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!

Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’

extremely wise decision to condense my core, 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

max my core out before

Ha!

at my new self yet and I’m already thinking about the next

Out of the chamber!

my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

the same for length? Which

an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose your

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

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

Ho boy! So exciting!

trying to get used to the feeling of my

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

to have 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

five times, taking it slowly and feeling

I do

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

to go collect my buried

long to move around the Lake and head

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

an issue with me absorbing all four

for this stage of evolution

have to get all of them

the next logical step for me is to test my

a lot of sense. I was able to

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 since my weight increase is balanced with an increase in

do three, four

Let’s try four...

me 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

group of four heads out

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

legs and more powerful frame. I’m

some reason I just don’t feel the same sort of

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

sympathy for

I don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its

result too carefully I quickly line up

POW!

centipede is directly struck as it moves

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