Chrysalis

My first nap as a tier seven, a deep and satisfying torpor that I luxuriate in. Indeed, life is only complete when one gets their eight hours! I’ve been flat out for way too long, to the point I’ve started to worry that the Torpor Police might disappear me.

That would have caused quite a stir, I’ve no doubt.

They do an incredible job of hiding, those little ninjants, but ever since I picked up the Vestibule, it’s been impossible for them to conceal themselves from me.

Unlike my bodyguards. Whatever it is that they use to create the strange forgetful effect was powerful enough to give me trouble for a little while. Ever since my evolution, though….

I reach out with one leg and poke at the air.

….

I poke again.

….

Another poke, harder this time.

“... Is that really necessary, Eldest?” Protectant complains.

Gweheheheh.

“I just find it fun, how easily I can spot you now.”

The guard smells decidedly unhappy about it.

“We would like to know how you do it,” she grumbles, “out of professional courtesy.”

just try and find

will provide me with Will. As long as the energy is flowing, they’ll be lit up like a christmas tree, regardless of what

Protectant with my eyes, or even feel it when I poke her with my leg, or detect the scent when the guards communicate with each other, despite knowing for a fact exactly

level of stealth they’ve achieved is absurd.

fun to prod

Please stop it,” Guardiant

Heheheheheh.

tier six,” I tell the invisible squad of babysitters. “If I’m going to be rumbling with

able to hide from

whip around and poke her again,

be stupid! You can hide from everything you need to hide from already. You need to seriously bump up your stats and combat prowess. That concealment organ has soaked up way too

Just stop

just to drive home the point, then I turn

fresh, we’re ready for action and we need to get some Levels into you, pronto. Hunting in the fourth stratum is likely to be our best bet, but at the same time, we need to be on standby in case they need us in

of them nod in unison. It’s rewarding having

ticking along, but we should make sure to contribute to the Colony stockpile, since

until I wipe that species from the Dungeon! As it turns out, we don’t even make our way out of the tunnels before someone finds us with

to me and I stop to let her catch up. “Eldest. They want to see you down on the

let them get a foothold. I rumble down to the shoreline,

surrounded by a host of ants that watch their every move with preternatural stillness. The leader, a fairly burly-looking

have my strength radiate out around me

a mind bridge and latch onto the mercenary, then I

soon,] I greet them. [Excellent, excellent. I suppose your hunt was

of my mind impacts onto their own, and I make a conscious effort to tone it down. I can’t be scaring away our

response to my question, the three of them begin unloading the cargo in their boat, depositing a dozen of the offensively glittering

quickly, all things considered,] the leader grunted warily. [The Dungeon seems to be spitting them out at quite a rapid clip. We sailed two mountains west and tried our luck, ran into a nest

this level of the Dungeon. New spawn points will be