Ascension of the Monster Queen

"Guys," Nessa said and everyone looked at her.

"What is it?" Dalia asked.

"We will be heaving new citizens as of now," She responded as Dalia tilted her head.

"Who?" Riki asked.

"The chiefess and her people are coming here to live," She responded and they smiled.

"We are looking forward to the future, do you guys need help with moving?" Zeitaz asked.

"No thanks, we have enough of them to carry their stuffs which is not a lot but enough," She responded.

"Then guys, we will have to work more, have a lot more houses to build for each Orc family now the colorful Lizardmen, lady Nessa, we are going to need more help, different abilities," Youthim said and she smiled.

"We have a large number of those here; will you guys assist Youthim and the Orcs?" Nessa inquired.

They replied, "Yes," and Nessa smiled.

"I don't think you need to worry about different talents and help," Nessa said, as Youthim smiled.

"This is good, I am happy, we will probably finish everything next year, good thing we have more extra tents and so on," Youthim replied, and Nessa nodded.

"Lady Nessa, build our house in the same manner, for families, for those who do not have..." The chiefess said.

"Relax, those who don't have families will all have homes for themselves, there's no need to worry, everything is going as I want it to," She replied and the chiefess smiled.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" The chiefess asked.

"She already agreed so she is more than okay with it," Riki responded and the chiefess sighed, feeling a bit relieved.

"Well, you can bring your people whenever you're ready; we'll be right here," Nessa said and she glanced at her.

"I will head back now, we will be back soon, probably tomorrow," She replied and Nessa smiled.

"As I previously stated, whenever you are ready, we will continue with our daily routine of creating and building things, and I will make this place perfect, well, try my best, at least," She said, and they smiled at her before the chiefess and her kind bowed their heads.

"We will get going now, thank you for all of this including breakfast," She said and the others laughed.

"You are welcome, be careful on your way back," Nessa replied then they left and she sighed before turning to look at the other Lizardmen.

"Do you guys want to stay a bit longer? If you want I don't mind," She said as she chief and his son approached her.

"Thank you, lady Nessa, but we have to get back, it's getting close to midday, and with what's going on..." She sighed as the chief responded.

"I understand, you don't have to worry; if something happens, we will know, we will see it, and we will stop them before they get anywhere else," She said and the chief smiled at her.

"All right, bye and take care," He replied, and she smiled before he and his people left, and she stretched off.

"Are you still exhausted?" Riki inquired, and she sighed as she looked at him.

"A little bit, also Youthim, do you need me to go over anything or do you guys already know what you have to do?" She asked.

"Don't worry, we know what needs to be done," Youthim responded as she stared at him. "You should stop being a multitasker, this is our job, you already went over everything with us, lady Nessa, you need to rest more, we already know what needs to be done, you can watch over us, leave the building to use though, sit down, breathe."

"I agree with Youthim," Tehitos said as she sighed then sat down and they laughed.

"Good decision," Dalia said, and Nessa smiled at Liya.

"Fine, you guys do your work; I'll relax here; also, Liya, get me a book; I'll write a few things for you since I'm not doing anything right now," She replied, and Liya rushed to get a book and a pen and when she found one she gave it to Nessa, who collected it, and while they started working, Nessa wrote down a few recipes step by step for Liya to use.

Nessa sighed as she remembered the strange noises the trees were making while she was writing.

"Guys," She said and they looked at her.

"What is it, lady Nessa?" Zeitaz asked.

"Why were the trees in the forest making strange noises?" She inquired.

"Must be some kind of creature purposefully annoying you, there are creatures like that," Zeitaz replied.

"I see, but do you have a particular type in mind?" Nessa asked, and Zeitaz sighed while thinking.

"I cannot think of any right about now, what do you guys think?" Zeitaz asked.

"They are probably like tree spirits, somewhere are that area," Tehitos responded and Youthim looked at them.

"The trees, huh?" Youthim asked.

"Yes," Riki responded as he approached Nessa and she looked at him.

"Do you know anything about Dryads, Lady Nessa?" Youthim inquired as she looked at him, then smiled.

"I take it from that look that you don't know anything about them, I will tell you what they are," He said.

'Dryads? Those creatures I've seen in video games and anime? Do they exist as well?' Nessa wondered.

"Dryads are forest guardians, lady Nessa," Youthim said as she glanced at Riki who smiled and nodded.

[Dryads are tree spirits descended from the fairy races, and they are as close to spiritual life. They are guardian spirits; they are immortal and rarely leave their sacred abodes.]

"I see, I understand now," She said as she lowered her head, wondering if the noises were made by the Dryads.

"Well, guys, I'll be right back, I need to look at something, Liya, I'll continue writing the recipes when I get back," Nessa said as she stood up, and Liya smiled.

"It's fine, there is a lot of time to do all of that lady Nessa, we will continue doing our work, just take your time and be careful," The girl replied, and Nessa smiled before leaving as they exchanged glances before returning to their work.