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

work, my accumulated experience, all the ridiculous good luck I’ve had?

my MP has gone from zero to ten it raises my 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.

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

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

made the wrong choice, the prospect of being able to

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

better. I’ll have a second opportunity to amass skill points as an unevolved creature which could allow me to gain more levels and skill points at a faster pace

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

of my body and shaken the dust off my mind as I reach

out into the open

this place is so

my own death. To my left and right the walls curve away into the distance to a place I cannot see, my

like a human, but compound 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

been so frustrated by the 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 direction at

body part I mutate to +5. Since skills can evolve at +5 I’m very excited to see what will happen when

Any clues Gandalf?

...

at this state. For all his immense wisdom the grey one has been very taciturn, or perhaps he’s

extra advice would

for me to do but move into this new

small tunnel and

this place, it feels

the distance as I can. Strange twisted trees, huge oversized mushrooms and a carpet of plant-life underneath

first time I really think to

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

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