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!

strength 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

well as the good 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 have been nearly

have to make sure I max my core out before

Ha!

had a look at my new self yet and I’m already thinking about the next

Out of the chamber!

did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber

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

If you’d seen an ant that size on

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

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

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

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

to be extra careful since I don’t want to run

hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my

I

during an evolution, it’s even

first mission is to go collect

around the Lake and

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

an issue with me absorbing all four of them and my

out, for this stage

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

step for me

hate to do it, I think targeting the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them

mound and up into my scout tree once more. I’m significantly heavier now so climbing trees is a bit more difficult ,but not much more since my weight increase

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 nightmare

Let’s try four...

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 these

a fair while before a group of four heads out into the forest for

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

legs and more

don’t feel the same sort of tension

centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them

No sympathy

waste any time

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

launched with superb accuracy,

too carefully I quickly line up

POW!

struck as it moves forward to assess the threat

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