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!
has grown by leaps and bounds! I managed to 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
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.
my core out before I evolve the
Ha!
had a look at my new self yet
Out of the chamber!
did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into
twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make
you’d seen an ant that size on Earth you would absolutely lose your
change has 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
allowing me
Ho boy! So exciting!
on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling
is good but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I
gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t
five times, taking
should I
my monster core during an evolution, it’s even more
to
long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp
move on the path they took directly from their camp to the
doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my max MP goes
this stage of evolution can
to get all of them before
the next logical step for me is to test my new
hate to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before without evolving and the risk is low. Let’s go see what
back to the centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees
even sure how many centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was 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 are leaving and returning with a higher frequency than I’d seen not that long ago. What is going on with
to wait a fair while before a group of four heads out into the
I spot them I don’t miss the opportunity and
faster now, with my longer legs and more
I just don’t feel the same
almost looked me in the eye I’m now
sympathy
front I don’t waste any time and
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
first blast of restrictive acid is launched with superb accuracy, covering the
watching the result too carefully I quickly line up and
POW!
it moves forward
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