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

as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was

max my core out before I evolve

Ha!

new self yet and I’m already

Out of the chamber!

out of my seemingly much smaller chamber

Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less than two

ant that size

size 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 has increased in size along with the rest of me, possibly enough

increased, allowing me to take

Ho boy! So exciting!

a little bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of my new body. I really feel much stronger than before! I can’t wait

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

Titan-Croc appears to have gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run

drink five times, taking it

should I

core during

mission is to go collect my

around the Lake and head

directly from their camp to

Gandalf doesn’t have an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my

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

have to get all of them before I

for me is to test my

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 I

way back to the centipede mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier

at once now. I was able to do three, four

Let’s try four...

picking on these centipedes quite a bit, their 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

have to wait a fair while before a group of four

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

with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to overtake the

reason I just don’t feel the same sort of

the eye I’m now able to look down on

sympathy for

front I don’t waste any time and

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

with superb accuracy, covering the lead centipede across its

the result too carefully I quickly line up and

POW!

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

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