Chrysalis

I don’t even need to look to know where we’ve landed. Before sight returns to my eyes, I heave a sigh of relief.

Through my Vestibule, a torrent of energy floods in. The Nave hums with power, and soon enough, the Altar begins to rapidly fill. That’s not all. My fatigue washes away, my acid and regeneration gland replenish at absurd speed, allowing me to trigger another wave of healing that makes my body thrum with vigour.

That crazy little ant actually pulled it off. She told me she was getting close to mastering dimensional travel, that the Colony would soon have gates, but her ability to pop in and out of places was growing stronger all the time.

Before, she was able to take me along with her, but now she can bring along a few more for the ride.

Tiny, Invidia, Crinis and Al have all made it back safely through the dimensional jump. We’ve arrived back at the top of the third stratum, between two cities held by the Colony. Safety.

Of course, us five weren’t the only ones Brilliant managed to bring back.

Not far away, Torrifex, Somonax and Pyrixan stand enraged and confused. I can’t blame them for that, being whipped through dimensions is more than a little unnerving. Disorienting doesn’t really cover it either. If I were to describe it, I’d say it’s kind of like having your brain pulled inside out and then snapped back the right way. It’s going to take them a moment to recover, and I’m glad for it. I need to get some HP back.

Of course, I’ll be able to fire the regeneration gland every minute or so, considering how many ants are around. There are millions of them, and they aren’t even that far away.

In fact, there’s several hundred thousand arrayed all around us.

presence felt. I’m too far away to hear

and fire. Huge jets of concentrated formic acid rise into the air, then hang for a

down on their heads, obscuring them from sight.

scouts who specialise in this sort of long range bombardment

a safe distance, still hoovering in mana and churning it through constructs, preparing my

welcome will certainly hurt the massive demons, but I don’t think it’ll be enough to destroy them. I need to

acid lake, bubbles begin to rise as the dark liquid stirs ominously. More and more bubbles rise,

the fluid in contact with the shield itself is immediately vaporised. I can

trio emerge into the open, their suffocating auras batter into me, even more intense than they were before.

around Torrifex as he seethes with fury, his skin shifting and bubbling as the fire

ash, the aura of destruction emanating from her is so thick even the acid vapour is dissolved

the most terrifying. Her bloodlust has become so thick the air around her has become tainted red. Each of her blades glows bright, twisting around her as if each

intimidating sight, but the Colony didn’t only bring ants to this party. From the encircling army emerges a host of demons, almost all of them tier six. These

a torrent of fire and ash and rage that covers the

pain in the backzone. After the torrid fight we’ve been through, they can’t be in their peak condition, but even so, I know that this won’t

brains feel like they’re melting, pushed to the limit, each of my dozens of mind constructs

control as I pack more and more power into it. To provide enough power, I

as the precious, precious energy refills rapidly. With