By Gandalf I'm tired.
BAM!
Stop hitting me, dammit!
DOOM CHOMP!
Just like every time I activate the Skill, a team of Legionaries with heavy shields leap forward, activating a host of abilities and anchoring against each other.
CRUNCH!
Despite my mandibles biting deep into the metal slabs these muscle heads call shields, I once again am not able to penetrate through and deal real damage. Stupid tin cans! Eat acid then! I drop my thorax low and raise my abdomen so I can blast the a-team in front of me with a face full of burn juice before resetting my position in the formation. The ants on my left and right depend on me to protect their flanks and if I extend too far or drop back a bit I expose them to unnecessary danger, something that's happened a fair bit over the course of the battle.
"Need a heal?" I scent the pheromones of my designated healer friend behind me.
"You've recharged already?" I'm a bit shocked.
"Nope. But I've found another healer who can top you off if needed."
out to be, and now,
I lie, "get
ant burrows back down into the soil as the fight rages on. A few more exchanges and I see Tiny off to my right getting battered in the chest. A salvo of fireballs and charged arrows strike him right in the chest plate, knocking him off his feet. The big ape howls with rage but he's so exhausted he can't keep his
Crinis! Make sure Tiny gets out of there in
can see with gravity bolts. It's been a miracle that Tiny made it this long, he's not exactly built for endurance. Without the armour protecting him, I'd have ordered him out of the fight ages ago. If I actually survive long enough, I'm going to find Smithant and personally thank
BAM!
close around my flanks faster than Vibrant eating breakfast. My senses sharpen to their finest point as my antennae, reflexes and muscles move in perfect synchronisation, deflecting and dodging every blow I can and diverting others to clash against my carapace. Precious diamond carapace, saving
usually do. The battle has been long as just as the ants have grown weary, even these indomitable humans have grown tired of the constant effort. Trying to fight your way through tens of thousands of monstrous ants is going to take it out of you, no matter who you
Chomp! Chomp! CHOMP!
has lured the Legion away from the area Tiny fell and the Colony has rushed extra
them. [Once Tiny is safe,
[MASTER!]
to get told off pretty bad by Crinis after this. Perhaps death is the answer. No! Can't think like
Victor watches the surge offense of the Eldest falter as they are quickly surrounded. The loss of the great ape guardian
she orders every ant in
as the ants, only recently healed
that she needs to look over. Either they stand here, or perish. Sensing the frantic energy of these final moments, the human allies join with the surging ants as they charge forward with their final gasp of strength.
the soldiers
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