"This entire place, I think that you humans call it Death Valley, this place is a special habitat that was created for me by my lord." The godâs messenger explained once they saw the look on my face.
But this really wasnât an explanation even though they were trying to explain this to me.
It really felt like these words didnât really make any sense at all.
After a pause, the godâs messenger said, "Iâm sure that you know what relics are. This entire place is nothing more than a relic as well."
My expression slowly changed after hearing this, but I was still confused when I heard this.
In the end, the godâs messenger just took the time to explain everything.
It turned out that this entire Death Valley, all of the different biomes that were in this place were actually made on purpose. This entire place was created as a home for the godâs messenger and the biomes were created so that they could incubate different insects.
"Does that mean that from the moment that we stepped into this place, you already knew that we were coming?" I couldnât help asking at the end of this explanation.
The godâs messenger didnât say anything and even though I couldnât see their expression, it wasnât hard to guess what they were trying to say from the way that they looked at me.
It wasnât hard to imagine just how many bugs were hiding in this entire Death Valley with this explanation that was given...
But it wasnât as if I wanted to think about how many bugs were surrounding me at this moment.
So that was why I brought the topic back by asking, "Then where do I need to go to take ownership of this relic?"
"Itâs very simple, just go down to the core of this place and youâll find the relic. Since youâre the Holy Son, it should be easy for you to take the relic from there." The godâs messenger said in a voice filled with confidence.
Though I really couldnât feel as confident as this godâs messenger did.
"Will you be taking us?"
"Unfortunately, I canât move right now since Iâm still in my incubation period. But I will send some of my elite guards with you to bring you down there." Right after the godâs messenger said this, a few of the guards that had been standing on the side came forward.
These bugs were bigger than the rest of the bugs that weâve seen, they were already big enough to reach my knees.
After stepping forward, they immediately fell forward as if they were bowing down to me.
I couldnât stop the strange feeling from filling me when I saw bugs bowing to me like this, but I suppressed that feeling in the end as I turned back to look at the godâs messenger.
There was a part of me that couldnât help feeling wary.
Even though this godâs messenger was covered in divine energy which helped prove their identity, there was a part of me that still couldnât help feeling skeptical. After all, I had been thinking that this place was nothing more than a trap for me.
It really felt like whatever the real godâs messenger was had been taken care of by these bugs and had been replaced by this queen bug.
With the way that they refused to come with us, it really felt like they were planning to lead us into a trap to deal with us.
Still, there wasnât anything that proved that this was a trap and it wasnât as if they were openly hostile towards us. In fact, it seemed like they were filled with respect towards us, or at least towards me.
So until they showed hostility, it didnât seem like it was a good idea to push them.
That was why I said, "Alright, Iâll go and get it."
The godâs messenger gave a nod before laying back on the bed that they had been laying on the entire time.
Since they were the queen of this bug colony, they were well taken care of by their subjects. This place had been carefully decorated in a way that would maximize their comfort.
At the same time, I could see that there was water and food that was gathered all around us. It seemed like this godâs messenger really cared about their own comfort.
After I said this, the elite guards that had been kneeling in front of me got up without a word. It seemed like they had received an order without anyone saying anything and they were moving to execute it.
The godâs messenger did say that they had some strange powers and I had already guessed that it was related to the bugs. It seemed like there was this connection between it and all of the bugs that were in this colony.
As I was about to follow the elite guards, they suddenly stopped moving as if they received some other kind of order.
I couldnât help turning back to look at the godâs messenger with a curious and confused look.
"I forgot to mention something." They said all of a sudden when they saw me turn around like this.
I was prepared for something special from the godâs messenger, but that never came. Instead, what I heard was something that could have been said at another time.
The godâs messenger did have to act like this to say something like this...
"I forgot to mention that my name is Queenie."
Right after the godâs messenger...after Queenie said this, it seemed like it had lost interest in this and laid back once more to be fed by their elite guards.
The elite guards in front of me that had stopped started to move once more.
A wry look appeared on my face seeing this, but I held myself back as I followed the elite guards.
This Queenie, I had already suspected it, but this proved it.
They clearly only cared about themselves, but that was only natural since it was the only queen of all these bugs.