Chrysalis

“Eldest! What are you doing up here?” Leeroy complained.

“Hah. Thought you had a nice final stand setup here, did you? You thought you’d run far enough from the rest of the Colony that we wouldn’t be able to catch up and keep you alive? You should know better by now, Leeroy.”

“But don’t you need to rush deeper into the nest, Eldest?” she asks, hope still alive in her scent. “We can hold this position… against overwhelming odds, even! Yes! We can stay here, battling to control the mouth of the nest to protect you… until we fall one by one, tragically!”

Wow, she worked that up in her head quickly.

“No chance, Leeroy. I came up here strictly to keep you and all your followers alive. None of you are going to die while I’m here,” I tell her firmly.

“Dammit.”

“This sucks!”

“Ruining everything…”

“I was feeling good about today…”

“Hey! Shut up over there! You think I can’t hear you? Don’t make me walk over there!”

“Would you kill us if you did?”

“What? No!”

“Dammit...”

battle, you’ve had your

Immortals grumble and turn back to fighting, but it's easy to see that the fire

the termite nest, their scent trails are all around us, along with literally tens of thousands of them all around us, climbing up the walls, and there are for sure thousands upon thousands more

for this then

it, so I can’t understand their lack of gusto. It’s not a problem though, I’ve got enough

Let me at ‘em!

and run right over the top of the armoured soldier in front of me, throwing myself into the

land, the dark purple mana expands around me, the gravity domain revolving into existence to pull the termites down before I even land. WIth plenty of brain power to spare, I pour all of my

there, crashing into their lines, my jaws snapping and crushing as I raise my

Eat acid you suckers!

get the chance this soon in the fight. I’ll have to get a bit deeper before I can extract maximum value

it’s up close and personal termite squashing

answer the call! Unrestrained, I unleash all of my pent-up rage upon the enemy, channelling the intent of my entire

I can void chomp regularly, every bite enough to smash ten termites at once. In the distance I can see the rest of the Colony pushing forward, grinding down the enemy and

ka’armodo had their slave monsters build the entrance to the nest so wide, the wide path and high ceiling only narrow deeper in as the opening fades into darkness.

me, climbing atop one another to take their shot, but with a hundred thousand members of the Colony

to pile up, I can heal them. In fact, the more I fight, the more energised I feel as the Colony seizes the upper hand and triumph surges in every member of

get from my siblings through the Vestibule and I can tell that the battle is one sided

form, you wood chomping morons! Did you

Muahahahahahaha!