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 single evolution I’ve been able to make such a huge different to 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 no joke and my evolution would not have been nearly so powerful

make sure I max my core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and

Out of the chamber!

my seemingly much smaller chamber and

twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres

ant that size on

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,

also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass at

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the

appears to have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful

an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my new

I

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

the first mission is to go collect my

around the Lake and head towards the

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

issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max

took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it

to get all of them before I

done the next logical step for me is to test my new body in

a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go

tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much more since my weight

how many centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was

Let’s try four...

groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen

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

don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down

faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake the

don’t feel the same

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

sympathy for

I don’t waste any time and place myself

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

with superb accuracy,

result too carefully I

POW!

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

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