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 know?! Where

for me and my fellow creatures down here. This could explain why so many monsters were drawn to

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 really the

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

prospect of being

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

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

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 in

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

I walk out into the

this place is so

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

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 looking at in great detail, my eyes are able to look in many directions at once,

blurry nature of my vision, especially over a distance. It probably also explains why I’ve been able to avoid having anything sneak up on me, since I’m essentially watching every

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 reaches that level. Will I be able to advance my mutations into

Any clues Gandalf?

...

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

little extra advice would surely be

isn’t anything left for me

shelter of the small tunnel and exposing myself to the open

large enough word to describe this place, it

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

just so alien, for the first time I really think

When they

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