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!
my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a
decision to condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was
core out before I
Ha!
self yet and I’m already
Out of the chamber!
of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into
tall? Maybe the same for length?
ant that size on Earth you
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
capacity has increased, allowing me to take in
Ho boy! So exciting!
to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t wait to test
but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the
I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him
an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly
should I do
monster core during an evolution, it’s even
is to go collect my
move around the Lake and
move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried the
Gandalf doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to twenty
me out, for this stage of
matter what, I have to get all of them
for me is to test my new body in
do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before
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 is balanced with
take on at once now. I was able to do three,
Let’s try four...
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 is going on
while before a group
spot them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down
move quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful
just don’t feel the same
me in the eye I’m now able
No sympathy for
any time and place myself directly in front
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the
too carefully I quickly line
POW!
that! The second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess
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