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

hard work, my accumulated experience, all the ridiculous good luck

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 down here. This could explain why so many monsters were drawn to the pool in the first cavern I was in. By drinking the water which was somehow suffused with mana they were able to absorb it and hasten the formation of

though, I’ve sacrificed a significant upgrade to my stats in order to condense the core which has given me, in effect, only ten MP that I can’t use.

advance now into what is likely more dangerous territory than I have experienced already, those increased stats would have

the wrong choice, the prospect of being able to use mana was just too

up to five and evolve again? Which also means I’ll be able to gain more of the precious skill

as an unevolved creature which could allow me to gain more levels and skill points at a faster pace than evolving

be advanced once they reach level five. I won’t even look at the skills menu in case mana

body and shaken the dust off my mind as I

breath I walk out into the

this place

sixty, maybe even seventy meters high, so high I absolutely refuse to climb on it. One slip and I would certainly plummet to my own death. To my left and right

a few things, firstly, my eyes don’t need to be wet, so I don’t have to blink, more to the point I can’t since I have no eyelids. Secondly, my eyes don’t have one point of focus, unlike a human who can see the one place they are directly

been so frustrated by the blurry nature of my vision, especially over a distance. It probably also explains why I’ve been

probably be the first body part I mutate to +5. Since skills can evolve at +5 I’m very excited to see what will

Any clues Gandalf?

...

For all his immense wisdom the grey one has been very taciturn,

extra advice would surely be

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

of the small

to describe this place, it feels like a

Strange twisted trees, huge oversized mushrooms and a carpet

just so alien, for the first time

them to see if they react. When they don’t respond I move toward a giant mushroom. These things are easily twice the height of

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