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…

so we are blessedly unobstructed by monsters as we run. I

Gweheheheh.

crime Anthony,

sweet, gravelly tones

20, one skill point

evolution, would you like to

reached capacity for

reached level

defence has reached

has reached level

has

......…

bristling facial hair of the bearded

all of the lamps I have maxed out my core at 100 mp! If I can take

skills I'll be able to train, the special evolutions I'll be able to secure for my pets and

the jackpot this

of her reach will we be able to avoid retaliation. Thankfully such a place isn't too far away! To the south of these

the Queen isn't able to sustain herself on the surface. We'll have to cross that bridge

don't get ahead of yourself! For the moment you still need

want

addictive, evolving. Go to sleep and wake up as a better and more powerful you. There's an intoxicating quality

escape route as I chuckle gleefully to myself the entire way. There is a very real danger of me becoming conceited if I continue

finally burst out of the tunnel we find ourselves once more beneath the shady foliage of the forest. I breathe deep of the fresh forest air. Delicious! Freedom! I stretch

is the feeling of freedom, of liberty, of

as if I'm completely

moment. You don't even realise that with that sack over shoulder you look like a

minutes to make our way back to the ant hill. Seeing the large

to uproot and

his long haul. He might have power but stamina seems to be slight weakness of the big guy. Crawling down into the farm I see a familiar sight. The workers have continued to build a living layer of armour around their