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 with them,

very enthusiastic. Several of them were almost depopulated due to the residents volunteering to become soldiers in the

problem. How the heck did

up there, I guess. How about the

right here with me. Theresant and Florence are in attendance, each of them resplendent, tier

clacking her mandibles with

the rearing and education process. A thorough exploration of the various Skills and mutations that affect education 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

aware that it

learn, right? You don’t

we ask them what they want to be, the

Obviously, they’re ants.

obstacle! You’ve got to push a little harder than

trying to divide themselves up according to what they think the Colony needs. They get quite

pointless when they can’t really be happy unless they feel like they’re contributing to the family anyway. I wanted them to learn they could

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

very busy,” Theresant says, 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

get to tickle the grubs all day long! I’m

hear. I almost hesitate to ask, but how many students are

weekly. It’s difficult to say, but across all of the nests, we are

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