Chrysalis

Chapter 174

I have to say I’m quite excited to finally be able to evolve again. I know I should wait and pile on the Biomass but I simply can’t contain my excitement.

So I’m weak! Sue me!

Everyone has to have a weakness and perhaps this is mine. Rather than shovelling my face full of monsters’ sticky insides, as delightful as that sounds, I would rather be taking a brief nap and then waking up a whole new being.

It involves the consumption of less guts, for one thing.

I can’t help but get excited for the possible options that may be present to me when I evolve. The mind ant species has been good to me, dramatically increasing my strength and propelling me further along the path of magic. As great as it’s been, I feel like I need one more push in order to achieve a proper mastery of magic. If I have an option that will further enhance my mind I’ll be hard pressed to turn it down.

Before any of that though, I have to form the special core.

LET’S DO THIS!

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GAWD ALMIGHTY!

MAH BRAIN!

[Core Engineering has reached level 6]

Worth!

After all of my effort I’m finally done! In front of me sits a new shiny special core, the announcement from Gandalf still ringing in my ears.

[Compatible special core detected ...]

Yasssss!

This mental torture is finally over! Despite being as mentally fatigued as I am I eagerly begin the absorption process immediately. Not even a microsecond passes before the truly uncomfortable squeezing feeling erupts in my guts.

NOPE!

I remember this feeling! It sucks!

was nowhere for it to go, the tightness swells until it

Yeeouch!

such a good idea to do this immediately after wearing myself down, grinding my own brain against the stone to produce these

what an ant you are! Do the workers complain? No! Will you

distract myself in any way possible. The first thing I try to do is look around the room for something to catch my eye, but

first. Vibrant is still posed, perfectly still, on the floor in the corner, still nothing going on there. Crinis is bobbling in the middle of the room on the

over here] I stutter, mental teeth still clenched against the

Crinis latches on with a few tentacles, swiftly making her own may onto my back where she wibbles a bit

idea how close you are to reaching fully

[.....] nothing.

if I wasn’t stuck with the least talkative of my

would talk to me a little

don’t know

a little disappointed that she isn’t useful yet. I’m completely not fussed however. I was lugging Tiny around for ages before he was able to be

Crinis, it won’t be long and you’ll be back to

vividly remember the sight of her mature form ripping monsters apart and eating them whole.

hope so master] she

little one. You don’t have to be

[...]

it in future. I’ll be evolving soon Crinis, so don’t worry if there isn’t any movement for a bit or I don’t respond when you try to talk

evolving master?] the little

forward to it. Everyone else is evolving at the moment, Tiny and Vibrant have

sounds

promise you Crinis, soon as you’re ready we’ll get you in the Dungeon and once you’re grown, getting you to evolve will be our

master] she replies, sounding

of death would be this sensitive?! It’s nice though, so much more respectful than the

DAMN IT HURTS!

....

finished being absorbed and my time has come! The season of

steps on a brand new path of evolution and the next step will only be

can’t handle this anymore! Feels like my core is

then Crinis, I’m going

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