The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 122 - 38 "Giant Baby

Chapter 122: Chapter 38 "Giant Baby

Deep in the pyramid, at the bottom of the Sacrificial Hall

"They, they’ve retreated...

The Insects have retreated!"

A Priest in white robes staggered from the dim passageway, running in and shouting loudly, bringing good news to the people hiding here.

"Good, that’s great..."

"Those Insects have finally..."

"Praise the Sun above..."

The oppressive atmosphere in the hall vanished instantly, relieved they had not perished in the war with the Insect Swarm, although they had never directly faced the Swarm. Their praises to the Sun were more fervent than ever.

"Alright, everyone spread out, Pastor Carter is injured and needs urgent healing, make way!"

Another Priest, also dressed in white robes, emerged from the darkness behind and came to help Pastor Carter to his feet.

His other hand raised high, releasing a radiance as dazzling as the Sun, illuminating the dark underground hall and the noble clothing they wore.

His voice sounded very weary, not only because of the Insect Swarm outside but also because of these so-called Nobles who professed to worship the Sun.

More Priests continued to walk in behind him, and without exception, they all carried a strong scent of blood, their pure white robes nearly dyed crimson.

But those excited people seemed to have seen victory already, not a single one concerned about the Priests who were bloodied to protect them.

Even the Nobles at the forefront furrowed their brows and covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves, as if to filter the thick stench of blood.

"Noble demeanor" kept them from vocally scolding the Priests for "offense," since it was all in their defense, but their faces of disgust were unhidden under the brilliant Sunshine.

The Priest holding up the Light Ball sighed, retracting the Holy Light Aura that brought courage and purification with it, and took the injured Priests into a side room, closing the door behind them.

Without the Priests’ presence, the Nobles outside no longer lowered their voices and began to discuss how to make up for their losses after leaving, grumbling about how the Church Court had let them fall into such straits.

He sighed again, turning back to the other Priests and noticing their gazes also converging on him.

"I know what you want to say, but our primary goal right now is to hang on, waiting for the bishop to circle back and support us, then we will be saved..."

He released the Sun-like golden radiance again from his hands, but this time the golden light brought the power of purification and Healing, expelling the toxins from the Priests’ bodies and allowing their wounds to slowly self-heal.

"But why! Why should we save them? Save these... these...

They would even strike down their own kin to get here, just to ensure they are protected first!

Even though they too have the Blessing of the Sun, they cower here, afraid to go out and stand with us against those Insects!

How did they ever receive the Sun’s Blessing?"

"I..."

The lead Priest was at a loss for words to this question, falling silent for a moment before changing the topic:

"Those Insects were definitely not driven back by us; their retreat was in no way a panic. But I speculate that perhaps the bishop has noticed something unusual and is now leading the expeditionary army against the Insect Clan elsewhere.

And that the pressure from that front is so great that the Insects have given up on us here, they’re certainly going to support the battlefield against the bishop!"

The lead Priest’s speculation lifted the spirits of the Priests present, dispelling the gloomy mood from before.

The bishop was a pillar of strength to all of them, the most powerful entity in their hearts next only to the Sun itself. They believed that as long as the bishop returned from the frontlines, they would surely kill those Insects and take back the city.

But what they did not know was that their much-anticipated bishop had already been overrun by the sea of the Insect Swarm ahead of them.

"Shouldn’t we then take the initiative to strike? If we can hold off part of the Insect Swarm, wouldn’t that alleviate some pressure off the bishop?"

The Priest who had earlier complained suddenly proposed, his eyes reigniting with a fighting spirit.

He wasn’t afraid to sacrifice for the Church if it came to it.

His proposal quickly gained the approval of the other Priests in the room, and even the lead Priest considered it feasible.

But just as their excitement grew, the lead Priest suddenly felt a hint of unease, his smile changing abruptly.

"Vice Bishop, what’s wrong?"

"The ground, the ground is shaking!"

As soon as the Vice Bishop’s words fell, the shaking had already intensified to a level that everyone could feel. Pieces of stone from the domed ceiling fell sporadically, and outside the door, the hall was already in complete chaos.

The Vice Bishop quickly opened the door and shouted loudly:

"Don’t worry! This place is strictly designed to withstand high-intensity earthquakes!"

But under the panic, the cries of alarm had already drowned out his voice.

Seeing the panicked "Nobles" about to cause an even more serious stampede, he could only summon what little Spiritual Power he had left and called forth a dazzling Holy Light in an attempt to stabilize the mood again.

This move did indeed take effect again. The courage brought by the Holy Light dispersed the terror of the "Nobles," who seemed to have found their backbone and looked towards the source of the Holy Light...

And then they saw that blood-curdling, scalp-numbing scene.

A monstrous worm, thicker than the grandest pillars they had ever seen, tore through the stone floor and devoured that elevated Light Ball.

The remaining light shot from the mouth of the meat worm, as its mouthparts and sharp teeth clashed and splattered fresh blood, ultimately flickering out in futility.

Seemingly realizing that its prey inside its mouth was already dead, the giant worm retreated back into the ground, leaving only a dark and deep hole behind.

It all happened very quickly.

Not until the underground hall plunged back into darkness, and a foul odor filled the space, did the shocked Nobles finally realize what had happened.

"Devil! It’s a devil from the depths of hell!"

"If we stay here, we will all be eaten by the devil!"

"No, I must surrender, I must surrender to those Insects! I can’t die, I can’t die!"

Suppressed fear exploded and spread in an unprecedented trend, as people clamored towards the narrow passage, wanting to be the first to leave this tomb.

But that passage, even just wide enough for one person to pass through, let alone a whole hall filled with hundreds.

Whenever someone was about to squeeze through that small exit, everyone behind combined forces to pull them back in, fighting for the right to escape. Several Nobles with secretly reached Level 3 Transcendent strength even began to show their extraordinary Aura.

Afraid to fight those insects, but not afraid to fight you?

Several Priests tried to imitate the now-deceased Vice Bishop, releasing Holy Light in an effort to stabilize everyone’s emotions, but with only Level 4 Transcendents among them, the Holy Light was just Holy Light...

Without the influence of a Transcendent, the fear of death uncheckedly rose in this underground hall and with the vibrations resuming, peaked as the monstrous worm attacked once more.

...

"Target with the strongest spiritual reaction within the building has been locked on, approaching."

"The target has released an unknown Extraordinary Ability, threat Level, 0"

"Successful ingestion of the target, confirmed dead, the worm is attempting to retreat..."

"Order received, kill all surviving targets, executing."

The worm navigated through the pyramid, precisely executing each command.

Its original target was only to destroy this massive structure, but unexpectedly, it bumbled its way into a hidden basement and found a Level 5 Transcendent that was taking refuge there.

Its target changed accordingly.

The sudden underground assault left those targets completely unprepared, and the strongest Transcendent was engulfed in a single gulp, rapidly dissolving into nutrients in a digestive fluid capable of melting metal.

Just a peculiar feeling in its stomach—was this what it felt like to consume flesh and blood?

Although massive in size, the worm was an undeniable newborn, an absolute "infant" in the physical sense.

Experiencing its first consumption of flesh, it simply considered this strange feeling as a normal sensation from eating flesh.

What it desired more at the moment was to complete its mission from the Swarm Network, to add its own strength to the Queen’s cause, so it did not immediately sync this sensation to the Swarm Network.

The worm gathered its wandering thoughts, turned around, and headed back towards the space it had just come from.

...

Sun Divine Temple: The core of every city of the Sun Church Court, a pyramidal structure made of stone, usually topped with gold leaf, symbolizing the sun they worship. Inside, the passageways are intricate and complex, with the most central location being the altar for worshiping the sun...

—A Brief History of Foreign Architecture

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