The same as what they all thought, their whole group were lead towards the heart of the island, where the main beehive, the area of the dungeon boss, is located.

Cole look at the seemingly normal beehive in front of them, wandering if its truly a beehive that house more than hundreds of Divine-Rank Golden Winged Bee.

The beehive looks and flucruates too ordinarily that it could be easily disregarded in front of the tree it was hanging on to.

Heat-Spiritual Energy Converter Tree [Monarch-Rank] Affinity : Yang, Spiritual Potential : Divine [Introduction : A spiritual tree specially planted in desert and volcanic area to reduce the temperature and enrich the place. After being nourished by the filth and trash of Golden Winged Bee, it acquires a more room for growth but lacks the opportunity to trigger it. The spiritual fruits it bore is capable of tempering spiritual energy.]

Without a doubt, the tree is a natural treasure, specially for some places.

And Cole won't deny that he eyed the tree, specially when it says that it could grow into Divine-Rank Tree. It could play a vital role in the future.

But for the meantime, he have to face the beehive first.

After checking the tree, a two adult fist sized golden bee flew out. It was particularly plump and it has a majestic crown made from some sort of wax on top of its head. In addition, instead of two pair of wings, this golden bee has three set of wings.

It was the Six Winged Golden Queen Bee!

The same as other powerful creature, or former in this case, the queen bee were full of air of nobility and grace. Some golden bees immediately flew beside the queen and act like they're a faithful knight.

However, it was easy to guess why the queen bee is here. Despite its noble air, its body were riddled with different kind of injuries and the same as others, its life force is extremely weak as though it was at the end of its rope.

In addition, compare to other golden bees, the gold hue of the queen were much lighter, almost becoming yellow.

Furthermore, as though even flying is taking a massive toll, the queen gradually fall to the ground. Fortunately, there was a big stone beside the tree and that's where the queen lands.

But before it fully descend on the stone, its appearance change into fairy form.

Unexpectedly, the plump queen bee transformed into slim human like form. And since she's a Divine-Rank creature, its appearance doesn't need to be described. It was one of the best.

"Greetings... Human cultivators." The fairy greets with noble and graceful tone.

"Greetings... I say, you do are different from the other four, attacking foreign presence the moment we enter their area."

"Oh, so you are the owner of that mighty aura and the source of intense but annihilating force?" The queen answered with knowing smile.

Then she added, "Those four... were my long time and only neighbor. But unlike me who is accompanied by my children, those poor creatures can only silently endure everything. So please, forgive them with their drastic behavior."

Cole could feel that the queen is truly sincere with her words. It was as though those four field boss was her true friends out of their the same predicament.

"But..." She continued and look at Cole with warm smile, "I must thank you... Thank you for putting them out of their misery. After hundred of years of pure torture and believing for fake hope, they're finally liberated..." She said solemnly and longingly as though she also want to be liberated.

Cole can't deny that he was touched by her words. Perhaps he don't experience their situation but due to his [Heavenly Eyes], he could see all the hidden secrets that covers all of them and its terrifying effect. It extracts everything until the last drop while stopping any sort of suicide attempt.

"Do you... Do you want to be liberated too?" Cole ask after some moments.

The fairy raise her head and smile at him, "In fact, I don't want to be liberated from this torturous shackles; I want to be freed."

Her face changed into sad one with trace of acceptance, "However, I've been shackled in this place for hundreds of years already. The seal and formations have already seeped deep into my bones and soul, it'll be impossible for me to be freed by this shackles with my deeply damaged state..."

She pause as her face contorted in pain, her life force turn more weaker.

Cole chose not to say anything and just wait for the queen bee to recover from the sudden pain.

"Human... Benefactor... I won't beat around the bush this time; I have a favor to ask of you. I don't know how you suddenly enter this place but I believe that you should also have the ability to leave this place. Please, I beg you... Bring my childrens with you!"

The graceful queen disregard her noble status and literally beg to Cole. As a matter of fact, she even use her weak demeanor to fall but it was actually to kowtow.

Cole frown, not because of the pitiful sight of a mother begging for a way out for her childrens but because he don't have the capability to do so. Although they were not in combat state, the dungeon system clearly indicates that all of the bees in the vicinity is a dungeon mobs.

But suddenly, a sound ring inside his head and a box appear in front of him.

[Dungeon System : You have encountered a Hidden Scenario.]

[Hidden Scenario : The Six Winged Golden Queen Bee asked you to take its whole hive out of the secret realm.]

[Option 1, Accept : Agree to the request of the Six Winged Golden Queen Bee. The whole hive will be marked as friendly ally and could be taken out of the dungeon along with its bounded treasures but as a cost, the [Hell] difficulty will enter a whole day cooldown (seven days inside [Inner World]'s time dilated setting).]

[Option 2, Refuse : Disagree to the request of the Six Winged Golden Queen Bee. Due to hellish torture she experienced, she'll immediately turn crazy and attack you with all her might along with the whole hive. The overall drop rate with dungeon boss room battle will be multiplied by five while monetary coins will also be multiplied by two. The current difficulty wouldn't enter cooldown.]

The new setting surprise Cole but he instantly recovered by it. Since the System he was bounded into are purely based on the online game, it doesn't that extremely surprising that even the rewarded dungeon follow the same principle of the game's dungeon.

Instead, he immediately read the whole transparent box. But he didn't think for a long time before he decide.

And he choose the first option, agree!

In the first place, he's already thinking of a way to save the hive. He might not be able to save the queen since she's covered with the same seal and formations but he might be able to think of a way to save the normal Golden Bees.

And now that the plausible option appear, he didn't even bother to reconsider the other option.

"I accept. I agree to your request. However, it might not be possible to save you..."

The queen showed a surprised expression as though she can't believe that Cole agree to her request. But it didn't take long before her face were replaced with wide smile.

A carefree smile, as if a huge burden vanish from her shoulder and heart.

Out of her happiness, the queen exert herserlf to fly towards Cole and kiss his right cheek, which earn a glare from Celia.

After doing so, she said, "Please come with me."

Cole nods at Celia and the others before he agree to queen bee's request.

Second after, they arrived at a place made entirely from amber colored wax. Cole don't have to think for long he concludes that he's inside the hive of the Golden Bees. The scent of special honey fill his senses and he can't help but look at the place that suddenly turn into candyhouse on his eyes.

And they seem to appear on one of the extremely important part of the hive.

They appear near the shallow pond filled with honey like jelly. In the middle were half submerged, quail sized golden egg.

It was only then Cole checked all the information that popout from [Heavenly Eyes]

Royal Golden Beeswax [Heaven-Rank] Introduction : A beeswax produced only by Golden Queen Bee. An excellent material for various purposes. Unfortunately, its essence were damaged and reduced into its current rank.

Royal Amber Honey [Heaven-Rank] Introduction : A honey produced specially by Golden Queen Bee. Long term consumption of this honey can improve physique and blood energy. It is also a well sought material for alchemy due to its natural ability to fuse refined essence of alchemical materials thereby increasing the success rate of pill refining.

Amber Royal Jelly [Holy-Rank] Introduction : A honey that got jellified after a long period of time of being stored inside the Golden Bee's nest. It was a natural treasure that has countless beneficial effect but only the Queen Bee has the ability to condense.

Yes, since he's inside the main beehive, it was only apparent that most of the thing inside are honey and bee related.

What Cole didn't know is that the Golden Bee's main beehive is one of the well sought place but it was something that is hard to enter and hard to leave. It was a dangerous, natural secret realm. Full of danger but fuller more with treasure and opportunities.

And the most important and valuable item inside the beehive was the quail sized golden egg.

Golden Queen Bee [Divine-Rank] Status : Hatching (99.9%) Affinity : Metal, Fire Potential : ∅

It was the inheriter and future queen of Golden Bee's hive!

It was also the daughter of the current queen bee. And the hives' final hope!

Without depending on the status panel, Cole could tell that the egg ia about to be hatch according to vigorous, almost complete life force it possess.

"This is my daughter..."

However, the queen don't have the idea that Cole already knew everything his eyesight fall into. She clearly explain everything she wanted.

"Please bring them out of this hidden purgatory." She pleaded in the end.

Since he already has the intention of saving the golden bee's hive, Cole didn't make things difficult for the mentally tired queen and agree, "Alright, I'll bring your inheriter and your whole hive out of this place."

Instantly, as though her hope is fully sparked, the Queen's smile bloom like a treasure flower.

"Thank you... I don't know how I'll repay this life debt but please accept my heartful gratitude..." At this time, the former queen of Golden Bee's that once hunts divine dragons and beasts disregard her noble identity and bend her back to show her gratitude to Cole. The queen is bowing to Cole's direction.

"No need to thank me anymore," he comfort the queen. After all, his guilt can't help but get pricked at the heartful sight of begging mother when he has hidden agenda in the back of his mind.

"No, thank you. You might not know this but I'm once a mighty figure that rule under a piece of sky and saw many things. That little dragon with you is your contracted beast, I could tell, and I don't care even if you contract my beloved daughter too. In fact, I'll be more thankful if you do."

After hearing that, the guilt Cole had vanished into thin air. At the least, he don't have to hide his hidden agenda.

Several moments later, the queen stabilize her emotion and start to tell Cole of important things.

For instance, she gave her crown to him that control the whole hive that is apparently a rare, capable of supporting life, spatial artifact. However, the hive can only be fully controlled by someone with Golden Queen Bee bloodline.

With forceful activation, the queen manage to lent temporarily the hive artifact to Cole so that he could bring it but only a single room was open to him.

Fortunately, his [Heavenly Eyes] identified the information of the hive earlier and knew that the queen is not trying to deceive him. The restrictions are true and extremely powerful at that.

After saying her last good-bye to her unborn daughter, the queen finally return them both outside.

The golden bees in the air as if they recieved a command all flew inside the hive. The queen gave the beehive a final, long glance before she control it and send it to Cole's arm.

"Here. Please, take good care of my daughter and my children for me. Tell them that they should hide but do not tolerate any kind of provocation. And most importantly, tell them to never stop on cultivating until they made sure that they can rule the heaven and the sky so that they won't be used as someone else's source of nourishment."

"I'll make sure that I'll say that to her."

The queen nodded her head, flew towards Cole and put something on top of his hand, "Here, consider this as part of my payment for this deep life debt."

Unexpectedly, it was an equipment that looks exactly like a golden bee.

Island Devouring Golden Bee Seal [Holy-Rank] Affinity : Metal, Spatial Potential : Divine Abilities : Floating Island Devour, Spatial Pocket Dimension [Introduction : A crudely made artifact using several bodies of Golden Bee. Its main purpose is to store the Golden Bee Refining Island should the queen bee manage to escape her imprisonment.]

Hiss!!

For a second, Cole turn wide-eyed in surprise at the treasure that appear on top of his hands.

He won't deny that he truly eye the floating island they've been visited before. However, no matter what he try, he can't store the whole island away. The dungeon itself ban that.

No, as a matter of fact, there has a limit on the things he can bring out of every dungeon run. Only, before, he don't really desire many amount in more easier difficulty and didn't trigger this restriction.

Or perhaps the higher the difficulty, the lower the amount of thing that he can take out.

"Thank you for this." He said before he instantly control the golden bee seal and the island that imprisoned the queen bee for hundreds of years vanish in its place, leaving a blank space of sky, and appear inside the small equipment.

Cole smile when the golden bee seal got stored inside his Black Ring and got covered with familiar golden bubble film with tinge of red color.

"Hmmm.... So, how are you going to leave this place?"

Still feeling a lingering happiness, Cole was about to respond when it dawn to him of how he'll live this place.

"You..." Cole hesitates.

But Celia, who's dissatisfied with the queen bee for quite some time now due to her white lotus act, didn't mince her word, "We can leave here as long as you die."

"Oh... And here I thought I can send my children away for one last time..."

Cole ready himself for battle but he didn't need to do anything as the queen use her Monarch Vessel, turning herself into gold mutant.

Her Monarch Vessel is the famous [Indestructible Golden Body] known for its impenetrable defense. It was the end goal of Golden Perseverance Temple but it was achieved by the queen using her racial talent.

Unfortunately, no matter how impenetrable the [Indestructible Golden Body] is, it won't be able to defend a destruction that happens on the inside. The Queen's damaged body crumble the instant it erupts with kind of power it can't support.

The backslash she recieved reduce her HP in huge chunks every second. It only takes several seconds before the queen explode into moths of light and left behind the mysterious flame sheforcefully nourished, along with the loots she dropped.

The moths of light fuse with the mysterious flame and it wasn't before long and it erupts with strong momentum.