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.

head. “Fine, whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll

long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again

was your fault,”

creature is clearly weak to fire,

vines. You could

just being petulant because you’re mad the

didn’t have a mega-ice spell for you to learn. It’s not my

Go help Advant without setting her

“Maybe I will!”

to see

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

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

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

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

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 inflicted harm. The

of the Colony to have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then

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

to come with so few in the team

askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither

a frustrated puff of

who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do, but you two can’t

right,” Coolant said. “We are not performing our tasks

remarked, still picking chunks of vine from gaps in

you on fire. I can’t promise you

issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as

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