Chrysalis

Chapter 522

[DAMMIT CRINIS! I can't see!]

[It's fine!]

[How is it fine?!]

[IT JUST IS!]

[No! How the heck can I fight if I can't see the enemy?! What is even happening?!]

[I'll fight for you! You don't need to do anything!]

[Are you kidding me?! There's no way you can take them all on by yourself!]

[Watch me!]

[I CAN'T!]

I'm currently entombed in a shell of Crinis after all. Not only is she covering my eyes, she's covering all of me! How is she even doing this? She sent her entire body through my shadow in a flash! So much faster than she was able to use the Shadows before. This can only mean one thing…

[You've evolved!]

[Of course, Master! Did you think I would rest before coming back to your side?]

[Well… no. I didn't.]

My Vestibule tingles with energy, causing panic to spark inside me.

[Wait, Crinis! What's the Colony doing?!]

[Oh, they're coming! They'll be here any minute.]

Through the liquid shadow flesh of Crinis' body I can sense the ongoing battle. Thuds and impacts ripple through her form as she takes damage that had been directed at me.

they coming?! They

seem to want to stop. I

At least let me

back like a pillar, three separate mouths gaping and gnashing at the air as she sends her limbs twisting through the air toward the Golgari. For their part, the Warriors and Shapers are firing a literal barrage of strikes her way, the savage light from their weapons cutting

[Crinis! Are you alright?!]

fine! Don't worry about me, Master.

need to

to my right crumbles as a huge pair

"LEEEEEEROOOOOOY!!!!"

and dives headfirst into combat. The Golgari are dumbfounded for the smallest of windows before they move to respond. That's Leeroy?! She's big! Some of the Colony members must have hit tier four whilst I was away. What

the heck are you doing?!" I scream, but since my pheromone gland is covered, they

need to fix this! NOW!] I bark at

them. The Golgari are overwhelmed in seconds, buried under an avalanche of insects. Only a few have the intelligence to flee the second an ant is seen, the rest fall victim to the relentless

Dammit.

has been

"West tunnel, clear!"

"East tunnel, clear!"

every hundred metres

to close the emergency tunnels! Earth

the council been

"They're on the way!"

the welcome buzz of my family wrap around me once more. The Vestibule is completely alive now, whispering to

pulled back a little after I yelled at her, but she's still clinging to my abdomen,

Crinis, Invidia. We need to

[Yes, Master!]

[Harrrr.]

[Yesssss.]

their own way and gather around me as I begin

Jim went?" I ask the ants

metres down the tunnel. Take a left at the branch," a scout

"Thanks."

the battle, the number of ants congregating actually increases. More and more of them are flooding out of the

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