Chrysalis

Boy was I glad to sense Tiny had managed to arrive on schedule! My biggest worry had been the big moron would get confused or lost somehow.

[You managed to find me ok big guy?]

[No]

[It was hard? What happened?!]

[Walls]

[You got stuck behind walls?]

[Yes]

[How did get through?]

[Punched 'em]

…..

I wonder how many walls the Queen is going to have to replace…

Thinking of the Queen I could only shake my head internally. Are humans in this world penalised on Cunning or something? From the moment I captured her she had demonstrated her dislike of monsters at almost every opportunity. To think that such a person would actually hold to an agreement with one? I hadn't believed it from the beginning!

I mean, the Queen can't be entirely blamed for being outwitted. How could she have known that I was not just an unusually intelligent monster but an actual human reborn? Of course I know about treasuries, betrayal and have the unfair advantage of being able to understand human mannerisms or tone. It was simplicity itself to have the colony tunnel under the castle and poke about until we located the sweet, sweet, wealth.

Being the noble and upstanding ant that I am, I wanted to uphold my end of the deal as much as possible, so I was went along and fought hard to restore the Queen to her throne. To be honest, it would have been pretty embarrassing had the Queen not actually turned on me at the end. At that point we had already connected the castle to several prepared Dungeon tunnels and emptied out her supply of cores!

Thankfully we managed to avoid that awkward scenario…

the Dungeon itself so we are blessedly unobstructed by monsters as we run. I collapsed the entrance behind us so I doubt the humans will be able to locate

Gweheheheh.

perfect crime Anthony, you genius

part of all? The sweet, gravelly tones of Gandalf that

20, one skill point

current evolution, would you like to access the

has reached capacity for your current stage of

reached level 10,

has reached

communication has

Bite has

......…

hair of

Thanks to stealing the cores from all of the lamps I have maxed out my

exceptionally bright! The skills I'll be able to train, the special evolutions I'll be able to secure for my pets

the jackpot

retaliation.

the surface. We'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it. If everything goes according to plan then we will be able to build

there Anthony, don't get ahead of yourself! For the moment you

want to evolve

powerful you. There's an intoxicating quality to it. I must firm my will and resist. You can't evolve when you're

the entire way. There

more beneath the shady foliage of the forest. I

of liberty,

looks at me as

have the intelligence to appreciate the subtle nuances of this moment. You don't even realise

another twenty minutes to make our way back to the ant hill. Seeing the large dirt structure, with

and move them all

of the big guy. Crawling down into the farm I see a familiar sight. The workers have continued to build a living layer of