Alir cocked an eyebrow.
"What sort of insect?" he asked, his interest piqued.
It wasn't unheard of for an insect swarm to get out of control and pour into the second strata, their numbers making up for their generally weak individual strength, but that's usually where things would end. Generally speaking, the surface and upper layers of the Dungeon had far more to fear from swarming monsters than deeper down. For them to make it to the lower parts of the second strata was already quite the achievement.
"Ant," the massive demon replied succinctly.
"Ant?" the priest was surprised. Ants? "How deep were they?"
Grokus steepled his fingers atop his own bulging flesh.
"My scout encountered one just inside our strata, blocking the path to the second."
"Inside the third?" now he was really surprised, "what tier was it?"
"Six."
"SIX? An ant?"
"Do not make me repeat myself, priest."
threat, the novelty of the situation having tickled his fancy. Such a high tier ant was… exceptionally rare, if not completely unheard of. Without access to the complete Church records he wouldn't be able to check, but certainly he himself hadn't heard of such a thing in all his years. What could
of them
pointed in another direction
"Traveller. Has to be."
a tongue to grasp a hunk of Biomass being proffered by a servant, sucking it into his maw with a wet slurp. "There were other ants present as well, a small number, but each of
raising up their colony? Creating
not? Without more information,
him. This news was certainly interesting, and highly unusual. He was tempted to put off his work for an afternoon to document this rare occurrence for the church records, though likely they wouldn't take a demon's word
have abided by your strictures to the letter. If the ants invade, I'm sure you'll be able to deal with it, it certainly wouldn't be the first time the city had been attacked during my stay here. If you want the colony
Grokus waved a hand.
my precious forces above at this time. We have a war scheduled with Orpule in
Demon, an unhealthy species for a ruler. Her desire for
a wave? Is
not the aggressor in this conflict, as I'm sure you know. Besides, the city's population has grown rapidly
demon wanted. With his own forces committed against
of resources to be had in exterminating a Colony of such creatures," Grokus smiled with both mouths, a disturbing sight to say the least, "I'm sure the Church would be interested in
free use
The demon grinned.
be the right word.
Alir grunted. Typical.
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