Chrysalis

Chapter 523

When I finally come across Jim, he's shivering up against the wall of the tunnel as dozens of ants keep watch on him, some literally on top of him.

[Jim! You made it out, alright I see!]

[Anthony! Thank the- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!]

[You mean Crinis? She's my pet.]

[THAT is your pet?]

[For sure, she's great. Anyway, why are you shaking like a leaf in a storm? Something wrong?]

[Every cell in my body is screaming at me to escape from these ants. I swear they are tasting me in their minds. They look hungry, Anthony!]

[You can't tell if an ant is hungry by looking at them, Jim.]

[I can sense it.]

[No you can't! Besides, what would be the point? We ants are always hungry.]

[Nooooo. Don't eat me, Anthony! I have a family! My poor worm children!]

[You aren't going to be eaten, Jim!] I scoff at him. [If the Colony was going to eat you, you'd be eaten already! Just relax for a second.]

[It's hard to relax when literal predators are climbing on you.]

He has a good point. When it comes to insects and small organisms, ants are just about kings of the hill. Worms are just one of the near infinite number of things that ants will prey upon as they seek out the protein they need to raise the ravenous brood.

[Just take a minute to appreciate your achievement! You're free! You made it out! If you want to, you can slither into the wall and vanish. Back to the Dungeon!]

can enjoy it. Besides, I can't feel at

said before we left that he wanted to go back and rescue his friend. Now that the Colony has exposed itself, there isn't much reason not to back and try to bust her out. If it's going to happen though, it'll need to happen soon. The Golgari will get word of an

rest here then. I'm going to go talk to the leadership and see what we can do about getting

What's going on

Let's just say, I made ants as smart

did WHAT?!]

I get defensive.

just wanted to help out my

made giant monstrous ants with the intelligence of humans? Do you have any

super cool

I can't take it

just better? I mean, I'll take my current family over my old one in a heartbeat. No time to worry about that now. I need to find

out a convenient meeting chamber for us to use so we don't block off

to see you again!"

this operation was a success." Sloan tips her antennae

have gone through a lot, Eldest! You didn't happen to pick up any new magical

things, which I'm happy to share a bit later

Vestibule continues to pump me full of energy and keep me fresh, but the

you all. Thanks for coming for

danger and GLORIOUS battle we have made our way to sacrifice ourselves to secure

"Shut up, Leeroy."

"Yes, Eldest."

far from the nest have we

in a straight line across the surface from the nest. In terms of movement through the tunnels, we could probably triple that

"HOLY MOLY."

heck of

you guys even manage to

mission. Three hundred kilometres of tunnel? In a matter of weeks?! What the heck have they had to do in order to cover that sort

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