Chrysalis

Chapter 374

A delivery system of flesh and bone. That’s what the horde truly was. As an instrument of the dark will that controlled it, the massive gathering of enslaved monsters had been used to scour the kingdom of Liria and possibly neighbouring kingdoms as well. Here and now? That mass of bodies served a different purpose. To deliver Garralosh and her children to the target of her wrath as easily as possible.

Sloan knew that only when they had destroyed enough, thinned enough of the horde away, would the true enemy show its face. Until then, Garralosh and the Kaarmodo would be content to stay back and allow their unwitting soldiers to absorb the punishment.

"The key to this battle, is holding enough strength in reserve that we can deal with the Croca-Beasts when they come," Sloan had declared at the planning meeting.

To that end, the colony had prepared waves of tricks and schemes that they could employ. The horde would pay dearly for every inch of ground they took. The worry was, the primary reserve force of the colony still hadn’t woken up.

The Eldest was still sleeping!

Sloan couldn’t help but clean her antennae over and over again in an attempt to calm her nerves. Something her sibling couldn’t help but notice.

"Calm down," Victor advised.

"I would if I could!" Sloan snapped back.

"The Eldest will awaken in time. How could you doubt it?"

"You do realise what will happen if they don’t?"

"I suspect that we’ll all be wiped out and the colony will cease to exist," Victor replied, unruffled.

"Y-yes! That’s right!"

anything? Have a little faith in the Eldest. When have they ever let

six legged storm, stirring up change wherever they went, but

The two generals were positioned in the main nest in a chamber close to the surface. In a room next to them, scouts came and went at a furious pace, passing information to a team of generals who sorted it and manipulated a large three dimensional map carved into the chamber

the battle is progressing," Victor suggested and moved

her

it that we are stuck here,

sighed,

you. But the two of us are the best

wouldn’t go that far," Sloan

scents of a dozen different conversations. Ants crawled carefully over

has done its

we commit the reserves from

would be too high," the other general countered, "and unnecessary. The outer wall wasn’t built to hold

two of them did their best planning. One proposed a plan, the other tried to tear it down. After

to sound the

scouts waiting

word for the retreat from the first wall. Prepare the reserves. We want every family member to make

the map. Ants poured over it once more, making the delicate adjustments based on the event they knew were going to play out

retreat needed to be

taken her place amongst the

came for the retreat, the spell slinging ants

it!" Proppelant bellowed, "draw out every

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