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.

over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell the Eldest how

to be embarrassed just long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to snag Advant and drag her into

your fault,” Propellant

fault?” Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you should have fended it

its vines.

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

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

so great, then use it. Go help Advant without

“Maybe I will!”

to

each other until a

Eldest were here to see

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

don’t want to hear it,” the soldier

done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds as well, places where

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 as

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

I only agreed to come with so few in the team because I assumed you two would be such an

each other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though

a

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

right,” Coolant said. “We are

Advant remarked, still picking chunks of

about that,” Propellant said. “I’ll do my best not to set you on fire. I can’t

the soldier replied. “The light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of

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