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!

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 able to make such a huge

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

make sure I max my core out before

Ha!

look at my new self yet and

Out of the chamber!

I did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber

the same

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

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 at

can also assume my stomach capacity has increased, allowing

Ho boy! So exciting!

turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I

again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the monsters around the lake for

whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want

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

should I

during an evolution, it’s

first mission is to go collect my

to move around the Lake and head towards

directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at

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

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

of them before I evolve. The bonus is

first job done the next logical step for me is to test my new body

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

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

centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a

Let’s try four...

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

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

them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately

legs

reason I just don’t feel the same sort of tension I did

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

sympathy for

waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

too carefully I quickly

POW!

second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to assess the threat

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