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.

ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell the Eldest how stupid you’ve

embarrassed just long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to snag Advant and

was your

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

water within its vines. You could

you’re mad the Eldest didn’t teach you

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

help Advant without setting her on fire, for

“Maybe I will!”

love to

off for a long moment, staring at each other until a bedraggled figure trudged

ground out. “If the Eldest were here to see your incompetence, you’d be back in training before you could

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

I don’t want to hear it,” the soldier cut the two

damage done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds as well, places where the vines

exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two individuals with

got along quite well, but for whatever reason, they were letting their argument get in the way of

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 not an asset, I would rather have any other two mages than you right

antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in front of the

out a frustrated

we have a ton of things to do,

Coolant said. “We are not performing our tasks with

Advant remarked, still picking chunks of vine

you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t get singed,

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

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