Chrysalis

Chapter 584

As much as the crafter wanted to leap into further work, to practice each and every new pattern she'd learned to tease out all of the little morsels of information that could only be learned through application, she knew she couldn't. She was the first Blacksmith to reach the rank four Skill and therefore the first to unlock the new Skill specialisations, which meant she had certain obligations to the Colony.

She packed away her tools and shut down her workstation before stepping into the tunnel and hunting down the organiser. The ant turned to her with a quizzical tilt to her antennae.

"I didn't expect to see you out of your room. I suppose you must have ranked up Blacksmithing?"

The crafter nodded.

"I did," she confirmed, "and I have a few new Skill options to report."

"Excellent news. I'll fetch the brood tenders."

She scurried off, leaving the crafter to wait. Thankfully, it wasn't long before she returned with a pair of eager brood tenders who took over the moment they entered the chamber.

Well done, sibling, we're very proud of you! The very

to go through your status in detail to ensure we can pinpoint the

it, but their mothering nature slowed the process down significantly. It was several hours later before the crafter,

burned unending and the ring of clanging metal sounded again and again as she worked in a fever. Her mad spree was only

during which she was restrained by an earth mage, the crafter was allowed to return to her workshop to inspect the fruits of her labours. The last day and a bit was little more than a blur in her memory, so she was quite surprised to see the sheer volume of different patterns and pieces she'd produced. Her two new Skills had even made it to the second rank! Something was beginning to synthesise in her mind and she

there was something standing in her

running out of time," the supervisor told

shocked, "I'm

you're consuming has increased, with

mandibles, the supervisor indicated the sheer amount of armour bits and pieces

need something to show for it, and soon. The voices of those who are displeased by the waste are

without experimentation and failure? How am I supposed to push my Skills forward without

Colony that to develop Skills and uncover new branches of knowledge it was necessary to test, test and test again. Hundreds of ants had been

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