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 making mistakes, or I’ll tell

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

your

“The creature is clearly weak to fire, you

has water within its vines. You could

mad the Eldest didn’t teach

just being petty because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell

great, then use it. Go help Advant without setting

“Maybe I will!”

love to see

two stood off for a long moment, staring at each

ground out. “If the Eldest were here to

defended

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

and 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

for any members of the Colony to have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it

were letting their argument get in the way

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

antennae drooping with shame, though neither

a frustrated

and we have a ton of things

are quite right,” Coolant said. “We are not performing

remarked, still picking chunks of

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

that whatever is bothering the

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