Chrysalis

A hoard of workers surround her majesty, some of them even trying to pull her back into the nest to safety. She is so large she fills the narrow tunnel, easily able to resist any attempt to remove her from the battle.

Her intelligent eyes survey the field and I can see a glint of anger as she sees the invading monsters and her fallen workers.

She chitters angrily and gradually light begins to build in her antennae, growing brighter and brighter.

This is far more energy than she used when she healed me, exactly what is she going to do?

Her antennae have so much concentrated mana in them that my eyes hurt looking at them. Whatever this magic is, it’s going to be powerful!

With a cry she releases the pent up energy and it floods into the tunnel. In an instant all of the ants are bathed in light, the magic pouring into their bodies like water.

I feel it instantly, the freezing numb sensation explodes as my body drinks in more and more of the magic. My injured legs have grown so cold they are painful and as I watch they begin to regrow before my very eyes! Slowly at first and then with increasing speed the flesh extends further and further down as I continue to greedily pull in as much healing energy as I can get.

All through the tunnel injured ants are staggering back to their feet and into the fight as their wounds close and limbs regrow with astonishing speed.

What incredible magic! I have no idea how much MP was required to pour out a spell like that but it must have been insanely high! I have to revise my opinion of just how advanced a monster a Queen ant is, she must have a seriously powerful core in order to fuel this kind of magic. Of course, she has the benefit of the workers bringing all of the resources they can to her but it is still extremely impressive.

Along with her healing magic, the mere presence of the Queen has energised the workers in the fight, they have redoubled their ferocity, perhaps driven by an instinct to protect the Queen at all costs.

From my perch on the wall I can see the workers pushing forward relentlessly, biting, spraying acid, not even serious wounds stopping them anymore.

My legs have almost fully regrown now and I can feel that my acid gland has also increased its production rate, enough for me to fire off two more shots!

I aim further back into the darkness of the tunnel and unleash two blasts towards the Berserkers at the very back. That distance is the very limit of my range and I can’t be too accurate but hopefully the painful acid will cause them to strike out at each other, making my life a whole lot easier.

[Improved acid shot has reached Level 5]

...

Nothing?

Do I have to raise it to level ten before I can upgrade it now? Makes sense I guess...

in this world to make

of acid and with my legs regrown it’s time to get back into the

not advancing further into the tunnel, putting herself at risk, but staying back, watching her colony go into battle in defence of their home. I’m glad

onto the ceiling and start making my

front line. Beneath me ants are swarming over their enemies, their numbers too large for the distracted and raging Berserkers to effectively keep off. Workers

feels like the tide is starting to

make my way further into the tunnel. If I can disrupt the enemy back here then life will get easier for the ants at the front

and others are

onto the back

like these monsters. A horrible mishmash of parts assembled into an insane killing machine. Something like this could only be the product of this underground realm, I cannot imagine nature producing a creature

to put the infused mandibles to

core and into my mandibles, charging

Crushing Bite!

a massive wound directly in the monsters back. Ichor gushes out, coating my head in the

again. More and more crushing bites

bite has

level

[You have gained experience]

reached level

advanced to have such high levels and to advance my

creature swings wildly with its massive blades I hurl myself forward, running underneath it and ripping into its

a

the sharper parts penetrating right down to

ground beneath with its

Chomp!

has reached level

on two legs the Berserker cannot properly maintain its balance

roars and begins lash out once again, rampaging amongst its

of working together in group. More to the point they don’t seem to be the type of monster that would work together in the

experience I continue to bite into the monster until

defeated level 8 Four Blade

[You have gained Xp]