Chapter 95: Chapter 91: Advancing Armies

Regina felt like she was watching ants crawl across a large patch of land with little progress being made. Which wasn’t fair to her drones, their new allies, or probably even the enemy soldiers. But she tended to watch the various groups from on high through the eyes of Winged Drones, and it felt like it took forever for the two armies to advance towards each other so they would actually meet on a battlefield.

Regina wasn’t idle during that time, though. The skirmish Tim’s group had won against some strike force or whatever from the other side had pushed her to level 31. She was hopeful that a proper battle would gain her a lot more experience, especially if she managed to decisively crush invaders into her territory, despite the heavy losses to her drones it would risk. But even so, her newest level had unlocked another sapient drone Template for her, finally.

Their combined army of drones and allied human soldiers was moving relatively slowly, taking their time. Some of them had been marching a lot recently, and there was no point in arriving too tired to fight effectively. The enemy army was marching a bit more quickly, but Regina still didn’t find it easy to predict where the actual battle would occur. They should try to choose the terrain if they could, but that much was probably obvious to everyone. In the meantime, Regina returned her attention to her surroundings and checked on things one more time, mostly to settle her nerves.

The atmosphere in the village was tense. For the first time in a while, there weren’t lots of Swarm Drones around, and everyone knew why. Regina didn’t linger, but only looked in on the baron briefly and then checked on her eggs. They had added further dividers to the large ground floor room they were using to store them. Regina stopped to look at the newest eggs. They took three days to hatch, so they weren’t going to be ready quickly. She tried to examine them with her mana senses, but there wasn’t really anything different from other eggs.

Drone Witches. She assumed the name would be used for both genders, like sorcerer or warlock or something like that might have been. It definitely implied they would be casters, and probably more along the lines of combat magic, if the pattern held true, unlike the Attendants.

Regina shook her head and left. She’d sent three of the Drone Attendants along with the other drones, by now. Their support would simply be too valuable, so she’d just have to do without them here, even if she disliked it. She had hatched two more Drone Attendants recently, but they were still very young and growing into their job. They hadn’t even learned any Spells yet, so sending them along would be pointless. She’d kept Ira here because of that, too.

Regina returned to the house she was currently living in and settled on a fur rug, sitting cross-legged. She noticed Ira coming into the other room, but didn’t pay her much attention. Instead, she pulled up her Hive status screen one more time before she turned her attention to the coming battle.

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