Chrysalis

Chapter 604

When the itching finally fades away, Crinis peels herself off the walls and regroups back onto my carapace to reveal something I didn't expect to see. Protectant, her cover dropped without me having to drag her out of the shadows for once, stands right in front of me, in the centre of the room. Exposed to my senses, she wears a nervous air, as if the simple fact of been able to be seen makes her uncomfortable.

"Didn't expect to see you, Protectant. What's up?"

Her antennae twitch in surprise.

"The rest of the nest? The surface nest? The surface? About two hundred million tons of rock and soil? I don't understand the question, Eldest."

Sometimes I forget the ants aren't up to speed with the lingo.

"I just mean to see what's up with you. I mean - forget it. Why are you out of cover? I assume you have something to say?"

"Where have you been?"

The question is more direct than I expected, but it's pretty much what I thought she'd say.

"Right here," I'm still not going to bow down to these babysitters.

"We couldn't see you."

"I know, that was the point of Operation Blackout."

of my scheme I can see her antennae go crazy with barely suppressed excitement. These damn security guards are as bad as the council. They love nothing better than a

need to hide

see her force her intrigue away in order to focus on the point at

needs a little privacy. You'll

for us to

to do some grinding deeper in the strata now. I want to make

at all

the idea of getting stronger

fine. The others should probably hunt in teams of five, or ten depending on

little gorilla boxing shuffle, throwing mini-punches into the air. The ape is

It's hard to move too quickly in the second

to deal with this time, exposed to the second strata, and the third beneath it as we are now. If we

pets, my babysitters, and the need to smash as many monsters in as short as possible a time frame. We need dat sweet, sweet experience! Elemental constructs whizzing with mana, I step forward and unleash all the mana I have into

In the third strata.

what we're going up

and resisted

we're in the third strata, I don't even know where we are. I don't think anyone does. The commander

searing heat scalded their skin and the taste of ash filled their mouths. Morrelia had never been in the third strata before, and she wasn't particularly

the hall in which they waited, not a one of them moved. But the tension in the air certainly

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