Chrysalis

Chapter 1193

[Holy moly, Enid! Don’t scare me like that!]

[Don’t scare you like that?] Enid squawked. [You damn near killed an old woman, you buffoon! I thought my heart was going to stop….]

[I’m not that scary looking. Crinis says I’m very handsome.]

[You’re enormous! And purple! Your mandibles are the same size as my bed! You knew damn well you were going to take me by surprise hanging off the roof like that.]

The gigantic monster scratched itself on the head with one of those enormous antennae. As thick around as a man’s leg and as long as a house was wide. It didn’t feel like that long ago since Enid had last seen him, but Anthony had changed an enormous amount.

[Your last evolution really was a big change,] she said. [I can’t believe how different you look.]

For want of a better word, the ant preened, cleaning his antennae and shifting to bounce the light off his carapace.

[Well. I did put on a lot of size. Gotta boost that Might somehow.]

[It’s not just that. Step back a little, let me get a good look at you.]

[What?]

[Go on, back up.]

hesitation, Anthony took a few steps back and

fifteen and twenty metres long, and possibly eight tall, at her estimate. Each leg was an absurd length, so thick they didn’t look like they

transformed into something else altogether. A deep, shimmering purple, somewhat opaque, so that she almost felt as if she could peer into it, darkening to black as it grew thicker. Light seemed to ripple as it played across the material that comprised the carapace, as if

large person was tall, they weren’t the stubby, somewhat blunt gripping tools she saw on the mages and healers. No, these were deadly weapons

pretty much see the lines that separated them. Some were clearly larger than

know I’m magnificent, but this is getting awkward. You didn’t call me up here just to take a gander at my

I’ve never seen a tier seven monster, let alone a mythic one before. I thought I should take a good look while I had the

aren’t dead

[No thanks to you!]

Ah, the healers

team of ants scurried into the chamber, five of them, rushing toward her and immediately poking and prodding

going

to wave them away, but they ignored her, and she

is your doing, isn’t it?] she demanded of

by the crew. We can’t have you dying on

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255