Chapter 383 Shadow Offensive (1/2)
”At last our time has come!” Bella exulted.
”Our moment to s.h.i.+ne!” Agreed Ellie.
”I'll be glad to get out this damp hole finally,” Bella huffed.
The two core shapers glanced around at their cramped compatriots and their loyal shadow beasts, crammed into this small underground chamber.
”We can go, time to move out!” A scout near the entrance confirmed.
”Here we go!” Elllie cheered as the ants and their pets began to charge towards the entrance to the surface tunnel.
It's taken a long time for the Carvers to complete this chamber, time in which the Core Shapers had further refined their tactics and tried to squeeze the last few mutations out of their charges before the battle.
They were as ready now as they could possibly be, given the circ.u.mstances.
”Do you really think that we should be heading up there?” Ellligant worried.
”I mean, I know we agreed not to. But I don't believe that every member of the council has managed to restrain themselves. Do you? Remember the name of this strategy?”
”You make a good point.”
”So let's go!”
From just behind her, two ma.s.sive shadow beasts raised their heads and began to move forward in support of their master. The two of them weren't technically supposed to have crafted their own pets, but they figured there was no better way to conduct their research than this, surely!?
Not to mention, how were they supposed to properly train their skills and test the limits of their caste without their own pets? With such reasoning they had convinced themselves to not only create their own pets, but invest in them to an absurd degree, even giving up their own food to ensure the maximum amount of Bioma.s.s was received by their creations.
”How far beneath the ground are we?” Ellie asked the scout who lead their procession into the narrow, upward sloping tunnel.
”The chamber we just left is thirty metres down. The final staging chamber above us is ten metres below.”
”I'm surprised they were able to build so many tunnels without the ground collapsing on our heads,” Bella commented.
”The Carvers are beginning to unlock some truly impressive skills,” the scout replied.
The Carvers were proving their worth to the colony and every member of every caste approved of their work. Who could disapprove of such skilful digging?
Through the soil there came a dull thudding sound as creatures above brawled back and forth. From the ceiling, dirt broke away and trickled down over the ants and shadow beasts that marched through the narrow tunnel.