Chrysalis

It was a busy time for the soldiers. Grant had been run off her six legs over the last week. In some ways it was a relief to have the enemy finally arrive on the doorstep! Now she'd have the chance to rip into them directly with her mandibles and not have to stress about extraneous matters!

"Make sure you watch over the eldest carefully" she commanded the guards who remained in the chamber where the Eldest was undergoing their evolution.

The soldiers would hardly have done any different, but they saluted the council member with an antennae anyway before continuing their careful observation of the chamber walls. The Eldest lay close to the centre of the chamber undergoing the process of evolution. The two guardians sat nearby, watching over their master and Grant was careful to give them their space. The two creatures were quite revered in the colony and their unending loyalty to the Eldest was firmly to their credit.

Grant stepped out of the chamber and made her way further down into the newest section of the nest. The Carvers had been excited to have an excuse to have to expand the nest in a new way and the Queen's evolution had been the perfect opportunity. She'd needed more space and to be deeper in the Dungeon which had required an extensive expansion to the lower reaches of the nest.

"Nice work soldiers. Keep up the hard work," Grant nodded to the many soldiers she passed.

She came across a general patrolling with five soldiers trailing behind her moving in the opposite direction.

"How goes things general?"

"The extra patrols are putting a strain on resources, Senior," the smaller soldier variant replied, "the Dungeon wall spawns have been faster than usual over the last day. It feels as though something has changed."

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Grant swiped her antennae in a concerned gesture.

"Have any other patrol groups reported this issue?" She asked.

"All of them," confirmed the patrol leader.

few implications of increased Dungeon spawn rate, and she didn't like

patrol, "if we can spare any more soldiers they'll be sent

snapped out a quick salute

wasn't what the colony needed. At a time when not just every soldier, but every member of the colony, was required

colony to the above ground section of the nest for the duration of the battle and leave the freshly spawned monsters to battle

Dungeon until she came to the chamber

to evolve," she

so much of a formal meeting as a rolling series of consultations with whoever was present at the time.

it?" Mendant asked, concerned,

scene she had observed from the tunnel above the Eldest's chamber. Like a fool, she'd feared for the Eldest's life as his own guardian hand engulfed him in tentacles that writhed and squeezed with tremendous strength. Even covered, she could sense

the Eldest, succeeded, as

Coolant pitched in, "We can only marvel at how powerful a mage the Eldest will become once the

antennae forward

Eldest will seek physical strength in order to

her mind, the colossal strength of the Eldest, scattering the foe and harvesting their lives as

invest in a healing magic gland?"

which caused the healer to drop her

patrols need to be increased in the lower

Soldier, surprise clear in her

this trend doesn't continue," she

replied, "there's no use engaging

in agreement. Guessing would get them