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!

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

to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no joke and my evolution would

make sure I max my core out before

Ha!

even had a look at my new self yet and I’m already thinking

Out of the chamber!

glee I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller

a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall

ant that size

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

increased, allowing me

Ho boy! So exciting!

and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before!

out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for a

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

times, taking it slowly and feeling out

I do

how important it is to improve my monster core during

mission is to

take long to move around the Lake and

try to stay hidden and not move on the path they took directly from their camp

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

this stage of evolution can I expect it

to get all of them before

for

to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat

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 not much more

at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from which I’d had to

Let’s try four...

than there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d

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

spot them I don’t miss the

move quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more

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

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

sympathy for

in front I don’t waste any

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

blast of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and down one

too carefully I

POW!

is directly struck as it moves

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