Chrysalis

[He's close! We need to get all minds on the job. Try and find his mana signature. It'll be hard, he's good at hiding, so we need to get on this now!]

[Anthony…] Sarah's mind hesitantly reaches out to mine.

[Later,] I tell her brusquely, [I can hear what you have to say later. The Colony won't be dissuaded on this, not after what he did.]

I switch my mind directly to my allies.

[Crinis, reach out through the shadows, cover as much ground as you can.]

I reach back and pat her with one antenna.

[This will be a huge strain on you, so be careful. It's important, but not more important than you are.]

[I understand, master.]

[Al, I need you to help track down this worm.]

[I do not understand. Confusion. What is a worm?]

[It's a type of creature that’s long and burrows through the ground. Just try and find the damn traitor, please?]

[I will try.]

As I've been talking all of my minds have already bent themselves to the task of tracing the mana that Jim wove with such cunning. I refuse to believe he's so good that he can hide all evidence of his weaving.

Wherewherewherewherewherewherewherewherewherewherewhere?!?!

AHA! A sniff!

[This way!] I roar over the mind bridge to my team and we rush northwards. [Crinis! Let's go!]

sure to call to her before I dash forward like a terrier on the trail. He covered his tracks as carefully as only a true coward can, but he can't compete with my mind power! Once I put Invidia and Al on the case, our grip on his trail becomes even tighter.

the tunnels, brushing past numerous demons who we simply knock to the side, unwilling

he is travelling down a pre-dug tunnel, master.

sense, most likely the one he used to reach us in

believe it's collapsing

[Dammit!]

is. The only thing this idiot is good for is betrayal and running away! But we have the scent and I sure as hell am not going to let him off that easy. Run! Like the wind, Anthony! A thousand thoughts try to intrude on my

into meditation, letting my emotions run cold. I can't afford to get

you have

not able to catch up to

push yourself too hard. As long as he doesn't get too far

worm must have purchased an organ or skill that helps him hide his mana. I know he's not that far away, but I can't seem to grab hold of his core despite the fact that I should be able to sense it at

considering he's a worm,

my senses about, trying to determine what has happened. My sense of Jim is fading, but not in the way it was previously.

be going to breach the

surface?] Crinis asks,

think he might be leaving

for the worm to wriggle his way up than it does for us, as we run and climb our way out of the tunnels our hold on the trail grows ever more faint. By the time we reach the plains

[Thissss way.]

[You're sure?]

[Alwaysssss sure!]

for

in battling demon larvae, we continue to run as somewhere ahead of us, just below the

may or may not even

to bubble up within me but under the effect of meditation I

you don't want to let her know why you betrayed her? Did you know she almost died because

Sarah growls at me with her mind and I turn my head a little

[… sorry,] I mumble.