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.

being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making mistakes, or I’ll tell the Eldest how stupid you’ve

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

your fault,” Propellant

Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you

has water within its vines. You

the Eldest didn’t teach you the

not! You’re just being petty because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell

use it. Go help Advant without setting her on fire, for

“Maybe I will!”

love to see

at each other until a bedraggled

“If the Eldest were here to see your

anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself

to 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

any members of the Colony to have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two

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

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

other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to

a frustrated puff

is out of commission for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do, but you

said. “We are

don’t say,” Advant remarked, still picking chunks of vine from gaps in

you on fire. I

replied. “The light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as possible. For now,

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