Chrysalis

Expose by the light, the scouts turned to retreat after I ordered them, taking advantage of their now rear facing commercial zones to fire a few parting shots at the horde as the monsters charged toward us. I positioned myself between the enemy and the retreating scouts, knowing that I could take more punishment than my siblings and hoping to absorb some enemy fire.

The monsters looked a touch angry, let off the hook from their zombie control and endless walking they have embraced the opportunity to massacre the ants in front of them with gusto. Unfortunately for them I don't plan on allowing that to happen.

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The worrying sign is the blazing lights in the sky, clear evidence that the lizard-wizard and attendants are taking a direct hand in the battle for the first time and there is a gnawing sense of anxiety in my gut as I have to consider what else they may do. Lights in the sky are annoying but not exactly terrifying, but who knows what else they may be capable of.

Not willing to get surrounded by the horde of onrushing monsters, I turn and start to run at a right angle to the horde, distracting a number of monsters and forcing them to chase after me. To keep them angry, I use a dash to charge toward the closest monster and sever it in twain with a savage bite before turning and dashing away, the claws and teeth of creatures scraping on my carapace as I charge away.

Gweheheh. Can't catch me you slugs!

Of course, at that moment the golden fence sprang into existence in front of me.

And not just me, it cut off half of the retreating scouts from the woods and safety. What the hell?! Where the heck did this thing come from?!

Illuminated by the burning lights, I can see two of the lizard's servants have appeared on either side of the fence. How the heck they got there I've no idea. Perhaps they'd been there all along, just waiting for us to move past them so they could spring this trap.

This doesn't look good!

nothing seems to effect it, their mandibles and legs can't find any purchase and the ants

I bellowed and spun quickly, my claws scratching in the dirt as I executed the turn

POW! POW! POW!

of my acid blasted out and splattered against the magic fence line in three separate locations. Please work you stupid acid,

see how it goes, I need to try and save as many of the scouts as I can. My two sub-brains have been hard at work since the moment

gonna

future glimpses of each monster I see are enough to make me dizzy. I shut it all out. None of that is important. I breathe out slowly, and then charge directly into

Leeroy would be proud.

the way, but then more come, and then more. Claws, teeth, spikes, mandibles, all of them grasp hold of my limbs and scrape against my precious, shiny carapace, chipping into my HP. I can see almost

the jaws of light arcing out and severing multiple monsters into pieces with each bite, but no matter how many I destroy there are

finally manifests, the blessed purple light expanding out of my body in

Yes!!

have to get some separation from the horde. No matter how powerful I am, if I try and take on tens

of begin eaten, I think I'm missing part of my

so it feels like a bit of a waste, but I don't want to be slowed down right now! Relief bubbles up in me as I finally burst out of the horde and into the clear. I was only in there for twelve seconds or