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…

as we run. I collapsed the entrance behind us

Gweheheheh.

Anthony, you

The sweet, gravelly tones of Gandalf

20, one

for your current evolution,

has reached capacity for your current

has reached level 10, advancement

Exo-skeleton defence has reached

has reached

Bite has

......…

the bushy, bristling facial hair of the bearded one! SO

I have

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

really hit the

to avoid retaliation. Thankfully such a place isn't too far away! To the south of these

some form of Dungeon access since the Queen isn't able to sustain herself on 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 a kingdom of

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

want to evolve reeaaaallly

powerful you. There's an intoxicating quality to it. I

run through our emergency escape route as I chuckle gleefully to myself the entire way. There is a very

shady foliage of the forest. I breathe deep of the fresh forest air. Delicious! Freedom! I stretch my legs wide to embrace

the feeling of freedom, of

me as

nuances of this moment. You don't even

make our way back to the ant hill. Seeing the large dirt structure, with its ever attentive guards, warms my heart. Home with

and

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