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.

are they coming?! They need

they didn't seem to want

least let me see what's

and tentacles rises from my 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

[Crinis! Are you alright?!]

worry about me, Master. I'm

to get off me, Crinis. We need to end this fight before the

crumbles as a huge pair

"LEEEEEEROOOOOOY!!!!"

bursts through the wall and dives headfirst into combat. The Golgari are dumbfounded for the

scream, but since my pheromone gland is covered, they

I need to fix this! NOW!] I bark

hundreds of ants swarm out of 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

Dammit.

has

"West tunnel, clear!"

"East tunnel, clear!"

Scouts every hundred metres

to close the emergency tunnels! Earth mages

council

"They're on the way!"

buzz of my family wrap around me once more. The Vestibule is completely alive now, whispering to me the needs and desires of every ant within range. It's overwhelming at first,

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

Invidia. We

[Yes, Master!]

[Harrrr.]

[Yesssss.]

their own way and gather around me as I begin to march through the

Jim

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

"Thanks."

the site of the battle, the number of ants congregating

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