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
ridiculous good luck I’ve had? It hasn’t been easy to survive to
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
think about though, I’ve sacrificed a significant upgrade to my stats in order to condense the core which has given me, in effect, only ten
than I have experienced already,
I’ve made the wrong choice, the prospect of being able to use mana was just
level one may not be 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 of the precious skill points as
creature which could allow me to gain
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
shaken the dust off my mind as I reach the end of the tunnel. Beyond here lies the vast
I walk out into the
place
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 eyesight isn’t good enough, even at plus four, 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 looking at in great detail, my eyes are able to look in many directions at once, but the
especially over a distance. It probably also explains why I’ve been able to avoid having anything
believe upgrading my eyes has been the correct choice for me and they’ll probably be the first body part I mutate to +5. Since skills can evolve at +5 I’m very excited to see what will happen when a mutation
Any clues Gandalf?
...
all his immense wisdom the grey one has been very taciturn, or perhaps he’s
little extra advice would surely be
for me to do but move
the small tunnel and exposing
word to describe this place, it feels like a fully enclosed world,
as I can. Strange twisted trees, huge oversized mushrooms
first time I really think to myself, this is absolutely
poke the grasses and plants with my front claw, snipping at them to see if they react. When they don’t respond I move toward a giant mushroom. These things are easily twice the height
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