Chrysalis

Chapter 1023

After discussing a few possibilities back and forth, I bid the golgari trio goodbye and they make their way back to the gate. Mana sickness is no joke and I appreciate them taking the risk to help me out.

It’s a hard concept for me to grasp, being ill from too much mana. I literally need the stuff to survive, the more the better. One of the many benefits of being a monster, I suppose. I was born from mana, there’s no way it can hurt me.

The lack of it can hurt me. Severely, in fact.

Which is another thing I need to keep in mind. Evolving yet again, increasing the density of my core and further making my body dependent on mana to exist. More resets, more fancy, high-energy components in my body, more energy needed to sustain me.

Perhaps even the first stratum will be out of bounds for me, even during a wave. The second might just be in bounds, perhaps. But then I have to worry about the Call.

It’s a constant knife in my side. Even now, I can feel it trying to pull me down deeper. I’m worried this mythic evolution is only going to make it worse.

If I’d picked larval deity, it would have been agonising, I bet. An evolution with high potential like that, but with no ability to move around, I’d have been stuck on my backside for at least six months with a hook yanking on my soul.

“Eldest? It’s ready.”

Cobalt pops up in front of me and I’m pulled from my thoughts.

“What’s that?”

“The evolution chamber. We’re ready.”

Nice.

“Alright then, let’s get this show on the road.”

I lever myself up onto my feet for the first time in days, and immediately collapse onto the ground again as my insides shift against the oversized core.

“Oof! Uh… one sec.”

Second attempt.

“Aaaaand up! OUCH.”

And down.

Cobalt looks at me. I look back at Cobalt.

“You can’t move, can you Eldest?”

it seems that I can’t. This is, ah, a

we’ll take care of you. Don’t

up, raising the ground beneath me and hardening it into a rock sled that they

as I lie flat on my carapace, being hovered into an evolution chamber

I can feel their respect and appreciation for me flowing through the Vestibule only makes me feel worse. This situation is pathetic and ridiculous! Mock me,

keep Beyn and the acolytes out. I saw them as I was hovering past and he looked like he was in the middle of a revelation of some sort. That guy needs a hobby. How in

it easy while I’m evolving, alright? Might be a few days this

Master,] Crinis

I’m not dying, oi!

I wantssss them,] Invidia

but you do not want a mythic core in your midsection, let

[Wantssss,] he contradicts me.

up and a wink, which is a new thing for him. Who the heck taught him about winking?

for that bud. I’ll catch you all on the other

I jump straight into the

to fiddle around the edges, deciding on

Collective Will of your people has funneled into you and you have welcomed them into your house. The energy and focus of your

  • Altar of War

  • Altar of Growth

  • Altar of Culture

  • Altar of Mind

  • Altar of Strength

  • Altar of Self

  • Altar of Many]

    • altar, so I suppose this is it? There’s a lot of options here… might as well dive in and go

    energy of your people to matters of War. You must fight to survive and survive to

    it's going to have an effect on the Colony as well as myself? We are already plenty warlike,

    is that I don’t think the experience gain applies to just me either. I think it applies to every ant in range of the altar. That is… insane.

    people can only be ensured by development and securing the next generation. Reduced Biomass cost for eggs, increased

    does that even work?! Does the altar literally convert the collected Will of the

    blowing my mind right

    are way higher in the Dungeon. I can’t pick this one, but holy moly, if

    about it.

    Dialogue and the Arts. What is the point of a people if they lack civilisation and

    the Altar of War. My

    who run around carving my face into everything they touch? I’ve seen cakes decorated with me on top of them!

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