It had been an hour since I had sent Dominic to gather members of their Warrior caste, while I made my way back to my office. On my way back I had ordered some of the more intact Golems guarding the plalace to make a defensive line towards where the bandits were coming.

Now I know what you're thinking. 'Why did you ask Dominic to gather warriors if you have Golem Soldiers? Surely they could handle it.' First; Don't call me 'Surely'. Second; While I doubt the Golems could fuck this up too badly, I'd rather not risk it.

Now don't underestimate them. When in large groups, they are very capable of winning battles and such things. But when alone or in small groups, their... Simpleness starts to show. Of course this could be off set if I, or someone I allow, commands them. The process for this is somewhat painful, but I'll get to that later.

Now the reason for their simpleness is rather well... Simple. When making my earlier golems I found that no matter what material I make them out of, I can only add a maximum of 10 runes. It's enough for the required Combat and Movement runes, but that leaves little room for the Inteligence runes. I will go into more detail about this later though, as it could be a legnthy explanation.

Anyway, the Golems were ordered to send a rocket flare, basically just a fancy firework, should they spot the bandits. That flare is the signal for the other Golems in the line, as well as Dominic and I, to advance to that position and engage the bandits. Since I would be involved in this battle, I decided to grab my shortsword from the Golem Kit.

If we were lucky, the Golems could have handled it themselves by the time we got there...

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Two Hours Later
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Dominic had finally gathered the warriors and lead them to my office to be informed of the situation. In total there were six in good enough shape to go to battle, including Dominic and I, this made eight. Eight able bodies to take care of an unknown ammount of bandits... I could work with this.

Just as I had finished explaining the situation, I could hear a rocket flare going off. Looking out a window in my office, I saw a bright green glare rising from the north. "Gentelmen, Time to go." Just before I finished my sentence, The six had already started exiting the room.

It was just me and Dominic in the room when I asked a simple question, "What's with them?" As always, Dominic was quick to respond.

"The fact that you are not the queen could be why they were so quick to leave. You see-" Dominic started.

Not wanting to play catch up, I decided we should start moving. "Walk and Talk, Dominic. We don't want to fall behind."

"Ah, right. As I was saying, the warriors of the hive take an oath to the queen of the hive to always follow her orders and hers alone. But Queen Metamopha ordered them to take orders from you instead due to you being the ruler of this land. Understandably, they have not taken too kindly to this." He finished

"Ah, They feel their oath was pushed aside, by their own queen no less, just because I own this land. Correct?" I could see why one would be upset. But this could be a problem later on, if not right now.

Eventually we made it back with the others and began going over the plan once more. It was an easy plan really. Find the area where the flare was set off, sneak into one of the buildings, wait for the bandits to lower their guard, and capture them. Now if it was as easy in practice was another matter entirely. But before we even got close enough, I heard a sound that chilled me to the bone...

Gunfire...

Author's Note

Sorry for not getting to the fighting yet, Still planning that bit out.