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.

cages,” Experimant replied as she snatched up the smaller ant, threw her on her back and

who w-w-w-will save the

think she’s

through the underground pipelines and into the gate matrix. As predicted, the

SEE EVERYTHING!” Brilliant roared. “I CAN SEE IT

spire, so close to the unstable mass of power she could reach out and touch it. Within her heart, Experimant said a quick farewell to

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

entire room in a second. Brilliant never

chamber had been built to withstand magic detonations, but that last

room stopped shaking

a quick headcount?

here,” Brilliant said, emerging from

you are…” Experimant said

want to know how

“Not really-”

a front leg. “And that was the best experiment we’ve run so far! The results were

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

out of the cages.

grumbled as she helped the

I got a good look at what

said it out loud, went to apologise, then

My brain, that is. Come on! We

raced off in the dust and began rummaging about, shouting and exclaiming all the while. Assistant hesitantly

come on, come on… YES!” Brilliant punched the air with her two front legs as an array embedded into a reinforced stone pillar

In short order, she’d either repaired or fatally damaged all ten of the outer detectors and

mana was just what we needed. See these readings? Are

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