Chrysalis

Gweheheh, with the ball reinforced like this, I won’t break the damn thing in my mandibles. If I’m not sabotaging myself, I really wonder how my little opponents can possibly hope to handle me?

With the ball gripped firmly (but not too firmly!) in my mandibles, I begin to stride forward. The Endless are arrayed before me and I can already feel them trying to attack the ball and break it down from within the shell I’ve constructed for it.

No chance!

I dedicate a group of mind constructs to maintaining the ball and prepare to finish this attack in the least possible time. With the Call yanking at me, I don’t want to be up here any longer than I need to be, even if my adoring public is enjoying seeing me go to work as much as they are.

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“They’re coming,” Washingtant said, intently watching the Eldest’s movements.

“Let’s see what they have in store for us,” Solant replied. “Continue the magic attack, we need to be testing the Eldest’s resources, even if it seems like we aren’t getting anywhere. The more we learn about our opponent, the stronger we become.”

Up front, the two soldiers, Sumant and Taylant, grit their mandibles and dug in their claws.

After the first hit they’d received from the Eldest, they weren’t optimistic about their ability to take any more. The difference in size and power was plain for anyone to see.

Thankfully, Solant had developed a strategy that didn’t rely on them to hold their gigantic sibling back.

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“Ball gripped tight, the Great One is lowering their stance.”

we saw earlier! I can practically feel the Eldest pulling in their energy

BOOOOOOM!

ROAAAAAR!

cannot describe what

a cloud of dust and stone has filled the pit! There's destruction and chaos down there! What

carnage. The Endless are fine, if a little confused, I want to assure the listeners of that, but the stone wall of the pit behind them is a shattered ruin.

aside the boulders as if they weren’t even there, the Eldest stands tall and defiant! A charge so fast, we couldn’t even see it! A charge so strong, even the stone wall couldn’t resist

moved to one side of the pitch, getting out of the way as officials descend to reconstruct the pit.

the ball gripped in their mandibles as they proudly march back

twice, leading to no points scored, and now we see them shatter the touchline, which obviously means no points are scored.

this be successful in rattling the mental solidarity of the Endless? They’re an indomitable team, but they’ve

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sure if I can block a charge

being able to pin down the Eldest anyway,” Solant

going to start to score, because it seems like

her. “We still have cards to play. Besides, our best hope in

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those apples. An altar infused charge, smashing through five metres of solid reinforced rock. It wasn’t easy to spot a path through them so I

Heh.

take a look at that

….

What? WHERE’S MY POINT?!

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