Ayn Hive Queen

It looked to be almost a hundred meters tall and was somewhat shaped like a pyramid. The whole construct was a dark gray, almost turning black. There were also green lights covering the hive, almost making it seem like they were windows wrought out of emeralds. On the ground, a few large entrances were visible. The structure gave an oppressive feeling (**Bk 1 Ch 103**).

The hive is likely a spatial being, containing something like a hidden realm (**Bk 1 Ch 105**).

They are an extremely prolific species led by hive queens. As long as they have enough Cosmic Energy, the queens can almost indefinitely spawn soldiers. The stronger the queen, the mightier warriors it can birth, and more types as well. There are examples of the beasts’ insatiable expansion, completely infesting a planet if left alone. If you manage to kill the queen no more beasts will spawn, and you can simply slowly exterminate the survivors (**Bk 1 Ch 104**).

## **Hive Queen**

The large construct pyramid is not a structure, but the queen herself. The Ayr Hivebeasts live inside their queen’s body for the most part, and the queen slowly grows to accommodate a larger population (**Bk 1 Ch 104**).

### The first Queen

It was an E-grade Class equivalent with a few bodyguards close to that in power protecting it's core (**Bk 1 Ch 104**).

#### Bodyguards

* The titan was the closest to their tunnel and was a huge hulking thing much larger than an elephant. One of its arms was a gigantic shield, and the other looked like a large mallet. Distinctively from the normal ants, had at least ten pairs of short legs. Perhaps only three pairs wouldn’t be able to carry its weight.
* The mantis-looking ant had long serrated blades for front arms, and its long and graceful build seemed built for speed. It was nowhere as large as the hulking centipede-ant, but still larger than the normal titans.
* One of them seemed barely mobile, as it almost exclusively consisted of a head. It did have a body, but it looked small and almost shrivelled, and Zac didn’t understand how the small frame could keep the head floating, as the head alone was as large as the mantis guard. The size wasn’t the only odd thing about the head, as it also had a great number of eyes. The one in its forehead was enormous, and Zac guessed that it was at least as large as himself. The other eyes were generally placed along the main eye, but some seemed to be looking in different directions.
* The last guard was mostly hidden behind the crystal, but Zac felt that it almost looked like a spider rather than an ant. It was comprised of a large bulbous torso with long legs sticking out from it. He couldn’t see any head, though, and had no real idea of how it looked.

### The second Queen

Attempted to possess **Lily** who was chosen by **Zac** and trained by **Alyn** to tame it. **Vilari** seemingly managed to foil its attempt.

## **Ayn Hive Beasts**

Their colours matched the hive, a mix of black and green. They had large chitinous shells that covered their bodies; both their appendages and mandibles looked like sinister weapons.

### Ayn Worker

* The most populous looked like a mix between an ant and a mantis. They had three pairs of legs with three joints much like normal ants, but they were as large as a pony. The front set of legs were sharp hooks, and it looked like they were made for digging or fighting rather than running. They could be regarded as the normal soldiers of the insect army.

### Ayn Guard

* If the first group could be considered 80% ant with some mantis peppered in, then the second group could be seen as mostly mantis. They were at least 50% larger compared to the normal insects, reaching over two meters in height with their bodies, with their torso stretching upward. Their two front legs were huge sinister blades, looking extremely dangerous.
* More heavily armoured than the Worker.

### Ayn Vomiter

* The last group of insects was very different compared to the rest. Their legs were shorter and their bodies were fat, almost bulbous. The other creepy crawlies were mostly black with some green details, but these ones were mostly green. They also had huge heads with oversized circular maws.
* Shoot and explode into pools of acid.

### Ayn Titan

* It was a hulking insect at over three meters tall. Its shell was at least twice as thick as on the others, and it was impossible to penetrate for most of the demons.

### Ayn Elite Guard

* They were almost as large as the titans but far more nimble. Their front legs looked very specialized. One of the arms had the same sort of long blade like the mantis-like captains, whereas the other was extremely thick almost like a crab’s arm. It almost looked like a shield.