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.

asked incredulously, before she shook her head. “Fine, whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and

long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once

your fault,” Propellant

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

water within its vines. You could have

because you’re mad the Eldest

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

then use it. Go help Advant without

“Maybe I will!”

love to

at each other until a bedraggled figure

ground out. “If the Eldest were here to see

wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily.

to hear it,” 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

have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it

argument get in the way of their task, which was not acceptable. Especially because Advant was the

turn around and go back. I only agreed to come with so few in the team because I assumed you two would

siblings looked at each other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither

a frustrated puff of

is stressed right now. The Eldest is out of commission for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do, but you two can’t let something petty

quite right,” Coolant said. “We are not

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

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

I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you

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