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!

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’ growth in this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able to make

also due to my extremely wise decision to condense my core, as well as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus

my core out before I evolve the

Ha!

at my new self yet

Out of the chamber!

I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller

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

you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you

My Mandibles are significantly larger than before, with a little more edge in them, which should assist me in getting through enemy defences.

allowing me to take in more Biomass at

Ho boy! So exciting!

the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much

again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for a quick

I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I

half an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly

should I

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

to go

take long to move around the Lake and head towards the

from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I

four of

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

of them before I evolve. The bonus is just

logical step for

makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat

my way back to the centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit

not even sure how many centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a

Let’s try four...

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 not that long ago. What is going on with these guys? Population

before a group of four heads

I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately

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

don’t feel the same sort of

much larger 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 little

sympathy for

I get in front I don’t waste any time and place myself directly in front

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back

too carefully I quickly

POW!

struck as it moves forward

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