Chrysalis

Chapter 670

Coolant looked out from her perch next to the upper sally port of the great gate and felt nothing but confusion.

"Do you want to go tell him, or should I?" she said to Sloan who was clinging to the wall next to her.

The general shook her head, bewildered.

"I mean. They have to know, right? There's no chance that they don't know."

"I assume they know. I mean, what are the odds the two forces aren't communicating to this extent?"

"Almost none, surely. Such a lack of organisation in our foes would throw our plans way out."

"Hasn't this thrown them way out anyway?"

Sloan hesitated.

"That's… true."

The two of them looked out in silence for a few more moments at the totally unexpected scene before them.

"What do you think we should do?" Coolant asked, her scent as calm and unruffled as it always was.

"I don't know!" Sloan fretted. Why would these idiots perform this sort of moronic action now of all times? It didn't make any sense!

washed out over them, rippling through the ambient mana in the air and into their

one here, or this one,

ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in

could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with

the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't

golgari for some reason, why not let them do

some element at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird

trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass. The end result was

you want me to reach out to them?" Coolant offered. "I'll need to move a little closer, I don't think I

"I'll arrange an escort."

away and had a thousand ants ready to escort the mage closer

a thousand may send the wrong

"What do you mean?"

there. If

think a thousand is too many?" Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to her. Then again, she

and one ants cautiously advanced toward the golgari delegation, ready to flee at a moment's notice. Sloan had considered things carefully and the delegation contained a healthy mix of mages, for raising shields, scouts, for detecting foul play, and soldiers, to hold the line in the event the others needed to retreat. Once they had covered half the ground toward the first gate, they very obviously stopped and parked

of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have

other for a long moment before a

reincarnated ant. We want you to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature

way out here chasing the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such actions, but she didn't

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