Chrysalis

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!

Ah, the satisfying feeling of having my face hands clapping fools. The monsters of the fourth stratum are tough, there’s no doubt about that, but these are all spawned during the wave, without enough evolutions or mutations to really threaten a highly developed monster like me.

A mass of boulders rumbles towards me, acting in harmony as if connected by some invisible force. An earth elemental?

Chomp!

I shatter it.

“Skreeeeee!”

A feathered worm bursts out of the soil in front of me.

Chomp!

Not today, worm!

A weird, dinosaur-looking thing charges at me, waggling its little arms.

Chomp! Chomp!

Needed two that time!

me. Part of that is likely my ant nature, and the

bite all these monsters one by one, which is why Gandalf brought us awesome

VOID CHOMP!

up with a scorching blast of Dragon’s Breath, the hyper-potent jet of flame superheating even the rock of the tunnel wall. There’s a lot of spells I haven’t juiced up with the Altar to see their full effects, and this

Neat.

the tunnel down? The ants aren’t going to be able to advance and retake the next layer of walls at this rate, but if

leave it. Someone with a clearer head on their shoulders can make those sorts of decisions, my work here is

I have to be careful with those now. My antennae have become

you lot will be able to get

we don’t seal the tunnels and close

as fast as it has thanks to our successful defence against, and harnessing of, the wave. How many thousands upon thousands of Biomass are being harvested in the second and third strata right now? How many cores? All of that is fed back into our growth, powering

but I have

combat is the fastest and most effective way to train your Skills, as well. With every wave, we supercharge

back to the command centre only to find a horde of reinforcements rushing down a

“I assume–?”

“Hurry up!” Victor yells.

a little bit,

tunnels, helping to roll back the encroaching

hawks, especially their leader. They study everything, discussing amongst themselves as they develop ideas and strategies together. When I feel it’s safe, I bring them forward and give them a taste of the fighting, along with a taste of the

battle down here is truly endless, as one would expect during a wave. No matter how far back I push the hordes of ravenous beasts, they

even more frenetic than usual. In fact,

to work