Chapter 12: Red Moon

As the Isis Fly pondered the expulsion of the bugs, these guys flapped their wings even more furiously as if they had sensed my future.

“Excuse me! Try it!” I pointed the honey with my will to the butterflies with the tip of my root.

The butterflies that ate the honey hesitated and started to busily go back and forth between me and the bugs.

“Huh? What is it? Me and the bugs?”

“Oh! Networking is your ability?”

In the meantime, the bugs ate the honey that came out naturally.

Nod, nod. The butterflies nodded their small heads.

“You can nod your head too!?”

It was honey without any will!

Judging from the fact that the other bugs who had just eaten the honey looked dumb, the butterflies definitely looked smart.

Indeed, were the butterflies in the position of a strategist?

The incredible cooperation between the bugs of different species seemed to be thanks to the butterflies.

This was like the OverX of an alien monster species!

“Good! Please take care of me in the future!”

Flap flap! It seemed happy that the powder was flying so much.

Well, now…. I should fill my stomach too.

The new trait, Blood Heavenly Fall, definitely said that blood tastes better.

My heart was pounding.

“Hmm? I absorbed some of the blood left behind by the werewolves, but it didn’t taste good at all. Just a bland grape juice flavor?”

“It tastes better!” I was extremely disappointed.

Why? Is it because I’ve become too strong?

Does the blood of a weakling taste bad?

Come to think of it, Crimson Apocalypse said that blood is perfectly controlled.

“Blood… Controlling blood…” I thought as I looked at the blood of the remaining werewolves.

I wondered if I could move the blood.

Seeccses. I wished for the blood to float into the air, but my mana decreased slightly and the blood floated up on its own.

The blood that floated up broke into small pieces and spread out in all directions like fog.

‘Crazy! You have acquired the skill Red Fog LV1.

[Red Fog – Creates a fog made of blood.]

A fog of blood! A new skill that touches the heart has been created.

And more! “Blood Sword! Victory Sword!”

Yuck! I wanted to make a cool blood sword and pierce my enemies.

However, it seems that it doesn’t have the ability to condense blood, and every time I lift the blood, it turns into fog and disperses.

The level of the “Red Fog LV2” skill has increased.

‘Hmph. Many sounds were approaching this place filled with blood fog.

They were countless monsters drawn by the pollen.

From animal-shaped monsters like bears, tigers, goats, and leopards, to goblins, trolls, wyverns, and strangely shaped chimeras…

A wide variety of monsters were flocking in.

And among them were new insect monsters.

‘OverXed!” I quickly offered honey to the butterflies.

‘Tell them to join our team!”

Although the color alone makes you think of the red team, you can confidently say that they are the good team.

Hmm? A good team that summons and slaughters monsters that were living well?

‘No! We’re cleaning the master’s front yard!”

Good kids who work hard for the master, what a good team!

I almost felt guilty for no reason.

Would the master like it if we cleaned up the front yard?

The bugs and monsters that responded to the butterflies’ network came towards us in a swarm.

There were the existing bugs of the Bugs, but new types of bugs and monsters also appeared.

Mantises, grasshoppers, spiders, and civets.

Ugh… These guys are really disgusting…

‘Ugh, we shouldn’t discriminate based on appearance…”

I accepted the new bugs into the Bugs and conveyed my will to the butterflies.

“After you kill all the other monsters, I’ll give you some honey too!”

… A terrifying cry echoed through the foggy snow-covered mountain.

In the bloody red fog, the monsters roared and growled at each other.

“Huh? No one’s dying?” I realized that the red fog I had created only obscured my vision and did not cause any damage.

‘Is this all? This is nonsense… Wait, what if it was a damaging fog? Our bugles would have been hurt too. This could have been a disaster…

Furthermore, in the obscured vision, my bugles were perfectly sensing their surroundings with their antennae.

They were pinpointing their targets as if they were equipped with radar.

My vision was also not greatly obstructed by the detection radar.

Now, it’s time for some exciting slaughter!

Frost Mantis was the first to move.

Its forelegs, like scythe blades covered in frost, flashed, and the goblin wandering through the fog was cleanly decapitated.

The snowy locusts, Frost Hoppers, soared into the sky.

Dozens of locusts leaped up at the same time, causing ice crystals to sparkle and scatter.

Soon, steel-like legs raining down from the sky struck the heads of the enemies.

Icicle Arana’s thread cut through the air.

Ice-cold spiderwebs entangled the wings of the wyverns.

Blue venom flowed from the spiders’ teeth as the bound wyverns screamed in pain.

The Ice Snow Centipede was the last.

The centipede, which had been running while kicking the snow with its over a hundred legs, wrapped itself around the chimera’s body.

The chimera’s bones cracked and broke with the force that tightened in an instant.

The existing bugs were also fighting well.

The butterflies were sticking close to me as expected.

Shouldn’t I at least fly high up and command while observing the battle situation?

Do they have the same senses as me?

The butterflies that licked the honey began to fidget.

“Hmm… I guess that’s enough since they’re fighting well. It’s pitiful, so I’ll stop questioning them…”

As I watched the battle, the bugs’ levels were rising like crazy.

Then, I’ll try my best!

I should help Bugles grow.

I should try using the new pollen series.

The light green pollen scattered.

No, it tried to scatter.

It tried to send a healing effect, but the pollen went in the wrong direction.

The wounded wyvern’s fallen wings regenerated.

‘Oh! This way…” I scattered the pollen again.

This time, it was a pastel yellow pollen with a paralyzing effect.

But once again, it spread in a different direction than intended.

Bugles’ movements during the battle suddenly stopped.

Unlike the temptation pollen that was spread in all directions, the new pollen that had to be sent to a precise target was difficult to use.

‘Let’s calm down… Gently move the stamen.

As I slowly moved the stamen, the pollen began to fly in the direction I wanted.

The light green vitality was accurately delivered to the exhausted Bugles, and the paralysis, bleeding, and decay effects were accurately delivered to the enemies.

Unfortunately, Corrosion did not have a chance to appear.

… The corpses of the monsters piled up like mountains.

The red blood that was scattered all over the pure white snow of the snowy mountain looked like a painting drawn with red paint on white paper.

As I looked at the blood scattered everywhere, I suddenly had a strange feeling.

It was as if the blood was calling me.

“Ugh… A considerable amount of mana was lost along with the hazy feeling.

At that moment, the blood scattered on the snowy mountain began to shine like moonlight.

No, on the contrary, the moon turned red.

Г Acquired the Red Moon skill.

[Red Moon – A red moon is visible to targets within a certain range.]

“Huh! Really!?”

Suddenly, a skill even cooler than Red Fog was gained.

Red moon… a bloody moon?

It was the epitome of coolness.

Even the status window acknowledged it; it was coolness that no one could deny.

But this… is it just cool…?

Isn’t the skill that doesn’t even have a level next to it the ending skill?

But as the red moonlight illuminated the battlefield, the enemies’ cries of terror grew louder.

As if it was afraid of the moonlight.

On the other hand, my bugs seemed to be moving even more excitedly.

“Wow! Area buff! Area debuff!”

In addition, I felt a new presence approaching from afar.

The ability of the pollen of temptation that I had spread before seemed to have also been strengthened.

‘This is crazy! It’s a SSS-class skill!’

As expected, the description in the status window was not trustworthy.

To leave out such a ridiculous effect.

It would be much better to trust my intuition.

It must be thanks to the master who fed me so much blood?

Thank you, master…

At that moment, I felt a warm energy welling up inside my body.

[Mikel’s Flower] trait acquired.

[J Mikel’s Flower – The benevolent god of light, Mikel, cherishes your floral fragrance♡]

“Huh! It was Mikel-sama! Did you like this frenzied slaughter show?

I absolutely could not disappoint you until the very end.

Hehe… Thank you, Mikel-sama… Please watch over me…”

With a heavy heart and strong will, I made honey.

The Goddess wants blood!

From now on, this battle, no, this war is a holy war!!!

“Kill those filthy monsters and offer blood to the Goddess!!!”

The eyes of the butterflies that ate the nectar with deep determination became fierce.

As the butterflies flapped their wings violently, all the bugles’ movements became fierce.

Some even committed suicide attacks by exploding their bodies.

‘Wow, there was even such an attack…? The bugles’ faith was quite high.

But Master Mikel wouldn’t want his followers to die, right?

“Don’t self-destruct!” As the butterflies flapped once more, the suicide squad disappeared.

As expected, OverX. Bugs with this level of intelligence.

I shouldn’t say anything about them clinging to me from now on.

“You eat the honey first, and stick close to me as much as you want!”

Flutter, flutter!

As I watched them being happy, these guys started to look cuter and cuter.

Flutter, flutter!!!

There is only slaughter for Master Mikel!

The festival of offering the blood of monsters to the heavens continued late into the night.

Under the red moonlight, the bugles fought tirelessly, and the snow mountain gradually turned deeper and deeper red.

With the bloody moon that Mikel had bestowed, new monsters continued to flock in, and the bugles’ sacred hunt continued.

Of course, I helped them by scattering pollen without resting for even a moment.

‘Ah… what a beautiful night…

As the red moon fell, the festival on the snow mountain came to an end.