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.

over yourselves and stop

be embarrassed just long enough for the vines to surge

was your fault,” Propellant

replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you

vines. You

the Eldest didn’t teach

have a mega-ice spell for you to learn. It’s not my fault that fire

it. Go help

“Maybe I will!”

to

long moment, staring at each other until a

to

done anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily. “Propellant, on

hear it,”

began to go to work, repairing the extensive damage done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds as well, places where the vines had pierced flesh and

members of the Colony to have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two individuals with such diametrically opposed personalities were

way of their task, which was not acceptable. Especially because Advant was the one counting on them to keep

two mages. “Either you assure me right now that you can both operate at your best going forward, or we turn around and go back. I only agreed 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 are you

drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in

out a frustrated puff of

and we have a ton of things to do, but you two can’t let something

are not

chunks of vine from

best not to set you on fire. I can’t promise you

sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as possible. For now, let’s focus on the

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