I put my hand on my left side and squeezed out all the gas in my stomach, I suppressed a burp by hissing it out which sounded like a growl. I keept squeezing until a bit of puke came up to my mouth, it didn't really taste bad since my stomach didn't have time to digest the soup.

With the new space in my stomach I ate another bowl of the vegetable soup, I ate nine times what a normal person would eat. I'm not sure if that's because of my faster metabolism from regaining my youth or my increased appetite because of the ants.

My mind seemingly slowed down and I became calm...er?

You reached a state of tranquility, congratulations.

Glutton has been mastered by eating to the physical limit, Glutton has evolved to Gluttonous.

Dark mist can't be used as long your in a state of tranquility.

Wha? Why can't I use dark mist?

Dark mist is a manifestation of your subconscious hate, the hate for all the cowards that ran away. The dark mist, your hate for cowardice, makes sure that running away isn't an option.

Hmm, the itching stopped. I didn't really notice it but I've been craving a zigete, my hands usually stay still out of habit which is why most people can't tell I'm addicted.

My subconscious hate? I never really held a grudge against anyone who tucked their tail between their legs and ran away, I don't blame them for being capable of thought.

...

After I stood up from the table the pot and the bowls disappeared into thin air, not weird at all.

I heard footsteps and turned to see a absolute Goddess of a middle aged woman. I'm probably older than her in a spiritual way, considering that she probably only started to exist a few days ago, but she looks way better than me. I mean, it's not a high bar considering right now all l need to be the prime example of a viking chief is a beard, which already started to grow.

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She looked me up and down, then had a bitter expression on her face.

"I should check on your health, come."

Golden tounge nullified

Charming words nullified

She probably thinks that I'm under her spell considering she dropped the illusions and how little sense what she said made.

I followed her into a room that far to deep in the house considering its outside size.

She pulled out a syringe from basically nowhere and took a bit of my blood, though she struggled to pierce my skin and the tip of the syringe broke off. Surprisingly pulling it out was pretty painless.

"Whilst I'm testing this could you perhaps run some errands for me?"

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The workers brought me a sample of what the colossus had eaten. Unlike last time when he ate protein rich white meat this time he ate low protein vegetables.

For ants the two most important things are glucose and protein which is why it's disappointing that he had vegetables.

I ordered her to tell the rest of the hive to feast on the ichor of the colossus, with a haste of urgency she and her sisters always have left.

Choosing him as the hive carrier was probably the best decision I made. Not only am I guarded by a living fortress but I was able to recover the hives numbers which where diminished during the colossus subjugation. The overall strength has also increased due to the colossuses nutritious properties.

I could even give the colossus direct orders which I haven't really actually tried yet. Yes, we were able to make him fall to our might but we're weaker now. Most of the ants are still in their pupe stage (the stage after larva).

It gives me chills to think about in what for a strong being we have settled down. I have watched, not literally, each of his three fights and in each he won by using overwhelming brute strength. Strength that can crush stone, strength that can bend steel.

I shook of these thoughts, right now I have the upper hand. At my command hellish pain will shoot through his body which will literally be the most painful thing he can physically feel.

I climbed to a lower spot on his spine and making sure that there's no movement whatsoever sapped a bit of his spinal fluids. I didn't drink much, only a few drops and these were enough. I immediately retracted and held on flat to his spinal plate, sipping a bit of the spinal fluid causes a subconscious twitching which he doesn't notice.

I have discovered that the spinal fluids is the most nutritious, my very own royal gel.