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!

stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a

good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no

my core

Ha!

even had a look at my new self

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber

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

ant that size on Earth you would absolutely

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

capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more

Ho boy! So exciting!

to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger

need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice

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

to drink five times, taking it slowly and

should I

core during an evolution, it’s even

to go

the Lake

stay hidden and not move on the path they 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

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

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

next logical step for

able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low.

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

to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a

Let’s try four...

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

wait a fair while before a group of four heads

spot them I don’t miss the

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

just don’t feel the same sort

so much larger than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye

sympathy

I don’t waste any time

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead

I quickly line up and fire

POW!

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

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