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 stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell the Eldest

two mages had the grace to be embarrassed just long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to

your fault,”

my fault?” Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you

water within its vines. You

you’re mad the Eldest didn’t teach you the volcano

a mega-ice

so great, then use it. Go help Advant without setting her

“Maybe I will!”

love to see

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

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

wrong,” Coolant defended

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

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

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

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

and go back. I only agreed to come with so few in

with shame, though

a frustrated puff

have a ton of things to do, but you two can’t let something petty get in the way of

quite right,” Coolant said. “We are not

still picking chunks of

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

that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as

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