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!

to more than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a

core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus

my core out before I evolve the next time

Ha!

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

Out of the chamber!

seemingly much smaller chamber and out

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

seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose your

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 to store five or six shots

also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t wait to test it

I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around

to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him

take about half an hour to drink five times,

I

core during an

to go collect my

around the

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

doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to twenty

max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to

all of them before I evolve. The bonus is

next logical step for me is to test my new

makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without

I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much more since my weight

once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit

Let’s try four...

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

before a group of four heads out into the forest

the opportunity and immediately

legs and more powerful frame. I’m able

some reason I just don’t feel the same sort

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

No sympathy

any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the

watching the result too carefully I quickly line up and

POW!

it moves forward to assess the threat to

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