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!
than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After
condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum
max my core out before I
Ha!
self yet and I’m already thinking about the
Out of the chamber!
my seemingly much smaller chamber and
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 two
seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose
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 size along with the rest of me, possibly enough
allowing
Ho boy! So exciting!
spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than
but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so
I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him
an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my
should I do
core during an
the first mission is to
doesn’t take long to move around the Lake
they took directly from their camp
absorbing all four of them and my max MP
time it took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten
of them before
my first job done the next logical step for me is
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 can
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
was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from which I’d
Let’s try four...
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 seen
a fair while before a group of four heads out into the
spot them I don’t miss the opportunity
quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and
don’t feel the same sort of
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. Almost like I’m bullying
sympathy
get in front I don’t waste any time and
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
blast of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy,
result too carefully I quickly line
POW!
The second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat to its
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