Chrysalis

Chapter 425

[Remember why we came down here guys?]

[To escape our responsibilities?]

[No! Crinis, what the hell?!]

[Sorry, Master! I- I thought you said -]

[Never mind what I said! Those are things we keep between us. Special secrets that we never utter out loud.]

[But we aren't talking out loud?]

[Besides the point! No, let's focus on the other important reasons we're here.]

Crinis raises one of her thin tendrils to scratch herself on the top of her sphere.

[Well. We're here so you can absorb mana and survive long term…]

[Mission accomplished on that front. My core is ticking along great down here.]

[Wonderful!] Crinis considers again for a moment. [We also came to get experience and Biomass for Tiny and myself.]

[Right. Since we don't get much experience up above, or Biomass, we should find more challenging, highly evolved monsters down here.]

[And we want to scout out the strata for the colony, since the Queen will need to come down here eventually.]

[She will, and soon.]

[And you wanted to try and find traces of others like you.]

[Correct! More like myself and Garralosh. According to the Sophos, there are a few of us down there in the depths. I'd love to hear what they've been up to, so long as they managed to hold onto a little sanity.]

for a

you that I was from another world and resurrected here

[No? Why would it?]

would think I wasn't a proper monster since I used

monster? Surely you're joking

Eh?

[What do you mean?]

I don't think you'll find another monster that's as

I mean,

[… or as wise…]

far and wide for my great wisdom,

[… or as savage…]

wait, what

cruel and

Hold on, really?!

merciless and ambitious

you think

[Of course!]

even realise it, either. Actually, somehow that makes it worse. Am I really that nasty? I mean, I've done some stuff, but cruel? Savage?! I'm not confident that Crinis' views can be trusted on this one. She has a

Beasts and I'm interested when a notification pings from

of the

peering into the mind of the Dungeon itself. Which he seemed to think was important. There's no harm in it, so I may as well take a

I bring up the full profile for

Master Profile:

Dark Ghoul, A Shadow Affinity monster with powerful claws and tricky movement.

Might: 56

Toughness: 33

Cunning: 15

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