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 in this place. After just a single evolution I’ve been able to make such a huge
is 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
sure I max my core
Ha!
new self yet and I’m already thinking
Out of the chamber!
of my seemingly much smaller chamber and
evolution has done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would
an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely
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
my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass at one
Ho boy! So exciting!
to the feeling of my new
I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the
I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away
to drink five times, taking it
should I do
core during an evolution, it’s even more important that secure more
is to go
the Lake
hidden and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree were I buried the cores without
me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes up to
it took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can
all of them before
next logical step for me
hate to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before
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 increase is balanced
was able to do three,
Let’s try four...
than there was before. Large groups of up to ten are leaving
while before a group of four heads out into
I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately
faster now, with my longer legs
don’t feel the same sort
eye I’m now able to look
sympathy for
I get in front I don’t waste any time
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
accuracy, covering the lead
carefully I quickly line up and fire
POW!
The second centipede is directly struck as it moves
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