Chapter 52: Chrysalis 2 (2/2)

"Heh, a thanks from my master? What a wonderful reward" Valera looked up as ash fell all around everyone like snow "We have won, master"

Aldrich looked up to see the storation spread rapidly in all directions Soon, cracks of sunlight started to stream in from above as the entire nest fell apart

The nest tre creature before it finally disintegrated fully, leaving Aldrich and his undead in a large hole gouged into the side of the cliff A dry breeze and bright sun light washed over everyone

Aldrich looked around in wonder The hole around thee house Much, much smaller than how massive the nest had been from within

[Chrysalis defeated!]

[+1000 EXP]

[EXP Bar: 600/1800 ] 1600/1800]

Aldrich sighed in relief, getting final confir with Valera and Stella, walked to the edge of the hole carved into the cliff and out at the yawning view of sunlit ridges and canyons stretching out in front of the' a view like this after a fight like that," said Stella

"Mhm But not as wonderful as my master's praise," said Valera

Aldrich looked out at the view, but his ht at the Red Circle when he er and the key to his plan on Saturday to kill Seth Solar

A large part of this plan involvedhi Aldrich's supposed influence as Bruce Vane Doing this would draw Casimir away from the safety of the Red Circle, at which point he would have a hidden Fler'Gan use his Mind Eater racial skills to brainwash theto be difficult Getting Fler'Gan into the city and hiding hiold rank citizenshi+p, wall security would not bother to search the car of a wealthy, connected man, so Aldrich could stow Fler'Gan away in the trunk

Su a Ghast could disrupt surveillance cameras to hide Fler'Gan aithin the city

But if Casimir was a uards, even in a private location

That was not that bad

Aldrich would bring Valera as his supposed wife, and as long as Casi a whole squadron of villains, Aldrich could overpower the guards and kill Casimir to raise him as an undead

Yet what happened if Casimir refused to leave the Red Circle at all? After all, there were private roo there in his stronghold? Was that not the safest and ical choice for Casimir?

"O Elder, you ant to see this," said Fler'Gan

Aldrich turned to see Fler'Gan holding a small, crystalline centipede curled up in an ouroboric ball, its mandibles latched onto its tail

"That's the Chrysalis," said Stella onder "They start out as these tiny crystal bug things, but once they anchor onto an area, they start fusing with the environment, attractin' variants to live in the and hard to deal with just like that

But now that it's dead, I guess it reverts back to hoas"

Aldrich's own eyes widened as he saw so else that rave marker floated over the Chrysalis corpse

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(Author's Note: The novel has now gone pre up until this point and I hope you will stay to read, but if you can't that's understandable too!)