Chrysalis

Chapter 1057

The ant stared at them. Rillik, Elly, Drake and Lacos stared back.

A pause.

Rillik swore viciously, then began to turn the boat around, not bothering to hide his frustration.

“Let’s just kill it and get on the mountain,” Drake said. “There’s only one.”

Rillik didn’t bother answering, still openly cursing.

“There is never just one,” Lacos quoted the advice their leader had imparted earlier in the day, then he pointed over the monster.

Drake turned to see where his friend was pointing, it took a moment, but he eventually noticed several sets of antennae poking from behind trees or around the edge of a bush. It was like the ants were hidden, but not so well that they wouldn’t be found if you actually tried to find them.

The ant in front of them clacked its mandibles several times, the sharp, percussive noise ringing out in a rhythm that felt distinctly like mocking laughter.

“Ah, shut up you damn monster,” Rillik growled as he hauled on the oars.

The rest of the crew slumped in the boat.

“That’s the fourth time we’ve tried to land today,” Elly groaned. “How are they always waiting for us when we get there?”

think we could force a landing,” Drake grumbled. “They’re

held his chin in one

hundreds. The ants should have their… jaws? Do they have jaws? Their jaws full dealing with those mercenary groups, but still, we are met by a

laid off the oars for a moment, staring back at the ant still standing in

spat over the side, “and

wasting time,” Drake said, “other groups are out there earning money

at the mountain as he clutched the hilt of his

you have debts I don’t know about, Drake? If this is

man, but he still simmered as

quickly, “nothing

starts to sink into your thick head? Are other groups on the mountain? Yes. Are they making money? Yes. Will

you mean?” Elly asked. “I get that we didn’t expect it to be ants, but isn’t that a

just shook

see a monster from the first stratum laughing it up on the fourth and you think you’ve found a free buffet? Don’t be daft. And look at the way they behave. I’ve taught you to analyse monsters, what

considered the evidence they’d gathered from a

“There’s a watch on the shoreline, there has to be. Except that doesn’t make

of monstrous aggression. Baiting tactics, laying traps, even openly taunting us. All signs of intelligent behaviour,” Lacos

possible they even have some sort of primitive

at him as if

of the little buggers lighting up that mountain like a maypole, an ocean of gold to

a long while

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