Chrysalis

Chapter 86

As I ate the mana cloud beneath me grew more intense, radiating a blinding glow that forced me to turn my head away to avert my eyes.

Curse my lack of eyelids! Sometimes an entity just has to blink!

There is a bright flash and then the intensity of the light fades, allowing me to turn back and observe what the heck just took place.

The mana cloud is still there, lazily swirling as the glowing energy leeches out of the walls, but there is also a centipede! A brand new claw centipede uncurls itself and upon seeing me staring down at it, immediately opens its claws and charges!

CHOMP!

[You have defeated level 1 claw centipede]

[You have gained experience]

That was one short life…

Holy bushiness of the grey one! This is a spawn point?!

I hadn't had confirmation of this point yet, I had no idea how all of these monsters were being created. I hadn't seen any monsters procreating, giving birth or any such thing, but that didn't mean that it didn't or couldn't happen. Here though I have proof! Evidence! Monsters are spawned from concentrated mana points in the ground, possibly also in caves!

But why? And how?! Is the creation mana I saw in the menu? If so, who is doing the creating? Is this simply a natural phenomenon in this world, a by-product of mana? It seems ridiculous to suggest that in any place the strange energy form that is mana exists, monsters will begin to spontaneously pop out of the ground!

is going on in this

a mound around a spawn

that gathers its followers together, creating

Interesting nonetheless.

aspect of this discovery

the mana cloud is already beginning to recover its intensity, growing brighter with each passing second. It is entirely possible this location

from the ant hill here, it should be possible, if tedious to dig a tunnel that will connect this location to the nest. Such an endeavor would probably take a full day of digging, even with

need to put down a pheromone trail to bring workers here so they

long tunnel and divert the workforce just for one centipede

a sinking feeling I gradually realize

workers worth the time and effort, I should also create another pitfall network here, so that a number of workers could remain

of trap

only problem I have, is this is going to be a

to embrace the zen of ants!

me

spawns, roughly an hour later. I'm starting to notice a few changes to my ape companion, his hands seem larger, his fur thicker and even

getting stronger then it's

the surface, only to return and dig again. I'm once again grateful for my improved stats since I was able to power through the work better than

able to level the excavation skill another two

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