Chrysalis

Chapter 31

The trail has been detected!

It looks the members of my colony have been to this lake after all! This is incredible news, I could possibly just wait here next to the lake for them to show up and follow them back to the nest!

Staying close to the lake I tip tap my antennae on the ground and follow the trail away from the water. It absolutely seems like a solid trail has been lain down here. The more often ants use a particular path the more they will reinforce the trail with pheromones, making the trail more and more solid.

I don’t think this path this path has been in particularly heavy use but members of the colony have certainly been here a few times.

I retreat back to the safety of the lake and can’t resist a small dance of happiness.

Nearby monsters are looking at me funny out of the corner of their eyes. It probably isn’t very often they are treated to some amateur ant freestyle tap.

My new family is with reach!

After being on my own in this Dungeon for days on end it’ll feel so nice just to see another entity that doesn’t want to eat me!

I’ll get to see my Mother in another world, the Queen. I wonder how big she is?

I really didn’t get to see my mother much back on earth, most of the time I’d been on my own. Hopefully this time I’ll be able to help out a bit more and we can work together!

Gah! I’m too excited!

Need to chill, need to calm down.

It’s important I don’t forget where I am, this environment is incredibly dangerous. If I run about whilst this distracted I’ll just get myself killed.

I scout around for a few minutes until I find a nice nest site and dig myself my now patented L chamber and close over the top.

Ensconced in total darkness I once again begin the exhausting process of training my Mana Manipulation.

*puff*

The chamber is briefly illuminated every time the small cloud of mana is released from my mouth.

*puff*

at my last attempt, unsuccessfully directing the

ahead is

state of torpor, the sleep equivalent of the insect. I’m getting more and more accustomed to this rest. Without closing my eyes, just going still and sort of zoning out for an extended period

I wake up feeling much

Phew.

need to continue to take it slow for a little while

isn’t a bad one, the added benefit now is that if I keep track of the lake there is a chance I’ll be able to join up with a group

the trail back to the nest on my own but

here and continue to train up a

is Dig. It may not be the flashiest skill, the

But I like it!

incredible capacity to construct their nests

make extensions to my small chamber, digging small, narrow tunnels in a few directions just a meter under the surface, diverting around, under or stopping a tunnel completely when I run into rock. For some reason the work is soothing, I’m almost humming to myself as I ship

to extend away from the lake and it isn’t long before I

to the surface to create a little ventilation and also just to scope out what is happening

for the skill reaching level came through. When I stop working and try to

Level five Dig!

I’d be super curious to see what this skill will upgrade

little hungry, it may be time to think about

if my

hoping to see my own kind there

creatures drinking

Ah well.

Hopefully next time!

the only things left for me to do is to either try and go hunting or

Wait a sec...

hell

overlooking the lake.

And they aren’t monsters!

into my tunnel and start scurrying away from the lake and I don’t stop until

are

over that hill.

too quick! I came directly down a shaft, the most direct possible route, who

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