Chrysalis

Chapter 1243

“Wuff, wuff, wuff.”

I don’t know why, but these new pets the shapers have designed seem to have such a positive outlook on life. There’s a gleam of simple joy in their eyes as they wibble and wobble about the place, soaking up vile goop and emitting their mist.

After evolving, they’re a bit bigger, but not by as much as I expected. It makes sense on reflection, what would they need Might for? Or toughness? They have one job, and all their evolutionary energy can go into that.

“Why did you make these guys so cheerful?” I ask Bella as my comrades continue to go to war against the enraged fifth stratum beasts in the background.

“Do they… need your help?” she replies, looking nervously over my shoulder.

“I’m sure they’re fine.”

“There seems to be a lot of screaming….”

“That’s the slugs.”

I do check before I reply, of course I do, but I snatch my senses away as quickly as I can. Even still, I continue to hear Crinis raving in my mind.

[FILTH! YOU DARE CONTAMINATE THE MASTER’S AIR! I WILL RIP UNTIL YOU CAN BE RIPPED NO MORE!]

Shudder.

“Well… we didn’t, really. I don’t think we spent any time shaping their personalities at all. Perhaps it’s come about as a result of their function?”

“What, as cleaners?”

She shrugs helplessly with her antennae.

I legitimately can’t explain it. For whatever reason, they have just…

pile of foul, noxious slime they can find and soaking it up like

efficiency has really gone up,” I

probably closer than we would have liked. Invidia hisses with satisfaction as

had evolved just enough to perform their duty when Solant… and you… took them out. Originally, we’d wanted them to have at least reached this

or is the mist more potent

poisonous gas, the two just seem to… cancel each other out. As it rises into the air and reaches the strings of mucus attached to

of slime consumed. If they aren’t

they ahead of that

another evolution before they are just ahead

Huh…

fabulous! I can’t wait to see what their Levels are like once this rampage is done. Fingers crossed they’ll

continuous explosions, punches and the shrieks of Crinis’ victims are absolutely deafening. I think I might

for a minute, I’m just going

course. N-not at all,

me, remaining behind with the small team of shapers they’ve brought with them, the actual ‘masters’,

find that things are as busy as I

a tsunami of sludge, slime, frogs and slugs. The tunnel is full

Why didn’t you tell me it was

FIGHT!] Tiny roars,

It ssssshall be minessssss,] Invidia

[DIEEEEEEEE!] Crinis screams.

a bit greedy. That’s fine, we

help out, and I’ll do my best to make sure that I’m not taking too much of

fight, a forest of tendrils lashing out at the monsters ahead of

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