Chapter 622 Blissful danger (1/2)
”LEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOY!”
What a day! WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY! The Immortals unleashed their war cry, the name of their great leader, as they charged toward what would surely be their useful deaths! The golgari formed a fortress before them, their combined s.h.i.+elds creating a wall of golden light that the ants just couldn't wait to run into.
”No!” roared Leeroy as she battered aside one of her subordinates with a vicious shoulder check. ”I will be the one to die!”
The soldier watched the powerful arc of sword light descend on her as if it moved in slow motion. Perhaps this would be her chance, maybe this was her moment! The armour was an extension of her own body. She felt it, as the beam of condensed energy crunched into the steel, cutting deep rents in the folded metal and sending shockwaves of pressure through her carapace. There was pain, she was scarred, but she did not find oblivion. A dissapointment.
”THE SEARCH GOES ON, SISTERS!”
”WE SEEK!”
The Immortals charged with renewed vigour, the mighty enemy arrayed before them igniting a flame in their hearts and cores that burned like a sun.
”You lot are weird,” muttered a small voice.
Clung underneath Leeroy, her claws dug into special grooves cut for purpose and her head protected behind a curve of folded steel, the healer had to wonder who had thought it was a good idea to send these crazed siblings into battle.
Leeroy cared nothing for the opinion of others. She cared only for this moment, this charge and this enemy. The wall loomed before them, the golgari stood firm against their ma.s.sed charge, confident in the strength of their defence. She hoped they were right.
Closer. Closer! CLOSER!
Tons of metal encased ant continued to endure the blows that rained down on them as they closed with the enemy, the rest of the Colony's attack force following close behind. At the last possible moment, Leeroy synched her three pairs of legs, ready to unleash the new technique she had discovered.
DAs.h.!.+ DAs.h.!.+ DAs.h.!.+
Firing each pair of legs just off time with each other, the Immortals push their thin ant legs to the breaking point, three separate dashes executed almost at once. The sheer force almost shattered their joints but pushed the armoured t.i.tans to the peak of their speed. The heavily armoured insects time their charge perfectly, cras.h.i.+ng home into the golden s.h.i.+eld line like a wave of steel.
Please! Leeroy hoped.
Nope! The medic declared, releasing her grip and dropping to the ground along with her sisters who appeared from under the other armoured figures. Once on the ground they turned their mandibles to the dirt, burrowing down as the rest of the attack wave flowed over their backs.
Leeroy turned her body and felt her carapace crunch into the golgari defence. A test of the hardest the Colony could produce and the s.h.i.+eld wall of the golgari. Despite her pounding heart and screaming soul, it was the s.h.i.+eld that broke first, the enormous s.h.i.+eld of energy cracked, then shattered under the combined weight of the Immortals.
Carried forward by her momentum, Leeroy smashed into the golgari themselves, splintering s.h.i.+elds and stumbling to the ground, her legs giving way beneath her. The Colony swarmed forward over her back as the soldier took a moment to check her body and collect her thoughts.