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*

failing at my last attempt, unsuccessfully directing the energy due to my

ahead

more and more accustomed to this rest. Without closing

wake up feeling

Phew.

have happened here. I need to continue to take it slow for a little while and take stock of

original plan of staying here to level up Mana Manipulation 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

option available is to try and follow the trail back to the nest on my own but I’m reluctant to take that

stay here and continue to

not be the flashiest skill,

But I like it!

would be their incredible capacity to

my small chamber, digging small, narrow tunnels in a few directions just a meter under the surface, diverting around,

is particularly wet as well, I have to extend away from the lake and it isn’t

create a little ventilation and also just to scope out what is happening around the place. This

reaching level came through. When I stop working and try to think about

Level five Dig!

be super curious to see what

it may be time to

should also check to see if my colony has shown up

hoping to see my own kind there getting some refreshments but unfortunately

still a wide variety of creatures drinking

Ah well.

Hopefully next time!

do is to either try and go hunting or wait and continue to train my

Wait a sec...

hell is

the lake. At that distance I can’t see perfectly but I can see enough

And they aren’t monsters!

second thought I dive into my tunnel and start scurrying away from the lake and I don’t

heck are these humans doing

some human shapes over that hill. Have they followed me

directly down a shaft, the most direct possible route, who

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