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.

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

the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to snag

was your fault,” Propellant

fault?” Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak

water within its vines. You

you’re mad the Eldest didn’t teach you

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

help

“Maybe I will!”

to see

long moment, staring at each other until a

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

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

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 healer grumbled to

somewhat stumped. It was unusual for any members of the Colony 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

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

only two options on the table,” she told the 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

looked at each other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit

a frustrated puff of

have a ton of things to do, but you two can’t let something petty get in the way of your work. You’re too

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

still picking chunks of vine from gaps in her

Propellant said. “I’ll do my best not to set you on fire. I

can handle singed,” the soldier replied. “The light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as possible.

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