Chrysalis

I watched in surprise as Sarah, of all the monsters on this ramp, sailed through the air and crash landed on the plate, soon followed by Tiny. Luckily the Colony wasn't as distracted by their antics as I was and utilised the distraction to extend the ramp in a rush, crashing it into the side of the plate as the demons poured their fire into the two monsters.

"Get in there!" I roar and Dash straight across, activating my Charge Skill and ramming into the first demon I see.

Behind me comes a literal wave of insects as the massed ranks of my siblings establish a beachhead in Orpule by simply shoving themselves bodily into the demons defending the city, pushing back the front ranks through sheer force. Our enemies aren't without their own strengths and the battle quickly escalates as those demons more suited to close combat find themselves with thousands of targets to unleash their craft upon. It's these kinds of situations in which domain magic is at its most potent and I'm not the only one with this idea.

An immediate war for control of the ambient mana erupts as mages on both sides exert their will. Small pockets of control form here and there allowing domains to flicker to life a few moments later. The demons clearly favour fire or strange swirling flecks of darkness that I can only assume is ash, which makes sense since those are the dominant forms of mana in this stratum. Wherever they touch the ants are seared or worse before they can retreat back to safer areas.

of gravitational mana, swiftly forming it into a domain spell that spreads to crush the surrounding demons down to the ground. At least, I would have liked it if they were smashed into the ground, but despite my best efforts, the gravity domain doesn't have the necessary oomph to overwhelm monsters of this stratum. That's not

my minds onto it, which saves time and effort, allowing me to give the mana a quick compression session before I flip it out into the domain, increasing its

ants pile into the narrow landing strip that we've secured, forcing their bodies into the fray and ramming into the demons to try and create more space for the ants behind them. It's numbers versus quality right now, each individual ant is not nearly as powerful as the demons they are facing, but with enough bodies and minds packed into the area it won't be possible

my own revolving shell of mana. Of course, behind me comes Tiny, Crinis and Invidia. The combined

are intimidated by her as her claws rip jagged red gouges out of the air and her jaws glow with terrible, dark light. Fingers crossed she'll be able to come out

brutal, face to face attrition continues seemingly without end, but the moment enough space has been established,

it feels like I might have gotten dizzy! Nice-nice! Who needs help first? Is it you?! Or you?! Or maybe I just help all of you at once! Let's go

the place and causing headaches for the demons. Vibrant in particular is a menace. No sooner has she crashed into a particular pack of demons like a cannonball, moving so quickly she almost can't be seen, than