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!

clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth

to reinforce it to the maximum

I max my core out before I evolve the next time as

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet

Out of the chamber!

glee I did myself out of my seemingly

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

an ant that size on

significantly larger than before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel

my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to

Ho boy! So exciting!

the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I

Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the

have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t

five times, taking it slowly

I do

it is to improve my monster core during an evolution, it’s

first mission is to go collect

doesn’t take long to move around the Lake

camp

with me absorbing all four of

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

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

step for me is to test my

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

me 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 so climbing trees is

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

Let’s try four...

picking on these centipedes quite a bit, their numbers don’t seem much diminished, if anything 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

before a group of four

miss the opportunity and

quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more

just don’t feel the same sort of tension I

larger than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m bullying the tiny

No sympathy

don’t waste any

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead

I quickly line up and fire

POW!

it moves forward

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