quantities. Light magic can heal and blind enemies.” She said and looked at the five strange bugs. “How do you make them like this?” Mary asked.
“They live in habits tailored for them and it gets better the higher ranked they get.” I said.
“Habits? Like you can summon them from a different part of the world?” She asked and I shook my head.
“It's inside daddy. Our own world.” I said.
“Oh so you have a druid's grove, no wonder you can summon them so easily.” Mary said, calming down.
“What’s a druid?” I asked. I had heard the word from the two titty monsters before but didn’t know what it was.
Mary was stunned speechless.
“Your race and your father, what class is he?” Mary asked.
“Daddy said to keep it a secret.” I said.
“So it’s your father that has this inner world. You can access it and it’s similar to the Druid’s grove… Besides your own minions do you carry other beasts?” Mary asked.
“Yep, we throw whatever monster or animal we see and after some time they evolve into monsters and adapt to the world and the hunting from my minions.” I said.
“What is the strongest monster?” Mary asked.
“Strongest?... Don’t know, most of the strongest use their own followers to gather food for them.” I said.
“Take me inside.” She ordered.
“But… I’m hungry!” I said just as both our stomachs roared its disapproval.
“Okay let’s eat but we are going to look at that grove of yours I want to know what you have and don’t!” Mary said and sat down and watched the bears and soon she dragged out three for Levi and four for herself and the two girls began to wolf down both of the bears.
No more than half an hour later only the bear's bones remained and Levi looked at the removed organs and with a wave some Vampiric Mosquitos appeared and took them all into her Hive.
“Those are big!” Mary said with a cold chill running down her back.
“Really?” I asked, blinking innocently.
“Really, your lack of worldly knowledge will kill you one of these days. After we finish your training I will take you to read a lot of books on history and monsters.” She said. “For now just rest before we go to that grove.” Mary said and let her body fall and she was snoring instantly.
I just closed my eyes and began to organize the new evolved bugs so that they breed properly.
After a while they had been set up and had begun to grow and breed.
“Alright, let’s go, show me that grove.” Mary said as she suddenly opened her eyes and shouted after two hours of sleeping making me jump in surprise.
With a nervous nod I open the portal to the wilderness.
When we entered Mary’s eyes widened by the size. Then suddenly a Jackal Hare jumped out of the bushes. It was as tall as an adult human with brown fur and horns on its head. It looked at us and snarled as sparks appeared on his horns.
At that moment the numbers [Jackalope Level 67] appeared but as it appeared Mary vanished and appeared with her lance punching a hole in the chest of the beast.
“This place is nice, the first creature is a strange magical beast. The horns will definitely pay well and if we scavenge the body it might have other magic ingredients.” Mary said and broke off the horns and stored them.
“Anything else?” She asked.
I just pointed behind her and she looked.
The trees burst open as a large yellow green salamander that was three meters high and seven long crawls over.
[Poison Skin Salamander Level 92]
“Wow the wilderness zone really grew in level.” I say.
“You didn’t know?” She asked and I shook my head.
“Have been training with you, remember?” I reply and she nod
The next moment she jumped really high and as she reached her peak she pointed the lance down and gathered wind at her feet and started to spin before she released the wind and then covered her mithril lance in mana.
She passed through the salamanders head like a hot knife through butter.
“Got any place to store these?” She asked.
“Drone, store them in the freezer.” I call out and the drone clone appears out of thin air.
“As you wish, my queen.” She says and moves over and grabs the Jackalope and Salamander before vanishing with both.
“Freezer?” She asks.
“Want to see my palace?” I asked with a grin.