I could finally look at a living metal-eater with my system sight. Their secrets were going to be revealed to me, and dozens of my daughters watched this with impatience and curiosity.
Most of them were soldiers standing by to protect me and the hive, or Researchers and Physicians that were called in to make notes and examined the metal-eater with me.
Without pomp, the soldiers that carried the creature opened the wriggling cloth sack and let the beast inside get out. It had nowhere to run, anyway—we were inside a spacious holding cell, and it was surrounded by armed bees.
The living metal-eater looked somehow even more ugly than the dead one—probably because of its flailing short limbs—but it wasn't what shocked me the most.
〔Beetle larva〕
〔Health〕: 14 / 26
〔Stamina〕: 8 / 25
〔Species〕: Spotted Mountainboring Beetle