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!

bounds! 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

good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before

I max my core out before I evolve the

Ha!

self yet

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much

same

an ant that size on

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

allowing me to take

Ho boy! So exciting!

the feeling of my new body. I really feel

my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the

whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into

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

I do

core during an evolution,

the first mission is to

long to move around the Lake and

took directly from their camp

Gandalf doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up

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

I have to get all of them

next logical step for me

think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the

centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now

many centipedes I should take 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...

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

a fair while before a group of

them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately

move quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m

the same sort of tension I did

once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m bullying the tiny little

No sympathy

any time and place myself directly

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and

the result too carefully I

POW!

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

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