Mr. Locust pov
I woke up and saw the man who made me into a king in a daze. Out from the top of his head came a spider.
Once the spider was fully out. I felt my being tremble. I could tell that this spider was a queen. I did not know how to react.
"Go and meet the Locust Queens. Tell them that the man who made you into a Locust King wants protection for his base. If they do not want to help protect it, they will die like the former Locust Kings." The Spider Queen told me.
I ran out of the building and flew to the closest Locust Queen. It should have taken me at least twenty minutes to reach the closest Locust Queen. In my new body, it took barely a minute.
I learned how to tell time by the weird circles in the house I was in. Each tick felt that it was forever inside the building.
I finally understand what that was. I slowly began to see the sun and watch the weird circles. I found out that the weird circles were keeping up with the sun and moon.
I found something else and started to press weird buttons on it. I saw one that said 1:27 pm, in Time Settings. I looked at the weird circles. I found that it was time.
By focusing on the weird ticks, I found that I could keep up with this Time Settings. It was extremely hard at first, but now it is easy.
I entered into the first Locust Queen's lair. She had buried herself with a couple of males and decided to eat them once she had some children. Most of the children here were female.
The reason I know is something connected to my Locust King type. I feel who is a threat to me and who is not. Females do not go under threat because I need them. A male would because it could threaten my position.
I walked into where the Locust Queen was. I found that every other Locust Queen was there. This helped me out a lot.
"There is a man who helped me become the Locust King because he wanted protection for his base. That man has a female spider who makes even me fear deep within my bones has a Locust King now." I spoke in Locust language.
The women all stared around. I could not tell if they were obvious to what I said or if there was something more.
"Are you willing to learn a new way to talk?" A Locust Queen asked me.
"What is the new way to talk?"
I did not know about a new way to have a conversation. If it would allow me to get them with me, I would learn it in a heartbeat.
"We call it, 'King and Queen Language,' apparently none of our children can learn it. We hope you can. If you do not or will not learn, it depends on your ability. If you will not learn it, your ability to lead is worthless. If you try to learn it and fail, at least we have learned that it might be Queen Language instead."
I went in between them. I started to feel the conversation they were having. I myself tried to enter and see if I could.
I could understand them. Every time I spoke, they could not hear me. I did not give up. I kept trying for the rest of the day and deep into the night.
I was able to understand more of their conversation. I still could not speak into it.
"We are going to rest now. Please keep trying." The Locust Queen told me.
"I will."
I kept trying to hear words being spoken. Since their conversation was what I was hearing. I barely heard any other talk.
There were a couple that I caught up to. When I spoke, I got a reply.
"I am a Gorilla King. Can you understand me?"
I happily responded, "I can. I am a Locust King. I am trying to understand the Locust Queens around me. I can understand their talk, but when I talk back. They do not understand what I am saying."
"I have the same problem. It has only been seven sunrises since the dark sun came upon us." The Gorilla King responded.
"I could talk to someone and see if that human can help. I want these Locust Queens under me. I fear that they will not."
"You just raise babies to your liking then. We have power, so use it."
"I have seen that man fight bare handed. He does not take much for him to kill anything or anyone here on this planet. I fear that a Spider Queen with him is even more powerful."
The Gorilla King was shocked and feared for his women. He, too, hoped that the Locust Queens would follow him.
The sun rose
The Locust Queens tried to talk with the Gorilla King, but neither side could understand each other.
I felt the presence that I should not have felt. It was the Spider Queen's presence.
I had not taken any precautions to help the Locust Queens.
We all turned, and there she was. The most fear and beauty that could be seen. The fear of death was flowing from her. The beauty that she showed to everyone present was unparalleled.
"Have you ladies decided if you want to live or die?" The Spider Queen spoke.
The Locust Queens replied, "This Locust King has shown promise to us. We all want to live. Can we have a little more time to see if he can learn the language?" Another Locust Queen answered.
"Learning the Language of the Royal Beasts. That is impressive. It usually takes a good ten years before you become a king or queen. How long has it been here?"
"Today marks the Eighth Sun Rise." I replied.
This made the Spider Queen's jaw drop. She prayed that Rex did not learn that he had spent over a year in the Mortal Realms and just a few days passed on Earth.
"There is a way for each of you, Locust King and Locust Queens, to understand each other. Are you all willing to do it?"
"Of course!" All of the Locust Queens shouted and jumped in joy.
I pressed my legs down and bowed to the Spider Queen.
"This humbled Locust King asks, respectively, What do we need to do to speak with each other?"
My attitude caught the attention of the Locust Queens. They knew the Spider Queen in front of them was strong. I knew how strong her master was.
I feared for my life due to him. I knew she was going to be even stronger. I wished that the Locust Queens would behave like I am.
"You all have to enjoy a day in bed together. Once your Qi flows into each other, you will be able to speak like this to each other. You can tell the other kings and queens out there. There are two major rules in using this language. First, only the same sex can understand each other. Second, only families can speak to each other."
"A family is considered when Qi flows to each other. For you, Locust King, you need to enjoy their bodies to understand each other. If any of you do not want to, I will gladly treat you nicely."
The Spider Queen's face said otherwise.
"We shall follow your lead, Locust King." The Locust Queens responded.
That day, I made each of them into my family. I heard when I finished. A weird calling that said family.
Apparently, the Locust Queens also heard the calling. This was the start of my problems since we were set to defend the base.