765. Chapter 765: Court Death

Within the Fire Tribe.

"I... Waye... the strongest..."

Waye roared at the sky, the pincers in its hands firing air blasts that knocked one insectoid warrior after another to the ground.

All the insectoids took a step back and prostrated themselves on the ground.

"King!"

"King!"

They cheered.

In the first year of the Insectoid Era, Waye ascended the throne within the Fire Tribe and was crowned king!

It named the obsidian slabs "obelisks," kept them in the palace as its most precious treasures, and developed a specialized secret language—the Womon language—to study the mysteries inscribed upon them.

This marked the beginning of insectoid "runology."

At the same time, Waye taught a group of trusted followers how to become "Superstring Warriors," winning them over as nobles to protect private property.

The concepts of "public" and "private" emerged within the tribe, and an entirely new feudal system was taking shape.

In the tenth year of the era, the insectoids made a major breakthrough in their research on the obelisks.

A total of twelve sets of obelisks had been collected, together forming the insectoids' runology.

Bloody ignorance and technological mysticism had merged together as never before.

The insectoids established the first kingdom on the continent—Gant, meaning "the Vast Kingdom."

They became obsessed with art and were no longer satisfied with enslaving only their own kind. They began turning their eyes toward other species.

"King!"

Inside the palace, an insectoid scientist stepped forward with several cages. "Please look... these are our results!"

Within the wooden cages was a humanoid creature.

It had four limbs and five fingers, its entire body covered in a layer of blue scales.

"By using rituals for selective breeding and cultivation, we ultimately chose them from among the 'sea monkeys'... Their fingers are very dexterous and can assist with