Chrysalis

"Look, it might not have turned out how you expected, but you've still done a lot for the Colony. You can't let this keep you down forever."

"…"

"I mean, is it really that painful? Being alive? You've given yourself a whole new opportunity to fight for the Colony and help your family. Think about all the difficult struggles and hard work that we have in front of us, you'll be able to be there and shoulder your part of the burden. You might even have the chance to face down an opponent stronger than yourself once more and… you know… die… again… over and over."

"Are you making fun of me Eldest?"

"Would I do that?!"

"Yes. The healers have been laughing at us for a week straight."

"Hey, I'm not like them, alright? I want you to be happy, I just don't want you to get killed trying to achieve that."

"What if that's the only way that I can achieve happiness?"

"Then too bad. You think we worked so hard to bring you up to tier six so you could go ahead and die after one battle? You must be outside of your head, Leeroy!"

THWACK!

cheer me up?" she protests trying to protect her head from my

Oh, right.

siblings are all working their butts off

the family in

soon after you were hatched exactly what I thought of that.

the waves of hilarity that the healers have been experiencing since the news spread. The idea that these particular ants, more desperate to sacrifice themselves than any others, have instead made themselves almost

be honest, it's a powerful piece of work, a very expensive gland to be sure. From what I understand they didn't buy it but instead were offered it as part of the evolution they chose. As a consequence of so

it so much harder. The only way for them to be destroyed is if they are defeated too quickly for the organ to charge up. It takes time to build the energy necessary to 'resurrect' them from near death and return them to perfect

them extremely durable. On top of that, the armour produced by

more hilarious that this

organ further, who knows how difficult they'll be to defeat as they continue to grow? I never would have thought it, but the Immortals have actually turned into a powerful and useful force for the

a motivational speech. I want you off your backside and back to work along with the rest of your group. There's a ton of work to do and soon enough there'll be more fighting to do. If you keep wallowing in your own self-pity then I'm going to pick you up and drag you around the third stratum myself. If I even hear from someone that you've been slacking off then I'll return from the edges of explored territory to whack

a moment longer the soldier remains flopped on the ground, a dejected example

says as she starts

stand with a critical eye, one