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!

increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able to make

good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no joke and my

sure I max my core out before

Ha!

new self yet and I’m already thinking about the

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the forest

the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall

ant that 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

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

Ho boy! So exciting!

little bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body.

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

gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away from this neutral

to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling

I do

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

the first mission is to go collect

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

and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I

have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max

this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten or perhaps

all of them before I evolve. The bonus is

the next logical step for me is to test my

hate to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go see what I

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 a bit more difficult ,but not much more

at once now. I was able to do three,

Let’s try four...

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 seen not that long ago. What is going on with these

wait a fair while before a group of four heads

miss the opportunity

move quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m

feel the same sort

these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look

sympathy for

any time and place myself directly in

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

with superb accuracy, covering

the result too carefully I quickly line up

POW!

directly struck as it moves forward to

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