Chrysalis

Seeing that unwilling flicker of eye movement I’m reminded of the mysterious heat I’d detected a few moments ago. I still can’t see anything occupying that space but even though one of my antennae is still in the process of regenerating, I can still detect that there is some random heat emanating from that space.

What the heck is it?!

In the heat of the moment I don’t have much time to decide my course of action. Any second that mage is going to start casting her spells again! I refuse to be diverted and continue using almost all of my mental energy on the construction of my Gravity Bolt. This one happens to be inverse. We’ll see how well this mage can cast spells when she’s one thousand feet up!

In order to throw her off balance I still lunge forward with my mandibles, activating my shattering bite skill as I do so! The ethereal mandibles that are manifestations of my stamina lash out through the air, closing rapidly on the mage. The warriors might be able to resist this attack but I highly doubt a mage can! Not without some sort of barrier at any rate.

The old woman shocks me by nimble rolling under my strike, expertly tucking her staff flat against her stomach to avoid it catching on anything as she completes the motion and stands ready to strike at me, staff extended!

Yikes!

I hastily leap forward and narrowly dodge a lance of ice that materialises from the tip of her staff and streaks through the air like an arrow, smashing into the ground just behind me.

Close!

I can’t help but note that when she made her dodge roll she managed to place herself in between me and the mysterious heat source. She is clearly trying to protect it! This only piques my interest. If she is willing to put herself in harm’s way for that thing then it may be able to swing the outcome of this battle!

With a start I realise that my own spell is prepared! Have a taste of this delicacy, mage!

Ducking low as if I were about to pounce I instead fire the Inverse Gravity Bolt directly at the mage’s torso. Caught by surprise she doesn’t have time to dodge and her eyes flicker with shock as, instead of the wild leap I’d threatened, this bolt of magic has been fired at her.

Twitching her wrist around with incredible speed she places the tip of her staff in the way of the bolt and manages to catch it somehow! The Inverse Gravity Bolt remains pushing against the staff as the mages face quickly becomes mask of concentration as she uses her staff and then her other hand to press back against my spell!

Is that even possible?!

behind just in case this spell wasn’t effective and

Shattering Bite!

get too close in case she can do something ridiculous like rebound my own spell at me, I marshal my spirit and crunch down on the mages leg, crushing it between

falls to one side, finally deflecting my spell into a nearby tree that immediately starts to pull at its roots in the ground, attempting

Now’s my chance!

can feel recoiling

reached out desperately to grasp my leg in her hand. As soon

You are too persistent!

Shattering Bite!

have slain level 46 High

[You have gained experience]

up a level, one

the deep freeze! As I continue to move toward the heat

Tiny is gaining the upper hand. He still doesn’t have a full

fists batter against the shield lightning rips through it, leaping onto the warriors body and shocking him with every blow. The warrior appears

profusely where the blade has managed to flash out like a striking

to get the big guy to invest in a regeneration gland. His Might stat must be out of this world but I’m beginning to suspect his Toughness is in the tank. If he doesn’t have much on the defensive

me is the warriors against the Queen and the rest of the colony. The scene is so chaotic over there I can’t make out what is happening. I hope

it had better help resolve this situation. It has to be something good if that mage

closer I get and the further my antennae regenerate the more clearly I can sense this heat source. It is starting to

can’t see a single thing in front of

tell me

over the top of the heat source. Whoever this person is they are collapsed beneath me now, I can sense their hands

person

suspicion is starting to tickle the edges