Chrysalis

Chapter 1358

It’s nice to have the full council around. How long has it been since I saw them all together in one place? Even Antionette and Victoriant are here, now majestic tier six queens, with huge gasters for generating many, high-quality eggs.

It’s actually the two Queens who speak up next.

“Things have been going well up there,” Antionette tells the Council. “We’ve expanded to over twenty antcademies, with satellite nests built around each of them in the second stratum. However, we are beginning to push against claimed territory.”

“Haven’t we taken a lot of ‘claimed territory’?” I ask.

“We have, but that was claimed by independent city states, which are now part of the Colony.”

Good for them.

“We are now brushing against parts of the Dungeon claimed by the major powers, and we don’t want to antagonise them.”

I mean… we could…. No, that’s probably a bad idea. Prosper in peace. This is the way.

“How are the… uh… former independent cities doing? They’ve come into the fold alright?”

“Well…” Victoriant shifts a little uncomfortably. “For the most part, yes, but the cities who were… persuaded… by the crusade…”

Good lord. What did those crazy priests do in there? Are those people suffering from trauma? Do they resent their ant overlords?

the problem

them were almost depopulated due to the residents volunteering to become

the opposite problem. How the heck did

there, I guess. How about the Antcademies? How

with me. Theresant and Florence are in attendance, each of them resplendent, tier five Brood

clacking her mandibles with obvious

and growth have resulted in us uncovering what we believe to be the best possible combinations. A fully grown hatchling has a significant statistical advantage over where they used to be, and their builds are much

on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen.

them what they want to learn, right? You don’t just force them to

when we ask them what they want to be, the first question they ask is what we

Obviously, they’re ants.

can’t just fold at the first obstacle! You’ve got to

of course. Usually, this results in them trying to divide themselves up according to what they think the Colony needs. They get quite grumpy about

life seems pointless when they can’t really be happy unless they feel like they’re contributing to

are the Brood Tenders handling things? No problems? You have

without seeming tired at all, “but things are starting to slow down a little now. There’s less expansion happening in the first and second stratum; with less new nests being built, we aren’t having to establish new antcademies or brood rearing chambers. So, things are

are, you guys get to tickle the grubs all day long! I’m so jealous! How could you possibly

to ask, but how many students are we graduating each week? Or are the hatchlings being produced on a monthly

It’s difficult to say, but across all of the nests, we are graduating close to one

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