Chrysalis

Seeing that baleful magic flickering into existence, Queen Verita's heart froze in her chest. In all her days she hadn't seen anything as horrific as this magic. The sound. The destruction. Everything it touched was simply …. Gone, smashed to nothing as if consumed by a monstrous beast.

Even though it was her foes who were about to experience this horror the Queen had pity on them, feared for them even. Who knows what gods would await them on the other side of that dreadful maw?

The little ant opened its mouth and the vortex of death howled into existence. The air inside the throne room pulled at everyone as it was sucked towards the purple ball that raced through the air to impact against the shield of an enemy soldier in an instant.

Despite the horrific shriek of the wind the soldiers didn't panic but calmly began to deploy their defensive skills. They didn't believe this little monster would be capable of casting a spell strong enough to threaten them. How many monsters had they killed on training expeditions to the Dungeon? How many towering, powerful beasts had they faced down? To retreat in the face of this little thing would be an insult to their pride.

It would be their death instead.

As soon as it touched that shield the dark purple, almost black ball expanded outwards in an instant and the soldiers near the impact point vanished entirely. Those close to the edges had a split second in which their faces twisted with fear and shock before they too were pulled into the ball. Horror overtook every soldier in the room as the wind rose in pitch once again to a deafening howl. Soldiers tried to flee, tried to pull their comrades away from that sphere of death but they could not resist it and nothing would sate it.

Even the ant who cast the spell backed away slightly before becoming still and watching its creation consume the enemy. The Queen could only stare at the grisly spectacle before her. Seeing this magic employed against a gate was one thing, seeing it make proud, trained soldiers vanish in an instant was another. Fear gripped her. What level of mage would be required to defend against something like this?

It felt like a lifetime but it was only a few seconds before the sphere vanished. A tight, dense ball of … something …. The Queen refused to think on it … dropped to the ground with a wet THUNK and rolled several times before coming to a stop.

had carved a groove out of it, the stone slabs were simply… gone. Carved away so

shocked and demoralised soldiers could recover the monster was already acting again. The spherical, purple domain flickered and

What was this purple mana? What type of magic

and one apparently quite young, could comprehend magic in the way this creature had. To cast the various types of spells in the same way that a human mage would take

this single ant become? Queen Verita narrowed her eyes. She

was shattered and fear was plastered over their faces as they fled. The proud soldiers of Regix broke ranks and fled before one ant! If the Queen hadn't seen it herself she would have felt she had lost her mind. Even though she witnessed

to function everyone watching could see it. The bodies of the soldiers sagged to the

could resist what was

alertness and

distance! Be sure to stay the hell out of that

weapons raining strike after strike down on the trapped foes and those who continued to run, desperate to avoid becoming sealed in

with deep emotions. They could not participate as none had mastered the advanced weapon skill required to strike from a distance. But they could

light Corrin's expression grew ugly. She could not believe her eyes. How could one piss weak ant, legendary for being the weakest individual monster in the Dungeon, be devastating the highly trained soldiers she had brought with such efforts. How long had it taken her to weave this plot together? The months of preparation, the incredible effort

Regix ambassador. "What the hell is happening Andron?" she raged at him, "your soldiers are worthless! Didn't you promise

his soldiers being torn apart had rocked his mind, he could barely think,