Chrysalis

Putting the servants on the defensive was only phase one of the plan, but it appears to have worked. There are six of them here at the moment, and possibly more still in hiding, but so long as we’re careful we should be fine. It’s rare that every mage comes when I turn up, in fact the one time they did we just turned around and ran off. However, it seems that the Lizard Wizard can’t spare them and that remains the only time I’ve seen all of them in the field at once, luckily for us.

[Don’t let yourselves get roasted,] I warned my pets.

I wouldn’t put it past either of them to go too far and try to tank a few spells in order to try and help me. It’s a wonderful spirit but I’m not willing to risk the health of my pets for something as small as this. If this attempt doesn’t succeed, then we’ll just try again until either we succeed or die trying.

[I’m being careful, Master] Crinis assured me.

[Grrrrr] Tiny grunted.

Time to put more pressure on these mages!

I continued to blitz around with my dash skill, which rapidly drained my stamina but I didn’t have a choice, what with the fireballs and infernos that were being conjured around me. Even so, I managed to find the time to squeeze off a cheeky shot from the business district. A bit of guerrilla marketing, if you will.

POW! POW! POW!

All three shots hammered home onto the hastily raised shield of one mage who had the enjoyable experience of their line of sight being covered with a sticky, adhesive acid that began to bubble and hiss as it ate away the magical protection that surrounded them. Nasty!

Another mage hampered, another step closer to the ultimate victory. Now for the next one. Rolling underneath a jet of flame one of the mages unleashed at me, nearly catching my own antennae on fire, I spun expertly and fired once again!

POW! POW! POW!

Three more blasts of acid, one more inconvenienced mage!

lives, so the pressure has begun to ease

POW! POW! POW!

just one mage with an unobstructed view of the fight. Let’s call

on fire magic so much in fights like this. They clearly

close enough I put my two sub-brains to work. Filled with malicious intent, my two smaller minds begin to activate the external mana manipulation skill they have become so familiar with over the last week or so, and begin to try and drain away the mana that

to fend off my physical body as well as the intruding tendrils of my sub-brains

my dear friend, Biomass A. I shall taste the sweet, sweet experience that is contained within you

bound slaves that they are. Ultimately though, what does it matter? Willing or

Here we go, then. Big daddy (or mommy, I shouldn’t assume) lizard wizard is getting mad now that I’m attacking its servants directly. The storm overhead is brewing again and it’s looking

*CRACKLE*

form out of thin air at a ridiculous speed. It won’t be long before the lightning starts to fall like rain around here. Fortunately, this

for the last few hours. Like a hunting party of angry tribesmen, they lofted the spears over their shoulders as they

churned overhead and I could almost feel the Kaarmodo’s agitation as it stared down at a small field of newly sprouted metal poles. At this sort of distance, you can’t control the lightning too precisely, can you Mr Lizard? No, no, you have to use this big overhead mess of a spell at this sort of range and although you might get through

but it was me who drew the ire of the lightning. By circling and tormenting my target, Biomass A, I appeared to have angered the Wizard Lizard deeply, which meant that

*BOOM!* *BOOM!*

the lightning would fall close to me, but other times it would jag towards the spears and discharge all that energy straight

run circles around the mage, ripping and tearing at its barrier with my minds and even chomping down on it to test its strength. The entire engagement had only taken a minute up to this

a smash and grab tactic, we were here for a good time, not a

C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon!

me! Fire

a

five seconds passed before suddenly Crinis’ voice rang in my

[Master!]