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!

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

had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no

my core out

Ha!

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

Out of the chamber!

I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber

The 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

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

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

capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more

Ho boy! So exciting!

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

but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake

gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him

five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I do

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

first mission is to go

the

path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried

four of them and

five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution

to get all of them before

done the next logical step for me is to test my

the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go see

back to the 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

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

Let’s try four...

Large groups of up to ten are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen not

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

miss the opportunity

bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake

reason I just don’t feel the same sort

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

in front I don’t waste any time

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede

result too carefully I

POW!

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

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