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…

down a separate tunnel we had prepared that hadn't been connected to 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 us, they should be busy handling a flood

Gweheheheh.

Anthony, you

all? The sweet, gravelly tones of Gandalf that

20, one

your current evolution, would you like to

reached capacity for

has reached level 10,

Exo-skeleton defence has

communication has

has reached level

......…

the bushy, bristling facial hair

of the lamps I have maxed out my core at 100 mp! If I can take in a special core I'll be ready

the future is looking exceptionally bright! The skills I'll be able to train, the special evolutions I'll be able

the jackpot this

Queen is perfectly aware of where we are presently situated so we can't sit still. Only by relocating somewhere out of her reach will we be able to avoid retaliation. Thankfully such a place isn't too far away! To the south of these lands the wild and untamed monster infested lands are vast! It'll be easy for our

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 a kingdom of our own. For ant

the moment you still need

if I want to evolve reeaaaallly

to sleep and wake up as a better and more powerful you. There's an intoxicating quality to it. I must firm my will and resist. You

emergency escape route as I chuckle gleefully to myself the entire way.

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 my legs wide to

the feeling of freedom, of liberty, of

as

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

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

and

I make my way straight to the farm, leaving Tiny to rest after 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