Chrysalis

Chapter 1183

What to do? Do I tell them I can’t remember the plan? Would that impact my dignity as the Eldest? Maybe I’ll just play along and hope for the best. What’s the worst that could go wrong?

“Do we all understand?”

“Of course.”

“No problem.”

“Simple.”

….

“It’s straightforward, I like it,” I declare with every scrap of confidence I can muster. “I’ll leave it to you to coordinate with the generals at the front.”

“I understand.”

Solant is all business, solemn and serious as she goes about plying her particular trade. When we arrive, she goes straight to the generals and begins an in-depth conversation about what she wants to do that I immediately lose track of, but they seem to follow okay.

Following that, she moves around the resting troops, ensuring they understand what to do, drawing little diagrams and even running a few drills until she’s happy that they’ll move the way she wants them to.

The entire time, all I hear in my mind is static. This is a problem.

do, I run out of time. Standing on the front line as the soldiers, scouts, mages and healers ahead of

could go poorly. My

lead

“O-of course!”

with an acid barrage? She talked about acid, I’m sure of it…. Or magic? Was I supposed to deploy my domain, or a gravity well? I DON’T

corrects me I take a few more. The troops behind me begin to shuffle

forward a bit more. They creep along

But now I’m worried that I’m moving too

of me turn and retreat, rushing past

NOW WHAT?

Do I strike?

chomp, but I hesitate. Would that ruin the plan? I don’t want to unravel the strategy! The whole

should unleash some gravity magic, slow the enemy down for the rest of the ants to deal with?

me not doing that? DAMMIT! This is giving me a headache. The monsters are

move, I do the only thing I can think of: I tuck my legs under my body, bury my head in the rock and accept my fate. If I can’t decide what I should do, then I shall do nothing! Clearly, this is the best course

my carapace. Claws scratch, teeth scrape, blows rain down on me ceaselessly. Protected by my absurdly tough, compressed diamond carapace, reinforced by

a little more calm knowing that I won’t get instantly annihilated at least. I can feel the

love to meet them. In fact, it’s possible a nice acid wash will

at me, and every second, I

OOF!

What the heck? Judging by the mana I can feel, an earth elemental just clobbered me with one of its boulders, hard enough to create some cracking in my shell. Lousy sentient collection

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