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.

done, sibling, we're very proud of you! The very first in the Colony to

as well! We'll have to go through your status in detail to ensure we can pinpoint the conditions.

fussed over her as if she were a new hatchling. It was only natural that the tenders took responsibility within the Colony for studying and documenting the System, since they were the ones most involved in teaching it, but their mothering nature slowed the process down significantly. It was several hours later before the crafter, near her limits, was finally able to return to her workshop, exhausted, but brimming with excitement. She

worked in a fever. Her mad spree was only brought to an end when a team of five workers forced their way into her workshop (she'd barred the door) and dragged her

day of observed rest, 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

there was something

running out of time," the

was shocked, "I'm closer than

resources you're consuming has increased, with nothing to

supervisor indicated the sheer amount of armour bits and pieces that

materials for you. If you want to continue this project, then you need something to show for it, and

something new without experimentation and failure? How am I

and uncover new branches of knowledge it was necessary to test, test and test again. Hundreds of ants had been committed to sub-optimal Skill and mutation builds in an attempt to unearth new fusions or combinations. Yet,

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