Chrysalis

Chapter 647

Myrrin continued to push hard alongside her brothers and sisters of steel. The grim men and women of the Legion battled hard with little rest against endless waves of insects. She pulled her helmet off for a moment and sat, leaning her back against the rough tunnel wall. Without the aid of her helmet, the oppressive darkness of the second strata swept over her once more. She'd had her helmet on for so long she'd almost forgotten how dark it was, she could barely see her own hand in front of her face.

"Myrrin, got any space on that wall for a weary mage?" came the tired voice of Donnelan.

The young Legionary snorted in derision.

"A tired mage? How would it be possible to see such a thing? Standing at the back and waving your hands around can't be that tiring can it?"

"Leave off," came the grumbled reply as Donnelan leaned back into the wall and slid down to a seated position. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to contest the minds of these stupid ants? There's no end to them."

She felt her curiosity piqued.

"I can't really. What's it like?"

Her friend shuddered.

"I imagine it's similar to what it feels like on the front. You push forward and immediately get jumped by a dozen opponents that swarm over you in seconds. After that it's just a desperate wrestle until they give up or someone else comes along and saves you."

She nodded.

"Sounds about right," she said quietly.

She fell silent for a moment before she barked out a humourless laugh.

"What's so funny?" Donnelan asked.

smiled in

remember during the wave, under Liria, when we fought for days on end against the monsters? We swore we'd never see anything that bad ever

help but chuckle at how

kind of similar. Endless waves of monsters to fight. Days without sleep.

same," Myrrin refuted, "not the same

"How do you figure?"

fought so many monsters, but they were mindless, in a frenzy. The moment they saw us, they charged forward and didn't stop until they were

trailed away

finished the thought for

one had ever succeeded, but the ants didn't stop trying. At first Myrrin had thought they were just being stupid, but she'd seen how draining it had been for

vigilance ever slipped, even for a period of minutes, the ants would be behind them, filling the tunnels in an instant and crawling over every wall and

right," Donnelan said, "this is so much worse. I'd much rather throw fireballs until I passed out

bite us they crawl on top of each other to reach us. It's like watching a living wall of monsters come rushing towards us rather than a charge. I swear I can feel their rage, even though their eyes are so

The mage shrugged.

"I'm not surprised they're a little cheesed

few minutes," she sighed and pulled on her helmet. "I'm getting a break after this

solemn

if

"Hells yes."

Myrrin could see her fellow Legionaries hurrying forward as they prepared for the next push. The centurions huddled together not far away, pouring over scout reports and discussing the overall strategy. Things

would break and she would be consumed by that void. It had held, of course, and the rest of the fight had gone according to

IN!" came the call and Donnelan

to reach their nest before too long, so hopefully we've reached the tail end

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