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

all the ridiculous good luck I’ve had? It hasn’t been easy to survive to this point you

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

in order to condense the core which has

than I

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

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

to amass skill points as an unevolved creature which

five. I won’t even look at the skills menu in case mana shaping or spell chanting has appeared in

and shaken the dust off my mind as I reach the end

walk out into

place is

I absolutely refuse to climb on it. One slip and I would certainly plummet to my own death. To my left and right the walls curve

eyes. This means 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

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

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 reaches that level. Will I be able to advance my

Any clues Gandalf?

...

well. I shouldn’t be surprised at this state. For all his immense wisdom the

extra advice would surely be helpful

stalling. There isn’t anything left for me to

slowly I more down the slope, leaving the shelter of the small tunnel and exposing myself to the

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

strain my eyes to see as far into the distance as I can. Strange twisted trees, huge oversized

just so alien, for the first time I really think to myself,

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

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