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!

is clearly incredibly

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

sure I max my core out before I evolve the

Ha!

new self yet and I’m already thinking about

Out of the chamber!

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

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

you’d seen an ant that size on Earth

in getting through enemy defences. I can also feel that my acid gland has increased in size along with the rest of me, possibly

allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t

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

be extra careful since I don’t

take about half an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I do

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

mission is to go collect my buried

move around the Lake and head towards

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

an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to

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

get all of them before I

done the next logical step for me is to test my new body

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 can do

scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much more since

should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit

Let’s try four...

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

wait a fair while before a group of four heads out into

miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to

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

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

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

sympathy for

don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and down one

I quickly line

POW!

directly struck as it moves forward to assess

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