The most valuable materials that could be harvested in Borkus’s Sub-Dragon Savannah, other than the materials obtained from the Dungeon’s Boss, were the honey and beeswax of the Cemetery Bees.

They were Rank 5 bee-shaped monsters, around thirty centimeters in length. Each of them weren’t individually threatening, but they were fearsome in that the whole swarm attacked together like a single unit.

Their large jaws were capable of shredding plate armor like paper, and their sharp stingers couldn’t be blocked by the average Shield-bearer. And the most vicious weapon they had was their deadly venom.

The potent neurotoxin couldn’t be resisted by average resistance skills and was capable of causing death by shock in minutes.

It was said that countless corpses of adventurers desiring the exquisite honey and the beeswax that could be turned into the most extravagant candles and soap could be seen surrounding the nests of these monsters.

So their nests were just like cemeteries.

「That’s what I heard, but could it be that they’re surprisingly friendly to people?」(Vandalieu)

『There’s no way… Kid, could it be that those bees are Undead?』(Borkus)

「I think they’re healthy and very much alive.」(Vandalieu)

Borkus was astonished by the sight of Vandalieu being swarmed by so many bees that he appeared to be made of them.

『You wanted sweet things, so when you asked me to find some for you, this is what I thought of. The Cemetery Bees are the rarest monsters in this Dungeon.』(Borkus)

「… Considering that, there are a lot of them, aren’t there?」(Vandalieu)

The Cemetery bees buzzed around Vandalieu, licking him with their tongues rather than biting him with their jaws or stabbing him with their stingers.

Vandalieu didn’t get the sense that they were surrounding him to increase his body temperature and overheat him to death, so it seemed that they were simply attached to him.

『Amazing, Bocchan, even the bees are madly in love with you.』(Saria)

『Jyuuh, is this really alright, my lord?』(Bone Man)

「… Probably?」(Vandalieu)

If Vandalieu had been someone who hated insects, he would probably have fainted, but he didn’t dislike them that much. As a child, he had admired rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles.

As he reminisced about this, a conspicuously large Cemetery Bee, leading countless other bees, flew towards him.

It made a creaking sound with its jaws as it landed on Vandalieu’s head.

「Boy, is that not what is known as a queen bee?」(Zadiris)

「It looks like it.」(Vandalieu)

「And what is it doing?」(Zadiris)

「Probably being tamed?」(Vandalieu)

「… Boy, is it possible that you can charm not only Undead, but monsters with things like death and cemetery in their names?」(Zadiris)

『That’s pretty amazing; I’ve heard that insectoid monsters have powerful instincts that makes it impossible for anyone to tame them.』(Borkus)

「Yeah, that’s amazing, Vandalieu. This could be the first time anyone in the world has done this.」(Vigaro)

「I’m guessing you’re praising me, but I can’t hear you over the sound of their wings.」(Vandalieu)

It seemed that【Death-Attribute Charm】also worked on a certain kind of insects. Or perhaps he had used Undead insects so much that even living insects had started to become attached to him?