Chrysalis

[Run, run, run!] I holler at the others as we continue to sprint through the mould covered forest.

It really is obnoxious to run through this mess. There's mould beneath us, beside us and crawling up the trees to cover the canopy above us. It's like being in a suffocating winter wonderland except far more horrifying. Especially now that some of it is on fire.

[I don't think more fire will be a good idea, Master!] Crinis suggests as we race through the terrain.

[We might need another distraction soon. Starting a small fire will get the termites off our trail.]

[Won't it just bring more of them?] Sarah demands.

[I mean, yes. But also, yes…]

They be distracted though…

Perhaps that's still not good enough.

[No more fires,] Sarah tells me firmly, [we can think of something else.]

[Hmph. You're just worried about the fungus spores getting inside you,] I mutter.

[I hadn't even thought of that! Anthony!]

[Breathe it in deep. That's the sweet smell of fungus country.]

have come here. I hate

on the bright side. When the termites are defeated we can remove the mould from this area

alright, the aphids are

if we started fungus farming, we wouldn't let it run wild and out

a little panicked as we continue to blast through the termite’s

getting stronger even. Wherever they

of relief from the giant bear as she heaves for air. She may be a somewhat delicate flower internally, but externally she is all beef. Her legs are thicker than a person and positively bulging with muscle underneath all of that fur, much like her shoulders. In fact, the shoulders are even larger. For all of her strength,

I tell her, [how do you even last

she snaps, [that usually takes care of

Oh, right.

hastily assure her. My antennae waggle furiously as I follow the trail. [The trail is

Invidia perched on his back like a nightmarish bat, green eye blazing with energy as he

I'd expected that to continue, but it seems as if our opponents had a different concept for this landscape. In front of us a vast yawning chasm has been carved into the rock, the trees cleared for hundreds of metres in all directions. Like a passageway into the

nest. The

ridiculous! You could fit the main nest of the Colony into this thing ten times over with room

they swarmed by a host of termites, which is bad enough, but watching from above are five kaarmodo with their attendants in tow. In a flash I take in the full scene, drawing knowledge from the Vestibule as I allow the will of Vibrant and her coterie to

are pinning them here, using shields and spells to lock Vibrant and her group into a fight

Not. Acceptable.

I roar to Tiny who is

and thumps his chest with his enormous palms, bellowing his rage in an ear shattering roar that shakes

blow up

[Even the lizardsssss?]

[Especially them.]