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!
double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place.
good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus
have to make sure I max my core out before I evolve the
Ha!
haven’t even had a look at my new self yet and I’m already thinking about the
Out of the chamber!
did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and
same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less than two
If you’d seen an ant that size on
change has impacted 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
capacity has increased, allowing me to take
Ho boy! So exciting!
used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t
my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around
have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to
five times, taking it
should I
monster core during an evolution,
is to go collect
move around the
the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried the cores without
issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to twenty
cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten or
what, I have to get all of them before I evolve. The bonus
my first job done the next logical step for me is to test my new body
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
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
should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a
Let’s try four...
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
I don’t miss the opportunity and
bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake
reason I just don’t feel the same sort of
they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like
No sympathy
front I don’t waste any time and place myself directly
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
with superb accuracy,
too carefully I quickly line
POW!
is directly struck as it
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