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!

significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in

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

have to make sure I max my core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and I’m already thinking

Out of the chamber!

myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and

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 a bit less than two metres

ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose your

other ways as well. My Mandibles are significantly larger than before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

excited is good but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that

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

about half an hour to drink five times, taking

I do

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

the first mission is to go collect my buried

doesn’t take long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried

with me absorbing all four

five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten or perhaps

all of them before I evolve. The bonus

next logical step for me is to

it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them

about an hour to make my way back to the centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now

many centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a

Let’s try four...

there is more activity 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.

have to wait a fair while before a group of four heads out

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

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

the same sort

they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look

sympathy

I get in front I don’t waste any time and place myself

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead

the result too carefully I quickly line up

POW!

directly struck as it moves forward to

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