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.

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

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

efficiency has really gone up,”

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

duty when Solant… and you… took them out. Originally, we’d wanted them to have at least reached this stage

I crazy, or is the mist more potent as

difficult to describe. Wherever it touches the 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 the ceiling and walls,

slime consumed. If they aren’t ahead of that curve, then they need to

ahead of that curve

take another evolution before

Huh…

my pets, which is fabulous! I can’t wait to see what their Levels are like once this rampage

really are going crazy over there. The shockwaves from the continuous explosions, punches and the shrieks of Crinis’ victims are absolutely deafening. I think I might need to head over there and

a minute, I’m just going to

course. N-not at all,

scouts are more than happy to let me, remaining behind with the small team of

find that things are as busy as I thought they

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

moly! Why didn’t you tell me

FIGHT!] Tiny roars,

It ssssshall be minessssss,]

[DIEEEEEEEE!] Crinis screams.

getting a bit greedy. That’s fine, we can

help out, and I’ll do my best to

agree, while Crinis continues to shriek and fight, a forest of tendrils lashing out

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