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!

managed to more than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly

to my extremely wise decision to condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The

core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and I’m already

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly

done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less

mackerel! If you’d seen an ant that size on

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

also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

jump about a little bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than

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

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

hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and

should I

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

to go

take long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I

all four of them and my max MP

me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it

get all of them before I evolve.

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

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

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 an increase

I was able to do three, four with

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 than I’d seen not that

wait a fair while before a group

them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately

legs and more powerful

just don’t feel the same

eye I’m now able to look

No sympathy for

I get in front I don’t waste any

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its

I quickly line up and

POW!

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

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