Chapter 25 The Failure of the Cult

Ybur had been on guard ever since he first broke free from the mental control, frantically secreting black pudding amber within his body—this was also the reason why he did not spit acid, as all his secretory abilities were devoted to producing black pudding amber. When used in actual combat for the first time, the black pudding amber indeed played a significant role, causing the spell prepared by the cult leader to fail outright.

However, this was not even the full effect of Melopae. In the hands of a true Bee Queen, the shield formed by Melopae could even reflect most spells straight back at the caster!

What can a spellcaster whose spells are ineffective do when faced with a monster that has already charged to his face?

The cult leader exclaimed loudly, "I surrender!!"

The blade Ybur flung out turned into a soft whip that wrapped around the cult leader in coils, while a mass of stickiness sprayed out, not acid, but merely tissue fluid, which splat onto the cult leader's eyes—