Coagulant 1
-Boooo. Booooo.
A space filled with the smell of dead trees and sweet fragrances wafting in from all directions.
The inside of the hive was filled with the sound of the golden hawks flapping their wings to bring in warmth.
The sun was rising and its light was spreading, spreading the warmth that was beginning to rise through the dry old trees.
Bees, a member of the honeybee family, do not fly at night because they cannot see well at night and have difficulty moving without warmth.
That is why, when the morning dawns and the warmth of the sun shines on the hive, the bees flap their wings to spread the warmth inside the hive.
The golden hawk moths looked like a mix of a bumblebee and a honeybee, so I wondered which one they had, but it seems they are closer to honeybees.
Because bumblebees go out to find honey even on bright moonlit nights, you don’t often see this sight in the morning.
“Is the Queen awake?”
The flapping of wings pauses for a moment as you look up and ask among the beehives.
Soon the wings began to flap again, and the queen bee descended down the hexagonal honeycomb to my eye level.
That is, hanging upside down.
-Boohoo!
And then he flapped his wings once as if to reply that he was already awake.
Then, the inside of the old tree immediately became quiet.
I thought this was the moment, so I quickly relayed the information I had come for.
“Actually, the reason I came here in the morning is. There’s a Wukong that I carry around with me called Bin who looks exactly like this fragrance. Do you know him? He’s disappeared. If the other Golden Phoenix bees go out to look for honey and find him, can you let me know?”
When asked while showing the scent wrapped around her wrist, the queen bee of the Golden Beetle flinched slightly in surprise and then nodded.
-Wow!
“Thank you. I’ll take care of you. Sorry for bothering you so early in the morning. I’ll go then.”
When the guy flapped his wings as if he understood, I expressed my gratitude and was about to turn around and leave.
-Tuk, tuk.
A sudden sensation on my shoulder.
As I turned my head, the queen bee tapped my shoulder and then tapped my forehead with her antenna.
-Tototok.
And then suddenly her mouth was coming closer to my face.
‘Sir, no way. Again!? No matter how much I do, this is hard···.’
The act of tapping the antennae of the other and bringing the mouth close is a prelude to nutritional exchange.
For some reason, the queen bee suddenly started demanding a nutrient exchange.
Yesterday, other worker bees asked for a nutrient exchange, so we reached an agreement to take honey from the hive.
‘Am I destined to starve?’
I knew what it meant, but I cringed at the guy’s request for nutritional exchange.
I was mentally exhausted just once, but the second time was really hard.
‘Oh, what should I do?’
I was really thinking a lot while looking at the moment when the queen bee’s mouth was approaching.
I can’t just refuse it, because it’s such a meaningful action.
This is because the highest expression of trust in social insects such as bees and ants is nutrient exchange.
It means that they are recognized and accepted as members of society and treated as equals, and that they are recognized as complete family members, which is what nutritional exchange is.
So, for King Geummobong, this is a kind of hug and handshake.
It was something that I couldn’t easily refuse because it was asking for an action that confirmed that kind of trust.
Moreover, since it was not an ordinary bee but a queen bee that was requesting nutritional exchange, I wondered how the queen bee would react if I refused, and if my relationship with the queen bee became strained, my relationship with the entire Golden Bee Colony would become strained.
That’s why I had so many thoughts during that short time while the queen bee’s mouth was closing in.
But in the end I had no choice but to throw up my hands and say:
“I’m full right now. I ate honey yesterday, too. People can’t eat that much at one time.”
‘I really thought about it a lot, but this isn’t it.’
-Whoosh? WHACK! WHACK!
The queen bee flapped her wings twice fiercely at my rejection.
‘Are you angry?’
I wondered if she was angry, but then the queen bee flapped her wings and a bee from above the hive brought in something like a round egg the size of a watermelon and suddenly put it in my hands.
-Boo-woong.
When I held it in my hand, it felt heavy and probably filled with honey.
Unlike honeybees, small pumpkin bees build their nests in a hexagonal shape, with round spheres hanging like bunches of grapes. The golden hornet’s nests are hexagonal, giving them a rather unique appearance.
When I looked closely at the inside of the object, which was of a shape I had never seen before, I saw that the hexagonal frame was located within a circular sphere.
It’s like making a small honeycomb shape and covering it with wax?
“Take it and eat it?”
-Boohoo. Boohoo.
I got the feeling that the flapping of its wings was telling me to eat well and move around.
I don’t know if it’s because they take care of me while I’m growing up or because they recognize me as a family member, but I nodded my head in agreement, feeling grateful to the guys who even pack lunches for me now.
And I feel relieved that I have averted the crisis.
‘Did you somehow get over it?’
“Yeah, thank you very much.”
On the way back after receiving honey from the queen bee.
I couldn’t fully understand the guys’ actions, so I thought I’d register the Golden Beast King as a Beast Heart to make the conversation a little smoother.
I guess I’ll have to ask for a nutritional exchange every time I go there from now on, but I’ll have to know why to avoid it.
Well, I can’t do that right now.
My older sister and adoptive father said that social animals have a strong group consciousness, so even if you register with one, several animals can be registered, so you have to be very careful.
Since I have already been connected to three spirit-level foxes, I said that I should register other poisons one by one after seeing the progress.
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That’s why I can’t register friends like Yohwa, Seol-i, and Bing-i right away.
‘Yeah, well, let’s not rush into it. There are some good points, but they’re not all good.’
Although I was frustrated by the sudden request for nutritional exchange, when I thought about it, I realized that just because Bin was in a good mood, it might not be a good thing.
This is because Bin and Hyang can feel what I feel, so they read the emotions I send to Cho and this incident happened.
Something that can cause jealousy.
The path I took as I left the training grounds, holding the honey that King Geummobong had given me in my hand.
As I stepped outside the training grounds, a somewhat chaotic situation awaited me.
“This way!”
“The poisonous group will be divided into five groups and go up!”
The warriors of the clan were shooting in groups of three or five towards the top of Dangga Mountain.
“What the heck is going on···.”
As I was about to grab the Musa who was quickly passing by and ask him what was going on, I heard a hollow cough.
“Ahem!”
When I turned my head, I saw Grandpa Mandokshin approaching me with a look of discomfort on his face.
Hwa-eun followed behind with a slightly nervous face.
Although the atmosphere was incomprehensible, I said hello to my grandfather as a morning greeting.
“I see my grandfather.”
But the old man didn’t even pretend to hear my greeting and just yelled at me.
“No, if something so big had happened overnight, you should have reported it at midnight! What has happened up until this hour?”
“Huh? Ah···. That, that.”
Judging from the story you were telling last night, it seems that Hwa-eun told Bin-i that she had left home. If that is true, then this commotion must have been caused by your grandfather ordering the family’s warriors to come find Bin-i.
I never thought you would do this to one of my poisons, but it seems you have grown more attached to me than I thought, knowingly or unknowingly.
Well, that’s what adults usually do.
In my previous life, I bought my parents a puppy, but at first they hated it because it smelled.
When I went back a few months later, I suddenly found myself as the puppy’s older brother.
‘Did you become more affectionate than I thought?’
“How could you have treated a child so badly that he ran away from home! Where would a little kid who has never been outside be shivering?”
I thought it was because I was more affectionate than I thought, but after hearing my grandfather’s scolding, I felt like the point was a little different.
When I looked closely, I saw that the grandfather was acting upset as if his own granddaughter had run away from home.
“And if a child disappears in the middle of the night, you should think about releasing the person and finding them! How can parents be so carefree!”
“uh···.”
The grandfather is furious, as if Bin-i is Hwa-eun’s real daughter.
It feels like there are more and more people participating in my and Hwa-eun’s play?
For that reason, Hwa-eun and I had to keep our mouths shut and get scolded by our grandfather.
There is a saying that if a child gets hurt, the parents are guilty, so it seems that the parents are also guilty when their child runs away from home.
‘Bin, you’re going to get scolded by your dad and grandpa! Come back!’
It seemed like a good thing in terms of expanding the culture of companion animals, but on the other hand, it was unfair and sad.
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The search continued for three days, but Bin was never found.
Bin couldn’t even see the tip of this guy’s nose because he was hiding somewhere so well.
I’ve been sending my emotions to my grandfather’s funeral, but he doesn’t respond at all.
The Tang family’s warriors turned over all the rocks on Tangga Mountain and searched thoroughly, even the owl’s nest, just in case, but they could not find it.
“Khuh!”
Grandfather, who clearly shows his discomfort today as well.
My sister Seol asked me, who was sending me her heart in frustration.
“No response at all?”
“Yes, Sister Seol.”
“Then it’s strange?”
“Why?”
“It might be a little different because they are spirits, but beasts don’t know how to hide their feelings like humans. It’s a little strange that beasts connected to the beast heart don’t respond.
“It happens when you’re in a deep sleep.”
“Are you asleep?”
“Yeah. Very deeply. It’s not like that normally, not when I’m asleep.”
‘This guy ran away from home and ruined the house, so where is he sleeping all alone?’
I felt slightly dizzy at the thought that he might be sleeping.
I mean, I got really scolded by Grandpa Mandok Shingun for three days.
Hwa-eun, who had never heard a loud noise since she was born, shed tears.
From the side, I could hear the worried voice of Grandpa Mandokshin.
“There are a lot of animals in the mountains. Uh, I hope you’re not in big trouble.”
“Yes, sir, if you die, the person connected to the Beast Heart will know right away. They will be greatly shocked mentally.”
“Well, that’s fortunate… Hey!”
The grandfather’s voice said that he was very dissatisfied with something.
Like a puppy that flinches in fear of being hit, Bin-i flinched at his grandfather’s words and asked Cho in his mind instead.
[Can’t you see the first thing?]
I was wondering if maybe they had found the little bird searching in the sky.
But as expected, I couldn’t find it, and while I was waiting around like that, my grandfather asked me.
“Little Dragon, I haven’t found Bin-yi yet, but you understand that I can’t waste too much time here, right?”
“Yes, ha, Grandpa. Of course.”
“The child will tell the warriors to keep looking for him, so hurry up and prepare to go to the Murim Alliance.”
“All right.”
I had to report the location of the Blood Cult to the Murim Alliance, and I also had to let them know that the Blood Cult had formed an alliance with the Odokmun and had obtained the antidote.
And above all, he had to prepare a new poison for the Murim Alliance to use.
The original reason we came to Dangga was to obtain a sample of the bleeding poison and take it to the Murim Alliance.
“Have you thought of something? I already know that the venom of the yellow bee is as effective as that of the lake nymph, but it is difficult to obtain the venom in large quantities.”
Wasp venom is good as a hemorrhagic poison, but the problem is that the amount is small.
We had already ordered the warriors to prepare samples, but since it was difficult to keep the wasp venom alive and continuously extract it like a snake, mass production of wasp venom was difficult in many ways.
Of course, I knew that too, so I nodded and answered.
“Yes, I have prepared the poison potion, so go ahead and take a look.”
“Really? You already prepared it?”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
“Okay, let’s go then. I wish we had done something like this before Bin left home.”
“Khuhhhh···.”
The warriors are in an uproar as they arrive at the poison shop with their grandfather.
The warriors were looking into the jar with tense expressions.
I told you to get it ready, but it looks like you haven’t caught the guy in the jar yet.
-Shhh! Shhh!
“What kind of snake is this fierce···.”
“Be careful, Master Soryong said that you should never try to catch it with your hands like other snakes.”
He spoke to the warriors who were absorbed in the jar.
“Not yet?”
“Oh my, Little Dragon! I greet you, Supreme Lord.”
“I meet the Supreme Lord.”
The warriors were taken aback by our appearance, and the old man walked over to the jar, looked inside the jar, and spoke.
“Is this it?”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
“This one I caught in Yunnan is called a mountain leech.”
The snake inside the jar is a slightly short and plump snake with a characteristically repeating oval pattern.
Grandfather quickly put his hand into the jar and grabbed the boy by the nape of his neck.
In a previous life, no matter how skilled a landowner or expert was, he would never have touched that with his own hands.
‘As expected, he is the eldest son of the family.’
This is Russell’s Viper, a very aggressive snake with a tendency to bite at will, which makes even experts roll their eyes.
“Come on, give me the chicken blood.”
At my request, the Tang family’s warriors immediately slaughtered a chicken and received its blood as a treat.
I asked my grandfather to drop some Russell’s viper venom into a bowl.
“Just put one drop in the bowl with the chicken blood.”
-Again.
A drop of poison that fell upon my request.
After a while, I picked up some of the blood with my chopsticks and saw that the blood had turned into something like ink.
“What is this?”
The venom of the Russell’s viper is a strong coagulant.
I explained to the surprised grandfather.
“Any poison that thins or coagulates the blood is called a hemotoxic poison. If Hobanyusa’s poison was a hemorrhagic poison that thinned the blood, this poison is a coagulant poison that coagulates the blood.
“Since their martial arts are related to blood, if they are hit by bleeding poison, it is like being hit by mountain poison. If they are hit by this poison, wouldn’t the path through which their internal energy passes be blocked, making it impossible to use their internal energy?”
‘Make the antidote diligently. I’ll treat you with a very sweet and salty flavor.’
A poison that clogs up my internal energy like a sweet potato, just like my heart is suffocated because of Bin.
It was the second gift I had prepared for the Blood Cult, giving them a taste of bleeding and clotting alternately.
