The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 256 - 167 Hatti

Zone 20, inside the area’s gate

Bai Yi’s target, Hatti, was still blissfully napping on her own ship, unaware of the looming danger as she hadn’t yet woken from her slumber.

Already utilizing her superpower combined with the divine statue she acquired, she had turned the entire zone into her lapdogs; Hatti never thought she’d run into any issues.

She was extremely confident in her Spiritual Suggestion; every person within the zone, even the non-human combatants, worshipped her blindly under the influence of her superpower, with no chance of rebellion.

Even if an enemy could perceive such spiritual manipulation, whether to dispel it or to kill her, she would be the first to notice.

With her various security measures in place, there was no way any danger could materialize.

Whenever she desired any resources, there would be bootlickers eagerly presenting them to her.

These bootlickers would even spontaneously use dungeon tickets and other means to "voluntarily" present gifts to her, contributing to the enrichment of her fleet.

Heh, it was all "volunteer work," without a hint of coercion.

In that case, why would she bother putting in any effort?

She could just enjoy the benefits of others bearing the burdens, living a peaceful life of luxury. How perfect.

"Miss Hatti..."

A maid outside called respectfully, slightly furrowing Hatti’s brows as she was still groggy from just waking up.

Under normal circumstances, the maid wouldn’t do this.

Everyone on the ship knew that if she had "indulged in pleasure" the night before, she had to sleep until noon the next day.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, they would choose not to disturb her.

Even if the other Lords had "urgent matters," even if they were on the verge of death, as long as it wasn’t threatening her safety or interests, they would postpone their visit due to various reasons under the mental suggestion.

This directive was encoded in the Spiritual Suggestion; there was no way it could be disobeyed, and her superpower hadn’t signaled any alerts.

That meant something important must have truly happened this time.

Considering the recent Cycle Challenges, it didn’t take much to guess that there must be a special situation within the Battle Zone.

But since her superpower’s surveillance hadn’t reported any deaths, the trouble shouldn’t be too serious...

Thinking this, Hatti continued her languid movements, taking ten minutes to extricate herself from the clutches of her bed.

"Sss...

I really shouldn’t have gone so wild last night.

Next time I need to reduce the intensity of the Spiritual Suggestion; that level of stimulation was too much...

What’s going on?"

With wobbly legs, Hatti muttered to herself as she moved to the door and opened it to inquire.

"Miss Hatti, there’s a battle report from the Battle Zone. A fleet from another region has discovered our sea outpost. They are now confronting us at sea, and their strength is not weak."

The maid replied in a low voice, her hands respectfully lowered.

But Hatti didn’t take it seriously. She waved her hand and walked back into the room without closing the door.

"I got it, you can go now.

Oh, and prepare breakfast for me. I want to try the steak that someone brought last time, along with a salad. Have it sent over when it’s ready."

Whether it was beef or the vegetables and fruits for the salad, for a sea Lord, these were all luxury items.

Even with her ruling an entire territory, she could not achieve the freedom of beef and vegetable cuisine that she had enjoyed before coming to this world.

But if it weren’t for coming to this world, she wouldn’t have this superpower and the pleasure of manipulating others at will.

"No wonder all those classmates back at school wanted to become the Big Sister. The feeling of having a bunch of bootlicker followers is indeed awesome!

Even if I do nothing, people still bring resources to my door, dedicating themselves to me completely..."

Hatti walked over to the table, threw herself onto the chair, relaxed her whole body, and then started considering the news the maid had brought.

As per her arrangements, at the gate of the outer region, she had stationed all Low-level Lords collectively, and even those Rank 4 Lords had each left behind a ship and a Rank 5 Hero Unit as a guard.

Counting also the Rank 5 Beast Kings, this already constituted a considerable force.

Yet there was still a fleet from another territory daring to confront them; they must possess remarkable strength indeed...

Her superpower had not yet given any feedback, which at least meant that the other party had not initiated an attack.

Unfortunately, the coverage of the superpower didn’t extend to their vision, nor could it detect surroundings like spiritual power in novels...

No, to be safe, I should still pay attention!

Her rise to this position was due not only to her superpower but also to her caution.

Although she might appear slothful and capricious, neglectful both of territorial development and tactical planning, she was especially attentive when it came to her safety.

Firmly believing that as long as she was unharmed, everything else could be regained.

Hatti searched through the Free Market on her panel for a while, then pulled out an army green monocular telescope.

This was an Abnormal Object given by a bootlicker after a particular Cycle Challenge.

Its function was to enable observation of distant targets beyond the sea horizon. The location where her fleet was docked was just so that the Battle Zone outside of the region couldn’t see her, but she could observe them using this Abnormal Object.

Approaching the porthole, she raised the telescope and looked towards the distant horizon.

It didn’t take much searching to lock onto the fleet near the outpost at sea, confronting the sea Lords.

"21 ships, at least 6 Rank 5 Heroes, and soldiers of at least Rank 4.

Seems like they’ve got some really strong forces...

But this level of strength intends to take down the sea outpost?

Even if my Rank 5 Beast Kings are hidden underwater, there are still 7 Rank 5 combatants and even more Low-level Lords openly displayed; the enemy shouldn’t fail to recognize this power disparity.

Is there an ambush?"

Her gaze shifted, looking towards the rear of the approaching fleet. Sure enough, she noticed something.

Following at a distance, more than ten ships were hidden under a certain invisibility spell, with five fifth-order Hero Units lying in ambush.

If it weren’t for this Abnormal Object being able to see through ordinary invisibility spells and to judge Ranks by the reaction of energy leakage, we might have suffered a disadvantage!

And yet, wasn’t it discovered by me?

Right now, even Hatti wanted to put her hands on her hips – wasn’t she smart enough to uncover the enemy’s conspiracy?

She immediately sent a message in the channel, arranging for the Hero Units within the fleet to take the other attendant Lords with them as reinforcements.

Planning to use a Sacrificial Divine Skill of one of the Lords to hide, and catch the enemy off guard!

Although this would weaken the forces protecting her, this was inside her own territory!

Lords from outside the Battle Zone couldn’t possibly come in due to the presence of a Zone Barrier, and inside the territory, all of the Lords were her devout bootlickers, they couldn’t possibly betray her!

She could guarantee with a pat on her chest that as long as she was inside her territory, she would be invincible!

She found a special tripod and set up the telescope at just the right angle, allowing her to sit at the table and still see the current state of the Battle Zone outside the area.

Not long after, her maid delivered the food she had requested, and the battle outside the area had just begun.

Although she considered her naval camp’s strength quite formidable, the enemy was not to be trifled with.

As the battle commenced, her superpower started to feed back frequently, with hypnotized units continually dying.

Even the enemy’s ordinary soldiers were able to release spells comparable to fifth-order, killing off swathes at a time, significantly increasing the battle pressure.

She even had to prematurely drive the fifth-order Beast King who had been lying in ambush to join the battle, successfully pushing back the offensive.

Eventually, as both sides poured in their reserve forces, the battlefield became increasingly tense.

She was so preoccupied with watching the state of battle through the vision of the Abnormal Object that she neglected the food on her plate.

At first, she was puzzled as to why, despite her numerical advantage in both Hero Units and low-tier combat power, the actual battle didn’t seem to reflect this advantage.

However, she soon caught on, even if a bit slow to do so.

Although she had significantly more personnel, the average combat power of the attacking fleet was greater.

This was evident in many minor details.

Through her surveillance and the feedback of her superpower, she noticed that the enemy had a special Spiritual Series unit that inflicted Spiritual damage equally on everyone from fifth-order down to second-order ordinary soldiers, with a sort of execution effect.

Just a few successive strikes would instantly kill, regardless of Rank.

Fortunately, such a high-level ability seemed to be very consuming, only executing two waves before no longer appearing.

The enemy’s low-tier soldiers, like her own expedition team, were at least fourth-order in strength and had some fifth-order capabilities.

When these people released their corresponding Spells, the Abnormal Object detected fifth-order energy fluctuations, which she observed clearly.

This led to the real strength comparison of both sides being not so different after all, with a tinge of evenly matched strength, making her involuntarily worry about what to do if she lost.

However, she didn’t know that the outcome of this battle had actually been "predetermined" before it even started.

After a "tense" fight of over ten minutes, the battle finally ended with a victory for her forces after suffering tens of thousands of casualties.

The attacking fleet retreated, giving her an involuntary sigh of relief, and letting her previously tense mood relax.

"Hmph!

What does it matter how powerful you are? Weren’t you still driven back by me?

Making me so anxious I couldn’t eat breakfast properly, sooner or later I’ll turn you all into my people, joining my bootlicks..."

Hatti didn’t revel in her success for long, her smiling face suddenly froze, not daring to move an inch.

A furry thing had already wrapped itself around her neck from behind her left side, and next to her right ear a voice resonated with breath:

"Well, well, so it’s you...

Want us to join what? How about you join us instead?

Relying on a Spiritual superpower to hypnotize the entire area, turning them into your bootlickers, quite the skill!

Very promising, I personally admire you!

Bai Sheng, she’s yours now~"

The one wrapping around her was none other than Bai Yi’s Avatar, who after using widespread Soul Cutting to take away a large number of souls, Teleported back to the distant Floating Island and got out of Hatti’s spiritual coverage to start the Resurrection process.

From those souls, she obtained all of Hatti’s real information, including her location.

She was also found in the list of fifth-order Lords provided by Shang Ji, with the Lord’s name being a transliteration of Hatti and the territory being named Queen’s Fleet.

A rather arrogant name.

To prevent Hatti from detecting anything wrong, Bai Yi didn’t stay for a moment, quickly Teleporting with Bai Sheng through the area barrier, locating Hatti’s fleet and capturing her red-handed.

After learning about Hatti’s "brilliant" deeds, Bai Sheng was already very interested in her.

Needless to say, if this superpower was as she imagined, it would be an excellent war capability and could be very effective under certain special circumstances!

Immediately, she answered with slight excitement:

"Yes!"

During the conversation between Bai Yi and Bai Sheng, Hatti didn’t just try without attempting to resist.

On the contrary, in her mind, she almost went crazy hitting the Zone Transfer Certificate on her panel!

But the cold panel prompt extinguished her hopes—

[You are currently in a state of battle, and the Zone Transfer Certificate cannot be used]

She could only feel the fuzzy thing around her neck suddenly tighten, making her head spin, and by the time she came back to her senses, she had already left her ship and appeared in an unknown forest.

And her panel was indicating that she was now in Zone No. 33?

...

Mind Witch Hatti: A rare witch who studies the Mind series, extremely adept at wide-area mental manipulation, once reclaimed an entire Servant Star with her power single-handedly. Also, because of this ability, after the witch conversion restriction act, she took charge of the management of the Witch Servant Army. It is said she was the first witch to specialize in this, and she had a service record with the Witch Alliance in the early days...

[Note: There are rumors that many of the pink spells circulating among the Mind Witches were developed by her...]

[Note’s note: Elaborate on these pink spells!]