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 just a single evolution I’ve been able to make such a huge

to the maximum

sure I max my core out before I evolve the next

Ha!

my new self yet and

Out of the chamber!

glee I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller

done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less than two metres

If you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose your

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

my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t

status again I notice that my mana is empty

I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away from this neutral

to drink five times,

should I do

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

mission is to go collect my buried

long to move around the Lake and head towards the

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

doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of

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

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

the next logical step for me is to test

lot of sense. I was able to defeat them

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

able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five

Let’s try four...

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 with these guys?

have to wait a fair while before a group of four heads out into the

the

legs and more powerful

don’t feel the same sort of tension I

than these centipedes now. 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

sympathy for

I don’t waste any time and place myself

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

with superb accuracy, covering the

too carefully I quickly line up

POW!

The second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess

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