Chapter 452
Granin felt hopeful in his heart as moved closer to the creature . He had anticipated this moment since he had been informed a new ancient candidate had been identified . Even better, one whom the Abyssal Legion was ignorant of . He'd had to exert a great deal of effort, alongside the other members of the cult, to put together a few delves to search the Second Strata beneath the ruins of Liria and by some miracle they'd found it .
Golgari stood in their triads around the monster, their weapons drawn and eyes darting attentively . Several bore exterior damage to their true skin, a testament to the difficulty they had endured, but Granin focused his attention on the creature . It was large, larger than he expected . Six thin, dark legs rose from the second of its body segments before they bent sharply back down to the ground . The mandibles looked barbaric . Long and jagged, with spikes for gripping, ridges for crushing and tearing and judging by the broad head, plenty of muscle mass behind them . Surprisingly colourful for an ant, the monster's body was a rust red colour, but the gleam of light off that carapace showed it had been coated with another substance . Most disconcerting were the eyes . Multifaceted and unblinking, those eyes stared in all directions at once, watching all of them . He felt certain a fierce intelligence and powerful will to survive resided there .
Surrounded by six warriors with blades drawn and held down by weighted netting, Granin didn't doubt for a second that the monstrous ant would be desperate to escape . He would need to communicate with it, and soon, to prevent tragedy from occurring .
"Are you listening to me?" an outraged voice broke into the Shapers' thoughts .
The old Shaper suppressed a sigh and turned away from his magnificent catch to address the younger Golgari . He reminded himself to be patient, that out in the Dungeon, it was not he who made the decisions . One false move could undo the work that the cult had done to get to this point . He wouldn't let it come to that .
"I apologise, Warrior Balta . I was distracted by the monster you and your brave men and women have been able to capture . Your family's reputation is clearly well deserved . "
One didn't become an Elder Shaper without a century or two worth of schmoozing practice under the skin . His smooth words had the desired effect as he witnessed the puffed up scion of a wealthy house swallow his anger at being ignored and allow his childish temper to be tamped by the praise directed to his family .
"So long as you understand who is the leader of this expedition . "
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"It is you, of course," the words came easy to the wily shaper's lips, "as the highest levelled warrior among us, the responsibility is yours . "
The Shaper smoothed over the rough stone and placated the younger warrior, inwardly muttering at the ridiculous necessity of it . Calm now that the proper deference had been shown, Coriinam Balta gestured with one glittering hand to the restrained monster .
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