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!

Might stat and also increase my Toughness significantly! Evolution is clearly incredibly important to a monsters’ growth in this place. After

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

core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

self yet

Out of the chamber!

I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the forest

as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall

you’d seen an ant that size on

impacted 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

also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass at

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

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

out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be

five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I

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

is to

to move around the Lake and

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

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

time it took five cores to max me out, for this stage

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

for me is to test my new body in

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

I’m significantly

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

Let’s try four...

numbers don’t seem much diminished, if anything there is more activity here than there was before. Large groups

wait a fair while before a group of four heads out

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

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 did

Where 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

No sympathy

in front I don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering

result too carefully I quickly line

POW!

directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat

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