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!

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

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

I max my core

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and I’m

Out of the chamber!

myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty

an ant that size on Earth you

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 can also feel that

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before!

a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join

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

hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling

should I do

monster core during an evolution, it’s even

mission is to

take long to move around the Lake and head towards

they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually

an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to twenty

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

get all of them before I

for me is to test my new body in

targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before

scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much

once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from

Let’s try four...

on these centipedes quite a bit, their 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 with a higher frequency than I’d seen

fair while before a group of four heads

the opportunity and immediately climb down to follow

now, with my longer legs and

I just don’t feel the same sort of

than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m bullying the tiny

sympathy for

I don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

result too carefully I quickly line

POW!

it

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