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

w-w-w-will

she’s

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 mana

SEE EVERYTHING!” Brilliant roared. “I

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

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

the entire room in a second. Brilliant

chamber had been built to withstand

five minutes before the room stopped shaking

we get a

here,” Brilliant said, emerging from

course you are…” Experimant

want to know

“Not really-”

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

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

all of you out of the cages. We’ve got

our sensor arrays melted?” Experimant grumbled as she helped the rest of the lab-ants

got a good look at

then realised she said it out loud,

brain, that is. Come on! We are on the verge of a breakthrough after this one, I

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

come on… YES!” Brilliant punched the air with her two front legs as an array embedded

running to the next. In short order, she’d either repaired

at this! LOOK AT IT! The kick of power we got by infusing the liquid mana

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