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.

she snatched up the smaller ant, threw her on her back and rushed to the

who w-w-w-will

she’s beyond

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

roared. “I CAN

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

“L-l-leader! Be c-c-careful!”

“BAH! CALL ME BRILLI-”

the entire room in a

cover as stone and debris rained down from above. The chamber had been built to withstand magic detonations, but

five minutes before the room stopped shaking and Experimant felt

a

here,” Brilliant said, emerging

you are…” Experimant

to

“Not really-”

on the carapace with a front leg.

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

out of the cages. We’ve

as she helped the rest

But that’s fine, I got a good look at what they were

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

necessary. My brain, that is. Come on! We are on the verge of a breakthrough

exclaiming all the while. Assistant hesitantly made

Brilliant punched the air with her two front legs as an array embedded into a reinforced stone pillar flickered to life. “Someone extract the data

the next. In short order,

power we got by infusing the liquid mana was

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