Chapter 54
"She is our Beginning, and She is our End . Our life came from Her, and we shall claim life for Her . She is the sole heir to this world, and we shall give it to Her . Everything is for the Queen Mother… All hail Queen Mother!"
The shadowy figure, partially hidden amongst the trees, muttered these words like a prayer as its eyes scanned a clearing in front of it .
Although the shadowy figure was tired of saying these words already, it knew that these words were something essential that it must say .
After all, what it was about to do right now was an important mission that every children of the Queen Mother must do .
In front of the shadowy figure was an assortment of tents, all set and constructed inside the clearing .
The shadowy figure has to rely on its senses to see, as it was currently nighttime . This condition did not disadvantage the shadowy figure at all, as it was during nighttime that it becomes the most dangerous .
With its enhanced senses, the shadowy figure was able to identify presence of humans inside the tents .
30 Adult Males, 15 Adult Females, 10 Elderly and 40 Children .
The shadowy figure resisted the urge to just rush in and kill all of these people in an instant, as it was not allowed to do so for now . It was very tempting though, as the shadowy figure found it hard to forget the feeling of a person being dissected by its sharp shadow blades .
Right now, the shadowy figure will not kill . Killing is only reserved for the blasphemers who dare to fight back against the Queen Mother .
Tonight, the shadowy figure will welcome its new siblings .
"Slosh . " The shadowy figure gingerly held a glass vial in its distorted hands, as it took care to not let it fall to the ground .
That was enough to make the shadowy figure vigilant, as anything that requires the life of a Great Elderitch were surely valuable .
With its talent for stealth, the shadowy figure was able to slowly approach the clearing without alerting any of the guards, who looked extremely sleepy to even guard at all .
The shadowy figure then paused in its tracks as it psyched itself up for its next actions
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The shadowy figure knew that once it makes its actions, all hell will break loose . Many unexpected things might happen, and the shadowy figure knew that it must be prepared to take these things on .
The shadowy figure swore to itself that it will do its best to stop any human that will interfere with the birth of its new siblings .
And even if the shadowy figure has to sacrifice its own life to stop these pesky humans, then it will gladly do so .
After all, the life of the shadowy figure is insignificant compared to its possible new siblings, who might be of better use for the Queen Mother .
"Mama, I want some cookies!" Even if it was already night, the shadowy figure could still hear a rowdy child raising her voice towards her mother .
The shadowy figure scoffed after hearing this as its view of the humans just went lower .
Unlike the pesky, irritating human children who do not respect their parents, all the children of the Queen Mother adore her . There are no way that they will rebel towards Queen Mother as She is their reason to live .
Even the shadow figure, already in its adult stage, was still loyal to the Queen Mother .
"Woosh~" The shadowy figure, after a second of waiting, decided to not prolong its wait any longer .
Its body transformed into shadows, which trailed across the ground .
This form gave the shadowy figure its maximum speed, as it allowed the shadowy figure to reach the middle of the clearing in an instant .
Before any of the sleep-deprived guards could react, the shadowy figure had already shattered the vial that it held in its hands .
"Crash!"
A noxious-looking gas came out of the shattered vial, which started to spread throughout the whole clearing . Every human in the clearing were all covered by this gas .
By the time that the whole clearing was full of the gas, the shadowy figure was already outside the clearing, waiting for any possible intruders .
To the shadowy figure's relief, nobody approached the clearing even after it waited for 10 minutes .
It seems like the shadowy figure's decision to choose a secluded nomadic village in the mountains as the breeding ground was right .
Now that 10 minutes have already passed by, the shadowy figure reckoned that its already time for the birth of its new siblings .
" . . . . … . "
"Argh!!!!"
The screams of pain that the shadowy figure heard from the village heralded the start of the birthing process .
It was a well-known fact among its siblings that the Queen Mother has no way to naturally produce Her own children .
All of Queen Mother's current children were all born artificially .
" . . . . . "
The shadowy figure resisted the urge to enter the clearing as it knew that the effects of the vial were not yet done .
From what the shadowy figure knew, the gas inside the vial has a low chance to turn any human into Queen Mother's new children .
In human terms, the gas in the vial has a low chance to turn humans into 'MONSTERS' .
The shadowy figure hated this term, as in its opinion, humans were worse monsters than itself and its siblings .
Humans were all greedy and selfish, while all the children of the Queen Mother were all cooperative and sharing .
Just one look at that was enough to show the superior group .
The screams of pain continued to last for another half an hour before it died out .
Once the shadowy figure confirmed that there are no more traces of gas left, it entered the clearing to look for its new siblings .
To the irritation of the shadowy figure, only five humans survived the transformation .
Because of the potency of the gas, most humans die before they could even transform . Only a select few gets to survive to witness their new form .
The shadowy figure finds this to be quite a pity, as it knew that it will be better if all the humans will be the children of Queen Mother .
"Waaa!!!!"
The shadowy figure's reverie was broken as it heard a cry echoing throughout the whole clearing .
The shadowy figure vaguely recognized that the one crying was one of its newest siblings, who turns out to be the irritating human child that asked for some cookies earlier .
As for the remaining 4 humans, the shadowy figure realized that they were all human kids too .
"Useless . " The shadowy figure muttered to itself as it decided to just leave the transformed human kids in the clearing .
In the shadowy figure's opinion, transformed human kids were all weak and useless, and they do not deserve to get treated as children of the Queen Mother .
If it was adults or even elderly that transformed, then it will be fine .
But children? There is no way the shadowy figure will bring their kind with it .
Not bringing the transformed human kids might be a waste considering the value of the gas vial, but the shadowy figure knew that this is better compared to actually allowing some weaklings to be Queen Mother's newest children .
"Waaa!!!"
The shadowy figure ignored the cries of its newest siblings as it left the clearing, melding back into the darkness of the night .
The shadowy figure never once looked back .