Chrysalis

No more mucking around. I want to power up my allies, and we’ve been dithering around on the plains and in the tunnels. Why bother?! There’s an enormous feast of experience just waiting for us to go and claim it!

I’m of course talking about the rampaging demon army.

We rush down into the caverns below Roklu, heading deeper and smashing everything in our way. Tiny is hopping up and down like a kid on Christmas morning, anticipating the fight to come. When we break down to the second layer, little sparks are flying off his fur. He usually isn’t too keen on the long climb down the pillar, but he literally jumps at it this time. This ape is just too simple.

The city we pass through, I never bothered to learn the name, is starting to fall apart at the seams. There’s rubble all over the place and a number of tier six demons are running wild, causing absolute havoc.

I’ve no idea who the city lord is, they’ve never stuck their nose out when I’ve been passing through, and that continues to be the case now. Whoever they are, they really need to get their act together.

Aside from a pride demon who runs up to challenge Tiny, we make it across the plate without too much trouble so Invidia and I make a platform to take us down the rest of the way.

It’s hard work considering all the extra mass I bring to the table now, but the two of us working together are able to handle it. Once we reach the plains, rather than moving in the opposite direction from where mother encountered the horde, we head straight for it.

[Got an entire stratum full of crazy monsters who want nothing more than a fight. Sounds like a perfect power levelling opportunity to me.]

[A-aren’t there too many of them, Master? Also, there are many tier six monsters as well….]

[Yeah, the three of you couldn’t take on the lot of them by yourselves. I mean, I could.]

Probably.

[So what we’ll do is hit and run. Smash and grab. We dive in, hit the horde as hard as we can, then scadoo out of there as quick as we can. If it looks like they might catch up and tangle us, I’ll drop a gravity bomb to create some space. Sound good?]

of them nod

wipe away your drool, man, that’s

as he drags one thick, furry arm across his

to pull back and get it repaired. There’s way too many demons that can hit a lot harder than

suit isn’t as complete as what he was wearing before, but it still gives a lot of protection to his chest, upper arms and neck. Anything to make the glass cannon a little bit harder to crack. His bones have proven to

up from the layer below anymore, at least not here, but we catch signs of them in a nearby city. When the pillar

It’s on like Donkey-Kong!

forward to find the demons still all over the pillar and crowded

tell the others, [we need to rotate around and hit them from the other side. We can’t retreat toward the

little bit of wisdom, from me?

drag him at one point. The demons are already starting to trail away, looking for a

get one,

[Alright, Tiny. Get ‘em!]

“AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!”

any longer, unleashes a stone-shattering warcry, pounding his chest with his open palms. When he leans forward and smashes the ground with his

he gets more than you, I’ll

I’LL GET

stone. A moment later, a wave of slithering shadow flesh is rolling across the plains, three enormous

Well, that’s horrifying.

best to keep Tiny alive, but I want you to make sure you get your share of experience, alright?] I tell Invidia, who remains

praissssse. I ssssshall

want it,