Chrysalis

"Have you seriously been running this entire time?"

"Yep-Yep! I don't feel right unless my legs are moving. You feel the same, yeah? You have to move! Standing still is like dying, I can't stand it! Being still is just - "

"Enough! No matter how fast you talk, I don't have enough time to sit around and get chattered to death!"

I shake my head slowly. Vibrant has been evolving into more and more of a speed demon to the point where it's getting hard to interact with her in a normal way. When every inch of her has been mutated with speed in mind, including her brain, it’s only to be expected I suppose. It just goes to show how extreme a monster can get if they allow one aspect or concept to completely take over their evolutionary path. I have no idea how fast she'll get before she's done, but I imagine it's going to be pretty damn fast. If she keeps going like this all the way to tier eight or something, I doubt most monsters would even be able to see her. Especially since her Dash Skill reached rank six.

"So, you've done your job then? No reinforcements have reached the city, none have left?"

"That's right! I've been sure to check that no demons have been able to climb up the pillar and none have climbed down! No prob!"

"What about those flying disc things? Have any of those left, any of them arrived?"

"Oh sure-sure! Heaps! But there's nothing I can do about those, right?"

"No, there isn't. You were supposed to keep track of where they went and where they came from though…"

"Whoops! Haha! I forgot about that!"

"Vibrant!"

"If you don't mind me breaking in, Eldest, I have kept track of the information that you are asking about," a nearby general spoke up.

"Yay! Thanks Emilia. I know I could count on you to keep track of this stuff. I don't have the patience, or the time. Hah! Isn't that hilarious, you'd think I'd have more time than anyone due to being so fast but I'm always thinking about going fast or running which means that I guess I'm always going fast either in my brain or with my legs or both! I suppose I'm just not thinking about anything that’s all that important. Ha! Hey Crin-Crin!"

the two are rapidly caught up in a game of tag with Vibrant vanishing from my

tracking the comings and

right, Eldest. I have all of our observations recorded on a scent

I approve, "any particular point of interest? Any one

"The traffic seems rather spread and we aren't sure if Orpule is dispersing

could just be hunting," I suggest, "squeezing

"This is also true."

me what you have recorded, and I'll

they aren't willing to sit back and wait for us, which is fine. The more forces they send out of the city, the more we can hunt them down before the time runs out. Battling in the field is

sent groups out on discs in pretty much every direction, but slightly more to the west. It's possible they have a staging ground of some kind out that way, or perhaps the

to head west. Keep

on Crinis, time to

[Yes, Master…]

sure you get time to play with Vibrant after this assault on Orpule is done. I know you two haven't gotten to see

[Thank you Master!]

to hang out more. In fact, this is one of the few times that Crinis has shown a willingness to do something other than what I've told her to do, which I definitely need to encourage! Tiny is a bit more likely to act independent, but when he does it's only to fight, eat or sleep… which

hit the road

no roads here,]

expression. I just mean, it's time for us to

be running.

know that! Let's just get

or however the heck Al moves, we rush onwards in our chosen direction, leaving Orpule behind us in the distance. The vast

looking for out this way, Al?] I ask the flaming

of