Belissar took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

It worked.

It actually worked.

He figured he could start a fire with flowers, twigs, and honeycomb, which was even easier as he could directly ask the bees to line the walls and floors with wax. But none of that would burn particularly quickly and it would take a bit for the fire to get going. So, he needed a way to actually keep the monster in the flames.

The Pit Trap seemed to offer a solution, but Belissar encountered a problem when he went to make it. It turned out he couldn’t place it directly in front of the gate. In fact, he couldn’t place the trees or the spawners there either. He didn’t know why, but for one reason or another the gate had to remain clear. But it wasn’t his place to question the gods, so he could only accept the limitation.

And that meant there was an issue of how to actually get the monster onto the trap. Since he couldn’t make enough trees to form a path, either the bees would have to fight once again...or he would.

But, against all odds, it had worked. He, a simple peasant beekeeper with no magic or might to his name, had slain a shade of the Hunger. He had fulfilled the role of a mighty Tower Lord.

And that wasn’t all...

As Belissar laughed and rested on the ground, the Tower’s shine intensified. Belissar felt the heat within the Tower grow red hot. Suddenly, a wave of light surged out from the core room and across the Flower Meadow. When it reached the Pit Trap, it burned away the last wisps of the black mist. It shrank down as it approached the gateway, forming a tiny glowing ball as it passed out of the Tower’s entrance.

And then Belissar gasped. He could feel as a wave of power now surged out of the Tower itself, in every direction. When he glanced outside the gateway, the Hunger was gone. He could see green shoots breaking through the ground in the wake of the purifying light. Twisted and blackened trees began to right themselves and grow green leaves once again as bushes grew underneath.

The wave carried onward, slowing down over time. Eventually, it stopped. Belissar could still feel the Hunger at the edges, reaching its tendrils into the cleared area, but they burned away like they did in the Tower’s gateway. A sphere of about one mile in diameter around the Tower was now completely free of the Hunger, and growing life once again.

Initial purification successful. Dungeon B3353402X now established. Core corruption may now be purified.

The following gods have noticed your victory and offer to become your patron:

- The God of Fire

- The God of Mischief

- The God of Bees

Please accept or deny the offered patrons before receiving additional rewards.

Belissar froze. He blinked. And then he began to tremble.

The gods...had noticed him? And instead of smiting him, they were offering...to become his patron?

“W-What should I do? W-What's going on? What...”

At that moment, the conduit bee buzzed in front of his face. His eyes were drawn to her as she danced in the air.

“King? Need help?”

His beating heart began to calm, and he nodded to himself. He held out his finger and his bee friend landed on it, staring up at him with her little eyes.

No, he knew what to do. There was only one thing to do.

The God of Bees is now your patron. Applying Blessing of Bees.