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 this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able to make
reinforce it to
make sure I max my core out
Ha!
haven’t even had a look at my new self yet and I’m already thinking about
Out of the chamber!
myself out of my seemingly
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
size on Earth you would absolutely lose
in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel that my acid gland has increased in size along with the rest of me, possibly enough to store five or six shots
my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more
Ho boy! So exciting!
get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I
I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for a
out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want
hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and
I do
during an evolution, it’s even more important that secure more monster
mission is to go collect
doesn’t take long to move around the Lake and
took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I
with me absorbing all four
me out, for this stage of evolution
to get all of them before I evolve.
logical step for me
of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s
my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now
was able to do three, four with a bit
Let’s try four...
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
to wait a fair while before a group of four
miss the opportunity and immediately climb down
now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m
some reason I just don’t feel the
eye I’m now able
sympathy
I get in front I don’t waste any time and
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
first blast of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back
I quickly line up
POW!
as it moves
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