The Defeated Dragon

Chapter 283: Adhesive From Nature

There were many poison bee species, but not one of the earth knights cared what kind was in front of them. By sunset, almost all of the poison bees were dead.

When they ripped the beehive open, the queen bee was inside hiding but they killed it immediately.

Only a small number of poison bees flew away. According to the habits of bees, they will linger in the area for a few days until they have determined that their hive no longer exists.

Teacher Marcus, remember to warn all serfs that will not be allowed to come to this area.

Yes, my Lord.

At this moment, Russell suddenly cried out, My Lord, this is honey. There is honey in this hive!

Is there really honey? Liszt lifted his mask and looked down at the section of the beehive that Russell had broken open. Indeed as expected, Liszt saw the golden honey, exuding a faint and sweet taste.

Liszt broke it deeper with his hands and found many white larvae in the hive.

This was bee pupa.

It has about the thickness of the index finger, and the length of the thumb in its full size.

Seeing these white bee pupae, Liszt almost drooled. He had eaten fried bee pupae before and remembered them to be delicious and crispy. Moreover, bee pupa contains high protein, low fat, multiple vitamins and other trace elements, it was considered tonic food. Now this half human height poisonous bee hive has produced at least ten catties of bee pupa.

He could eat some of it!

Russell, Griffin, you will lift the bee pupa and carry it back! The honey and bee pupa inside it are good things, Ill take all of them.

Yes, my Lord!

The two men were about to carry the hive, but they could not lift it at all. Their faces soon turned red with embarrassment.

Havent you eaten?Marcus asked after being speechless.

Though they were earth knights, they did not have infinite power and strength, but they should at least be several times as powerful as an average adult.A 500-pound poisonous honeycomb shouldnt be so hard.

All the milk, all the qi training, they could not even shake the poisonous bee hive.

Griffin, who was lifting with Russell, suddenly found the problem. Captain Marcus, it seems that something has stuck between the hive and the trunk here. No wonder we cant move.

Stuck? Liszt also walked over and inspected the part where the poisonous bee had been connected to the trunk, and found out that there was some white substance as Griffin said. It should be the sap from the tree, but why is it so sticky?

Looking up the white material at the fracture of the cut off branch, huge amounts of sap has flowed and then solidified after drying.

It seemed to be more sticky than 502 glue. [1]

Glue solidifies Liszt thought this kind of thing was very unusual. It should have a very wide range of uses.

At this time, Marcus has pulled his fine steel longsword and aimed it at the bonded part, and then chopped it off with the sword.

Whack!

Whack!

Whack!

After three sword hacks in a row, white material only cracked a little and showed no sign of separation.

Do it a few more times, Marcus, and use qi. Liszt motioned Marcus not to stop and to continue chopping to check the strength of the sap bond.

Marcus did as told.

Using his qi, blue light was exuding from the long sword. He aimed at the white matter, and the sword was full of power, whack! The sword finally split the white matter, and the poisonous bee hive was completely separated from the trunk. This materials must be so hard, I used my full force just to cut it off.

This sap from the big tree, Marcus, Russell, Griffin I think we may have found something better. Liszt pointed to the big tree in front of him and smiled.

The big tree was a very common native tree. Liszt has studied this tree as early as when he first landed on Black Horse Island for the second time when he went to find the keel. The trunk is very straight, the branches are high, not luxuriant, it is without flowers and fruits, and not too tall. When he saw the tree at the beginning of the New Year Festival, the leaves were only slightly yellow. Now they were completely yellow.

At first, Lisz has come to the conclusion that this was a deciduous tree, which is common and can probably be used as wood.

He also planned to cut off all the native trees near the pasture as soon as there was sufficient manpower to expand the area for pasture cultivation. Now, it seems, fortunately, that the trees that have not been cut down can shed such strong glue. These were clearly treasures endowed by nature.

The sunset was almost over.

Liszt did not hurry back. There were no magical beasts on the island hence no threat for danger.  Griffin, cut at the trunk.

Yes, my Lord!

As soon as the sword was down, the tree bark cracked.

About a minute later, white sap began to ooze from the cracked area. Liszt took a bit of the sap with a wooden stick, and then stuck it to the trunk, shaking it from time to time to determine the sap mobility. After being exposed to the air for about five minutes, the sap began to harden

After fully hardening, it was almost unbreakable.

The effect is very strong. Do you see it?Liszt  asked triumphantly. The sap of this tree was undoubtedly a natural adhesive, and judging from its solidity, it is absolutely comparable to the existence of rubber, or more likely equal to the mixed product of rubber and 502 glue.

The importance of rubber is beyond doubt. 502 glue is also very useful.

A product with the combination of the two advantages is undoubtedly a more valuable natural glue.

However, Marcus didnt realize this very quickly, so he was somewhat confused.

Griffin even replied solemnly, Maybe we can use it  to stick two things together? It looks a bit troublesome, my lord. When serfs cut down trees, they might stick their axes on the trunk.

Cutting down trees?

Well, my Lord, arent you planning to cut down all the trees on the island and use them to expand the grassland?

That was the previous plan. Now it has changed. Grasslands are needed. This kind of tree is even more needed! Liszt said without hesitation.  You may not understand what I just said. This tree sap is a good thing, a very good thing. In my opinion, it is more valuable than gold.

More valuable than gold?

Tree sap can be used as glue to bond objects. For example, barrels can be put together with glue. As long as the two boards are lightly glued together, they will stick for eternity, and will not loosen or have any leaks. It seems wasteful to use it on a hoop barrel. It might be suitable for bonding weapons.

Listzs excitement continued. Of course, the first thing to do is to determine its nature, durability, fire resistance or water resistance, how to collect and store, etc

Speaking of which.

He suddenly remembered that the smoke task had been completed. His sprite worm should be here now. He let Marcus and the other knights study the nature of the natural glue, while he quietly called out the smoke task.

However, Liszt found that the contents of the task had not changed which means the task of clearing the poison honeycomb had not yet been completed.

It seems that the task will not be completed until all the poison bees fly away completely and the danger is completely averted. However, this tree and this task Looking at the trunk and thinking about the task, he felt that the two seem to be related. Could it be that my tenth elf insect has something to do with this tree?

Liszt quickly cast his Magic Eyes and began to observe the big tree in front of him. When his gaze moved to the crown of the tree trunk, a magical light flashed across his field of vision.

[1] super super glue