Chrysalis

Hmph.

I have crushed their will. I can see it in their eyes, I can sense it through the Vestibule and I can smell it in the air. The hope has been drained out of the Endless and I take no joy in it.

A little pride, perhaps, but certainly no joy.

It would be a thing of Dark Anthony to enjoy the demolition of this team and their talented, skillful leader, humbling them in front of this enormous audience…..

Yesssssss. It feeelssss good!

NO! Down, dark one! I reject you utterly!

Next tiiiiiiiime. I’m alwaysssssssss waiiiiiiiting…….

Phew, that was close.

Can never be too careful in these situations. Dark Anthony never truly sleeps, but keeps one eye open, watching for a moment of weakness. I will not subject my siblings to that evil!

Still, it’s plain as day that the match is over. I have one more offence, which I will skip, thank you very much. I don’t enjoy the sensation of unbearable pain any more than the next person.

After that, I can stuff the Endless into their little box and drag them down to the fourth, where I can finally relax.

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CRUNCH!

ROAAAAAARRR!

her

only need to score against us once, since we can’t

at the other members of the team and noted the unusual air around them. She almost couldn’t find a word to describe it. This was

Despondent?

before, that was true, but more than that, they had never been

But she did.

“Solant. What’s the plan?”

always had

carefully. “There is no plan. Play naturally, in formation, and react to my instructions when

Leonidant was confused.

a plan,

her scout, “is not a plan, but more

“But can we score?”

said, emphatically. “Believe that completely. We

at

yourselves. At the very end, have pride

was all it took to firm their resolve. The Endless took their positions for the final

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comes down, to this. One final offence, one final attack, to save the unbeatable reputation of the Endless. They

Staring them across the pitch, the Eldest is clearly done with this game. All the antics, the strategies, the tactics, so far, it hasn’t meant anything in the

ever be able to say that the Endless didn’t lose to a worthy opponent. There isn’t a single team I’ve ever seen, not the Pink Blitz at the height

wisest and strongest in the entire Colony. We may be

formation. I’m sure they have something planned, but this is about as plain an attacking look as I’ve ever seen from them. Surely they

overwhelming strength they’ve been fighting, but if there were one team who would rather their carapace break than lose, I’m

possession of the ball, very high up in the formation, right behind the two

the midline, and the Eldest waits in their own half. I can feel mana churning once again, something

backs of her two charging soldiers in a classic chariot strategy,