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

just long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to

was your fault,” Propellant

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

water within its vines. You could have frozen

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

because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell for you to

great, then use it. Go help

“Maybe I will!”

love to

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

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

haven’t done anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily.

hear it,” the soldier

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 well, places where

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

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

operate at 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

antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in front

let out a frustrated puff of

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

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

still picking chunks of vine from gaps in her

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

is bothering

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