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.”

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

BOOOOOOM!

ROAAAAAR!

it is! Once again, I simply cannot describe what is

of dust and stone has filled the pit! There's destruction and chaos

want to assure the listeners of that, but the stone wall of the pit behind them is a

stands tall! Shouldering aside the boulders as if they weren’t even there, the Eldest stands tall and defiant! A

side of the pitch, getting out of the way as officials descend to reconstruct the pit. We’ve often seen damage to the pit during play, but not quite

Eldest still has the ball gripped in their mandibles as they proudly march back toward their own end. What

Endless. Previously, we saw them shatter the ball twice, leading to no points scored, and now we see them shatter the touchline, which obviously means no points are scored. I almost feel as if

is going to persist with this strategy, refusing to score even though they obviously could. Will this be successful in rattling the mental solidarity of the Endless? They’re an indomitable team, but they’ve never been on the

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not sure if I can block a charge I can’t

of us being able to pin down the Eldest

wondered, “is when the Eldest is going to start to score, because it seems like we don’t have any way to

best hope in this game

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metres of solid reinforced rock. It wasn’t easy to spot a path through them so I didn’t end up hurting anyone, but those little

Heh.

a look at

….

What? WHERE’S MY POINT?!

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