Chrysalis

Hmmmmm.

The battle against the ka’armodo is over. Well, I say battle, more of a skirmish, really. They probably scried me acting all weird and thought they might as well see if they can knock me off. Capitalise on my apparent weakness.

I was able to quickly persuade them that I’m just fine and dandy, so they left without committing much. If I’d been a bit smarter, I could have flopped around some more and really baited them in.

My new mutations got a nice road test at least, can’t complain about that. The resonant properties of my carapace and inner plating were on full display, reacting to my gravity magic and empowering me further, creating a harmonious cycle that made that sweet purple mana so efficient to use.

I can create a well to lift myself into the air, and some of the energy feeds straight back into the mana gland, some of it hardens my carapace, some of it helps regenerate the carapace, and to top it all off, it gets slightly condensed for free on the way out.

I’ll take it!

My dream of becoming an all powerful gravity ant is well on the way to being realised, which is extremely exciting.

I still have a few issues that need to be tackled, some kinks that need ironing. Careful thought will need to be put in befo-

[Look, will you stop laughing?! I’m trying to think!]

Nearby, Sarah, the Asura Rage Bear of legend, is collapsed on the ground wheezing and huffing her massive bear heart out.

[Ha-hah! I mean… the legs… I can’t!]

Her stubby legs rise up and kick helplessly.

[It’s not that funny! Look, none of my siblings are laughing!]

They are, however, continuing to not look at me directly.

way you drooped

didn’t look great, but I had to test it out against the lizard enemy when I had a chance! Such an opportunity doesn’t come

way to achieve a more graceful hovering pose. Eventually, Sarah manages to contain herself long enough

that in… goodness, I can’t remember how long. When did you even figure out how to float

almost breaks again when she mentions the floating, but manages to contain

was able to purchase the gravity magic Skill after I evolved. I can create localised gravity wells with it that I use to pick myself up, cancelling out

super neat. Really. I-I’d

a big

the dis-distribution of… of the gravity… across… across

standing on end and the expression on her face, as if she’s got a fat salmon wedged in her throat, she’s working hard on keeping the laughs

looks dumb, alright! I just wanted to test it when

sorry. It was just

imagine. I need to try and steer this conversation back to more serious topics. The sooner we can leave this incident in the past, the

the border recently? Probing attacks, that

that a wave was coming, they’ve been much more quiet. If you’d asked me that a week ago, I would have had a different

If anything, me getting the

to batten the hatches,] I predict. [We’ll be the same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during

gotten word of this wave faster than ever before. A huge win! There should be enough time to get our farms and

be then, Sarah. Good luck with everything out here. Don’t hesitate to come and find me

says. [I’m okay. I wasn’t happy about how things ended, but I know there’s no one to blame for it. I’m… happier now

[Sounds good to me.]

her a friendly wave, and a wave to the rest of the patrol as well before I head on my merry way. There’s a ton of

think the pain would be getting better over time, or I’d

just so persistent, it

the Dungeon. If I’m not careful, I find my feet are