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!

strength has grown 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’

had to reinforce it to

sure I max my core out

Ha!

at my new self yet and I’m already thinking about the

Out of the chamber!

seemingly much smaller chamber and out into

larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a

mackerel! If you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you

before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through

my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass

Ho boy! So exciting!

trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I

notice that my mana is empty so

I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away from this neutral

an hour to drink five times, taking it

should I

improve my monster core during an evolution, it’s even more important that secure

the first mission is to

doesn’t take long to move around the Lake and

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

me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes

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

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

step for me is to test

able to defeat them before without evolving and the

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 an

centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit

Let’s try four...

anything there is more activity here than there was before. Large groups of up to ten are

a fair while before a group of

miss the opportunity and immediately climb down

with my longer legs and more

reason I just don’t feel the same

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

sympathy

any time and place myself

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

carefully I quickly line

POW!

it moves forward to assess the threat to

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