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!
by leaps and 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 place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able to make such
to condense 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
core out before I evolve the next
Ha!
my new self yet and I’m
Out of the chamber!
glee I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the forest
evolution has 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 than two
you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you
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
stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass
Ho boy! So exciting!
bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t wait to test
again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for a quick
I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t
to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out
should I do
it is to improve my monster core during
mission is to go collect
around the Lake and head towards
hidden and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive
all four
five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I expect it to take ten or
what, I have to get all of them before I evolve. The bonus is just too
logical step for me is to test my new body
to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without
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
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 tail and
Let’s try four...
activity here than there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher
a fair while before a group of four heads out into the
I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately
can move quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful
some reason I just don’t feel the same sort of
they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on
No sympathy for
I get in front I don’t waste any time and place myself directly in
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and down one
the result too carefully I quickly
POW!
second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat
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