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

under Liria, when we fought for days on end against the monsters? We swore

chuckle at how

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

refuted, "not the same

"How do you figure?"

moment they saw us, they charged forward and didn't stop until

trailed away and Donnelan

he finished the

area of Dungeon they'd captured. Not a single one had ever succeeded, but the ants didn't stop trying. At first Myrrin had thought they were just being stupid, but

period of minutes, the ants would be behind them, filling the tunnels in an instant and crawling over every wall and ceiling

worse. I'd much rather throw fireballs until I

reach us. It's like watching a living wall of monsters come rushing towards us rather than a

The mage shrugged.

all," he yawned, "I'm not surprised they're a little cheesed off. How much longer until the

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

"unlike some people, I have a solemn duty to perform and I

you would if you could,"

"Hells yes."

discussing the overall strategy. Things had changed since the incident a few days ago when one of the attack groups had their shield line broken. The defensive line had been reinforced further for every push. It only mattered when that huge ant and its disgusting pets showed up to the battlefield, but it couldn't be predicted where it

of course, and the rest of the fight had gone according to expectations, but when she saw that creature across the field from

IN!" came the call and

expect to

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