Chrysalis

Gweheheh. Feeling a little heavy over there? Is your guilty conscience weighing you down?

Or is it the weight of the gravity well I’ve snuck underneath the stadium yoinking you down to the ground?!

Muahahahahaha!

It’s not as if I even need to do it. I could turn their entire half of the pitch to muck and bury them in it, or wash them away with a solid wave of water without having to bind the Endless to the ground, but I’m doing it anyway.

They dare to try and poison the great me?! I have no choice but to exact terrible vengeance!

At the same time, I also want to get this match over with. The Call is ridiculously painful and I’m desperate to leave this stratum and get deeper into the Dungeon as soon as possible.

At this rate, I might end up calling Brilliant to warp me out of the Stadium in front of the whole crowd the moment the match is done. I’m struggling over here!

I’ve got three more turns of offence, which I’ll obviously skip. I’ve scored a point already, all I need to do is prevent those hatchlings from scoring one and I win anyway.

Let’s get this over with!

When everything is set for the next round, I smash the ball immediately, and then smash my mandibles together in another display of primal intimidation. The crowd loves it, so I give them a little sugar, waving my antennae toward the seats and ensuring every corner of the stadium gets a look at my best profile angles.

Time to humble some hatchlings again.

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idea why we’re being pulled down into the ground when the

their opponent across the pitch. “Doubtless they are using a type of mana that is banned, something advanced that is creating this downward

sure they have to,” Leonidant muttered. “The Eldest is much stronger

and there lies our hope of victory. The Eldest will complete their final offensive round before we do. If we

be a

her mandibles

fed the Eldest shows some

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offensive possession, but the Great One has been giving them no room to move, no room to breathe in these last few

and so far, the Endless just don’t seem to have an answer. Their legs appear almost glued to the ground with indecision, something we generally

Another new look from them, very wide

round, and just what the Eldest is planning to do, we’ve seen different mana types from

we go! IMMEDIATE wall of fire! Look at

can’t believe how fast that was, and it’s within regulation height as

forehead as I speak. What’s the reply

to work! The Eldest is pumping so much mana into that fire the stone and dirt is becoming red hot the moment they draw too close. If they can’t quell the