Chrysalis

I have high hopes for this upgrade. At the moment I can’t use my mana for anything other than practice, it serves no offensive purpose, and I can’t help but wonder if I’ll eventually be able to manipulate my mana into different elemental types eventually. If I’m right then this could be a massive advantage, even if it is a long way off.

For now, this upgrade will give me what I want most, which is a rounded offensive boost.

Choose Infused Mandibles!

ooooOOOOHHHHHHHH GOD!

MY FACE!

MY PRECIOUS FACE!

Once the mutation begins my entire face erupts with painful itching. It almost feels as if wires are tunnel through my head, connecting my mandibles and my inner body.

This is the WOOOOOOOOORST!

It takes a long time for the mutation to end. When it finally stops I feel like crying in relief and once again I’m forced to remember that ants have no tears.

But my heart, my heart is weeping.

Getting stronger is an amazing feeling but the process completely sucks. Having spent my mana and my Biomass it is time to rest up. I still have skill points to spend but I’ll keep holding them for skill upgrades and potential magic skills.

Time for a nap!

Without further ado I flop onto my side and begin to drift into the dreamless state of torpor. Tiny scratches around for a while before leaning himself against my back. Before my senses finally fade away I can hear him snoring softly behind me.

Aaaand UP!

With a jolt I shake myself awake, ready to take on another day of challenges! Since there isn’t really any hurry I make sure to spend the mana I accumulated whilst resting on more manipulation practice.

I try something different this time, inspired the Queen, that is to say, mother, passing on her healing spell through her antennae. Using my mind to control the flow of energy in my core I direct it out, into my body and up through my antennae. Eventually the mana is released as a brightly glowing wisp of smoke, drifting from the tip of each antennae.

I wake up Tiny, who is still snoring happily (is it just me or is he a bit bigger today?) and wait for him to jump on my back before

any rush to get started quickly today so I

at this stage in their development, no eyes or ears of any kind. They are totally dependent on the

happily, rolling away to escape. This starts a new game where Tiny and I take turns to roll

Heheh.

to go and secure food for

Wait, I smell something...

to work

heck is going on down

stronger than the other ants I push my way forward, Tiny in his customary saddle

workers clustered around her defensively. There is one other tunnel leading further down

alarmed I charge forward, bursting into

Tunnel collapse? Food located? Are we under

running down the tunnel I get my answer, the sounds of brutal impact and flesh being torn

We are under attack!

Defend the colony!

reach the front line and smash our enemies to bits! How dare they

make it I’m horrified by what I see. Broken and sliced bodies of my fellow workers litter the ground already

doesn’t seem to

bizarre looking creatures loom before me, walking on four legs that end in strange clawed feet, their hunched upper bodies are grotesquely bulked with muscle, with almost no head or face to speak of. From the center of their chest protrudes a hideous beak. Instead of arms, four glistening blades, made from

heck are

they climbed up here from further down below? They look

waiting, workers are being slaughtered as I wait around. I have to throw myself into the

way to the front by shoving and dragging workers out of my way I put myself at the forefront of the reinforcements. It’s difficult to see how many of these insane creatures there are since

of this. I quickly shake my body left and right, like a wet dog, until I dislodge the little guy. He

do any more for him than

then you freaks,

over me to reach their

Slash!

the first strike but already there are