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.

did?” Advant asked incredulously, before she shook her head. “Fine, whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell

to be embarrassed just long enough for the vines to

your fault,”

fault?” Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you should have

vines. You could

being petulant because you’re mad the Eldest didn’t

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

it. Go help Advant without

“Maybe I will!”

to

staring at each other

here to see your incompetence, you’d be back in training before

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

I don’t want to hear it,” the soldier

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 inflicted harm. The healer grumbled to herself as she worked, ignoring the council members

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 seldom asked to work together as

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

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

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

a frustrated puff of

right now. The Eldest is out of commission for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do,

Coolant said. “We are

remarked, still picking chunks of vine from

do my best not to set you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t get

singed,” the soldier replied. “The light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering

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