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!
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
as the good luck I had to reinforce it to the maximum before evolving. The bonus provided by the core was
core out before
Ha!
my new self yet and I’m
Out of the chamber!
did myself out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and
lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and
If you’d seen an ant that size
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
increased, allowing me to take in more Biomass at
Ho boy! So exciting!
jump about a little bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling of
is good but I need to chill out a moment. Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join
gone out whilst I was evolving. I’ll have to be extra careful since I don’t want to run into him away from this
about half an hour to drink five times, taking it slowly and feeling out my
should I do
during an evolution, it’s even more important
is to go collect my buried
take long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp
to stay hidden and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake.
all four of them and my max MP goes up to
time it took five cores to max me out, for this stage of evolution can I
them before I evolve. The bonus is just
job done the next logical step for me is to test my new
the centipede nest makes a lot of sense. I was able to defeat them before
the centipede 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 is balanced
to do three, four with a bit of trouble. Five was a nightmare from which
Let’s try four...
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 that long ago. What is going on with these
a fair while before a group of four heads
them I don’t miss the opportunity and immediately climb down to
now, with my longer legs and more powerful frame. I’m able to
don’t feel the same sort of
me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably. Almost like I’m bullying the tiny
No sympathy
in front I don’t waste any
Welcome! To your doom!
POW!
is launched with superb accuracy, covering the
the result too carefully I quickly line up and
POW!
second centipede is directly struck as it moves forward to
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