Chrysalis

In desperation, I turn the final stages of forming the gravity bomb over to my main mind, the only brain I have that specialises in handling gravity mana. I can immediately feel the difference, but I still need the support of the sub-minds to keep things flowing as I continue to piece together the biggest bomb I've ever made. When I let this go, it's going to get messy around here…

"Back off a little more!" I warn the Colony, "make sure you get a solid grip on something!"

After a moment I add.

"That goes double for you, Protectant! Create some space and hold on tight!"

I've no doubt that my defenders have been hovering closer than they should be against a foe like Grokus, and the odds are that they've taken a good chunk of damage from his aura effect just trying to stay near to me. Claws crossed they take my warning seriously, it'd be a massive waste of the Colony's resources.

[Unleash your spell!] the city lord taunts me as he rumbles forward, each step causing the very rock beneath our feet to crumble. [I almost hunger for it! I hunger for your despair!]

Enough of this guy's freaking mouth already! Sharp pain stabs through my insides as I skitter out of the way of his grasping hands, prompting me to activate my healing gland once again. The soothing liquid regenerates my missing health in short order but the rate of decrease is continuing to ramp up. Eventually I'll run out of juice and be eaten up from the inside out. This is one heck of a nasty power!

But I won't have to worry about that… I hope. My gravity bomb is ready.

light, the only thing in the stratum with a larger appetite than the tier seven demon in front of me. Let's hope he enjoys it! My brains strain to contain the unstable construction as I suddenly Dash backwards, triggering three separate

you're that hungry, chew on this!]

I release it, the world fades to black and I hunch my body low to the ground, clinging to the rock with my claws as hard as I can. Even so, I feel my weight lift for a horrifying second as the spell travels away

HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWLLLLLLL!

I launched the spell, the city

to take the spell head on and come out standing on the other side, relying on whatever strange resistance and regeneration he has to pull through anything I can

The pull is horrendous, dragging stone, ash, fire

HOOOOOOWWWWWWWLLLLLL!!!

to scream as the ground shakes, the air shrieks and light fades away. All I can do is bury my head and grip with my claws for

how much of a chonk lord he is with a resistance to magical effects, there's no way you can eat a gravity bomb this size and be standing on the other side of it. I can't even imagine what it would be like in

seconds, but eventually the

but I know that my opponent isn't dead. Without the notification from Gandalf, he

the middle. I find it shocking that

body, the entire form of the city lord begins to regrow, flesh and bone and sinew appearing out of thin air and stitching together faster than I

two pets. [Hit him with everything! He'll be

own advice, I run forward, locking my mandibles into position and unleashing my most powerful