Chrysalis

He certainly looks damn strong!

The size of the guy!

I think it’s fairly clear to tell that almost all of that evolutionary energy went into Might! Somewhat sadly. I really wish even a sliver of that energy had made it to buffing up his brain power.

Well, it isn’t all bad I suppose. Since Tiny has me to help him do the thinking, and he can now receive my instructions, being as good as he can at fighting is probably for the best, especially when considering the upcoming crises we will soon face.

The final thing I need to do is complete my mutations. With eleven points of Biomass to spend I’ll be able to select a mutation advancement for my legs and then upgrade my Gravitational Energy gland twice.

I open the menu eagerly not even listening to the prompts of Gandalf. Lemme check out dem legs!

Ho boy! Look at all these juicy options!

So many selections that I can choose!

Let’s see now.... Legs that stick to surfaces? Peh I can already do that... Legs with barbed spines emerging from them to stab enemies? Ouch! Legs with extra running speed, frictionless feet for sliding, legs with skin between them to allow for gliding? What the heck?

I’m tempted to take an option that just makes me faster or something plain like that but then my eyes fall on a choice that piques my interest.

[Absorption Legs, connects the core to the feet, allowing the monster to drawn in mana from the surface it is standing on].

So, if I’m running around in the Dungeon, this option will let me draw in mana from the walls and floor?! If the absorption rate is decent then this could provide the missing link to my magic practice! If I can refill my core and the even more mana hungry Gravitational Energy Gland faster they will become much more useful!

I’ll take it!

[Do you wish to select Absorption legs and improve Gravitational Energy Gland to +3? This will cost 11 Biomass]

Hit me!

FLANARGLE!

AHhhhH! The Itch!

Stupid thing!

....

With Tiny’s successful evolution it’s time to re-join the colony and do our part to assist the digging efforts! I ask Tiny to bring along the remain cores and we leave the trap network, heading back to the main shaft before we make our decent

haven’t experienced this low a light level ever since I was reborn in this Dungeon. The change in condition is disturbing, making the tunnels feel much more threatening and oppressive. Shadows dance menacingly across the walls as Tiny and I pass through, the patterns of light breaking every

forward to the point he’s almost kneeing himself in the face as he

main shaft in silence. The absent workers and darkness press down on our mentality. The only sounds we hear are the echoes of our movements as we

few short hours this empty place will become

of the shaft and the noises

sort of speech, it isn’t chatter that I hear but scritching scrabble of thousands of legs and grinding of dozens of mandibles as the colony hauls dirt, working at a

the room is completely packed with workers, hundreds of them together. Other than a few workers tending to the brood almost all of the ants

them heading out and down to the lower tunnel with jaws full of dirt and others running

the warm voice of the Queen sings

vibrating with energy, so eager to work at the side of the

make sure

through the bustling workers who mostly disregard his presence, some workers even start climbing over him, just walking up his arms and

breath I start to push my way through the worker frenzy, using my larger size to force aside the much smaller hatchlings and workers. So desperate are the others to contribute that I

of people (ants) you want working on

been made. With the Queen working at the front, her enormous mandibles carving up the dirt and rock at a constant rate, combined with a veritable army of assistants carting off the

it still

the several kilometres it needs to be! At the moment

I

we all

as I start ripping into the dirt

be able to talk without moving your

with

large clumps of earth which we then turn and fling behind us, allowing the smaller