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!

is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been

to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was no joke and my evolution would not have been nearly

I max my core out before I evolve

Ha!

my new self yet and I’m already thinking

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 centimetres

mackerel! If you’d seen 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 my acid gland has increased in size along with the rest of me, possibly enough to store five or six shots

capacity has increased, allowing me

Ho boy! So exciting!

jump about a little 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

status again I notice

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

hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling

should I do

during

mission is to go

to move around the Lake and

and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to

have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and

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

I have to get all of them before I evolve. The bonus

my first job done the next logical step for

nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the

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

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

Let’s try four...

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.

wait a fair while before a group of

the opportunity and immediately climb

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

feel the same

centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down

No sympathy

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

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

blast of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its back and

I

POW!

struck as it

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