Chrysalis

Chapter 1136

“MORE POWER, DAMMIT!”

“We don’t have any more! We don’t have the power!”

“It’s so close. So close! Empty the tanks, we need every drop!”

“But… but that’s madness!”

“It’s not madness… it’s BRILLIANT!”

Electricity crackled, lightning flashed and sparks fell like rain from overhead as the ants scurried to follow the orders of their leader. Atop her observation spire, Brilliant cackled, her mandibles snapping together in a staccato rhythm as the flashes and explosions lit her from below, projecting her demented shadow onto the wall.

“Th-th-the b-backup m-m-matrix is collapsing!” Assistant whimpered.

“It’s fine, we have three backups!”

“This IS the third backup!” Experimant roared.

“Not to worry, I installed a secret fourth backup matrix and didn’t tell you!”

“That’s just a lie, isn’t it?!”

Another explosion rocked the chamber and Brilliant teetered on the edge of her spire, a hair's breadth from losing her grip and falling into the swirling maelstrom of light below. The many-faceted eyes of the mage were filled with an unearthly glow, and for a long moment, Experimant was convinced she’d finally lost her mind.

“Dump the tanks and then hit the cages!” she shouted and hundreds of lab ants rushed to follow her orders.

“Th-th-th-th-th-this will overflow the matrix for sure!” Assistant said.

you to the cages,” Experimant replied as she snatched up the smaller ant,

who w-w-w-will save the

think she’s

volatile substance flowing through the underground pipelines and into the gate matrix. As predicted, the matrix blew almost instantly,

CAN SEE EVERYTHING!” Brilliant roared. “I

reach out and touch it. Within her heart, Experimant said a quick farewell to the disturbed genius as Assistant cried out

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

room in a second.

cover as stone and debris rained down from above. The chamber had been built to

before the room stopped shaking

we get a

here,” Brilliant said, emerging

are…”

you want to know

“Not really-”

leg. “And that was the best

“Y-y-you're alive?” Assistant mumbled.

on, all of you out of the cages. We’ve

all of our sensor arrays melted?” Experimant grumbled as she

got a good look at what they

she said

Come on!

shouting and exclaiming all the while. Assistant hesitantly made her way from the

her two front legs as an array

refused to work, she savaged it with a bite before running to the next. In short order, she’d either repaired or fatally damaged all ten of the outer detectors and started poring over the printed scent-pages of

kick of power we got by infusing the liquid mana was just what we needed. See these readings? Are you seeing this!? Look at the

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