Chrysalis

Chapter 372

"About time they got here," Burke muttered to herself as the horde made its final approach to the outer layer of fortifications the colony had erected.

"Everything ready?" Wills asked for the fourth time in the last five minutes.

"Yes, everything is ready. You really should have rested when you were told to."

"Couldn't," Wills flicked her antennae, "the scouts were still out there."

"That doesn't mean that you had to be."

"We disagree on that point."

"I know," Burke lifted an antenna and brought it down with a gentle thwack on her siblings head. "Now that the battle has arrived, you're useless. Go back with the other late returning scouts and get an hour of rest. This isn't going to be over by then."

Stubborn, Wills shook her head.

"I'll be fine for a while yet," she said, "I've got a full load of acid and I'm not sleeping till these invaders have felt every drop of it."

"Fair enough then. Just make sure you don't push too far forward. Stick to the plan. Deliver the product and then get to safety."

The two scouts fell into a companionable silence as the horde made its final approach. One hundred metres. That's all that separated the enemy from the first defensive line. After a week of solid fighting, it was a relief to have it come to this.

"About time then," Burke announced.

"Seems like it," Wills agreed.

the order to open fire," Burke

out a

course, Elder. Fire

outer wall the order was passed in rapid pheromone communication. Not a single sound was uttered yet a thousand monstrous

ants however, the

seconds! Soldiers and generals will fire in thirty seconds!

they come! Are you ready

your angles! Don't aim for the front

what real monsters are

"Two! One! FIRE!"

scouting brigade of the Formica Sapiens, their collective business districts already

POW!

faint whistle emitted from each ant's volley as the acid cut through the air with incredible power. All together the shrill sound pierced the air but faded quickly as the acid lost momentum and began to reach its apex. From there,

the monsters' faces as the acid fell amongst them, eating into their bodies and chewing into their flesh. Any monster who fell was set upon by its fellow horde members in an instant, torn apart and consumed in seconds. Hundreds of monsters were felled in this way but barely made a dent in a sea of enemies that lay before

POW! POW! POW!

in sequence as

"what do you think of the

I haven't been tracking the time,"

and generals, FIRE!" the order rippled down the

POW! POW! POW! POW!

the horde like burning rain. The ants were careful to spread their fire as much as possible. It wasn't as if it were possible to miss in this scenario, but to inflict

wounded brethren, the horde continued to advance, an unstoppable wave

reorienting herself so she could look out over the wall once again. "Ten more seconds till they hit the wall

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