Chrysalis

The closer I look, the more certain I am. It isn't much, a scratch under any other circumstances, but considering that Grokus has managed to keep himself entirely pristine for the duration of this fight, something has definitely changed.

[You know, I don't think I will, surrender that is. I have a suspicion that things might just be turning to my advantage.]

[Nonsense,] the huge demon scoffs, [unless you have another of those spells in you, then it's merely a matter of time before you are devoured from the inside out.]

[You so sure about that? Your left claw isn't looking its normal self.]

I can almost see the massive city lord hesitate for a moment before he raises the claw to inspect it more closely. Sure enough, the damage has not been fully healed, a split running along the topmost digit.

[Impossible!] he gasps before he can stop himself.

[Not healing as much as you'd expected eh? Perhaps something has gone wrong?] it's now my turn to taunt the much larger monster as my brains race to think of what could possibly have happened.

[Tiny, scorch him! Give him a blast of lightning!]

All too happy to unleash violence at the slightest provocation, the ape lets loose an arc of lightning that plays across the city lord’s flank, burning a groove in him and filling the air with the scent of sizzled Biomass. Crucially, the damage remains, healing, but far more slowly than before. An idea begins to take shape in my mind and I can't help giving voice to it.

[You've always been eating Grokus, eating and eating away, but where has all the Biomass gone? You really expect me to believe you've just been racking up thousands of Biomass points for no reason? I don't believe it.]

watching him through my multifaceted eyes as he stares back at

heal up in an instant and pretend you were never hurt in the first place. You can depend

around the big demon as I lecture, expounding on my theory as his eyes

the entire time, weren't you? That must have sucked. Like, that must have really sucked.

face

fact, right now you're barely

words in silence. Which is right when I take a massive hit of damage. I stagger to one side as it feels as if my stomach has ripped itself open, triggering

and so long as I am you will continue to suffer. Unless you can finish me off in the next few minutes, you will have no hope of being

and stiffen my legs to hold my

I was here by myself,

turn to the

"GET HIM!"

ten thousand ants are within range of my pheromonal cry

and every one of them rushes forward heroically and

watch carefully. Listening to the hidden signals emanating from my antennae I watch the now desperate city lord like an ant-hawk. When he swipes at me, I'm more than ready and dodge

I bellow as I bite down onto his

much as possible whilst I remove his ability to harm them. Without the use of his arms, he has only his aura to rely on. Which

on Tiny! Crinis! Pour it on! Give it everything you

Tiny and Crinis leap into the fight with gusto, ripping

in my mind. [I have ruled for hundreds of years! I will not