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.

replied as she snatched up

w-w-w-will

she’s beyond

As predicted,

Brilliant roared. “I CAN

to the unstable mass of power she could reach out and touch it.

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

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

cages, the ants ducked for cover as stone and debris rained down from above. The chamber had been built to withstand magic detonations, but that last one had

room stopped shaking and Experimant

we get a quick

said, emerging

are…”

want to know how I

“Not really-”

herself on the carapace with a front leg. “And

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

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

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

ones. But that’s fine, I got a good

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

is. Come on! We

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

with her two front legs as an array embedded into a

rushed off to another one. When that 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

AT IT! The kick of power we got by infusing the liquid mana was just what we needed. See these readings? Are you seeing

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