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.

before she shook her head. “Fine, whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or

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

was your fault,” Propellant

“The creature is

within its vines. You

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

mega-ice spell for you to learn. It’s not my

it’s so great, then use it. Go help Advant without setting her on fire,

“Maybe I will!”

to see

at each other until a bedraggled figure trudged out of the

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

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

want to hear it,” the soldier

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

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

well, but for whatever reason, they were letting their argument get in the way of their task, which was not acceptable. Especially because Advant

“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

at each other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in front of

out a frustrated puff

The Eldest is out of commission for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things

are not performing our

don’t say,” Advant remarked, still picking chunks of vine from gaps in

do my best not to set you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t get singed, though. It’s

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

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