Grant exited the small council chamber and returned the widened main shaft. Gripping onto the walls that glowed with intense, blue light, she made her descent toward the lowest chamber in the nest where the Queen now rested.
As the shaft opened up, Grant took in the contents of the room at once. It was crawling with ants. Over a hundred had been commit...
2019-09-14 09:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It was a busy time for the soldiers. Grant had been run off her six legs over the last week. In some ways it was a relief to have the enemy finally arrive on the doorstep! Now she'd have the chance to rip into them directly with her mandibles and not have to stress about extraneous matters!
"Make sure you watch over the eldest carefully" she commanded ...
2019-09-14 07:53:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't wait to see my status when this evolution is done. It's going to be craaaaazy. I'm already getting a headache just thinking about having to upgrade all of these new glands. So many!
But it'll be worth it, I may have gone on a bit of a shopping spree, but the utility I've gained is immense, not to mention by all around beefier stats. My size is ...
2019-09-12 09:40:47 +0000 UTC View Post
After selecting the species I would evolve into, the expanded manual evolution menu appeared. I was thankful just to have the distraction, my core was full to bursting with energy and I couldn't wait to drain the stupid thing dry, improve my body and cease this horrific suffering!
Alright, now that the menu is in front of me, what did I have to do agai...
2019-09-10 08:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't handle this suffering anymore! Gimme the menu!
Forget about doing anything else, I'm worried about dealing with the evolution system properly in this state! Isn't there a pain resistance skill or something!?
Apparently, not.
[Would you like to use the evolution menu?]
ABSOLUTELY! PLEASE!
[Congratulations on reaching the ...
2019-09-10 02:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Unable to refuse my order, Crinis was forced to extend multiple tentacles which she unwillingly began to wrap around my carapace and squeeze, the lacklustre force evidence to her confusion and reluctance.
[Crinis!] I cried out in agony, [If you don't compress me I'm gonna pop! Please!]
The outward pressure cont...
2019-09-09 06:43:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Down into the nest we plunged. Is it just me, or the opening a lot wider than it used to be? Even Tiny fits into the main shaft quite comfortably now. I wonder what that's all about. As usual, my antennae are assaulted by a plethora of pheromones. Trails that paint the way to each of the different sections of the nest are mixed with an overwhelming number of...
2019-09-09 04:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
"Are you returning to the colony, Eldest?" one of the scouts came up to ask.
"Yep! It's time for me to evolve."
"With your permission Eldest I shall inform the council of this event."
"Go for it,"
Once I reached the front I started to run into more and more scouts and soldiers, as well as other castes mixed into the small raidin...
2019-09-07 11:03:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not sure how the slave mage felt as they flew through the sky and into my waiting mandibles, but it can't have been pleasant. I tried not to dwell on it in the moment. I've already had to defeat human opponents in the defence of my family, taking down the Setsulah shouldn't weigh on my conscience any more than that did.
CRUNCH!
I brought my m...
2019-09-06 11:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Putting the servants on the defensive was only phase one of the plan, but it appears to have worked. There are six of them here at the moment, and possibly more still in hiding, but so long as we're careful we should be fine. It's rare that every mage comes when I turn up, in fact the one time they did we just turned around and ran off. However, it seems tha...
2019-09-05 06:55:50 +0000 UTC View Post
My pets and I strolled brazenly toward the horde, as if we didn’t' have a care in the world. It was a façade, of course. I was sweating blood on the inside. Not knowing when some ancient mage might choose to drop a thunderstorm on my shiny carapace is a stress inducing state of mind, to say the least. The outward appearance of confidence is what we were s...
2019-09-04 23:38:37 +0000 UTC View PostSecond chapter for today. Hopefully at least one more coming
Damn this horde, damn it to its monstrous, scaly core. I've been at this for hours now, engaged in an endless tug of war with Setsulah mage servants, and to a lesser extent, their hidden master who remains tucked somewhere in the centre of the slowly moving monster mass.
Than...
2019-09-04 02:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I cannot believe I forgot to post this here for so long. My bad!
A while back I did a q and a with the lovely chap who has recorded a Chrysalis audio series, Agrosquerril. He has a channel on youtube where he narrates Webnovels, not only Chrysalis but many other fantastic novels. If you are interested in hearing an Australian man giggle into a microphone and talk about Chrysalis, yo...
2019-09-03 23:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt's catch up day, going to try and smash out a bunch of chapters today. Fingers crossed we get to the target.
Council chapters always ending up running long. 1600 words this one. Any guess which ant dropped the novels first curse word?
"How'd it go Tungstant?" Cobalt asked.
The carver...
2019-09-03 23:29:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Blinded and frantic, I ran as fast as I could away from the horde (I hoped) whilst Tiny bounded alongside. As I stumbled and tripped over what felt like every obstacle, bump and uneven patch of ground on my path, I tried to lunge and left and right to avoid the fireballs and other spells that continued to be flung my way. The odd explosion actually landed qu...
2019-09-03 08:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post
On a nearby rise to the side of the road, Isaac and his archers had appeared, each one bending their bows and taking aim at the mage slaves. As the arrows sped through the air, the mages were forced to split their attention, raising barriers to defend themselves from the barrage whilst maintaining their own.
Some of the mages turned their attention to ...
2019-08-31 03:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not a fan of magic fences at the best of times, but when I'm trying to break out of an encircling horde of thousands of monsters I really don't want to see one. So my first thought when I saw a wall of golden light appear in front of me was 'oh plops'.
Because it didn't take a genius to realise who was responsible for this sudden and incon...
2019-08-30 06:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With the Wizard Lizard and its collection of friendly mage slaves occupied with drenching the gigantic croc in their midst with mana, now seems like the perfect time to rip into the horde. Claws crossed they won't be able to divert their attention towards us whilst engaged in this sort of activity.
[Let's hit 'em hard!] I roared at my pets and opened u...
2019-08-28 10:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Isaac and his squad packed their stuff and we began to mosey our way to the back of the horde. It takes an hour of careful movement, creeping where we can and trying to prevent the monsters from seeing us. The entire time, I kept an eye on the sky, worried that any second a dark cloud would form and I'd be forced to start dancing the dance of life.
Tha...
2019-08-28 03:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
After exiting the Dungeon I was able to see that the evacuation of the forward HQ had already begun. Hundreds of ants, perhaps as many as a thousand, were rushing this way and that, digging, lifting and generally getting things done everywhere he looked. A long trail had already been established and soldiers as well as workers were vanishing into the distanc...
2019-08-25 11:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
My core still hurts and it's starting to worry me. After gaining some levels and exercising the pain has diminished to the point where I don't notice it so much on a conscious level. It just stings. Sitting in the small Dungeon chamber and feeling the mana flow in, I'm starting to worry about pushing to absorb the full rare core. Will I actually be able to t...
2019-08-23 11:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostBoom! Three chapter today! Finally back up to date! T_T
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The role of the Brood Tender seemed straight forward enough. It was mostly in the name, after all. The Brood consisted of the unhatched eggs, the larvae and the pupae that were the future generations of the colony and ensuring that they were cared for in as optim...
2019-08-21 08:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post*shameless Metallica reference*
The storm seemed to follow me as I ran, a rain of lightning pouring out the sky and lancing into the earth around me.
Boom! Boom!
Tiny and I, with Crinis on my back, continued to scrabble and run, lurching from side to side as tried to dodge the lightning strikes. How are you supposed to dodg...
2019-08-21 05:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs I watched the gravity bomb spend itself and fade into nothing I turned and sprinted away from the horde. I'd been playing this game with the mage attendants for hours now but this was the first time I actually managed to destroy one.
A little nervous at the potential wrath of the Kaarmodo, I decided to get the heck out of there.
[Get your people back, Isaac!] I shouted at m...
2019-08-21 01:16:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Each of my three brains screeched with pain as I condensed more mana into the gravity bomb. The spell was already dense to the point it had turned dark and now it rotated ominously as it drew more and more mana into itself.
I grit my mandibles tight and tried to focus. Much like exercising a muscle until it burned, straining my minds to this point ...
2019-08-19 11:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Enid sighed as she stretched out her aching spine. She'd been on her feet for almost two days and she just wasn't as young as she used to be. If this catastrophe had occurred twenty years ago, she'd have been in much better shape for one, and Derrion would have still been with her.
Her heart panged as she thought of her departed husband. The memory of ...
2019-08-17 10:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Our mission is divine. Passed down through the centuries from our forebears who were fortunate enough to hear the words of the great one. To complete the circle, to finish the work that was begun but never completed. Only then can the path be opened and the way to a greater existence be made manifest.
What is this world, with its endless trials a...
2019-08-17 10:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
There were small disturbances around the edges of the seething mass of monsters, particularly toward the front and forest sides, the latter of which I couldn't really make out. When we got in range, I was able to see small groups of ants engaging in a seemingly endless series of running engagements with the horde.
Small groups of five or six ants were ...
2019-08-15 11:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Theo ignored his chair for the moment and turned to the other half of the screen that held a model of his realm. When he reached for it he found that the model was too small for him to touch the finer details. He considered the issue before he decided to try something.
He withdrew his hands and pushed two fingers towards the menu, close together. Then,...
2019-08-14 23:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post
"What do you mean?" Theo asked slowly.
A crab was able to roll it's eyes in a very expressive manner, Theo decided.
"This is the Endless Chaos, right? Look at the border of your realm for a second."
Theo lifted his gaze and did just that. In every direction the same sight greeted him: ten metres of blasted, black rock, fol...
2019-08-14 23:22:43 +0000 UTC View Post