Battle for Earth Ch. 05

Digging and picking at the soil from below, Methild created a hole large enough to poke his head through. He had dug close enough where Eposi was training. He watched her focusing on her breathing and her movements. She was putting everything he taught her into all her movements. Only after she had taken a break to catch her breath and wipe the sweat away from her forehead. She stopped to look at her surrounding, when she noticed Methild's head sticking up out of the ground.

"Oh my God!"

"Whoa! What, what, what is it Eposi!?"

"You fucking scared me! What are you doing underground?"

"I was creating a nursery for our children."

"A nursery, beneath the ground? Why?"

"Dark elves need to be born underground and spend at least a month to help them adjust seeing in the dark. All this before they can come out to the surface. I don't know if the same applies to half-breeds, but it can't help to prepare for it regardless."

"Oh. So, how's it coming along?"

"It's coming along great. Humans tools like pickaxes and shovels are also used where I come from and by dark elves also. But we also use the help of giant beetles. Or what ye call rhinoceros beetles to move loads of dirt away and to dig through dirt."

"Isn't that terrifying?"

"Terrifying? Nay. Ye have to train them and discipline them for them to receive orders from ye. Sometimes you also have to bond with them in order for them trust ye. When there's trust. Everything is smooth sailing."