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

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

tens of thousands of

aren’t pumped up for this then what the

are after, but I can’t comprehend it, so I can’t understand their lack of gusto. It’s not a problem though,

Let me at ‘em!

Immortals, I rush toward the outer edge 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

I even land. WIth plenty of brain power to spare, I pour all of my mental energy into compressing the mana as tight as possible before I release it and

then I’m there, crashing into their lines, my jaws snapping and crushing as I raise my business district high and blast the surroundings with a healthy dose

Eat acid you suckers!

as I want to let rip with my elemental magic, I have another use for that, but I won’t get the chance this soon in the fight. I’ll have to get a bit deeper

it’s up close and

exterminator is required and I am here to answer the call! Unrestrained, I unleash all of my pent-up rage upon the enemy, channelling the intent of my entire family into my mandibles as I rip my way through the bugs in

distance I can see the rest

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

bite and bite as the termites throw themselves against me, climbing atop one another to take their shot, but with a hundred thousand members of the Colony in the area, I

I don’t tire, and no matter how many small wounds they manage to pile up, I can heal them. In fact, the more I fight, the more energised I feel as the Colony

sifting through the impressions I get from my siblings through the Vestibule and I can tell that the battle is one sided so far. Against the might

strongest form, you wood chomping morons! Did you

Muahahahahahaha!