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,

go poorly.

if you’ll lead the

“O-of course!”

head of the troops? Or do we start 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 take a few more. The troops behind

bit more. They creep along

I’m moving too slowly,

fighting ahead of me turn and retreat, rushing past me in a blur as the ravenous monsters behind them chase

NOW WHAT?

Do I strike?

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

some gravity magic, slow the enemy down for the rest

what if they’re counting on me not doing that? DAMMIT! This is giving me a headache. The monsters are almost on top of

make a 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

Claws scratch, teeth scrape, blows rain down on me ceaselessly. Protected by my absurdly tough, compressed diamond carapace, reinforced by the plating beneath and constantly regenerating,

health slowly trickles down, I feel a little more calm knowing that I won’t get instantly annihilated at least. I can feel the ants engaging the enemy around me, acid fills the air, a non-trivial amount

ant has acid tough enough to eat through my carapace, I’d love to meet them. In fact, it’s possible a nice acid wash will give my exterior an even more impressive

doing something wrong continues to eat away at me, and every second, I question whether or not I should

OOF!

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