After nearly half a year of slaughter and encirclement, very few insect demons remained at the side of Talzax, the Clamorous Prince. When Solam entered Talzax's lair, the very center of the Perforated Hive—the Heart of Clamor—fewer than ten thousand insect demons remained to guard Talzax!
That was an utterly pitiful number, especially for insects with such formidable reproductive capabilities. The demonic insect swarms that had once covered the entire Perforated Hive had now truly reached their end.
The bloodthirsty killer bees, insect demons that survived in the Abyss by relying on their swarms, had completely vanished from the current Perforated Hive. These insect demons had caused Solam the greatest losses, so they were also hated most fiercely by the other demons. Countless Dretches had perished beneath their overwhelming claws and fangs, though a small number of Dretches had also gained rare chances to evolve because of them. After those Dretches cast aside their miserable pasts and evolved into more powerful forms, their fear and hatred of these dog-sized, fang-filled insects still had not faded.
Thus, incited by these hate-filled demons, the bloodthirsty killer bees became the target of every demon's malice. Their hives were found one after another and drowned beneath endless waves of demons. Their queens were dragged from the hives and torn to pieces, while their larvae were divided among countless demons as snacks.
This enormous species vanished completely from the Perforated Hive. Incidentally, Solam found their complete extinction rather regrettable. These demonic insects, which closely resembled bees, possessed habits much like those of bees. They reserved the finest things for their queen: an essence of flesh and blood digested and fermented within worker bees. Though it looked bloody and disgusting, its flavor was astonishingly exquisite. It lacked the fishy stench and bitterness common to blood; instead,