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.]

come here. I

When the termites are defeated we can remove the mould from this area and return it to wonderful forest, filled with

alright, the

ant superiority. Even if we started fungus farming, we wouldn't let

still have the trail?] Sarah asks, sounding a little panicked as we continue to blast through the termite’s

[it's getting stronger even.

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

somehow,] I tell her, [how do you even last in

[that usually

Oh, right.

assure her. My antennae waggle furiously

like Sarah is in this long distance sprint, Invidia perched on his back like a nightmarish bat, green eye blazing with energy as he surveys the land. We rush through a cluster of trees, blasting away the mould that had

trees cleared for hundreds of metres in all directions. Like a passageway into the pit of doom, the

termite nest. The whole damn

just ridiculous! You could fit the main nest of the

other shocking development is the appearance of our quarry. In the mouth of the tunnel a tight gathering of ants can be seen, the large form of Vibrant zipping here and there amongst them. It's too bad they aren't alone. Not only are they swarmed by a host of termites, which is bad enough, but watching from above

shields and spells to lock Vibrant and her group into a fight so that the termites can harvest

Not. Acceptable.

to Tiny who

onto his legs and thumps his chest with his enormous palms, bellowing his rage in an ear shattering roar that shakes the trees around us. Then he's off, bounding across the

keep him alive and blow up everything

[Even the lizardsssss?]

[Especially them.]