Chrysalis

The soft glow of evolution is gradually fading and the two of them are looking significantly different. Well, Tiny is, at any rate. Crinis remains blobbed up in a small ball, wobbling slightly as whatever internal changes that are taking place complete themselves. My first pet and friend in this Dungeon, the giant bat-faced ape, has continued his trend of getting more absurdly muscular as time goes by. Another increase in size has him looming over the room, his considerable bulk taking up almost half the available space. I can see that he's made sure to put back on all the muscle mass that I took from him, times about five. His shoulders have levelled up, as well as the rest of his upper body, but surprisingly even his legs are looking beefier. Clearly he wanted an all over power increase without targeting any particular area.

He remains largely dark in colour, the influence of the shadow mana that he took into his body is still there, though traces of flickering silver are starting to return to his back. Still somewhat shaggier than a gorilla would normally be, his fur crackles with faint electrical energy that discharges into the air and leaves an acrid tang on my antennae.

I waddle over to Crinis to more closely inspect her condition and I'm intrigued by the slight changes I can detect around her. Although she appears dark and wibbly-wobbly as always there's something new that I can see dancing on the edges of her body. It's an almost ephemeral, ghost-like outline that hovers around her form. I'm super curious to know what it is, but I don't want to peek at her core while she's still evolving. Also, it'd feel a bit rude to look at someone's core whilst they were sleeping. It's just not on.

So I set down the cage with the still sleeping grub inside it and settle in to wait with Invidia. We idly engage in mind magic warfare to pass the time but it doesn't take long before the glow around the two monsters fades completely and they begin to stir. Crinis is the first to shake off the sleep, of course, the greedy ape will cling to every ounce of rest he can get his meaty hands on. The little blob shivers a little and I feel her consciousness stirring to wakefulness as a collection of small tendrils extend and she starts to almost unconsciously feel out her surroundings.

[Hey there Crinis! How does it feel to be tier six?]

The little ball wibbles a bit.

[Ah! Master! You were waiting for us?]

while you evolved, for the most part. You didn't answer my question though. You're now a member of the exclusive tier! The biggest and baddest creatures in the Colony!

I-I'm happy I'll be able to serve you

there's some distance to go before I can remove the 'pet to master'

of things you were offered. Given your species

horrors that she could have turned into. Naturally she picked the most terrifying one. She's one step away from being able to flay minds. I look

[Yes!] she confirms joyfully.

be expected. She's

new… mind… invasion… stuff, you should check the Skills available to purchase. You might have unlocked something to do with your new capabilities. In fact, I'd be shocked if you didn't. You should also make sure that you test out your phasing ability as much as you can before we go out to fight again. I get the feeling it might take a little while to get the

to take my advice, Crinis tentacles her way over to a corner so she can start perusing the lists and I see her already trying to pass a tentacle

beneath his fur as he moves and as he becomes more aware I see him glance down at himself,

in this evolution, or

that I could interpret in several ways but I decide

to make sure that your Cunning score stayed

a bit, but he does keep it up from which I take it to mean that he did do as I said, but he'd much rather have sacked more of