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

can remove the mould from

alright, the

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

the trail?] Sarah asks, sounding a little panicked as we continue

have it,] I confirm, [it's getting stronger

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

to work on your stamina somehow,] I tell her, [how do you even last

[that usually takes care

Oh, right.

no need for that here and now,] I hastily assure her. My antennae waggle furiously as I

along in my wake, suffering much like Sarah is in this long distance sprint, Invidia perched on his back

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 get from here. There are holes, all over the place, fortified with dirt and each angled differently. It's clear to

nest. The whole damn mountain

fit the

by a host of termites, which is bad

kaarmodo are pinning them here, using shields and spells to lock Vibrant and her group into a fight so that the termites

Not. Acceptable.

Tiny who is only too happy

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.

blow up

[Even the lizardsssss?]

[Especially them.]