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 the Eldest how

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

was your fault,”

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

water within its vines. You could have frozen

mad the Eldest didn’t teach

just being petty because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell for you to learn. It’s not

then use it. Go help Advant without

“Maybe I will!”

love to see

long moment, staring at each other until a bedraggled figure trudged out of the

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

done anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily. “Propellant,

to hear it,” the soldier cut the

healer came forward and began to go to work, repairing the extensive damage done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds as

Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two individuals with such

their argument get in the way of their task, which was not acceptable. Especially because Advant was the one counting on them to

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 asset that it didn’t matter. Not only are you not an asset, I would rather have any other two mages

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

out a frustrated

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 get in the way of

“We are not performing our

say,” Advant remarked, still picking chunks

“I’ll do my best not to set you on fire. I can’t

is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as possible. For now, let’s focus

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