44 Chapter 44 - Mass Hunting (Final)

Lily moved along the ceiling of the tunnel once more as she followed along with a group that she had her eyes on for the last few minutes, two males and one female.

She noticed that they often moved in groups of threes while in the tunnels, which she could only assume was due to some sort of regulation or safety measure that the Morlocks had developed to prevent issues.

But, to her, it was just an easy way to hunt.

To an extent, one of the males and the female looked relatively normal.

She noticed that the male had a tail coming out from behind, along with what looked like animal ears on his head.

As for the female, she had what looked like webbed fingers and gills on her neck, along with her blond hair and blue eyes.

But the oddest one by far was the other male.

He had green skin covering his entire body, eyes that looked like that of a frog, webbed fingers, and most of all, she noticed his tongue occasionally shooting out from his mouth and catching flies.

He was a frog, or well, a mutant with a frog-like ability.

She had been observing them for a while and was able to come to the conclusion that they didn't possess any capabilities that would prove a threat to her currently.

At least from what she had seen, their mutation seemed to be very physically apparent, so unless they had a second ability, she couldn't know; they didn't pose a threat to her.

That's why she acted quickly, aiming to take the frog man out first.

Good old drop tactic.

It wasn't broken, so she had no reason to fix it, dropping down onto the man and killing him on the spot.

Next was the man with the tail, her claws slashing toward him as she aimed to slice his neck in one go.

She was able to do it relatively quickly; the man wasn't faster or stronger than her, so it wasn't hard to kill him, leaving only the girl to finish off.

"W-wait, please d-don't kill me!"

She yelled as she snapped out of the stunned state she had been in from watching her friend suddenly die.

She wasn't a fighter, she had no experience with combat; how could she possibly be used to seeing death before her.

That was why she was stunned, and it was also why she begged for her life rather than getting mad at their death.

"I-I'll do anything, please."

She begged, but Lily didn't care.

Well, she did have an idea since she had a target so willing to live and a mutation she wasn't all that interested in, but she didn't have the mass to do the idea.

Or she could just get the mass.

"Wait."

She spoke to the girl as she ordered her hive to hunt once more.

She didn't need a lot of mass, just 20 was enough, and it wasn't hard to get that.

A minute was all it took for her to get the needed mass, the scared girl just standing in front of her like a deer in headlights, not speaking, not moving since she feared Lily would suddenly kill her.

Finally, when Lily had enough mass, she spoke to the girl.

"I will spare your life. However, you will need to do something for me."

She explained as she could see a look of relief washing over the girl's face.

"Anything. I'll do anything you want."

"Good."

Lily said as she grabbed onto the girl's mouth, her palm resting over the girl's mouth as the black liquid used to make her hive units leaked into the mouth of the girl, slipping down her through and forming a small worm, no more significant than the size of a finger.

The worm squirmed and slid down the girl's throat, slowly going into her insides, until finally, it found a good place to latch onto her insides, biting into the girl's body to latch on.

Throughout the process, the girl could be felt fighting, her body thrashing around as she thought her death was near. She thought Lily had lied to her, that she simply planned to kill her anyways, but Lily wasn't killing her.

No matter how much the girl fought, she wasn't able to break out of Lily's grip.

She was much weaker than her.

Eventually, the process stopped.

Lily tried to make the process as painless as possible, but it was impossible to make it completely painless, especially the process of the worm latching onto her inner organs.

With the worm now inside of her, Lily released the girl and allowed her to move back.

Instantly the girl pulled back and fell to the ground, her natural flex trying to vomit, yet nothing was coming up.

The girl let out a groan as the worm made itself at home in her insides, and with that, Lily's new plan was in motion.

What Lily had just done was create a small hive unit that would use the body of the girl as its host, hearing what she heard and sensing everything around her.

If Lily so wished, she could order the worm at any time to kill the girl by eating her organs from the inside out.

It was a simple scout unit, but it was very good at what it did.

"What is your name."

Now that the girl was basically forced to do whatever Lily told her to do, it was useful to know her name for the future, so she asked.

The girl took a second to realize what was going on before replying.

"Olivia, my name is Olivia."

"Good, now Olivia; your task is to return to your base and tell them exactly what happened here. However, you will tell them it was done by a group of 3 people who called themselves Marauders. I don't care how to explain your survival, but do not mess up."

Lily's plan was simply to sow inner discord within the Morlock and Mutant groups and allow herself to feast on any of the lingering leftovers.

She could also use this to throw them off her trail.

"Do not speak a word about me. I will be listening."

Her secondary reason for allowing the girl to live was to be able to directly get involved with the workings of the Morlocks through a person in their group.

While the flies and worms allowed her to scout them, she couldn't interact with them just yet, but she could with this girl.

"Now go."

She said as the girl quickly got up and began scurrying off, fearing Lily would change her mind.

With that finished, Lily decided to end the hunt here.

She was getting tired, and the night was coming to an end.

She decided it was time to eat her rewards and return home.