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’

it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no joke and my

max my core out before I evolve the next time

Ha!

self

Out of the chamber!

of my seemingly much smaller chamber and

as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit

you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you would

size change has impacted in 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 that my acid gland has increased in

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me

Ho boy! So exciting!

the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t wait

a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I

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 it

I

improve my monster core during an evolution,

is to go

the Lake

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

me absorbing all four of them and my max MP

this stage of

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

done the next logical step for me is to test my new body in

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

the centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now

at once 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...

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.

wait a fair while before a group of four heads out into the

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

legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake

the same sort of tension I

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

No sympathy for

waste any time and place myself directly

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy,

carefully I quickly line up and fire

POW!

centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat

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