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.

You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and

to surge up the tunnel once again to snag Advant and drag her into

your fault,” Propellant

is clearly weak to fire, you should

its vines. You could

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

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

great, then use it. Go help Advant without setting

“Maybe I will!”

love to

off for a long moment, staring at each other until a

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

haven’t done anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself

hear it,” the soldier cut the

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 worked, ignoring

disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two

argument get in the way of their task, which

only two options on the table,” she told the two mages. “Either 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 in the

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

let out a frustrated puff of

ton

are not performing our tasks

still picking chunks of

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

the soldier 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, let’s focus on the task at

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