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

accumulated experience, all the ridiculous good luck I’ve had? It hasn’t been easy to survive to

vital ingredient to mastering magic for me and my fellow creatures down here. This could explain why

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 really the correct

to advance now into what is likely more dangerous territory than I

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

level back up to five and

points as an unevolved creature which could allow me to gain more levels and skill points at a faster pace

even look at the skills

regained full control of my body and shaken the dust off my mind as I reach the end of the tunnel. Beyond here lies the vast underground space I glimpsed

deep breath I walk out into the

place is so

left and right the walls

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

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

the first body part I mutate to +5. Since skills can evolve at +5 I’m very excited to see what

Any clues Gandalf?

...

state. For all his immense wisdom

would

isn’t anything left for me to do

slope, leaving the shelter of the small tunnel and exposing

large enough word to describe this place, it feels

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

first time I really think to myself, this is absolutely

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 of an adult

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