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!

Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth

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 provided by the core was no

core out before I evolve the next time as

Ha!

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

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much

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

seen an ant that size

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

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

get used to the feeling of

to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that

have to be extra careful since

take about half an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out

I do

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

to go collect my buried

doesn’t take long to move around the Lake and head towards

from their camp to the lake.

doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to

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

have to get all of them

done the next logical step for me is

a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low.

up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit

at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a

Let’s try four...

picking on these centipedes quite 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

a fair while before a group of four heads out into

I spot them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down

longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to

just don’t feel the

me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m

No sympathy for

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

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

superb accuracy, covering

carefully I quickly line up and fire

POW!

directly struck as it

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