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.]

never have come here. I

the bright side. When the termites are defeated we can remove the mould from this area and return it to wonderful

alright, the aphids are

if we started fungus farming, we wouldn't let it run wild and out of control like this. It

sounding a little panicked as

confirm, [it's getting stronger even. Wherever they

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

I tell her, [how do you even last in a

[that usually takes care of

Oh, right.

here and now,] I hastily assure her. My antennae waggle furiously as I follow the

many. Tiny bounds along in my wake, suffering much 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

carved into the rock, the trees cleared for hundreds of metres in all directions. Like a passageway into the pit of doom, the wide tunnel is completely black on the inside, with no light source to be discerned from this distance. More terrifying still, is the view of the mountain I

is the termite nest. The whole damn mountain

it, but to see it for myself… it's just ridiculous! You could fit the main nest of the Colony into this thing ten times over with room to

and there amongst them. It's too bad they aren't alone. Not only are they swarmed by

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

Not. Acceptable.

I roar to Tiny who is only too happy to

back 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

him alive and blow up everything I don't

[Even the lizardsssss?]

[Especially them.]