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!

bounds! I managed to more than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’

to condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The

core out

Ha!

new self

Out of the chamber!

I did myself out of my seemingly

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

ant that size on Earth

more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel that my acid gland has

my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me

Ho boy! So exciting!

the feeling of my new body. I really feel much

excited is good but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters

Titan-Croc appears to have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away

times, taking it slowly and feeling out

I

my monster core during an evolution, it’s

to go

around the Lake and head

move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at

with me absorbing all four of

took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can

get all of them before I evolve. The bonus is just

for me is to test my new body

I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving

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

centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from which I’d had to

Let’s try four...

seem much diminished, if anything there is more activity here than there was before. Large groups of

have to wait a fair while before a group of four heads out into the forest for

them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to

legs and more

some reason I just don’t feel the

me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m bullying the

sympathy for

get in front I don’t waste any time

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy,

result too carefully I quickly line

POW!

as it moves forward to assess

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