Chrysalis

"Vibrant! We need to get to the Queen!" Grant punched out her pheromone message with all of her strength.

"Wha? To Mother? Why?" The fast moving ant slowed down for just a moment to respond.

"Garralosh is coming to the wall! We need to bring her back a bit closer to the nest. Heal her if we can!"

"Okay! :D" Vibrant replied.

Grant was frustrated by her sibling’s seemingly flippant attitude but bit back her anger and tried to focus. For the colony to have the highest chance of success, the plan needed to be followed. Draw the Queen back to the eighth wall and she can fight against Garralosh there.

If they did that, then maybe they would buy enough time for the Eldest to awaken and then perhaps they might just survive.

"How fast are you?!" Vibrant asked.

"Fast enough," Grant grit her mandibles and replied.

"Then let’s go! Follow me!" Vibrant chirped before she turned around and ran toward a member of her squad.

"Give us a boost!" She called and the soldier in question ducked her head to allow Vibrant to race up onto her back.

Bewildered, Grant had only a moment to think before she threw herself forward and she too leapt from the poor soldier’s back.

"Gogogogogogo!" Vibrant cackled as her legs flashed at impossible speed and she took off across the backs of ants and monsters alike, racing toward the place the Queen was fighting.

to maintain her balance as she

and began to fire acid into the crowd of

was behind the other ant, this only made keeping up all

from a monster and onto the still glowing carapace of the Queen, followed a

"Garralosh herself is coming! The colony is going to pull back to the eighth wall. You need to come with

can see the creature already, child." The Queen

What?

looked out over the roiling mass of monsters. The entire battlefield was a mess. Biomass, broken walls spread before her like a carpet. The ground was pockmarked with holes, traps and to her right she could see the human wall beset by Garralosh spawn. The fighting was fierce, but it didn’t hold Grant’s eye for long. The slow approach of the titanic crocodile

her enormous teeth in a cruel grin, Garralosh stomped her way forward. Every time one of her feet came down the ground groaned beneath her weight. Any Biomass she stepped on was crushed to paste. The giant crocodile looked inevitable, like a mountain of scales and teeth. Her claws

were they supposed to kill

big Croca! Like, the biggest! Look at those teeth! They’d chop me in half with one bite, no doubt! I wonder how she tastes?" Vibrant continued to talk

The colony will be able to support you from there, and you

The Queen’s antennae drooped.

"Very well, child."

influence of Vibrant’s speed aura, she made excellent time as she stomped her way through the field, stabbing down with her legs to spear monsters on the way. The closer she came to the wall, the more ants swarmed around

to pull back, followed by their younger siblings and then the horde monsters. The prepared barrage of the artillery spells and interference tactics of the shadow beasts were almost unnecessary as the colony enacted

try to restore her energy. A dozen of the small ants climbed over

Her infused carapace put a great deal of strain on her core and it wouldn’t be long until she leached out enough

encroaching Garralosh spawn suffered from the rain

CRUNCH.

her massive frame over the

aura that she emitted. The ants grew still as their nemesis drew closer. After

far more massive than the largest ant in the colony. It was clear the enormous beast felt no threat from the colony in front of her. She opened her mouth a huffed, an action which caused dark red