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.”

try and find

is one. As far as I can tell, as long as they’re ants who believe in me, they will provide me with Will. As long

they actively try to conceal themselves. I can’t see Protectant with my eyes, or even feel it when I poke her with my leg, or detect the scent when

of stealth they’ve achieved is

it’s so fun to

Please stop

Heheheheheh.

make the push to tier six,” I tell the invisible squad of babysitters. “If I’m going to be rumbling with tier eight enemies, you’ll be flattened just

we’ll be able to hide from

and poke her again, with both antennae

You need to seriously bump up your stats and combat

alright! Just stop

I turn to Crinis and the others

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

nod in unison. It’s rewarding having an audience of

need a fair bit to get my mutations ticking along, but we should make

we run into a few of those diamond centipede nests. My rage won’t abate until I wipe that species from the Dungeon! As it turns out, we don’t even make our way out of the

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

this stratum, I won’t let them get a foothold. I rumble down to the shoreline, my friends in tow, only to find the

stillness. The leader, a fairly burly-looking golgari, almost

strength radiate out around me like this. Weaker enemies can’t even stand up

together a mind bridge and latch onto the mercenary, then I bring his two followers

so soon,] I greet them. [Excellent, excellent. I

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

three of them begin unloading the cargo in their boat, depositing a dozen of

them out at quite a rapid clip. We sailed two mountains west

Gandalf and his love of centipedes. They’re probably being spammed everywhere on this level of the Dungeon. New spawn points will