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…

look great, but I had to test it out against

way to achieve a more graceful hovering pose. Eventually, Sarah

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

again when she mentions the floating, but

I evolved. I can create localised gravity wells with it that I

Tha-that’s… super neat.

a

of the gravity… across… across your b-body. That way you’ll be… a

way her fur is 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 in. I appreciate the

I just wanted to test it

was just so

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

have the ka’armodo been active along the border recently?

quiet. If you’d asked me that a week ago, I would have had a different answer for you. Clashes between patrols,

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

predict. [We’ll be the same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during

huge win! There should be enough time to get our farms and defences ready for the insanity to come, though

everything out here. Don’t hesitate to come and find me if

she 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 than I have

[Sounds good to me.]

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

be getting better over time, or I’d be getting used to

is just so persistent,

out of my mind, it comes roaring back when I least expect it, demanding I go deeper into the Dungeon.