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!

than double my Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly

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

to make sure I max my core out

Ha!

even had a look at my new self yet

Out of the chamber!

my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

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

seen an ant that size on Earth you

impacted in 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

increased, allowing me to take in more

Ho boy! So exciting!

on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new

but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for

Titan-Croc appears to have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra

hour to drink five times, taking it

should I

my monster core during an evolution, it’s

the first mission is to go

around the Lake

move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree

have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP

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

them before I evolve.

step for me is to test my new body in

it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to

my scout tree once more. I’m significantly

on at once now. I was able to do three, four

Let’s try four...

much diminished, if anything there is more activity here than there was before. Large groups of

a fair while before a group of

don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down

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

some reason I just don’t feel the same sort of

larger than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them

No sympathy

waste any time and place myself directly in front of

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and down one

carefully I quickly line up and

POW!

as it moves forward to assess the threat

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