Chrysalis

Chapter 24

I don’t know how much time had passed before I regain consciousness. The light slowly returns to my eyes and sensation to my limbs.

Deep inside my thorax (the middle bit) a hot, boiling feeling is slowly fading away, drawing in a dense ball of heat. Probably my new core.

Groggily I get my legs underneath me and start slowly moving through the tunnel again. No matter how weak I feel, I cannot stay here to rest, pursuers could be dropping down the shaft to investigate even now. I have to move.

Gradually my muddled thoughts begin to straighten themselves and my coordination slowly returns. As I navigate my way across the rocky tunnel I check my status.

Name: Anthony

Level: 1 (core)

Might: 15

Toughness: 12

Cunning: 25

Will: 18

HP: 30

MP: 10

Skills: Digging level 4; Improved Acid Shot Level 1; Grip Level 4; Bite Level 4; Advanced Stealth Level 1; Tunnel Sense Level 3;

Mutations: Eyes +4, Antennae +2, Acid +3, Legs +1

Species: Hatchling Ant Worker (Formica)

Skill points: 1

Biomass: 0

downgrades? Why am I level one Gandalf?! My hard work, my accumulated experience, all the ridiculous good luck I’ve had? It hasn’t been

ten it raises my spirit a bit. Looks like my hunch was correct and the monster core is the vital ingredient to mastering magic for me and my fellow creatures

a significant upgrade to my stats in order to condense the core which has given me, in effect, only ten MP that I

dangerous territory than

I’ve made the wrong choice, the prospect of being able to use mana was just too tantalising in my

that bad, doesn’t it mean that I’ll be able to level back up to five and evolve again? Which also means I’ll be able to gain more

this is actually better. I’ll have a second opportunity to amass skill points as an unevolved creature which could

skill point available right now but I don’t want to spend it yet. I have several skills at level four which will need to be advanced once they reach level five. I won’t even look at the skills menu in case mana shaping or spell chanting has appeared

off my mind as I reach the end of the tunnel. Beyond here lies the vast underground space I glimpsed

a deep breath I walk out into the open air once

place is

to climb on it. One slip and I would certainly plummet to my own death. To my left and right the walls curve away into the distance to a place I cannot see, my

can’t since I have no eyelids. Secondly, my eyes don’t have one point of focus, unlike a human who

my vision, especially over a distance. It probably also explains why I’ve

Since skills can evolve at +5 I’m very excited to see what will happen when a mutation reaches that level. Will I be able to advance

Any clues Gandalf?

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be surprised at this state. For all his immense wisdom the grey one has been very taciturn, or perhaps he’s

advice would surely be

stalling. There isn’t anything left for me to do but move into

small tunnel and exposing

a large enough word to describe this place, it feels like a fully enclosed world, like a

eyes to see as far into the distance as I can. Strange twisted trees, huge oversized mushrooms and a carpet

for the first time I

to see if they react. When they don’t respond I move toward a giant mushroom. These

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