Chrysalis

Chapter 1244

“Something strange is happening,” Zluth said, his voice burbling as if rising from the depths of a particularly thick bog.

“Oh?” Shozzl replied, not particularly interested.

Zluth continued to operate the array with his numerous, spindly limbs as he leaned closer to the readout.

“Many of our monsters are being lost under D-6. Too many.”

“Which mountain is D-6 again?”

“It’s next to D-5.”

“I know it’s next to D-5, you slimeless stooge. How does that help me?”

The fierce, primal anger that dwelt within all his kind boiled up in Zluth now, hissing within his slug flesh. He suppressed it. Those who surrendered to the rage too often soon found it became more difficult to resist. It was hard to find a role within the tribe when one had a nasty habit of biting off the heads of one’s partners. And those without a role were meat for the pits.

“D-5 is claimed by the tree, huccop,” he spat, a thick wave of mucus overflowing from his mouth. “Remember now?”

previously drooped on the end of Shozzl’s eyestalks.

Even now, she defies

turned one stalk to monitor his partner. She was

deflected, folding away the device and sliding it within the folds

“I won’t,” Shozzl declared.

more allowing herself to sink back into the bubbling acid pool. He cursed. Of all the Krath he could have been partnered with for

be forced to report

words would have melted a human

the Blubbeast, perhaps you will find your

of the acid with a chilling shriek, eyestalks blazing red with her mindless anger, and Zluth raised his limbs

stomach roiled unpleasantly as he slithered through the slime-soaked

Zluth’s digestive tract groaned and contorted in pain as it was eaten away and reformed itself, struggling to break down

to himself, checking

Slee were aware, this mountain was empty except for those useless termites. Having collected useful samples already,

to the disturbance, Zluth began to move more stealthily, elongating his body to ten times its original length and burrowing himself into the ooze. Faster and more agile than a slime-snake,

through the slime and even the rock below.

his pace and retracted his stalks, bringing his eyes close to his own acidic flesh. He stuck to the shadows and the deeper pools, cautiously advancing, wanting to see

slime and triggered this rage. Except that didn’t explain why it was still going on. The monsters of the fifth were inherently superior

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