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 down…

had to test it out against the lizard enemy when I had a chance! Such an opportunity doesn’t

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

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

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

the gravity magic Skill after I evolved. I can create localised gravity wells with

super neat.

a

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

end and the expression on her face, as if she’s got a fat salmon wedged in

I just wanted to test it when I had the

sorry. It was just

conversation back to more serious topics. The sooner we can leave this incident

ka’armodo been active along the

recently,] she says, trying to match my tone. [Ever since we received word that a wave was coming, they’ve been much more quiet. If you’d asked me

sense. Tensions were rising here when I left for the fourth and nothing had really happened to cool them down. If anything, me getting the Colony involved in the little proxy war they had going with the Mother Tree was a

same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during

than ever before. A huge win! There should be enough time to get our farms and defences ready for the

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

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

[Sounds good to me.]

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 things to do around the place, and I'm having trouble trying to work out on my own exactly where the Colony would like me to

over time, or I’d be getting

Call is just so

go deeper into the Dungeon. If I’m not careful, I find my feet are already moving before I can think about