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!

strength has grown by leaps and bounds! I managed to more than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a

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 would not have been nearly

core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

my new self yet

Out of the chamber!

with glee I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would

seen an ant that size on Earth you

in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel that my

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

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

but 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

I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him

hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I

monster core during an evolution, it’s even more

mission is to go collect

the Lake and

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

doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them

took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten

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

next logical step for me

makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is

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

many centipedes I should take on 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...

before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen not that long

have to wait a fair while before a group of four heads

miss the opportunity and immediately climb down

quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake the convoy

I just don’t feel the same sort of tension I

the eye I’m now able to look down

sympathy

any time and place myself directly in front

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

is launched with superb accuracy, covering the

watching the result too carefully I quickly line up and

POW!

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

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