New World: The Rise Of Meruem

As he readied himself to speak, he took In 4 deep breaths then began, though the first few bits of information were boring and mundane just going on about the social cast system of the cave, which he informed me is actually a tower. With the queen living at the top with the more valuable Intecqu of the 6 original generations. while she practically banished all her children to live on the lower levels below ground. He went on to tell me of the danger of challenging the queen.

"You can't go against the queen Meruem. The moment you do anything that is even considered as going against the queen you'll be deemed a traitor and ex-communicated or better yet just killed. You see there exists a chain of command system in place, the queen is at the top, then her royal guards. But they are mostly considered to be the same thing. So, let's say the queen and her royal guards would be considered the number one ruling class of the tower. Then the number two would have to be them…. Those monsters. You saw them when we're coming up from the birthing chamber."

As I took in all that he said I wasn't very interested in any of it.

"yes, what of it… I don't see how this relates to me. Are you warning me to be cautious of those giants? If so then you've been heard, and I shall take into account what you've said."

"no that's not all Meruem… the queen and those monsters have a strange relationship… when the last mother was first given the order to be a new queen of the Intecqu species. Many were against it many deemed her unfit and… weak. none more than the monsters who've now been ordered to guard their king."

Oh, I believe a great mystery is unfolding right in front of my eyes. I'm getting that feeling again, yes that feeling of my body being encapsulated by an inching sensation. He said "their king" hahah don't tell me no please don't tell me, how could things get so bad for me. To now have to possibly fight against the king and his army of giants. I simply stood unmoved by the story Viticus was telling me, well at least outwardly so.

"I see then can I assume that when the king is born… the queen loses her authority and simply becomes a tool for breading more, stronger Intecqu."

He clenched his fist and appeared heartbroken… he cared for her this queen of his. There was also a hint of fear in the way his body twitched. It seems he's aware of how his loyalty towards the queen may appear to me.

"No, it's not that simple the queen has to give the order herself. and only after she gives the order can the king assume control over the Intecqu species under that particular queen's control…... but damn it when that happens everything will go to hell… those monsters have no plan of being ruled over by the king. No all they want… is what no one seems to consider when talking about the king's birth…. It's what the king represents, what his mission is…. You see Meruem the king is born to fulfill the d.e.s.i.r.e for the Intecqu species to be the dominant species on the planet, prey to none. He is only born because we're in such a dire situation or we have a foe we can't defeat… but with his birth comes….. the war against all other species… and the rule of military law, dictating that every Intecqu must submit themselves to military rule and fight… and that the fighting must go on until either our enemy has been slain and we rule supreme or… we go extinct and can rest knowing we did all that we could."

As he spoke the only thought in my mind was "what?" nothing made sense about what he said. All I could wonder about was so then the kings not a ruler but more of a manifestation of every Intecqus d.e.s.i.r.e for strength and security, even at the cost of every freedom they know. so then I've been asking a group of broken weak-willed Intecqu to choose me over the literal manifestation of their d.e.s.i.r.e for strength.... well that's quite the problem.

"so, then why have things become so despite… I'm assuming the queen doesn't want to be a glorified birthing tube. So, then what leads a person to give up every right imaginable and live the life of a "birthing tube".

His body clenched up once again now appearing to sadden by my words, seriously what's going on. I get that the giants might scare him but is that it, he's afraid and does not want to fight. or maybe he dislikes my cold words toward the queen. but if thats the case then Viticus may not be someone i can bring too deeply into my ranks.

"your still not getting it… let me tell you when the queen first reached this planet. The first order she gave was for everyone to start hunting and killing every monster we came across. Which we did and we did successfully but then after some hundreds of years, things started to change out attempts to fix the sh.i.p.s continuously failed. Over and over again wasting more and more resources every attempt. It was then that more of us started dying, those that lived told tails of the impossible large monsters, covered in bone armor, or monsters that could take on the characteristics of their surroundings. "it was a giant serpent covered in layers of bone." Or "it moved as though It were the water itself killing all of us in a matter of seconds." Tales like these started to pass through the ears of every Intecqu. Though the monsters described weren't much to be afraid of… it was also during this time that many of our advanced weaponry and equipment started to fail us and required more energy than we were willing to spare. this forced us to go into a desperate hibernation mode of sorts... Seeing as we never wanted or thought that we would have to stay on this planet for so long. With a lack of proper weaponry, and more and more of the original 6 generations dying… the queen decided that she did not want to lose any more. So, the queen decided to give birth to the 7th generation, the first generation born from her. The first of the queen's children the generation that would provide for all-overs. The generation that would be sacrificed for every other generation to be born. But like many other things generation after generation, they were all failures and couldn't solve the problems facing our species… so then the queen heartbroken and afraid that she was the cause of everything… was peer pressured by the other original generations. That she needed to give birth to the king, the being destined to save us all or lead us all to our honorable deaths…... you hear me Meruem she was forced… to do this primarily by the those you call giants…. All of this led the queen to feel such sadness and self-pity hating herself for her inability to give birth to strong offspring… all while they laughed and belittled her more. All of this was orc.h.e.s.trated by those giants and the original generation to usurp the queen's power."

This was it, the reason for his birth was a panicked reaction on her part. Fearful that she was the reason for the state of the Intecqu species she made a decision in a haze of confusion and unknowingly dammed the Intecqu species to war… a war we most likely aren't prepared for, seeing as we don't have the resources to even sustain ourselves. Let alone fight to the death with an entire planet, filled with monsters. But yet again this leaves everything perfectly in place for me to take over.

"Even still this all leaves me wondering why not simply decide to live as the non-dominate species. Why risk the death of our entire species."

"…. Because we as Intecqu can't live as other species… we must we have too constantly seek to be dominate, because that's the gift of our species have. The thing we have over all others. The more we kill the more we feed to our queen the stronger the next generation becomes…. It's our moral duty to the next generation to kill all that we can and make them stronger…. The Intecqu species must be the apex predator we must stand supreme above all others. not because we want to... no its more of a birthright that we must live up to."

Wow even facing the death of our species we continue to be arrogant and unmoving. So, it seems as though dominating this planet is a must and not something I can decide not to do. And it's all because of a culture that demands such an absorbed standard for itself, "Birthright huh haha its all so funny, well I guess the stakes have been raised."

"Viticus I've heard your concerns and realize what must be done to save our species, the story you've told me has pierced my heart and shown me the path to saving my beloved queen. What I need from you is a room for the training of soldiers and to recruit more craftsmen. also an image and details about these foul beasts that roam this strange planet, and also when the time comes to bring Za,coken to me for training."

Everything seems further away now… but I will remain on my path, seeing as I have a year until the kings birth and those giants are freed from their guard duty.