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!

also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able

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

core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

my new self yet and I’m already thinking

Out of the chamber!

out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into

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

If you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely

has 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 enemy defences. I

has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass

Ho boy! So exciting!

used to the feeling of

Checking my status again I notice

be extra careful since I don’t want to run

times, taking it slowly and

should I

core during

mission is to go collect my buried

to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

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

issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max

it took five cores to max me out, for this stage

what, I have to get all of them before I evolve. The bonus is just

logical step for me is to test

able to defeat them before without

centipede mound and up 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

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 turn

Let’s try four...

there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen not that long ago. What is going on with these guys? Population

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

miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to

longer legs and more powerful frame.

the same

almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on

No sympathy

front I don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

too carefully I quickly line

POW!

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

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