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Chapter 1471 - Pursuit
🕑 Added 2024-10-23 03:11:21 +0000 UTCIt was understood from the beginning that it was simply unacceptable for a single member of the Colony to be captured during the invasion. Considering the Krath were infamous across Pangera for their disgusting methods of converting captured enemies into corrupted versions of their former selves, the reality of battling against a twisted version of the Colony itself was intolerable.
Also, there was a subtle arrogance in the way we thought of this scenario. To us, the most potent and deadly weapons in the Dungeon were ourselves. Were the Krath to get ahold of such a weapon, our mission would surely become harder.
However, the resolve to prevent any captives became personal somewhere along the line. The Colony would not allow one of their own to be lost to the Krath. We simply wouldn’t. No matter the cost.
- From the personal notes of Historiant.
“FORWARD, SISTERS!” Leeroy roared from the head of the column. “WE ADVANCE INTO THE DEADLY UNKNOWN TO RESCUE ONE OF OUR OWN! THERE IS NO TIME TO LOSE!”
“WE SEEK!”
“THE KRATH DARE TO TAKE ONE OF OUR OWN! WE WILL TEACH THEM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS! OUR SISTER WILL NOT PERISH THIS DAY!
“IF ANYONE IS GOING TO PERISH… IT’S GOING TO BE US!”
“FOR THE COLONY!
With the reliquary of the Fallen Immortal carried in the centre of their formation, the heavily armoured shock troops of the Colony stopped for noone and nothing, rushing headlong out of the safe-zone and into the toxic world of the fifth.
Each was immediately surrounded by a protective bubble generated from within their armour. They tried not to be too disappointed about it. There was a mission to complete, after all. There would be no glory if their sister was lost to the Krath.
“After the Eldest! Charge as if survival were biting at your legs!”
“FOR THE COLONY!”
Other ants fell back, giving space to the single-minded fanatics that were the Immortals. Their charge was like an avalanche, the ground shaking beneath their armoured treat and thousands of tons of monster and metal sprinted forward into danger.
The moment Leeroy found the tunnel the Eldest had been widening, she dove in head first without hesitation.
“Prepare the digging crews! Carvers to the front!” She ordered those behind her.
They passed the orders along, but also didn’t hesitate to dive into the tunnel without pause, crashing into the back of Leeroy, and eventually the Eldest.
“Eldest! We’re here to assist! Where is the enemy?” Leeroy demanded.
“Be quiet and dig,” the Eldest ordered. “There’s no time to waste.”
The original tunnel used by the Krath was only a few metres wide, barely enough to squeeze their captive ant through, but the Eldest needed much more space to move. Leeroy and her vanguard were mighty soldiers, but they were still significantly smaller than their Senior, and so it wasn’t long until they pushed to the front.
Stone Mana specialists arrived, using their Skills to shape the stone even faster than the Eldest could, combined with a digging force hundreds strong, the ants punched through the rock at record pace and soon burst out into another tunnel.
Naturally, they came out of the roof, which caused Leeroy and the others to fall twenty metres and crash into the tunnel floor. She was barely able to get to her feet and start running before the Immortals behind her leapt down, crashing heavily themselves.
A few moments later, the reliquary came down like a brick of reinforced steel, which it was, sending rock and stone flying everywhere. The ants responsible for carrying it shook themselves off and hefted their burden once more, undamaged.
“I SEE THEM!” Leeroy roared. “Onwards, to DEATH!”
“WE SEEK!”
Again, the ground shook, the stone rattled and even the slime seemed to slow in its seeping tracks as the irresistible charge of the Immortals began to gather momentum.
Leeroys legs screamed under the pressure, but she welcomed the strain. To get her body moving with ten tons of steel on her back was difficult, but it was worth it. The faster she went, the more force the impact would generate, and the greater the odds it would be her last.
In the distance she could see the Krath, with their captive being dragged behind. As slippery and quick as they were, with a large ant to pull along, they could only move so fast.
And Leeroy judged that the Immortals were moving faster.
For so long she had waited for this moment, a chance to be unleashed on the deadliest environment in the Dungeon. Now there was going to be a fight, a glorious rescue to prevent the heinous enemy of the Colony from securing a captive for their nefarious purpose.
Surely. Surely here….
Her heart was afire and she knew every single Immortal in the column felt the same way.
Here. Now. This was the moment!
“GET BACK HERE AND KILL ME!” She bellowed at the fleeing Krath, picking up even more speed with the force of her fury.
Comments
Naimah
Where are chapters 1460 -1470?!
Paul R
this is bait from the Krats! Readers of the "book of the dead" should be careful.
Vora_Vixen
Confused, in the CRYZ tag I was reading chap 1454 and now the next is this one 1471. Thats a lot of missing chapters between.
Gopard
Thank you for the chapter!
ShivaMcTimber
Radiant!?!? I feel the need for speed in the pursuit team!
alt31415
Iirc, the Immortals aren't 'forced' into the phoenix organ, but because they all share one brain cell, they all inevitably pick it.
DrDankness
I think there is only one universal aspect to the Immortals. A deep seated desire to suicidally sacrifice themselves for the colony. The hilarious thing is its possible that this trait isnt unique to soldiers. So its possible that as long as they agree to devote their mutations to the phoenix organ (pretty sure this will be forced on them by the rules of the colony) they can specialize in alternative jobs. Alternatively the immortals were carrying a team of shapers with them during their charge (acting like a bus) and have a shield generated by the sarcophagus
CentaureHeart
He would but if the ant was taken in another direction it might have been too late to do anything about it.
ZaneofBane
Anthony would sense it
Koala Man
Welcome to the ant side mawhahaha
stubs
I really feel there should be a greater fury from the immortals at what the Krath were trying to do. They were trying to corrupt an Ant's sacrifice for the colony, which is the pinnacle of their creed. Twisting those who fell into pointing their mandibles at the colony which is their antithesis
Brandon14754
if you open this chapter in it's own tab at the bottom there should be a tag called "CRYS" that if you click you should be able to see all the chrysalis chapters you have access too. this is the latest chapter of the $10+ tiers so if you're from another tier then you got this that's an acident
Ranger Dave
Cheers, sadly RR is still back on 1437, and unless I'm looking at this feed wrong, the only things between Crys chapter 1454 and 1471 are BOD and news updates
CentaureHeart
If this is a bait and switch and there were 2 ants kidnapped I'm gonna be so mad.
Wolve
TFTC
Greyg
Scroll down or on royal road it has a better UI https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/22518/chrysalis
Greyg
It’s inside every single ant the need to work and die for the colony some more so than others. The colony finds those that are determined to die and keeps them alive by forging them into an immortal.
Ranger Dave
Where would I find the chapters between 1454 and this one?
alt31415
Lmao so the Immortals have many other castes in their ranks now, not just the Soldiers?
Azgaroth
WE SEEK DEATH, TO REJOIN OUR FALLEN SISTER. IMMORTAL, TO DEATH WE GO!!!
mly85lc
I so hope Krath have they own version of [dungeon Oracle] one that have evolved to read happenings on "slimes" to combat his own kin plots. Once Krats gets to know immortals mind set and they're way of operating on combat theyry going be so piss. Not only is theyry way of thinking a anthem against Krats very way of live. And theyry headlong charge is something they're would look down upon.
BlackFire13th
Same.
BRUNO ASTUR
I believe that this chapter was wrongfully delivered for the BOD Patreons.
RinoZ
True :(
DrDankness
Yup but its only on chapter 16. Its a long while yet before we witness Leroy's shenanigans.
RinoZ
we have a webcomic over at voyceme
BelligerentGnu
"As if survival was biting at your legs" is really goddamn funny.
Buck
Poor Krath. They done f-ed up.
DrDankness
LMAO. Imagine the terror of these slugs as they see enormous suicidal tank ants chasing after them screaming absolute bloody murder. They just RIPPED out the side of some mountain/wall to chase after them and are carrying the ceremonial steel coffin of their glorious dead sister. What an absolutely bombastically glorious image. Tbh it might be a long ways off (it may never happen) but I dream of the day we see this drawn up into the manga.
taukid
LEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!!
