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!

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

to condense my core, as 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

sure I max my core out

Ha!

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

Out of the chamber!

out of my seemingly much smaller chamber and out into the

ho! The evolution has done a lot! I’m significantly larger now, probably twice as tall? Maybe the same for length? Which would make me roughly sixty centimetres tall and a bit less than

ant that size on Earth you

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 to store five

has increased, allowing me to

Ho boy! So exciting!

little bit and turn on the spot, trying to get used to the feeling

Checking my status again I notice that my mana is empty so I join the

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

drink five times, taking it

I do

important it is to improve my monster core during

mission is to go

take long to move around the Lake and head towards the camp

hidden and not move on the path they took directly from their camp to the lake. Eventually I arrive at the tree

all four of them and

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

all of them before I

for me is to

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

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 with an

even sure how many centipedes I should take on at once now. I was able to do three,

Let’s try four...

more activity here than there was before. Large groups of up to ten

to wait a fair while before a group of four heads

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

quite a bit faster now, with my longer legs and more powerful

feel the same sort of tension

so much larger than these centipedes now. Where once they almost looked me in the eye I’m now able to look down on them comfortably.

sympathy

any time and place

Welcome! To your doom!

POW!

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

the result too carefully I quickly line up and fire

POW!

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

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