Chrysalis

Chapter 1043

“SHIELDS!” Advant shouted, her pheromones washing over the entire area in a mighty burst.

The two mages, thankfully, were quick to respond and a shield sprang into being around the large soldier, mere moments before the mess of vines engulfed her completely.

She lunged forward, mandibles snapping as she sheared through hundreds of the tough, living ropes, not noticeably making a dent in them.

“Need some fire?” Propellant asked, eager.

“Of course I want some damn fire! Why are you asking? Just cast it already!” Advant hollered.

An immediate burst of flame washed over her, igniting the vines and driving them back temporarily. Of course, it also set the fine hairs on her antennae on fire at the same time….

“Not me, you idiot!”

“Sorry.”

Unsurprisingly, Propellant didn’t sound all that apologetic as she watched the plant monster retreat, smothering the flames with its innumerable vines. Coolant sighed and conjured a jet of water to douse the singed soldier.

“Really now, you should be able to aim better than that, sister.”

Now dripping wet, Advant fumed silently for a moment before deciding she could no longer hold it in.

“You two have been useless since we got down here,” she sniped at the bickering mages. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you’d had a falling out of some sort.”

Propellant and Coolant stood awkwardly for a moment.

whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell the Eldest how stupid

to be embarrassed just long enough for the vines to

was your fault,” Propellant

is clearly weak to fire, you should

its vines. You could have

because you’re mad the

am not! You’re just being petty because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell

use it. Go help

“Maybe I will!”

to

for a long moment, staring at each other until a bedraggled figure trudged out of the

ground out. “If the Eldest were here to see your incompetence, you’d

wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily. “Propellant, on the other

hear it,” the soldier cut

began to go to work, repairing the extensive damage done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds

but it did happen. Then again, two individuals with such diametrically opposed personalities were

usually got along quite well, but for whatever reason, they were letting their argument get in the way of their task, which was not

to come with so few in the team because I assumed you two would be such an asset that it didn’t matter. Not only

other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither

a frustrated puff of

for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do, but you two

are not performing our tasks

picking chunks of

you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t

light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two

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