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!

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. After just a single evolution

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

I max my core out before I evolve the

Ha!

self yet and I’m already

Out of the chamber!

myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the forest

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

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

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 or six

my stomach capacity has increased, 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 wait to

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

I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since

times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I

during an

is to

take long to move around the

took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I

issue with me absorbing all four

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

I have to get all of them before I evolve. The bonus is just too

job done the next logical step for

hate to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without

into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly

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

Let’s try four...

me picking 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 ago. What

a group of four

don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to

legs and

I just don’t feel the same sort of tension

much larger than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able

sympathy for

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

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

accuracy, covering the lead centipede

the result too carefully I quickly line up and fire

POW!

is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat to its

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