Chrysalis

Chapter 40

Do monsters dream when they evolve?

I can’t even close my eyes, let alone properly sleep. When I evolved I had no concept of time or sensation. I can remember confirming my choices and then... nothing. All of my thoughts vanished. Almost as my brain had been completely switched off.

...

And then back on again.

Whoa! What the heck??

I feel... Different.

Um... this is weird. I feel like my core is gradually cooling, as if it had been on fire just moments ago. What is that about?

It’s really strange. It isn’t like as a human you could go to sleep and then wake up in a different body. Like, I can already tell I’m significantly larger than I was before...

Forget this! Check the status!

Name: Anthony

Level: 1 (core)

Might: 31

Toughness: 22

Cunning: 25

Will: 18

HP: 50/50

MP: 0/20

Skills: Excavation Level 1; Improved Acid Shot Level 3; Grip Level 4; Crushing Bite Level 2; Advanced Stealth Level 3; Chomp level 3; Tunnel sense Level 4; Mana Manipulation level 3

Mutations: Focused Eyes +5, Antennae +2, Restrictive Acid +5, Legs +1, Mandibles +4, Carapace +1, Regeneration Gland, Pheromones

Species: Mature Ant Worker (Formica)

Skill points: 1

Biomass: 0

Hmmm.

Hmmmmmmm.

Huuuu ha.

Hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

Behold! Witness my power!

strength has grown by leaps and bounds! I managed to more than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just

to condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no joke and my evolution

core out before I evolve

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and I’m

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the forest

The evolution has done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and

that size on Earth you would absolutely lose

than before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel that my acid gland has increased in size along with the rest of

has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass at

Ho boy! So exciting!

trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I

chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice

I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away from this

about half an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly

should I

improve my monster core during an evolution, it’s even more important that secure more monster

is to go collect my buried

doesn’t take long to move around the

they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree

issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to twenty

this stage of evolution

I have to get all of them

my first job done the next logical step for me

able to defeat them before

mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much more since my weight increase is

I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from which I’d had

Let’s try four...

here than there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen not that long ago. What

fair while before a group of four heads out into the

miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to

a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake the convoy

the same

centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye

No sympathy for

any time and place myself directly

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back

the result too carefully I quickly line

POW!

The second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to

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