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!

increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth

good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was

to make sure I max my core out before I

Ha!

look at my new self yet

Out of the chamber!

out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less than

size

in other ways as 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 can also feel that my acid gland has increased in size along with the rest of me, possibly enough to store five

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana

have to be extra careful since I don’t want

five times, taking it slowly and

should I do

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

mission is to go collect

doesn’t take long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree

four of them and my

out, for this stage of evolution can

what, I have to get all of them before

for

able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go see what I

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 since my weight increase

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

Let’s try four...

don’t seem much diminished, if anything there is more activity here than there was before. Large groups of up

while before a group of four heads out into

miss the opportunity and

now, with my longer legs and more

don’t feel the same

they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look

sympathy for

any time and place myself directly in front

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its

I

POW!

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

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