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!

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.

had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus

sure I max my core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

my new self yet and I’m already

Out of the chamber!

out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

twice as tall? Maybe the same

If you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely

well. My Mandibles are significantly larger than before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences. I

has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

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

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

drink five times, taking

I do

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

mission is to go

around the Lake and

their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried the cores without

four of

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

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

my first job done the next logical step for me is to test my

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

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

even sure how 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 had to turn tail and

Let’s try four...

on 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 than I’d seen not that long

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

I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately

legs and more powerful frame.

just don’t feel the same sort of tension

the eye I’m now able to

sympathy for

in front I don’t waste any time and place myself directly

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede

I

POW!

is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat

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