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.

of time. Standing on the front line as the soldiers, scouts, mages and healers ahead of me prepare to fall back, I still have absolutely no idea what I’m

go poorly. My

lead the way,”

“O-of course!”

at the 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 DON’T

when nobody corrects me I take a few more. The troops behind me begin to shuffle forward and I gain a

creep forward a bit more. They creep along

But now I’m worried that I’m moving too slowly, or

until the ants fighting ahead of me turn and retreat,

NOW WHAT?

Do I strike?

Would that ruin the plan? I don’t want to unravel the strategy! The whole point of this exercise is to train Solant and let her practise her

some gravity magic, slow the enemy down

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

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 of

begin to batter at my carapace. Claws scratch, teeth scrape, blows rain down on me ceaselessly. Protected by my

won’t get instantly annihilated at least. I can feel the ants engaging the

love to meet them. In fact, it’s possible a

continues to eat away at me, and every second, I question whether

OOF!

earth elemental just clobbered me with one of its boulders, hard enough to create

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