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The expanse before me is truly deserving of that name . It's impossibly vast . How the heck can such a space exist underground? Is this planet even stable? I start to become nervous about the ground beneath my feet . All of this is possible with mana, be cool Anthony . Magic planet is magically stable despite being hollow like a piece of Swiss cheese .

My eyes aren't able to penetrate the dense Shadow mana before me, visibility is only twenty metres at best . But to my mana sense, I can trace the veins that line the walls as they rise, and rise, and rise above my head, and fall the same way below my feet . The space in between just feels… empty .

[Well . We found our first expanse guys . Let's head on down and see what we can see . Surely there's more to it than this . ]

With Crinis riding on my back and Tiny climbing beside me we begin to make our way down the wall . It's steep and my increased size doesn't make life easy . I really need to continue to level up my grip skill if I want to be able to climb like this . I firm my resolve . It's time to go back to climbing on the ceiling, or at least the wall, as much as I can . The skill seems to level up faster now that I'm heavier, so I'll hopefully see some progress pretty quick .

Down we climb . The stone and rock is ice cold beneath my claws, much like the air around us . Insects don't like the cold much, ants are known to hibernate in winter, entire colonies going dormant and hanging out in their nests, waiting for warm weather to return . I have to admit that I feel a sluggishness that creeps into my limbs . But my Will is strong and I fight it off . It's going to take more than cold to slow this ant down .

Holy shadow mackerel! What is this I can sense? Out in the open space, above my head I can sense a gigantic lifeform twisting through the air . No wait, not twisting . It's swimming? Seriously? The monsters' mana is dense and powerful, a strong core is definitely found in the heart of this beast . Not that I'm super tempted to fight it or anything, I can't even see it! It turns back on itself like an enormous snake, or elongated whale before it speeds away, vanishing at the edge of my perception .





If I had lungs I'd let out a tense breath . Yikes! That is one heck of a monster! Well, there must be more stuff here, since there's no way a creature could evolve to that kind of size without feeding on something . A heap of something! Hopefully we can avoid whatever the heck it was until we learn a little more .

[Crinis, did you get a good look at that creature?]

[Yes, Master . It looked strong . ]

Tiny immediately turns his head towards us before snapping it up to the air . He peers into the dark but quickly becomes frustrated, his ears twitch as his irritation builds .

[You can't fight it anyway you moron! It basically flies, you can't reach it!]






He growls, his ears drooping in disappointment .


[I'm going to 'forget' to heal you one of these days,] I threaten him .

A wide grin splits his face and he flexes his arms impressively at me, disregarding my anger . I can't help but chuckle at his antics . It's hard to stay mad at him .

[The monster was very large, and strong . But that isn't all, I sensed strong magic in it . ]
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[What is shadow? Or poison?]

[No, it was Death . ]





[Well, butts . ]

Death aligned creatures are just … no . The rabbit was bad enough, I don't want to deal with some undead sea leviathan of darkness! No part of that sounds good! But I'm not willing to turn back . Whatever challenges we face, we'll smash through directly . What sort of ant shirks hard work?

Ignoring the fact that I am avoiding my work at the colony right this moment, we continue to descend and after thirty more minutes of claw cramping wall climbing, I notice the wall is starting to curve toward level . What's more I can sense, rather than see, large obstructions rising from below . As we get closer I can see that they are massive versions of the tiny corals and vegetation that we were able to see in the tunnels outside . More climbing reveals that these corals climb almost a hundred metres into the open air above, rising from the dark soil of the expanse floor that finally comes into view .

The scale of this place is really hurting my head . I think it might be as much as a kilometre high, maybe even more . It's difficult to say, I can neither see nor sense that far, but if we assume that we entered the expanse at roughly the vertical halfway mark, then a kilometre sounds about right . Which feels insane, but I'm going to suppress my Earth logic . This is Pangera, there's magic for goodness' sake . What's a giant evolving ant monster to say this would be impossible?

When we reach the bottom, it's a surprising scene that we see before us . Thick and tall fronds wave to the movement of a wind or current that only they can feel . Enormous corals tower taller than trees and form an elaborate maze of tangled stone that looks impossible to navigate . It feels like a reef for titans, but instead of a riot of bright colours the palette is flat and grey . The leaves are dark, almost black and the corals are muted whites, as if bleached . Here and there I can detect life, monsters, flicking in the gaps, feasting on the plants or on each other . And somewhere above the leviathan swims, perhaps with other creatures that treat this world of shadow as a vast ocean .

Alright Anthony, time to get your game face on . Let's shake it out . I flex each of my six legs and rattle my body to try and loosen any kinks in the system . Brain check . All of the brains appear to be on task and working hard . Central sub-brain is in control of the healing construct, left sub-brain is healing Tiny up, right sub-brain is practicing external mana manipulation . Main mind is checking on the others . Nice . Stamina feels good, Skills are locked and loaded, core is full and mana gland is topped off . We're ready, we're pumped up .

Finally, we're going to be let loose in a hunting ground that's close to our level . No more pesky experience penalties or Biomass reductions! When I think of the Skill level ups and mutations that await us my mouth starts gnashing at the air uncontrollable . My thirst for adventure is unquenchable! My appetite for levels can never be sated!

[Tiny? Crinis? You ready to head in?]

In response, Tiny just nods and grins . Crinis lifts herself from my back and begins to crawl forward, supported by her tentacles .

[Master, I suggest you allow me to go first . I'm better suited to the scouting role here . ]

[Well, I have to admit that you're right . Lead the way Crinis . Just make sure you don't take all the prey for yourself!]

[I wouldn't dream of it, Master!]

[I'm sure . ]



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