Capone shook his head and regrouped with his three brothers. They spent a few split seconds sharing the rest of their plan with their new sibling.
They allowed the new Journeyman bugs and Adept bugs to feast on Henson's corpse along with those who had been harassing Janken, who was their next target.
Janken was naturally surprised when the pesky bugs that had hovered all over him for the past few seconds suddenly retreated.
However, when he saw what had happened, his pupils shrunk and his heart leaped to his throat.
It was just in time for him to witness Henson's corpse getting torn apart and consumed to the bone, whereas Liam was nowhere to be found. Either he escaped alone or…
Janken gulped, however, he didn't have much time to think as he was surrounded by four Master stage bugs that began attacking him with all their speed.
Janken was horrified, for it felt like he had been thrust into a meat grinder and he got to experience all his flesh carved off. He could feel his vitality drop by almost 5% every passing second.
In just three seconds that he had been overwhelmed, he had lost nearly 15% of his lifeforce!
He couldn't allow them to continue! The orc didn't want to die and have his remains devoured by these filthy things!
As such, Janken raged and used one of his strongest skills, Shockwave. He pushed his chest out and roared with might, creating a shockwave from his cry that knocked back all foes within 50 meters.
The four Master bugs weren't exactly blown away, but their barrage of attacks got interrupted. After having been hit by Chain Lightning and the Spirit Wolf, they understood that these fellows had some unique skills that had unique effects, so even as they whaled on them, they had remained on guard.
Janken paled when he saw that the Master bugs had been waiting for his attack, cursing their learning speed. Now, all he wanted to do was just flee, but he knew that turning his back on them would be a 100% death sentence. He could only continue to fight back valiantly and hope for a miracle.
No matter how he tried to move to avoid them, a bug would be there to force him back into the encirclement and claw at him. After less than 15 more seconds of this torture, Janken felt his life weaken to its absolute bottom.
He fell to the ground weakly, regretting answering the call for this war. His eyes fell on the form of Darius in the back who looked at him with a soft smile on his face.
The last question on his mind that he wanted to ask Darius was why the latter was so cruel to them?
They were fellow masters, so why not give them a path of escape? Even enslavement would be better than this, so why condemn them to one of the worst deaths possible?
Shiken and Hatchken had practically beaten back their assailants, in time to watch the last moments of Janken's life. Before they could rush over, he had already been clawed to death by the Master bugs' horrific speed.
Some of the Adept bugs bothering them had been killed, but the rest were called over by the Master bugs to feast on Janken. With the amount of power and vitality he had, more than one new Master bug should be born.
Almost all those who had partaken in Henson's corpse, had evolved into Adepts, with two new Master bugs rising from the ashes.
They were Bugsy Gambino and Bugsy Marcello. They skipped over to surrounded Hatchken and Shiken with their fellow siblings, turning the situation into a 6 VS 2.
The ending need not be elaborated on at this point.
Eventually, Shiken and Hatchken also fell to the ground, dead and full of regret. As for the bugs, Darius' force grew by another 300 Adepts and another 4 Master bugs from consuming everyone.
Even the Adept bugs were only on the cusp of upgrade with how lively they seemed. Once done, the 10 Master bugs walked over to Darius and knelt down.
The Bugsy family now had; Bugsy Malone, Bugsy Falcone, Bugsy Jones, Bugsy Capone, Bugsy Gambino, Bugsy Marcello, Bugsy Costello, Bugsy Bonano, Bugsy Franco, Bugsy Constanzo.
The 10 Master bugs pledged their loyalty to him and Darius could tell it wasn't faked thanks to Analyze. This greatly reassured him and allowed Darius to decide on his next course of action.
[For now, pack up and let's leave. I'll have to ask you to stay within a Bag of Holding until your Queen evolves and creates a Hive Space.] Darius explained.
The Master bugs showed no concern. Before their King, they had no arrogance or self-interest, so they wholeheartedly agreed and entered a special Bag of holding Darius chose.
As for Darius he blinked out of the city and gazed at the ruins with a sigh. In truth, he didn't intend to use such a heavy-handed method on all invaders and he really couldn't as it would have hefty consequences.
He could afford to fall out with the Hungao Empire because they were likely the only ones who would dare to slaughter all the residents and hang their heads on the walls.
That was the answer Janken had been looking for as he died and if he would have known, he would have never have partaken in such an act. However, it was far too late for him to regret, they had already become fuel for the hive's growth.
Darius might still have to fight the other siegers, but he could use softer tactics depending on how badly the citizens had been treated.
No, Darius did not have a soft spot for Andrato's people nor was he enraged by their treatment. It was simply the fact that he could gain a better position to defend his actions based on how the invaders had treated the defeated.
No one could fault him for slaughtering Hungao's people legally given what they themselves had done, so only Hungao would feel a belly of resentment and malice, but they couldn't easily do anything.
On one hand, Darius hoped the other empires had been just as cruel so he could continue empowering his hive with their flesh.
On the other hand, he didn't want to waste too much time fighting the others one by one, as that was a tedious task.
