Chapter 1479 – When it Rains it Pours

A deluge of sludge blasts my way as the worm disgorges its vast, rotund belly of goop through its mouth. Dodging to the side isn’t really an option, since I don’t want the sludge to enter the safe-zone at all, so I return fire with… fire.

Dragon’s fire!

When mucus and fire meet, it’s never a good time for anyone–the sound alone is horrendous, and I won’t even mention the smell–but thankfully I’m able to produce enough heat to burn away a good portion of the slime.

The worm itself isn’t that hard to fight, it’s more of a sludge delivery system than anything else. A few quick chomps and it gives up the ghost, but I don’t have time to relax, there’s more monsters right around the corner to deal with.

This time it’s a horde of weird crab-looking things. Each one is disgusting in its own magical way, but for the most part, I would have to say that the dozens of eye stalks they each sport are the worst part. The little pinchers rush forward mindlessly, carpeting the tunnel in front of me. There must be thousands of the lousy things! Where did the Krath even find them?

Only two metres tall, they aren’t very large, and probably aren’t very evolved, but that doesn’t mean they can’t do damage, a theory that is proven correct almost immediately.

As soon as they’re within range, the crabs raise up their claws and start shooting acid at me. From thousands of crabs, that equates to an awful lot of acid.

I spring to the side to avoid the bulk of the spray and then charge directly forward, letting the rest fall behind me as I shorten the distance. In an instant, I reach the first of the crabs and unleash a mighty Void Chomp right in their midst, annihilating a chunk of the acidic crustaceans.

Which of course was what the slugs wanted me to do all along. The moment they bite the dust, each of the crabs swells up and explodes, sending a shower of toxic goop flying into the air.

Because of course they did. I’m wise to the shenanigans of this place by now, and before any of it can reach me, an empowered gravity domain takes shape around me, yoinking all of the airborne sludge to the ground. I swear to goodness, the amount of putrescent slime being flung about by these monsters is expanding exponentially! The Krath clearly have a plan in mind that involves spreading foul mucus far and wide.

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Well, it’s not like it’s a secret. There have been several attacks that managed to breach the wall of blue mana that protects the Colony, and I’m sure they learned what they were hoping to from those instances. Namely, what worked to consume as much blue mana as possible.

It’s not a difficult concept: if they manage to deplete the mana that shields us, then we have to leave, or diminish our held territory. Needless to say, giving up territory is not an option. We’ve captured what we need to construct the fortress and not much more. There is no retreat!