Chrysalis

Looking at all the demons slumped on the ground around me, it's a good feeling. A dangerous feeling!

The dark one is stirring… I can feel his hunger!

Yes! Kneel before me, you worms! Gweheheheheh! Hack! No… I must resist! I cannot allow the light to fall into the shadows. Not today, Dark Anthony! Your time will come, but it shall not be now!

I manage to push the glee I feel at seeing these weaker demons forced into the stone by my gravity domain to one side. There are tier seven monsters lurking about and I can’t be taking them lightly. No matter how powerful I think I am, I need to remember that they’re the same level of evolution as me.

Behind me, my comrades are going absolutely berserk. With the support of my twenty bodyguards adding to the chaos, the three of them are able to munch through huge numbers of monsters without being in much danger.

Protectant, Guardian and the rest are obsessed with remaining in the shadows to the point that they’d erase their existence entirely if they found a way to manage it and still hang around annoying me.

After seeing the Mythic evolution options and how crazy they got, I’m half worried that they’ll all choose to turn into some sort of energy parasite and attach themselves to me. Or something even weirder, that only exists in the minds of those who wish me harm.

Shudder.

They would do it too. Like, they wouldn’t even hesitate. Maybe I need to rethink whether I should push them to level up…. Some are tier six already, after all!

I know I can’t, though. If even one of them dies on the job, then I’ll never forgive myself. Forget bodyguards. I spend more time worrying about their well-being than I do my own.

Wait. WAS THAT THE PLAN ALL ALONG!?

clever, dammit! I’ll need to find out which of the Council came up with this idea. I’ll congratulate them on the brilliant idea, right before

are these demons… I’ve got a lot of

me makes their attacks totally ineffective. A few brighter sparks start firing spells at me, but my battery of mind-constructs rip the more serious ones to pieces before they can threaten me. My efforts to

in this way, it's easy for me to find the tier sevens, and when I do, I

least a type I recognise, a War Demon. Huge, powerfully muscled, with barbs and blades aplenty for engaging in its chosen obsession. Those types are intimidating beasts, to say the least. Last is clearly a mage type, lithe, with four arms and a surprisingly eyeless head, the monster looks like

three don’t waste any time on pleasantries and rush toward me. Immediately, I can feel the difference between these and the other demons. The Fatty and War demon burst into

think I can’t sense these

but air as I react with preternatural speed. I slide to one side and lash out with my mandibles, employing my most devastating bite

VOID CHOMP!

the strike zone before suffering the devastating power of the manifested mandibles. These two aren’t as weak as the other trash around here.

Zzzzap!

air and bites into my carapace. Ouch! That sizzles a bit, was that a form

but I was surprised they were able to throw out a spell potent enough that I couldn’t tear

the War demon bellows in my face and I immediately have to reassess that opinion as the giant creature takes massive swipes,

it doesn’t help that I’m so much longer than I

VOID CHOMP!

devastating bite, unleashed just after I

CRUNCH!

demon definitely feels it, but this attack alone isn’t enough to take powerful demons like these out of

Zzzzap!

I have hardly any time to take it apart before it lances