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.

their presence felt. I’m too far away to hear the command be issued, but in short order, the

and fire. Huge jets of concentrated formic acid rise into the air, then hang for a moment, before they begin to descend. I wouldn’t describe it as a rain of acid necessarily, or even a deluge. It’s more like the

themselves, megalitres of formic acid crash down on their heads,

now, but sadly, the scouts who specialise in this sort of long

a safe distance, still hoovering in mana and

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

bubbles begin to rise as the dark liquid stirs ominously. More and more bubbles rise, and soon, the entire pool is

gas as the fluid in contact with the shield itself is immediately vaporised. I can already sense the surging ash within the flames. The three demons

intense than they were before. Things aren’t going according to plan, and I

seems to burn around Torrifex as he seethes with fury, his skin

column of pure ash, the aura of destruction emanating from her is so thick even

air around her has become tainted red. Each of her blades glows bright, twisting around her as if each has

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 are the demons who live in

fury, a torrent of fire and ash and rage that covers

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

melting, pushed to the limit, each of my dozens of mind constructs is frantically working to draw in mana and add it

to become hard to control as I pack more and more power into it. To provide enough power, I had to create a gravity mana construct, and that thing is positively humming with all the raw mana I’m pumping into

watching as the precious, precious energy refills rapidly. With this many