Chrysalis - Chapter 422

Chapter 422






The air tickles against my mana sense, a new sensation, like a pool of shadow lapping against my mind . There's something else that's off about this tunnel . It's too… civilised . The usual crags and stony pillars that jut upwards or downwards are curiously absent . It's almost as if someone had curated this section of tunnel to make it more palatable to move through .

Oh snap!

Have we come across another travelled section of tunnel that the humans use? Or does someone else live around here? I can't rule it out . It's time to engage stealth mode! Which I have to say, I'm not nearly as good at now, given my size… It's better than nothing!

[You guys hang here for a minute . I need to go and explore this tunnel to make sure it's safe . ]

[Hurr?] Tiny grunts .

[No we can't just fight everything . If we run into those Legion guys, they'll be more trouble than we need right now . Use your head . ]





[Harr!]

[Yes, I was a bit harsh there, I apologise . ]
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For an ape so thick that his skull might have been condensed in the heart of a neutron star, which itself was the bastard child of another, even more dense neutron star, he really could inject plenty of emotion into a grunt .

Crinis, ever obedient and eager to please, was happy to hop off my back but I'm certain she's planning on keeping an eye on me with her mana senses . Time to engage stealth mode! Come on Grip Skill! Strain! My claws groan as I start my journey up the wall, my vastly increased mass causing all sorts of trouble . With a bit of effort I make my way to the ceiling of the cavern and start snooping along down the side of the cavern .

With every step the mana thickens and changes, my legs drink it in from the walls and my core soaks in it, recharging at a rapid pace . Nice! We must be close now . This tunnel is truly massive . It gapes, more than a hundred metres wide and easily more than twenty metres tall . It's quite the drop from up here, even for me . But fortune favours the bold, forward Anthony! Go boldly! Where no Formica Sapiens has gone before!

Yes . The further out into the tunnel I travel, the more clear the signs of civilised intervention is . The floor of the tunnel hasn't been carved into stairs, but it's clearly been flattened and smoothed out, especially in the middle . Perhaps some kind of road? I'm intrigued!


Slowly and carefully I shuffle forward step by painful step, even gaining a new level in Grip along the way . Which helps, but not much . Damn . I've got six legs, I should know to never skip leg day! Tough it out, Anthony! Breathe through it!

A few hundred metres down I spot something that makes me do a double take . It's a wall . Normally not cause for a whole lot of excitement, but when I say wall I mean an actual, constructed wall . I might not have noticed it if I hadn't noticed the smooth curve as it met the tunnel wall on the other side . Bless you, eye mutations . All of those itches were worth it!

Like a stalking tiger, which is actually an ant and upside down, I creep forward one leg at a time . I've learned since the last time I snuck up on a guard post, they have monster detecting crystals . Considering I can detect a few small critters creeping about, suspiciously few, to be honest, I don't think they know I'm here already, but I don't want to get much closer .

Instead, I creep around the perimeter long enough to establish that this isn't some tiny guard post but rather a more substantial fort-like structure . I can see a rampart, a gate, narrow windows for the firing out of . What I don't see is any people hanging around, but to be honest, I don't need to . I've seen enough!

Time to hightail it out of here! Stealthily…





I turn and sneak my way back to my waiting pets . Tiny is asleep and Crinis is quite anxious . Typical .

[We have an issue guys . ]

[What is it, Master?]

[The way forward is guarded by a big ass fort . ]

[HARR!]

[One we won't attack you abs for brains!]

[How we will proceed then?]

[We will do as any good ant should! Prepare the digging formation!]

What else would an ant do? All problems can be solved through the power of digging! The tunnel won't even have to be that long . A couple of hundred metres and I should be able to pop out past the fort and home free to the second strata! Gweheheh .

The deep calm of ant zen washes over me as my face hands get busy in the soil and rock . With my tunnel map, it's trivial to angle our little tunnel to curve so that it will meet up with the main passage past the fort . Post evolution, all that extra power I have goes a long way to speeding up the digging process . My mandibles dig huge grooves out of the dirt, crushing rock with ease and making rapid progress . Tiny and Crinis take up position behind me and haul the dirt out . Tiny with his massive ape hands and Crinis with her hundreds of tentacles are able to scoop and shove the loose material behind us at a rapid pace .

At this speed we'll be through in less than a day! Muahahahaha! Stupid fort! Did you really think you could stop me?