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...”

going to get on that after this battle, you’ve had your fun. Now get back to

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

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

aren’t pumped up for this then what the hell are

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

Let me at ‘em!

of the formation and run right over the top of the armoured soldier in front of me, throwing myself into the waiting jaws of the frothing termite horde like a billionaire duck launching

to pull the termites down before I even land. WIth plenty of brain power to spare, I pour all of my mental energy into compressing

into their lines, my jaws snapping and crushing as I raise my business district

Eat acid you suckers!

magic, I have another use for that, but I won’t get the

up close and personal termite

enemy, channelling the intent of my entire family into my mandibles as I rip my way through the bugs in

me 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,

the nest so wide, the wide path and high ceiling only narrow deeper in as the opening

to take their shot, but with a hundred thousand members of the Colony

In fact, the more I fight, the more energised I feel as the Colony seizes the upper hand

Vestibule and I can tell that the battle is one sided so

strongest form, you wood chomping morons!

Muahahahahahaha!