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

a bit. Looks like my hunch was correct and the monster core is the vital ingredient to mastering magic for me and my

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 MP that I can’t use. Was this

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

help but worry I’ve made the wrong choice, the prospect of being

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

have a second opportunity to amass skill points as an unevolved creature which could allow me to gain more levels and

advanced once they reach level five. I won’t even look

I’ve regained full control of my body and shaken the dust off my mind as I reach the end

out into the open air

this place

plummet to my own death. To my left and right the walls curve away into the distance

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

over a distance. It probably also explains why I’ve been able to avoid having anything sneak up on me, since I’m essentially

still 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

Any clues Gandalf?

...

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

advice would

anything left for me to do

the small tunnel and exposing myself to the

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

huge oversized mushrooms and a carpet of plant-life

just so alien, for the first time I

When they

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