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!

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

decision to condense my core, as well as the 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 have been

make sure I max my core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

haven’t even had a look at my new self yet and I’m already

Out of the chamber!

myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into

lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty

that size on Earth you would absolutely

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

increased, allowing me to take

Ho boy! So exciting!

get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before!

again I notice that my mana is empty so I

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

an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and

should I do

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

is to go collect

long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

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

with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes

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

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

done the next logical step for

able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go see

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

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 nightmare from which

Let’s try four...

there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving

before a group of four

I don’t miss the

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

feel the same sort of tension I

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

No sympathy

any time and place myself directly in

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

I quickly line

POW!

that! The second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward

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