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 rushed to the blast

who w-w-w-will save

think she’s

substance flowing through the underground pipelines and into the gate matrix. As predicted, the matrix blew almost instantly, rocking the chamber once more and sending deadly blasts of unstable

Brilliant roared. “I CAN SEE IT

reach out and touch

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

flashed white, then expanded rapidly, enveloping the entire room in a second. Brilliant never got a chance to complete

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

the room stopped shaking

a quick headcount? Sound

here,” Brilliant said, emerging from the

course you are…” Experimant

you want to know how I

“Not really-”

the carapace with a front leg. “And that was the best

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

Come on, all of you out of

as she helped the rest of the lab-ants emerge from

the main ones. But that’s fine, I got

it, then?” Experimant said, then realised she said it out loud,

need,” Brilliant remarked off hand, “I can project it if necessary. My brain, that is. Come

off in the dust and began rummaging about, shouting and exclaiming all the while. Assistant hesitantly made her way from the perimeter as the rest of the staff

her two front legs as an array embedded into a

short order, she’d either repaired or fatally damaged all

liquid mana

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