Chrysalis

I’m willing to admit it. I was a little overconfident. With my skills improving and my core being condensed, I was feeling quite strong. Not that I could devour all in my path but that perhaps I could hold my own as I explored.

NOPE.

Did you see that centipede? It was massive! Clearly the evolved form of the creatures I’d seen above. How is that fair Gandalf?! If I’d evolved into a mature ant worker would I be three metres long and two feet thick?!

How much Biomass is that thing worth?!

Not to mention, as soon as it exposed itself death immediately rained down from above!

I shudder to think what would have happened if I’d been crawling about on the ceiling or gone further into the forest.

I steel my resolve. I knew the creatures would be stronger when I came down here. I also understood the risk I took when I chose to spend my evolution on my monster core instead of boosting my stats immediately.

I refuse to believe there isn’t something in this enormous underground world that I cannot hunt!

Advance Anthony!

Relying on my stealth and my superior senses I will survive!

Refusing to be cowed by the sudden display of lethality from this place I resolutely advance in to the forest.

Stealthily, of course.

As I move properly amongst the foliage, with these bizarre trees and fungi above my head I could almost believe I was on the surface, since the rock ceiling is too obscured for me to see from here.

The strange foliage of the trees is interesting. I presume the trees don’t need sunlight to survive, since there isn’t any down here, so why do they have these strange fleshy leaves? Rather than having many individual leaves the trees have huge, long ones that hang down , some of them almost to the ground. Most of the leaves are a deep shade of purple but others tinge into red, creating a remarkable display of colour everywhere I look.

Presumably these trees are gaining energy from the veins of light, I’m guessing now these are mana veins, that twist everywhere through the floor, branching into their endless patterns.

touching those leaves. It wouldn’t shock me to see

detect vibrations with my antennae. Crouching low, trying to take advantage of the vegetation that covers the floor I move

progress in this place and that is

wide arc towards the noise, my eyes

has

level up than their basic counterparts. Thankfully this skill, which I rely on

the shape of a hulking Croca-beast! Why the heck are these so many

admit, I’m still terrified of these

and it was eating an

could have nightmares I’d

arms there is a wide slash, dripping with green blood as well as a few other slashes. It appears this Croca-beast has been involved with some heavy fighting, the beast is breathing heavily through its massive maw of

focus on the

take on one of these horrible crocodiles one on one. This is a chance

Let’s do this!

and blast the Croca-beast with acid. Come at

was careful to aim the acid so that it would

roars with pain, its massive jaws wide open

the acid goes directly into the creatures mouth, the other half blasts past the target, but I’m satisfied with the shot.

are going to keep letting fire acid directly inside their mouths like this I’m going to

a bad day for this particular beast. Having decided

Holy moly!

fast as they can do dodge past the brutal dash. The Croc has both hands out, long claws gleaming with cold light.

Slash!

air brush past me from the fearsome strike. If that had connected it may just be lights

isn’t a way to back down

balance and turns to face me once more I turn my head slightly to

Fire!